Daniel 2:43

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Whereas you saw the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men; but they shall not cling to one another, even as iron does not mingle with clay.

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Babylon was the imperial capital in Mesopotamia, and Chaldea was the southern Babylonian region from which its ruling dynasty arose. Daniel received this vision while serving in Babylon, where the statue’s mixed iron and clay symbolize the later fragmentation and instability of human kingdoms under God’s sovereign rule.

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Daniel 2:43 mentions Babylon and Chaldea.

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