Thematic Bible
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Brass » Figurative
And his body was like the beryl, and his face had the look of a thunder-flame, and his eyes were like burning lights, and his arms and feet like the colour of polished brass, and the sound of his voice was like the sound of an army.
Then it was my desire to have certain knowledge about the fourth beast, which was different from all the others, a cause of great fear, whose teeth were of iron and his nails of brass; who took his food, crushing some of it to bits and stamping on the rest with his feet;
As for this image, its head was made of the best gold, its breast and its arms were of silver, its middle and its sides were of brass,
And the pride of your strength will be broken, and I will make your heaven as iron and your earth as brass;
Your shoes will be iron and brass; and as your days, so may your work be.
Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;
For see, this day have I made you a walled town, and an iron pillar, and walls of brass, against all the land, against the kings of Judah, against its captains, against its priests, and against the people of the land.
And their feet were straight feet; and the under sides of their feet were like the feet of oxen; and they were shining like polished brass.
And after you another kingdom, lower than you, will come to power; and a third kingdom, of brass, ruling over all the earth.
And again lifting up my eyes I saw four war-carriages coming out from between the two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.
And his feet like polished brass, as if it had been burned in a fire; and his voice was as the sound of great waters.
Brass » Illustrative of » Obstinate sinners
Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;
All of them are turned away, going about with false stories; they are brass and iron: they are all workers of deceit.
Iron » Illustrative » Of stubbornness
Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;
Resurrection » The lord revealing secrets
Even while I was still in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at first when my weariness was great, put his hand on me about the time of the evening offering. And teaching me and talking to me he said, O Daniel, I have come now to give you wisdom. At the first word of your prayer a word went out, and I have come to give you knowledge; for you are a man dearly loved: so give thought to the word and let the vision be clear to you.
For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.
But as it says in the holy Writings, Things which the eye saw not, and which had not come to the ears or into the heart of man, such things as God has made ready for those who have love for him. But God has given us the revelation of these things through his Spirit, for the Spirit makes search into all things, even the deep things of God.
For they say that they are of the holy town, and put their faith in the God of Israel: the Lord of armies is his name. I gave word in the past of the things which came about; they came from my mouth, and I made them clear: suddenly I did them, and they came about. Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass; read more.
For this reason I made it clear to you in the past, before it came I gave you word of it: for fear that you might say, My god did these things, and my pictured and metal images made them come about. All this has come to your ears and you have seen it; will you not give witness to it? I am now making clear new things, even secret things, of which you had no knowledge.
For this reason I made it clear to you in the past, before it came I gave you word of it: for fear that you might say, My god did these things, and my pictured and metal images made them come about. All this has come to your ears and you have seen it; will you not give witness to it? I am now making clear new things, even secret things, of which you had no knowledge.
And Daniel said in answer, May the name of God be praised for ever and ever: for wisdom and strength are his: By him times and years are changed: by him kings are taken away and kings are lifted up: he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those whose minds are awake: He is the unveiler of deep and secret things: he has knowledge of what is in the dark, and the light has its living-place with him.
Self-will » God knows
Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;
Self-will and stubbornness » God knows
Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;
Stubbornness » Warnings against
Do not be like the horse or the ass, without sense; ...
Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;
And not be like their fathers, a stiff-necked and uncontrolled generation; a generation whose heart was hard, whose spirit was not true to God.
If you will not give ear and take it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the Lord of armies, then I will send the curse on you and will put a curse on your blessing: truly, even now I have put a curse on it, because you do not take it to heart.