Apocalypsis Revelata #567
567. CAPUT XIII.
1. Et Vidi ex Mari Bestiam ascendentem, habentem capita septem, et cornua decem, et super cornubus suis decem diademata, et super capitibus suis nomen blasphemiae.
2. Et Bestia, quam vidi, erat similis pardo, et pedes ejus sicut ursi, et os ejus sicut os leonis; et dedit illi Draco virtutem suam, et thronum suum, et potestatem magnam.
3. Et vidi unum capitum ejus sicut sauciatum in mortem, et plaga mortis ejus sanata est; et admirata est tota terra post Bestiam.
4. Et adoraverunt Draconem, qui dedit potestatem Bestiae, et adoraverunt Bestiam, dicentes, Quis similis est Bestiae, quis potest pugnare cum ea.
5. Et datum ei os loquens magna et blasphemias, et data ei potestas faciendi menses quadraginta duos.
6. Et aperuit os suum in blasphemiam adversus Deum, blasphemare Nomen Ipsius, et Tabernaculum Ipsius, et eos in Caelo habitantes.
7. Et datum ei bellum facere cum sanctis, et vincere illos; et data ei potestas super omnem tribum et linguam et gentem.
8. Et adorabunt eam omnes habitantes super terra, quorum non scripta nomina in Libro vitae Agni, occisi a fundatione mundi.
9. Si quis habet aurem audiat.
10. Si quis captivitatem duxerit, in captivitatem abibit; si quis machaera occiderit, oportet eum machaera occidi: hic est patientia et fides sanctorum.
11. Et vidi aliam Bestiam ascendentem e Terra, et habebat cornua duo similia Agno, et loquebatur sicut Draco.
12. Et potestatem prioris Bestiae omnem facit coram illo, et facit ut terra et habitantes in illa adorent Bestiam priorem, cujus sanata est plaga mortis ejus.
13. Et facit signa magna, ut et ignem faciat descendere e Caelo in terram coram hominibus;
14. Et seducat habitantes super terra, propter signa quae data ei facere coram Bestia, dicens habitantibus super terra facere imaginem Bestiae, quae habet plagam machaerae et vixit.
15. Et datum ei dare spiritum imagini Bestiae, ut et loquatur imago Bestiae, et faciat ut quicunque non adorant imaginem Bestiae occidantur.
16. Et facit omnes parvos et magnos, et divites et pauperes, et liberos et servos, ut det illis characterem super manu eorum dextra et super frontibus eorum.
17. Et ut nemo possit emere aut vendere, si non habet characterem aut nomen Bestiae, aut numerum nominis ejus.
18. Hic sapientia est; habens intelligentiam computet numerum Bestiae, numerus enim hominis est, et numerus ejus sexcenta sexaginta sex.
SENSUS SPIRITUALIS.
CONTENTUM TOTIUS CAPITIS.
CONTINUATUR IN HOC CAPITE DE DRACONE, ET DESCRIBITUR DOCTRINA ET FIDES, QUAE PER ILLUM INTELLIGITUR; QUALIS ILLA EST APUD LAICOS, ET POSTEA QUALIS APUD CLERICOS:
PER "BESTIAM EX MARI ASCENDENTEM" DESCRIBITUR DOCTRINA ET FIDES ILLA APUD LAICOS (a vers. 1 ad 10);
ET PER "BESTIAM E TERRA," ILLA APUD CLERICOS (vers. 11-17);
TUM DE FALSIFICATIONE VERI VERBI AB HIS (vers. 18).
CONTENTA SINGULORUM VERSUM.
1. "Et vidi ex Mari Bestiam ascendentem," significat Laicos, in Ecclesiis Reformatorum, qui in doctrina et fide Draconis sunt de Deo et de Salvatione (567); "habentem capita septem," "significat insaniam ex meris falsis (568); "et cornua decem,"
significat potentiam multam (569); "et super cornubus suis decem diademata," significat potentiam falsificandi multa vera Verbi (570); "et super capitibus suis nomen blasphemiae," significat negationem Divini Humani Domini, et doctrinam Ecclesiae non ex Verbo, sed ex propria intelligentia exclusam (571).
