圖片說明： Daniel interprets the king’s dream
圖片版權： V. Gilbert and Arlisle F. Beers
“…its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of baked clay.” (Daniel 2:33) “Just as you saw that the feet and toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom” (Daniel 2:34) “腿是铁的，脚是半铁半泥的。”（但以理2：33） “那脚指头，既是半铁半泥，那国也必半强半弱 。”（但以理2：42）
如果某人有feet of clay，表示他們有一些美中不足的地方。
但以理是一位先知，長于解夢，使他名揚整個巴比倫國度。有一次巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒夢見了一座大像，這像有著金色的頭顱和半泥半鐵的雙腳。但以理預言「半泥半鐵」標志著另一個國家的誕生，而且那個國家必將半強（如鐵）和半弱（如泥）。及后證實此國便是后來興起的羅馬帝國，她分裂為十個小國，國力有強有弱。
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