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Nebuchadnezzar the king ,
To all peoples ,
nations ,
and languages that dwell in all the earth :
Peace be multiplied to you .
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I thought it good to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked for me .
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How great are His signs ,
And how mighty His wonders !
His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom ,
And His dominion is from generation to generation .
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I ,
Nebuchadnezzar ,
was at rest in my house ,
and flourishing in my palace .
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I saw a dream which made me afraid ,
and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me .
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Therefore I issued a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me ,
that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream .
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Then the magicians ,
the astrologers ,
the Chaldeans ,
and the soothsayers came in ,
and I told them the dream ;
but they did not make known to me its interpretation .
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But at last Daniel came before me (
his name is Belteshazzar ,
according to the name of my god ;
in him is the Spirit of the Holy God ),
and I told the dream before him ,
saying :
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Belteshazzar ,
chief of the magicians ,
because I know that the Spirit of the Holy God is in you ,
and no secret troubles you ,
explain to me the visions of my dream that I have seen ,
and its interpretation .
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These were the visions of my head while on my bed :
I was looking ,
and behold ,
A tree in the midst of the earth ,
And its height was great .
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The tree grew and became strong ;
Its height reached to the heavens ,
And it could be seen to the ends of all the earth .
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Its leaves were lovely ,
Its fruit abundant ,
And in it was food for all .
The beasts of the field found shade under it ,
The birds of the heavens dwelt in its branches ,
And all flesh was fed from it .
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I saw in the visions of my head while on my bed ,
and there was a watcher ,
a holy one ,
coming down from heaven .
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He cried aloud and said thus : "
Chop down the tree and cut off its branches ,
Strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit .
Let the beasts get out from under it ,
And the birds from its branches .
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Nevertheless leave the stump and roots in the earth ,
Bound with a band of iron and bronze ,
In the tender grass of the field .
Let it be wet with the dew of heaven ,
And let him graze with the beasts On the grass of the earth .
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Let his heart be changed from that of a man ,
Let him be given the heart of a beast ,
And let seven times pass over him .
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This decision is by the decree of the watchers ,
And the sentence by the word of the holy ones ,
In order that the living may know That the Most High rules in the kingdom of men ,
Gives it to whomever He will ,
And sets over it the lowest of men .'
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This dream I ,
King Nebuchadnezzar ,
have seen .
Now you ,
Belteshazzar ,
declare its interpretation ,
since all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation ;
but you are able ,
for the Spirit of the Holy God is in you ."