2. "Et Bestia quam vidi, similis pardo," significat haeresin destructivam Ecclesiae, quia ex veris Verbi falsificatis (572); "et pedes ejus sicut ursi," significat plenam fallaciis ex Sensu literae Verbi lecto sed non intellecto (573); "et os ejus sicut os leonis," significat ratiocinationes ex falsis sicut ex veris (574); "et dedit illi Draco virtutem suam. et thronum suum, et potestatem magnam," significat quod haereticum illud per receptionem a Laicis valeat et regnet (575).
3. "Et vidi unum capitum ejus sicut sauciatum in mortem," significat quod doctrina de sola Fide non concordet cum Verbo, ubi toties Opera mandantur (576); "et plaga mortis ejus sanata est," significat medelam ejus, de qua (577); "et admirata tota terra post Bestiam," significat quod tunc doctrina et fides illa cum gaudio recepta sit (578).
4. "Et adoraverunt Draconem, qui dedit potestatem Bestiae," significat agnitionem quod sit qualis est data ab antesignanis et docentibus, qui fecerunt illam valere per receptionem a communi caetu (579); "et adoraverunt Bestiam," significat agnitionem a communi caetu, quod sancta veritas sit (580); "dicentes, Quis similis Bestiae, quis potest pugnare cum ea," significat excellentiam illius doctrinae, quia a nemine contradici potest (581).
5. "Et datum ei os loquens magna et blasphemias," significat quod doceat mala et falsa (582); "et data ei potestas faciendi menses quadraginta duos," significat copiam docendi et faciendi mala et falsa doctrinae istius usque ad finem illius Ecclesiae, dum principium Novae (583).
6. ("Et aperuit os suum in blasphemiam adversus Deum et Nomen Ipsius," significat effata illorum, quae sunt scandala, contra Ipsum Divinum et Divinum Humanum Domini, et simul contra omne Ecclesiae ex Verbo, per quod Dominus colitur) (584); "et Tabernaculum Ipsius et eos in Caelo habitantes," significat scandala contra Ecclesiam caelestem Domini et contra Caelum (585).
7. "Et datum ei bellum facere cum sanctis et vincere illos," significat quod impugnaverint Divina vera Verbi et prostraverint illa (586); "et data ei potestas super omnem tribum et linguam et gentem," significat sic dominium super omnia Ecclesiae, tam quae ejus doctrinae quam quae ejus vitae sunt (587).
8. "Et adorabunt(1) eam omnes habitantes super terra quorum non scripta nomina in Libro vitae Agni," significat quod omnes haereticum illud pro sancto Ecclesiae agnoverint, praeter illos qui crediderunt in Dominum (588); "occisi a fundatione mundi," significat Divinum Humanum Domini non agnitum ab instauratione Ecclesiae (589).
9. "Si quis habet aurem audiat," significat quod ad haec attendant qui volunt sapere (590).
10. "Si quis captivitatem duxerit, in captivitatem abibit," significat quod qui haereticum illud alios a bene credendo et a bene vivendo abducit, a suismet falsis et malis in Infernum abducatur (591); "si quis machaera occiderit, oportet eum machaera occidi," significat quod qui per falsa destruit animam alterius, per falsa destruatur et pereat (592); ("hic est patientia et fides sanctorum," significat quod homo Novae Ecclesiae Domini per tentationes ab illis exploretur qualis est quod vitam et quoad fides) (593).
11. "Et vidi aliam Bestiam ascendentem e Terra," significat Clericos qui in doctrina et fide Draconis sunt de Deo et Salvatione (594); "et habebat duo cornua similia Agno, et loquebatur sicut Draco," significat qua loquantur, doceant et scribant ex Verbo, sicut Divinum Verum Domini foret, et tamen est verum falsificatum (595).
12. "Et potestatem prioris Bestiae omnem facit 1 coram illo," significat quod confirmaverint dogmata, et quod per id valeant (596); "et facit ut terra et habitantes in illa adorent Bestiam priorem, cujus sanata est plaga mortis ejus," significat quod constabilitum sit ex confirmationibus quod pro sancto Ecclesiae agnosceretur, quod a communi caetu receptum est (597).
