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Jones, Erasmus W., 1817-

"The Young Captives: A Story of Judah and Babylon"


"Thou, O king, sawest a great image. This great image, whose brightness
was excellent, stood before thee, and the form thereof was terrible. This
image's head was of fine gold, his breast and arms of silver, his belly
and thighs of brass, his legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of
clay. Thou sawest that a stone smote the image upon the feet which were
of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay,
the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and
became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloor, and the wind carried
them away, that no place was found for them; and the stone that smote the
image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. This is the
dream. Now, O king, listen to the interpretation thereof.
"Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee
a kingdom, power, strength, and glory; and wheresoever the children of
men dwell, the beasts of the field, and the fowls of the heaven, hath he
given unto thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all.


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