17 You saw their abhorrent images and idols made of wood, stone, silver, and gold, which were among them.(A)

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17 You saw among them their detestable images and idols of wood and stone, of silver and gold.(A)

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32 The head of the statue was pure gold, its chest and arms were silver, its stomach and thighs were bronze,

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32 The head of the statue was made of pure gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze,

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35 Then the iron, the fired clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were shattered and became like chaff(A) from the summer threshing floors. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled(B) the whole earth.

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35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were all broken to pieces and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer. The wind swept them away(A) without leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain(B) and filled the whole earth.(C)

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45 You saw a stone(A) break off from the mountain without a hand touching it,[a](B) and it crushed the iron, bronze, fired clay, silver, and gold. The great God has told the king what will happen in the future.(C) The dream is certain, and its interpretation reliable.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2:45 Lit mountain, not by hands

45 This is the meaning of the vision of the rock(A) cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands(B)—a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces.

“The great God has shown the king what will take place in the future.(C) The dream is true(D) and its interpretation is trustworthy.”

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19 Woe to him who says to wood: Wake up!
or to mute stone: Come alive!
Can it teach?
Look! It may be plated with gold and silver,
yet there is no breath(A) in it at all.

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19 Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Come to life!’
    Or to lifeless stone, ‘Wake up!’(A)
Can it give guidance?
    It is covered with gold and silver;(B)
    there is no breath in it.”(C)

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29 Since, then, we are God’s offspring, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.(A)

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29 “Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill.(A)

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