13. "Et facit signa magna," significat testificationes quod vera sint quae docent, tametsi sunt falsa, (598); "ut (et) ignem faciat descendere e Caelo in terram coram hominibus," significat contestationes quod falsa illorum sint vera (599).
14. "Et(3) seducat habitantes super terra propter signa quae data ei facere coram Bestia," significat quod per testificationes et contestationes inducant homines Ecclesiae in errores (600); "dicens habitantibus super terra facere imaginem Bestiae, quae habet plagam machaerae et vixit," significat quod adducant homines Ecclesiae pro doctrina recipere, quod Fides sit unicum medium salutis, propter causam de qua (601).
15. "Et datum et dare spiritum imagini Bestiae, ut et loquatur imago Bestiae," significat quod permissum sit illis confirmare doctrinam illam per Verbum, ex quo sicut vivificata docetur (602); "et faciat ut quicunque non adorant imaginem Bestiae occidantur," significat quod pronuntient damnationem super illos qui non doctrinam fidei illorum pro sancta doctrina Ecclesiae agnoscunt (603).
16. "Et facit omnes parvos et magnos. et divites et pauperes, et liberos et servos," significat omnes in illa Ecclesia ex quacunque conditione, eruditione et intelligentia sunt (604); "ut det illis characterem super manu eorum dextra et super frontibus eorum," significat quod nemo pro Christiano Reformato agnoscatur, nisi qui fide et amore recipit doctrinam illam (605).
17. "Et ut nemo possit emere aut vendere, si non habet characterem, aut nomen Bestiae, aut numerum nominis ejus," significat quod nemini liceat ex Verbo docere nisi qui agnoscit illam, ac jurat in fidem et amorem ejus, aut in tale quod ei conforme est (606).
18. "Hic sapientia est," significat quod sapientis sit ex illis quae in hoc capite dicta et explicata sunt, videre et intelligere, qualis est doctrina et fides de Deo et de Salvatione apud Clericos (607); "habens intelligentiam computet numerum Bestiae," significat quod qui in illustratione a Domino est, cognoscere possit quale confirmationum istius doctrinae et fidei ex Verbo apud illos (608); "numerus enim hominis est," significat quale Verbi et inde Ecclesiae (609); "numerus ejus sexcenta sexaginta sex," significat quale hoc, quod ab illis omne verum Verbi falsificatum sit (610)
EXPLICATIO.
(Vers. 1) "Et vidi ex Mari Bestiam ascendentem," significat Laicos in Ecclesiis Reformatorum, qui in doctrina et fide Draconis sunt de Deo et de Salvatione. - Quid et qualis fides Draconis, videatur (537). De eadem fide continuatur in hoc capite; et per "hanc Bestiam," quae "visa est ascendere ex Mari," intelligitur illa fides apud Laicos, at per "Bestiam ex terra" (de qua vers. 11), intelligitur illa fides apud Clericos. Quod continuetur hic de Dracone, patet ex his in hoc capite: quod "Draco dederit Bestiae ascendenti ex Mari virtutem suam, et thronum, et potestatem magnam," (vers. 2); et quod "adoraverint Draconem, qui dedit potestatem Bestiae," (vers. 4) et de "Bestia ex Terra," quod illa "locuta sit sicut Draco," (vers. 11); et quod "potestatem prioris Bestiae omnem fecerit coram Dracone," (vers. 12). Quod sint Laici qui per "Bestiam ex Mari" intelliguntur, et Clerici qui per "Bestiam ex Terra," est quia per "mare" significatur Externum Ecclesiae, ac per "terram" Internum ejus (398, et alibi); ac in externis doctrinae Ecclesiae sunt Laici, et in internis ejus sunt Clerici; quare etiam "Bestia ex