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Because you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. The great God has made known to the king what will happen hereafter. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.”
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Verse 45. Hands. Prot. marg. “mountain, which was not in hand.” Bible.—Christ was born of a virgin; and his kingdom was not established by ambition, like others. Yet it presently became a mountain, and filled the earth. S. Just. dial. Saint Augustine tr. 9. in Jo.—God himself sets up this kingdom. Calmet.
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