^18 (A)Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and when it falls ^(B)on anyone, it will crush him.”

¹⁴ And he will become a ^(A)sanctuary and ^(B)a stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. ¹⁵ And many ^(C)shall stumble on it. They shall fall and be broken; they shall be snared and taken.”

⁴⁴ And ^(A)the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and ^(B)when it falls on anyone, it will crush him.”^[a]

^3 (A)On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. ^(B)All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And ^(C)all the nations of the earth will gather against it.

⁴⁴ And in the days of those kings ^(A)the God of heaven will set up ^(B)a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. ^(C)It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and ^(D)it shall stand forever, ⁴⁵ just as ^(E)you saw that ^(F)a stone was cut from a mountain by no human hand, and that ^(G)it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. A ^(H)great God has made known to the king what shall be after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.”

³⁴ As you looked, a stone was cut out ^(A)by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and ^(B)broke them in pieces. ³⁵ Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, all together were broken in pieces, and became ^(C)like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that ^(D)not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the image became ^(E)a great mountain ^(F)and filled the whole earth.

³⁴ When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants^[a] to the tenants ^(A)to get his fruit.

^16 (A)by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved—so as always ^(B)to fill up the measure of their sins. But ^(C)wrath has come upon them at last!^[a]