Terra" in sequentibus vocatur" Pseudopropheta." Quod sint qui in Ecclesiis Reformatorum, est quia de Reformatis agitur usque ad cap. 16, inclusive, et de Romano Catholicis cap. 17 et 18; et postea de Ultimo Judicio, et demum de Nova Ecclesia. Quod visi sint ut "Bestiae," est quia Draco est bestia, et quia "bestia" in Verbo significat hominem quoad ejus affectiones, bestiae innocuae et utiles illum quoad affectiones bonas, ac bestiae noxiae et inutiles illum quoad affectiones malas; quare homines Ecclesiae in genere dicuntur "oves," ac caetus ex illis "grex," et docens vocatur "pastor." Inde etiam est quod Verbum quoad ejus potentiam, affectionem, intellectum et sapientiam, supra describatur per "quatuor Animalia," quae erant "Leo, Vitulus, Aquila et Homo," (4); 2 et quod Intellectus Verbi per "Equos," (6). Causa est, quia affectiones hominis in mundo spirituali e longinquo apparent sicut bestiae, ut prius saepius dictum est; ac bestiae in se spectatae non sunt nisi quam formae affectionum naturalium, homines autem non solum sunt formae affectionum naturalium, sed etiam simul spiritualium. Quod homines quoad affectiones intelligantur per "bestias," constare potest ex his locis:
"Pluviam benevolentiarum stillare facis 3 haereditatem Tuam laborantem confirmabis, Bestia (Caetus Tuus) habitabunt in ea," (Psalm. 68:10-11 (B.A. 9-10));
"Mihi omnis Fera sylvae, Bestiae in montibus millium; novi omnem avem montium, Bestia agrorum Meorum Mecum," (Psalm. 50:10 (,11));
"Aschur cedrus in Libano, alta facta est altitudo ejus, in ramis ejus nidificarunt omnes aves caelorum, et sub ramis ejus pepererunt omnes Bestiae agri, et in umbra ejus habitarunt omnes gentes magnae," (Ezechiel 31:3-6, 10, 13; 4 Daniel 4:7-13);
"Feriam illis foedus in die illo cum Bestia agri, et cum Avi caelorum, et desponsabo te Mihi in aeternum," (Hoschea 2:18-19); 5
"Gaude et laetare, ne timete Bestiae agrorum Meorum, quia herbosa facta sunt habitacula deserti," (Joel 2:21-22); 6
"In die illo erit magna tumultuatio, Jehudah pugnabit contra Hierosolymam, et erit plaga Equi, Muli, Cameli, et omnis Bestiae; deinde omnis residuus ascendet Hierosolymam," (Sacharias 14:13-16); 7
"Abominabuntur eum Avis, et omnis Bestia terrae eum contemnet," (Esaias 18:6);
"Tu, fili hominis, dic Avi omnis alae, et omni Bestiae agri, Congregamini ad sacrificium Meum super montibus Israelis; sic dabo gloriam Meam inter gentes," (Ezechiel 39:17-21);
"Jehovah congregat expulsos Israelis, omnis Bestia agrorum Meorum venite," (Esaias 56:8-9);
"Jehovah perdet Aschurem, requiescet in medio ejus omnis Fera gentis, tam Platea quam Anataria in malogranatis ejus," (Zephanias 2:13 (, 14));
"Oves dispersae sunt sine Pastore, et in cibum omni Ferae agri," (Ezechiel 34:5, 8);
"Super facies agri projiciam te, et habitare faciam super te omnem Avem Caelorum, et satiabo ex te Feram omnis terrae," (Ezechiel 32:4); (Tum, 5:17; 29:5; 33:27; 39:4; Jeremias 15:3; 16:4; 19:7; 27:5-6) 8
"Hostis opprobio afficit Jehovam: ne des Bestiae animam turturis," (Psalm. 74:18-19);
"Vidi in visione quatuor Bestias ascendentes ex Mari; prima erat sicut Leo cui alae aquilae, altera similis Urso, tertia sicut Pardus, et quarta terribilis," (Daniel 7:2-7); 9
Spiritus Jesum impellens fecit exire in desertum, "et erat cum Bestiis, et Angeli ministrabant Ipsi," (Marcus 1:12-13);
non erat cum bestiis, sed cum Diabolis, qui hic per "bestias" intelliguntur.
