“Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.”
The stone interpretation concludes with explicit connection to the visual image: just as you saw that a stone was cut from the mountain, not by hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. Daniel's careful restatement ensures the king grasps the complete picture: the vision progresses from human empire's breakdown to divine kingdom's establishment. The phrase emphasizing the stone's origin (cut from the mountain, not by hands) reiterates that God's kingdom arises through divine action, not human development. The great God has informed the king what shall be hereafter, concluding the interpretation by grounding it in God's revelatory act; Nebuchadnezzar's vision is God's message, not human invention or psychological phenomenon.
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