<vn='1'><sn="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s> the <sn="4430">king</s>, unto <sn="3606">all</s><sn="5972">people</s>, <sn="524">nations</s>, and <sn="3961">languages</s>, <sn="1768">that</s><sn="1753">dwell</s> in <sn="3606">all</s> the <sn="772">earth</s>; <sn="8001">Peace</s> be <sn="7680">multiplied</s> unto you. </v>
<vn='2'>I thought it <sn="8232 6925">good</s> to <sn="2324">show</s> the <sn="852">signs</s> and <sn="8540">wonders</s><sn="1768">that</s> the <sn="5943">high</s><sn="426">God</s> hath <sn="5648">wrought</s><sn="5974">toward</s> me. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="4101">How</s><sn="7260">great</s> are his <sn="852">signs</s>! and <sn="4101">how</s><sn="8624">mighty</s> are his <sn="8540">wonders</s>! his <sn="4437">kingdom</s> is an <sn="5957">everlasting</s><sn="4437">kingdom</s>, and his <sn="7985">dominion</s> is <sn="5974">from</s><sn="1859">generation</s> to <sn="1859">generation</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="576">I</s><sn="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s><sn="1934">was</s> at <sn="7954">rest</s> in mine <sn="1005">house</s>, and <sn="7487">flourishing</s> in my <sn="1965">palace</s>: </v>
<vn='5'>I <sn="2370">saw</s> a <sn="2493">dream</s> which made me <sn="1763">afraid</s>, and the <sn="2031">thoughts</s><sn="5922">upon</s> my <sn="4903">bed</s> and the <sn="2376">visions</s> of my <sn="7217">head</s><sn="927">troubled</s> me. </v>
<vn='6'>Therefore <sn="4481 7761">made</s> I a <sn="2942">decree</s> to bring <sn="5924">in</s><sn="3606">all</s> the <sn="2445">wise</s> men of <sn="895">Babylon</s><sn="6925">before</s> me, <sn="1768">that</s> they might make <sn="3046">known</s> unto me the <sn="6591">interpretation</s> of the <sn="2493">dream</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="116">Then</s> came <sn="5954">in</s> the <sn="2749">magicians</s>, the <sn="826">astrologers</s>, the <sn="3779">Chaldeans</s>, and the <sn="1505">soothsayers</s>: and <sn="576">I</s><sn="560">told</s> the <sn="2493">dream</s><sn="6925">before</s> them; but they did <sn="3809">not</s> make <sn="3046">known</s> unto me the <sn="6591">interpretation</s> thereof. </v>
<vn='8'>But <sn="5705">at</s> the <sn="318">last</s><sn="1841">Daniel</s> came <sn="5954">in</s><sn="6925">before</s> me, <sn="1768">whose</s><sn="8036">name</s> was <sn="1096">Belteshazzar</s>, according to the <sn="8036">name</s> of my <sn="426">god</s>, and in <sn="1768">whom</s> is the <sn="7308">spirit</s> of the <sn="6922">holy</s><sn="426">gods</s>: and <sn="6925">before</s> him I <sn="560">told</s> the <sn="2493">dream</s>, saying, </v>
<vn='9'>O <sn="1096">Belteshazzar</s>, <sn="7229">master</s> of the <sn="2749">magicians</s>, <sn="1768">because</s><sn="576">I</s><sn="3046">know</s><sn="1768">that</s> the <sn="7308">spirit</s> of the <sn="6922">holy</s><sn="426">gods</s> is in thee, and <sn="3809 3606">no</s><sn="7328">secret</s><sn="598">troubleth</s> thee, <sn="560">tell</s> me the <sn="2376">visions</s> of my <sn="2493">dream</s><sn="1768">that</s> I have <sn="2370">seen</s>, and the <sn="6591">interpretation</s> thereof. </v>
<vn='10'>Thus were the <sn="2376">visions</s> of mine <sn="7217">head</s><sn="5922">in</s> my <sn="4903">bed</s>; I <sn="1934 2370">saw</s>, and <sn="431">behold</s> a <sn="363">tree</s> in the <sn="1459">midst</s> of the <sn="772">earth</s>, and the <sn="7314">height</s> thereof was <sn="7690">great</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>The <sn="363">tree</s><sn="7236">grew</s>, and was <sn="8631">strong</s>, and the <sn="7314">height</s> thereof <sn="4291">reached</s> unto <sn="8065">heaven</s>, and the <sn="2379">sight</s> thereof to the <sn="5491">end</s> of <sn="3606">all</s> the <sn="772">earth</s>: </v>
<vn='12'>The <sn="6074">leaves</s> thereof were <sn="8209">fair</s>, and the <sn="4">fruit</s> thereof <sn="7690">much</s>, and in it was <sn="4203">meat</s> for <sn="3606">all</s>: the <sn="2423">beasts</s> of the <sn="1251">field</s> had <sn="2927">shadow</s><sn="8460">under</s> it, and the <sn="6853">fowls</s> of the <sn="8065">heaven</s><sn="1753">dwelt</s> in the <sn="6056">boughs</s> thereof, and <sn="3606">all</s><sn="1321">flesh</s> was <sn="2110">fed</s><sn="4481">of</s> it. </v>
