³⁵ then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, all together were broken in pieces, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

⁴⁴ And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand for ever; ⁴⁵ just as you saw that a stone was cut from a mountain by no human hand, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. A great God has made known to the king what shall be hereafter. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.”

³ And I looked, and behold, this wind made something like the figure of a man come up out of the heart of the sea. And I looked, and behold,^[a] that man flew^[b] with the clouds of heaven; and wherever he turned his face to look, everything under his gaze trembled, ⁴ and whenever his voice issued from his mouth, all who heard his voice melted as wax melts^[c] when it feels the fire.

⁵ After this I looked, and behold, an innumerable multitude of men were gathered together from the four winds of heaven to make war against the man who came up out of the sea. ⁶ And I looked, and behold, he carved out for himself a great mountain, and flew up upon it. ⁷ And I tried to see the region or place from which the mountain was carved, but I could not.

³¹ And they shall plan to make war against one another, city against city, place against place, people against people, and kingdom against kingdom. ³² And when these things come to pass and the signs occur which I showed you before, then my Son will be revealed, whom you saw as a man coming up from the sea.^{[a] 33} And when all the nations hear his voice, every man shall leave his own land and the warfare that they have against one another; ³⁴ and an innumerable multitude shall be gathered together, as you saw, desiring to come and conquer him. ³⁵ But he will stand on the top of Mount Zion. ³⁶ And Zion will come and be made manifest to all people, prepared and built, as you saw the mountain carved out without hands.