“As you looked on,
A stone was cut out,
Not by human hands.
It struck the statue
On its feet
Of iron and clay.
It broke them
Into pieces.
Then the iron,
The clay,
The bronze,
The silver,
The gold,
Were all broken
Into pieces.
They became
Like the chaff
Of the summer threshing floors.
The wind
Carried them away.
Thus,
Not a trace of them
Could be found.
But the stone
That struck the statue
Became a great mountain.
It filled
The whole earth.”
Daniel explained that the statue of the king’s dream was destroyed. Somehow, a stone was cut out of a mountain. Then, this cut rock struck the iron and clay feet of this statue, but with no one with hands directing this rock. Thus, the feet of this statue were broken into pieces. Then the rest of the statue with its iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold also broke into pieces. These small pieces of the statue became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors, blowing in the wind. No one would ever be able to find them. However, the cut rock that struck the feet of the statue became like a big mountain covering the whole earth.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 