TESTIMONIES AGAINST THE JEWS. 117 17. That afterwardsthisstoneshouldbecome a mountain, and should fillthe whole earth. In Daniel: " And behold a very great image ; and the aspectof thisimage was fearful,and it stood erectbefore thee; whose head was of finegold,itsbreastand arms were silver,itsbellyand thighswere ofbrass,and itsfeetwere partly indeedof iron,and partlyof clay,untilthata stonewas cut out of themountain, without the hands of thosethat should cutit,and struck the image upon the feetof ironand clay, and brakethem intosmallfragments. And the iron,and the clay,and the brass,and the silver,and the gold,was made altogether; and they became small as chaff,or dust in the threshing-floorin summer ; and the wind blew them away, so that nothing remained of them. And the stone which struck the image became a great mountain, and filledthe whole earth."1 18. That in the lasttimes the same mountain should be manifested,and upon it the Gentilesshould come, and on itallthe righteousshouldgo up. In Isaiah: " In the lasttimes the mountain of the Lord shallbe revealed,and the house of God upon the tops of the mountains; and it shallbe exaltedabove the hills, and allnations shallcome upon it,and many shallwalk and say,Come, and letus go up intothe mountain of the Lord,and intothe house of the God of Jacob ; and He will tellus His way, and we willwalk in it. For from Sion shall proceedthe law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem; and He shalljudge among thenations,and shallrebukemuch people; and they shallbeat theirswords intoploughshares, and theirspearsintopruning-hooks,and they shallno more learn to fight."3 Also in the twenty-thirdPsalm: "Who shallascend into the hillof the Lord, or who shallstandin His holy place? He thatisinnocentin hishands, and of a clean heart; who hath not receivedhis lifein vanity,and hath not sworn craftilyto his neighbour. He shallreceive the blessingfrom the Lord, and mercy* from the God that 1Dan.ii.31-35. 2 Isa.ii.2-4. * " Misericordiam."