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As part of my coping, I've been opening the Tanach (all the books of the Hebrew bible) at random. Today, I opened it to chapter 2 in Daniel: 2:31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image.
This great image, whose brightness was excellent,
stood before thee; and the form thereof was
terrible. 2:32 This image's
head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of
silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, 2:33 His legs of iron, his
feet part of iron and part of clay.
2:34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which
smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and
clay, and brake them to pieces.
2:35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold,
broken to pieces together, and became like the
chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind
carried them away, that no place was found for
them: and the stone that smote the image became a great
mountain, and filled the whole earth. 2:36 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
2:37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath
given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
2:38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the
field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into
thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all.
Thou art this head of gold.
2:39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and
another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear
rule over all the earth.
2:40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron
breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as
iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in
pieces and bruise. 2:41 And
whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay,
and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there
shall be in it of the strength of the iron,
forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry
clay. 2:42 And as the toes
of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so
the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
2:43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall
mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall
not cleave one to another, even as iron is not
mixed with clay. 2:44 And in
the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a
kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall
not be left to other people, but it shall break in
pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall
stand for ever. 2:45
Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the
mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron,
the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the
great God hath made known to the king what shall
come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain,
and the interpretation thereof sure.
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