Praeter aliis in locis, ubi "bestiae" et "ferae" nominantur, ut Esaias 35:9; 43:20; Jeremias 12:4, 8-10; Ezechiel 8:10; 34:23, 25, 28; 38:18-20; Hoschea 4:2-3; 13:8; Joel 1:16, 18, 20; Habakuk 2:17; Daniel 2:37-38; Psalm. 8:7-9 (B.A. 6-8); Psalm. 80:14 (B.A. 13); Psalm. 104:10-11, 14, 20, 25; Psalm. 148:7, 10; Exodus 23:28-30; Leviticus 26:6; Deuteronomius 7:22; 32:24. 10
In illis locis per "bestias" significantur homines quoad affectiones. Per "hominem et bestiam" simul significatur homo quoad affectionem spiritualem et quoad affectionem naturalem, in sequentibus locis: Jeremias 7:20; 21:6; 27:5; 31:27; 32:43; 33:10-12; 36:29; 11 50:3; Ezechiel 14:13, 17, 19; 25:13; 32:13; 36:11; Zephanias 1:2-3; Sacharias 2:8 (B.A. 4); 12 8:9-10; Jonas 3:7-8; Psalm. 36:7 (B.A. 6); Numeri 18:15.
Per omnes bestias quae sacrificabantur, significatae sunt affectiones bonae; similiter per bestias quae comedebantur; et vicissim, per bestias quae non comedendae erant, (Leviticus 20:25-26).
Bilješke:
1. facit pro "fecit"
2. (cap. iv) pro "cap. iv. et Homo, cap. iv."
3. facis pro "faciam"
4. 3-6 pro "2 ad 6"
5. 18, 19 pro "8, 9"
6. 2:21, 22 pro "1:21, 22, 23"
7. 13-16 pro "13, 14, 15"
8. 27:5, 6 pro "24:5, 8"
9. 2-7 pro "3, 4, 5"
10. 22 pro "27" et xxxii. pro "xxii."
11. 36:29 pro "38:14"
12. 8 pro "7, 8"
Daniel 2
1
In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.
2
Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the enchanters, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.
3
The king said to them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.
4
Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language, O king, live forever: tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
5
The king answered the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if you don't make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
6
But if you show the dream and its interpretation, you shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor: therefore show me the dream and its interpretation.
7
They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
8
The king answered, I know of a certainty that you would gain time, because you see the thing is gone from me.
9
But if you don't make known to me the dream, there is but one law for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, until the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can show me its interpretation.
10
The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man on the earth who can show the king's matter, because no king, lord, or ruler, has asked such a thing of any magician, or enchanter, or Chaldean.
11
It is a rare thing that the king requires, and there is no other who can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
12
For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
13
So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.
14
Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, who was gone forth to kill the wise men of Babylon;
15
he answered Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so urgent from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
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Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation.
17
Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
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that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
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Then was the secret revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
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Daniel answered, Blessed be the name of God forever and ever; for wisdom and might are his.
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He changes the times and the seasons; he removes kings, and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding;
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he reveals the deep and secret things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.
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I thank you, and praise you, you God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we desired of you; for you have made known to us the king's matter.
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Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus to him: Don't destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will show to the king the interpretation.
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Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus to him, I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Judah, who will make known to the king the interpretation.
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The king answered Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and its interpretation?
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Daniel answered before the king, and said, The secret which the king has demanded can neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor soothsayers, show to the king;
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but there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head on your bed, are these:
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as for you, O king, your thoughts came [into your mind] on your bed, what should happen hereafter; and he who reveals secrets has made known to you what shall happen.
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But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.
31
You, O king, saw, and behold, a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before you; and its aspect was awesome.
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As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,
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its legs of iron, its feet part of iron, and part of clay.
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You saw until a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
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Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them: and the stone that struck the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
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This is the dream; and we will tell its interpretation before the king.
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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;
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and wherever the children of men dwell, the animals of the field and the birds of the sky has he given into your hand, and has made you to rule over them all: you are the head of gold.
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After you shall arise another kingdom inferior to you; and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
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The fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, because iron breaks in pieces and subdues all things; and as iron that crushes all these, shall it break in pieces and crush.
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Whereas you saw the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, because you saw the iron mixed with miry clay.
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As the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
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Whereas you saw the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men; but they shall not cling to one another, even as iron does not mingle with clay.
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In the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
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Because you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God has made known to the king what shall happen hereafter: and the dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.
46
Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, and worshiped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an offering and sweet odors to him.
47
The king answered to Daniel, and said, Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you have been able to reveal this secret.
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Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him to rule over the whole province of Babylon, and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon.
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Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel was in the gate of the king.
