![]() "After you there will arise another kingdom inferior to you, then another third kingdom of bronze, which will rule over all the earth. "You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the strength and the glory and wherever the sons of men dwell, or the beasts of the field, or the birds of the sky, He has given them into your hand and has caused you to rule over them all. "This was the dream now we will tell its interpretation before the king. ![]() "Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were crushed all at the same time and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors and the wind carried them away so that not a trace of them was found But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. ![]() "You continued looking until a stone was cut out without hands, and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and crushed them. "The head of that statue was made of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. "You, O king, were looking and behold, there was a single great statue that statue, which was large and of extraordinary splendor, was standing in front of you, and its appearance was awesome. Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe Come, tread, for the wine press is full The vats overflow, for their wickedness is great. Let the nations be aroused And come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I will sit to judge All the surrounding nations. Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare a war rouse the mighty men! Let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up! Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears Let the weak say, "I am a mighty man." Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves there Bring down, O LORD, Your mighty ones. "Also I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a distant nation," for the LORD has spoken. "Since you have taken My silver and My gold, brought My precious treasures to your temples, and sold the sons of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their territory, behold, I am going to arouse them from the place where you have sold them, and return your recompense on your head. "Moreover, what are you to Me, O Tyre, Sidon and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering Me a recompense? But if you do recompense Me, swiftly and speedily I will return your recompense on your head. ![]() "They have also cast lots for My people, Traded a boy for a harlot And sold a girl for wine that they may drink. "For behold, in those days and at that time, When I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, I will gather all the nations And bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat Then I will enter into judgment with them there On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations And they have divided up My land.
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