<vn='13'>I <sn="1934 2370">saw</s> in the <sn="2376">visions</s> of my <sn="7217">head</s><sn="5922">upon</s> my <sn="4903">bed</s>, and, <sn="431">behold</s>, a <sn="5894">watcher</s> and a holy <sn="6922">one</s> came <sn="5182">down</s><sn="4481">from</s><sn="8065">heaven</s>; </v>
<vn='14'>He <sn="7123">cried</s><sn="2429">aloud</s>, and <sn="560">said</s><sn="3652">thus</s>, Hew <sn="1414">down</s> the <sn="363">tree</s>, and cut <sn="7113">off</s> his <sn="6056">branches</s>, shake <sn="5426">off</s> his <sn="6074">leaves</s>, and <sn="921">scatter</s> his <sn="4">fruit</s>: let the <sn="2423">beasts</s> get <sn="5111">away</s><sn="4481">from</s><sn="8479">under</s> it, and the <sn="6853">fowls</s><sn="4481">from</s> his <sn="6056">branches</s>: </v>
<vn='15'><sn="1297">Nevertheless</s><sn="7662">leave</s> the <sn="6136">stump</s> of his <sn="8330">roots</s> in the <sn="772">earth</s>, even with a <sn="613">band</s><sn="1768">of</s><sn="6523">iron</s> and <sn="5174">brass</s>, in the tender <sn="1883">grass</s><sn="1768">of</s> the <sn="1251">field</s>; and let it be <sn="6647">wet</s> with the <sn="2920">dew</s> of <sn="8065">heaven</s>, and let his <sn="2508">portion</s> be <sn="5974">with</s> the <sn="2423">beasts</s> in the <sn="6211">grass</s> of the <sn="772">earth</s>: </v>
<vn='16'>Let his <sn="3825">heart</s> be <sn="8133">changed</s><sn="4481">from</s><sn="606">man</s> 's, and let a <sn="2423">beast</s> 's <sn="3825">heart</s> be <sn="3052">given</s> unto him; and let <sn="7655">seven</s><sn="5732">times</s><sn="2499">pass</s><sn="5922">over</s> him. </v>
<vn='17'>This <sn="6600">matter</s> is by the <sn="1510">decree</s> of the <sn="5894">watchers</s>, and the <sn="7595">demand</s> by the <sn="3983">word</s> of the holy <sn="6922">ones</s>: <sn="5705">to</s> the <sn="1701">intent</s><sn="1768">that</s> the <sn="2417">living</s> may <sn="3046">know</s><sn="1768">that</s> the most <sn="5943">High</s><sn="7990">ruleth</s> in the <sn="4437">kingdom</s> of <sn="606">men</s>, and <sn="5415">giveth</s> it to <sn="4479 1768">whomsoever</s> he <sn="6634">will</s>, and setteth <sn="6966">up</s><sn="5922">over</s> it the <sn="8215">basest</s> of <sn="606">men</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="1836">This</s><sn="2493">dream</s><sn="576">I</s><sn="4430">king</s><sn="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s> have <sn="2370">seen</s>. Now <sn="607">thou</s>, O <sn="1096">Belteshazzar</s>, <sn="560">declare</s> the <sn="6591">interpretation</s> thereof, forasmuch <sn="3606 6903 1768">as</s><sn="3606">all</s> the <sn="2445">wise</s> men of my <sn="4437">kingdom</s> are not <sn="3202 3809">able</s> to make <sn="3046">known</s> unto me the <sn="6591">interpretation</s>: but <sn="607">thou</s> art <sn="3546">able</s>; <sn="1768">for</s> the <sn="7308">spirit</s> of the <sn="6922">holy</s><sn="426">gods</s> is in thee. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="116">Then</s><sn="1841">Daniel</s>, <sn="1768">whose</s><sn="8036">name</s> was <sn="1096">Belteshazzar</s>, was <sn="8075">astonished</s> for <sn="2298">one</s><sn="8160">hour</s>, and his <sn="7476">thoughts</s><sn="927">troubled</s> him. The <sn="4430">king</s><sn="6032">spoke</s>, and <sn="560">said</s>, <sn="1096">Belteshazzar</s>, let <sn="409">not</s> the <sn="2493">dream</s>, or the <sn="6591">interpretation</s> thereof, <sn="927">trouble</s> thee. <sn="1096">Belteshazzar</s><sn="6032">answered</s> and <sn="560">said</s>, My <sn="4756">lord</s>, the <sn="2493">dream</s> be to them that <sn="8131">hate</s> thee, and the <sn="6591">interpretation</s> thereof to thine <sn="6146">enemies</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>The <sn="363">tree</s><sn="1768">that</s> thou <sn="2370">sawest</s>, <sn="1768">which</s><sn="7236">grew</s>, and was <sn="8631">strong</s>, whose <sn="7314">height</s><sn="4291">reached</s> unto the <sn="8065">heaven</s>, and the <sn="2379">sight</s> thereof to <sn="3606">all</s> the <sn="772">earth</s>; </v>
