iron, the clay, &c. Note the order differently given to distinguish the five (not the four), answering to the five parts of the image in Dan_2:32, and the five kingdoms, verses:
Dan_2:32, Dan_2:33.
Dan_2:35.
Dan_2:45.
gold,
iron,
iron,
silver,
clay,
brass,
brass,
brass,
clay,
iron,
silver,
silver,
iron and clay,
gold,
gold.
together. As united at the time of the end (forming the sixth power), the kingdom of the "Beast" (Rev 13).
wind. Hebrew. ruach.App-9.
filled the whole earth. Thus marking the seventh kingdom, that of Messiah.