Daniel 2:33-41

33Its legs were made of iron. Its feet were made partly of iron and partly of clay.

34While you were watching, a stone was cut out, but not by humans. It struck the statue’s iron-and-clay feet and smashed them.

35Then all at once, the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were smashed. They became like husks on a threshing floor  in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a large mountain which filled the whole world.

36This is the dream. Now we’ll tell you its meaning.

37“Your Majesty, you are the greatest king. The God of heaven has given you a kingdom. He has given you power, strength, and honor.

38He has given you control over people, wild animals, and birds, wherever they live. He has made you ruler of them all. You are the head of gold.

39Another kingdom, inferior to yours, will rise to power after you. Then there will be a third kingdom, a kingdom of bronze, that will rule the whole world.

40There will also be a fourth kingdom. It will be as strong as iron. (Iron smashes and shatters everything.) As iron crushes things, this fourth kingdom will smash and crush all the other kingdoms.

41You also saw the feet and toes. They were partly potters’ clay and partly iron. This means that there will be a divided kingdom which has some of the firmness of iron. As you saw, iron was mixed with clay.