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.
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Interpretation
This image represented the kingdoms of the earth, that should successively rule the nations, and influence the affairs of the Jewish church. The head of gold signified the Chaldean empire, then in being.
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This thought runs through Daniel 2:31-35.