Daniel 2:44

The Divine Kingdom

44 "In the days of those kings the 1God of heaven will 2set up a 3kingdom which will never * be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be left for another people; it will 4crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever.

Daniel 2:44 In-Context

42 "As the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of pottery, so some of the kingdom will be strong and part of it will be brittle.
43 "And in that you saw the iron mixed with common clay, they will combine with one another in the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another , even as iron does not combine with pottery.
44 "In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever.
45 "Inasmuch as you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands and that it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what will take place in the future; so the dream is true and its interpretation is trustworthy."
46 Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face and did homage to Daniel, and gave orders to present to him an offering and fragrant incense.

Cross References 4

  • 1. Daniel 2:28, 37
  • 2. Isaiah 9:6, 7
  • 3. Psalms 145:13; Ezekiel 37:25; Daniel 4:3, 34; Daniel 6:26; Daniel 7:14, 27; Micah 4:7; Luke 1:32, 33
  • 4. Psalms 2:9; Isaiah 60:12; Daniel 2:34, 35

Footnotes 1

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