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36 »This was the dream! We will interpret it for the king.
37 »You, O king, are king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory.
38 »He gave the children of men, the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens to your hand. He made you the ruler over them all! You are the head of gold.
39 »After you another inferior kingdom will arise and another third kingdom of brass, which will rule over all the earth.
40 »The fourth kingdom will be strong as iron, since iron breaks in pieces and subdues all things. It is iron that crushes all these. It will break in pieces and crush.
41 »The feet and toes you saw, part of potters' clay, and part of iron will be a divided kingdom. It will have the strength of iron. However, you saw the iron mixed with clay.
42 »As the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom will be partly strong, and partly broken.
43 »The iron mixed with clay will mingle with the seed of men. But they will not adhere to one another. For iron does not stick to clay.
44 »In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed. Its sovereignty will not be entrusted to another people. It will break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms and it will stand forever!
45 »You saw a stone cut out of the mountain without hands. It broke the iron, brass, clay, silver, and the gold to pieces. The great God made known to the king what will happen in the future. The dream is certain, and the interpretation of it is sure.«