Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were broken in pieces without distinction<n id="1" /> and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors that the wind carries away. Not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a large mountain that filled the entire earth.

<p class="bodytext">Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Praised be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent forth his angel<n id="2" /> and has rescued his servants who trusted in him, ignoring<n id="3" /> the edict of the king and giving up their bodies rather than<n id="4" /> serve or pay homage to any god other than their God!