You shall breakthem with a rodof iron,You shall shatterthem like earthenware.'"
And she gave birthto a son,a male[child], whois to ruleallthe nationswith a rodof iron;and her childwas caughtup to Godand to His throne.
"But I shall crushhis adversariesbeforehim, And strikethose who hatehim.
From His mouthcomesa sharpsword,sothat with it He may strike downthe nations,and He will rulethem with a rodof iron;and He treadsthe winepressof the fiercewrathof God,the Almighty.
Whose collapseis like the smashingof a potter'sjar,So ruthlesslyshatteredThat a sherdwill not be foundamong its piecesTo takefirefrom a hearthOr to scoopwaterfrom a cistern."
"In the daysof thosekingsthe Godof heavenwill setup a kingdomwhichwill neverbe destroyed,and [that] kingdomwill not be leftfor anotherpeople;it will crushand putan endto allthesekingdoms,but it will itselfendureforever.
and sayto them, 'Thussaysthe LORDof hosts,"Justsowill I breakthispeopleand thiscity,evenas one breaksa potter'svessel,whichcannotagainbe repaired;and they will buryin Tophethbecausethereis no[other] placefor burial.
"And he who fallson thisstonewill be broken to pieces;but on whomeverit falls,it will scatter him like dust."
"For the nationand the kingdomwhichwill not serveyou will perish,And the nationswill be utterlyruined.
"I will dashthem againsteachother,both the fathersand the sonstogether,"declaresthe LORD."I will not showpitynorbe sorrynorhavecompassionso as not to destroythem."'"
"Inasmuchas you sawthat a stonewas cutout of the mountainwithouthandsand that it crushedthe iron,the bronze,the clay,the silverand the gold,the greatGodhas madeknownto the kingwhatwill takeplacein the future;so the dreamis true and its interpretationis trustworthy."
The remnantof JacobWill be among the nations,AmongmanypeoplesLike a lionamong the beastsof the forest,Like a younglionamong flocksof sheep,Which,ifhe passesthrough,Tramplesdownand tears,And thereis noneto rescue.
