Text: Daniel 2:45
OT Text Referred to: Isaiah 41:15
Subject: Hewn rock destroys empires and becomes mighty kingdom (C)
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Daniel 2:45 describes a stone "cut out of the mountain without human hands" that shatters the composite statue of world empires. Isaiah 41:15 likewise depicts God making Israel into a sharp threshing sledge that will "thresh the mountains and crush them" -- reducing opposition to chaff. Both texts use the imagery of mountains being broken by God's chosen instrument, with the key theological point that the power is divine, not human ("not by human hands" in Daniel; "I will make you" in Isaiah). The allusion reinforces Daniel's message that God's kingdom overcomes world empires through His own power, not through human military might.