Daniel Interprets the Dream
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"You, O king, were watching; and behold, a great image! This great image, whose splendor was excellent, stood before you; and its form was awesome.
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y "This image's head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze,
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"its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.
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"You watched while a stone was cut out z without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
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a "Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became b like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that c no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image d became a great mountain e and filled the whole earth.
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"This is the dream. Now we will tell the interpretation of it before the king.
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f "You, O king, are a king of kings. g For the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory;
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h "and wherever the children of men dwell, or the beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven, He has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all - i you are this head of gold.
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"But after you shall arise j another kingdom k inferior to yours; then another, a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth.
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"And l the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron, inasmuch as iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything; and like iron that crushes, that kingdom will break in pieces and crush all the others.
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"Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter's clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay.
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"And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, m so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile.
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"As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay.
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"And in the days of these kings n the God of heaven will set up a kingdom o which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; p it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
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q "Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold - the great God has made known to the king what will come to pass after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation is sure."
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Daniel 2:38
And wherever the children of men dwell, or the beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven, He has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all - you are this head of gold.
Daniel 2:45
"Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold - the great God has made known to the king what will come to pass after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation is sure."
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Daniel 8:25
Through his cunning He shall cause deceit to prosper under his rule; And he shall exalt himself in his heart. He shall destroy many in their prosperity. He shall even rise against the Prince of princes; But he shall be broken without human means.
Zechariah 4:6
So he answered and said to me: "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' Says the LORD of hosts.
2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Hebrews 9:24
For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.
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Daniel 7:23 - 27
Thus he said: 'The fourth beast shall be A fourth kingdom on earth, Which shall be different from all other kingdoms, And shall devour the whole earth, Trample it and break it in pieces.
Revelation 16:14
For they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
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Psalms 1:4
The ungodly are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
Isaiah 17:13
The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters; But God will rebuke them and they will flee far away, And be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, Like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
Isaiah 41:15
Behold, I will make you into a new threshing sledge with sharp teeth; You shall thresh the mountains and beat them small, And make the hills like chaff.
Isaiah 41:16
You shall winnow them, the wind shall carry them away, And the whirlwind shall scatter them; You shall rejoice in the LORD, And glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Hosea 13:3
Therefore they shall be like the morning cloud And like the early dew that passes away, Like chaff blown off from a threshing floor And like smoke from a chimney.
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Psalms 37:10
For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; Indeed, you will look carefully for his place, But it shall be no more.
Psalms 37:36
Yet he passed away, and behold, he was no more; Indeed I sought him, but he could not be found.
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Isaiah 2:2
Now it shall come to pass in the latter days That the mountain of the LORD's house Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow to it.
Isaiah 2:3
Many people shall come and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths." For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Micah 4:1
Now it shall come to pass in the latter days That the mountain of the LORD's house Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And peoples shall flow to it.
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Psalms 80:9
You prepared room for it, And caused it to take deep root, And it filled the land.
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Ezra 7:12
Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, ...
Isaiah 47:5
Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O daughte...
Jeremiah 27:6
And now I have given all these lands into the h...
Jeremiah 27:7
So all nations shall serve him and his son and ...
Ezekiel 26:7
For thus says the Lord GOD: 'Behold, I will bri...
Hosea 8:10
Yes, though they have hired among the nations, ...
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Ezra 1:2
Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth the LORD God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a house at Jerusalem which is in Judah.
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Psalms 50:10
For every beast of the forest is Mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills.
Psalms 50:11
I know all the birds of the mountains, And the wild beasts of the field are Mine.
Jeremiah 27:6
And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant; and the beasts of the field I have also given him to serve him.
Daniel 4:21
Whose leaves were lovely and its fruit abundant, in which was food for all, under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and in whose branches the birds of the heaven had their home -
Daniel 4:22
It is you, O king, who have grown and become strong; for your greatness has grown and reaches to the heavens, and your dominion to the end of the earth.
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Daniel 2:32
This image's head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze.
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Daniel 5:28
"PERES: Your kingdom has been divided, and given to the Medes and Persians."
Daniel 5:31
And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
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Daniel 2:32
This image's head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze.
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Daniel 7:7
After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong. It had huge iron teeth; it was devouring, breaking in pieces, and trampling the residue with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.
Daniel 7:23
Thus he said: 'The fourth beast shall be A fourth kingdom on earth, Which shall be different from all other kingdoms, And shall devour the whole earth, Trample it and break it in pieces.
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Daniel 7:24
The ten horns are ten kings Who shall arise from this kingdom. And another shall rise after them; He shall be different from the first ones, And shall subdue three kings.
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Daniel 2:28
But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed, were these:
Daniel 2:37
You, O king, are a king of kings. For the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory.
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Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is g...
Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of His government and peace The...
Ezekiel 37:25
Then they shall dwell in the land that I have g...
Daniel 4:3
How great are His signs, And how mighty His won...
Daniel 4:34
And at the end of the time I, Nebuchadnezzar, l...
Daniel 6:26
I make a decree that in every dominion of my ki...
Daniel 7:14
Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a ...
Daniel 7:27
Then the kingdom and dominion, And the greatnes...
Micah 4:7
I will make the lame a remnant, And the outcast...
Luke 1:32
He will be great, and will be called the Son of...
Luke 1:33
"And He will reign over the house of Jacob fore...
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Psalms 2:9
You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them to pieces like a potter's vessel.'
Isaiah 60:12
For the nation and kingdom which will not serve you shall perish, And those nations shall be utterly ruined.
Daniel 2:34
You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
Daniel 2:35
Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
1 Corinthians 15:24
Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power.
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Daniel 2:35
Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
Isaiah 28:16
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation, A tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; Whoever believes will not act hastily.
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