The Identity Of The Clay

The base on which the great image stood, of which king Nebuchadnezzar dreamed, was made of iron and clay mixed together. This unstable combination has given rise to the proverbial expression, “feet of clay.” Daniel recounted the dream to the king:

This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that 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 threshingfloors; 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 (Daniel 2:32-35).

In this first information about the dream, it is disclosed by the prophet that the feet of the image were part of iron and part of clay and that it is this part of the image that was struck by the stone. The prophet then provided additional interpretation to the king:

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Author: James Farrar

Keywords: Daniel's image, Nebuchadnezzar's image, Nebuchadnezar's image, Head of gold, Miry clay, Feet of clay, Feet of iron and clay, Iron and clay, Feet of clay and iron, Arab, Muslim, Moslem, Europe, Islamization, Islamization of Europe

Bible reference(s): Daniel 2:32-35, Daniel 2:40-44

Source: “The Identity Of The Clay,” Grimsby, Ontario.

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