<vn='21'>Whose <sn="6074">leaves</s> were <sn="8209">fair</s>, and the <sn="4">fruit</s> thereof <sn="7690">much</s>, and in it was <sn="4203">meat</s> for <sn="3606">all</s>; <sn="8460">under</s> which the <sn="2423">beasts</s> of the <sn="1251">field</s><sn="1753">dwelt</s>, and upon whose <sn="6056">branches</s> the <sn="6853">fowls</s> of the <sn="8065">heaven</s> had their <sn="7932">habitation</s>: </v>
<vn='22'><sn="1932">It</s> is <sn="607">thou</s>, O <sn="4430">king</s>, <sn="1768">that</s> art <sn="7236">grown</s> and become <sn="8631">strong</s>: for thy <sn="7238">greatness</s> is <sn="7236">grown</s>, and <sn="4291">reacheth</s> unto <sn="8065">heaven</s>, and thy <sn="7985">dominion</s> to the <sn="5491">end</s> of the <sn="772">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And <sn="1768">whereas</s> the <sn="4430">king</s><sn="2370">saw</s> a <sn="5894">watcher</s> and a holy <sn="6922">one</s> coming <sn="5182">down</s><sn="4481">from</s><sn="8065">heaven</s>, and <sn="560">saying</s>, Hew the tree <sn="1414 363">down</s>, and <sn="2255">destroy</s> it; <sn="1297">yet</s><sn="7662">leave</s> the <sn="6136">stump</s> of the <sn="8330">roots</s> thereof in the <sn="772">earth</s>, even with a <sn="613">band</s><sn="1768">of</s><sn="6523">iron</s> and <sn="5174">brass</s>, in the tender <sn="1883">grass</s><sn="1768">of</s> the <sn="1251">field</s>; and let it be <sn="6647">wet</s> with the <sn="2920">dew</s> of <sn="8065">heaven</s>, and let his <sn="2508">portion</s> be <sn="5974">with</s> the <sn="2423">beasts</s> of the <sn="1251">field</s>, <sn="5705 1768">till</s><sn="7655">seven</s><sn="5732">times</s><sn="2499">pass</s><sn="5922">over</s> him; </v>
<vn='24'><sn="1836">This</s> is the <sn="6591">interpretation</s>, O <sn="4430">king</s>, and <sn="1932">this</s> is the <sn="1510">decree</s> of the most <sn="5943">High</s>, <sn="1768">which</s> is <sn="4291">come</s><sn="5922">upon</s> my <sn="4756">lord</s> the <sn="4430">king</s>: </v>
<vn='25'>That they shall <sn="2957">drive</s> thee <sn="4481">from</s><sn="606">men</s>, and thy <sn="4070">dwelling</s> shall <sn="1934">be</s><sn="5974">with</s> the <sn="2423">beasts</s> of the <sn="1251">field</s>, and they shall make thee to <sn="2939">eat</s><sn="6211">grass</s> as <sn="8450">oxen</s>, and they shall <sn="6647">wet</s> thee with the <sn="4481 2920">dew</s> of <sn="8065">heaven</s>, and <sn="7655">seven</s><sn="5732">times</s> shall <sn="2499">pass</s><sn="5922">over</s> thee, <sn="5705 1768">till</s> thou <sn="3046">know</s><sn="1768">that</s> the most <sn="5943">High</s><sn="7990">ruleth</s> in the <sn="4437">kingdom</s> of <sn="606">men</s>, and <sn="5415">giveth</s> it to <sn="4479 1768">whomsoever</s> he <sn="6634">will</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And <sn="1768">whereas</s> they <sn="560">commanded</s> to <sn="7662">leave</s> the <sn="6136">stump</s><sn="1768">of</s> the <sn="363">tree</s><sn="8330">roots</s>; thy <sn="4437">kingdom</s> shall be <sn="7011">sure</s> unto thee, after <sn="4481 1768">that</s> thou shalt have <sn="3046">known</s><sn="1768">that</s> the <sn="8065">heavens</s> do <sn="7990">rule</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="3861">Wherefore</s>, O <sn="4430">king</s>, let my <sn="4431">counsel</s> be <sn="8232">acceptable</s><sn="5922">unto</s> thee, and <sn="6562">break</s> off thy <sn="2408">sins</s> by <sn="6665">righteousness</s>, and thine <sn="5758">iniquities</s> by showing <sn="2604">mercy</s> to the <sn="6033">poor</s>; <sn="2006">if</s> it may <sn="1934">be</s> a <sn="754">lengthening</s> of thy <sn="7963">tranquillity</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>All <sn="3606">this</s><sn="4291">came</s><sn="5922">upon</s> the <sn="4430">king</s><sn="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>At the <sn="7118">end</s> of <sn="8648 6236">twelve</s><sn="3393">months</s> he <sn="1934 1981">walked</s><sn="5922">in</s> the <sn="1965">palace</s> of the <sn="4437">kingdom</s><sn="1768">of</s><sn="895">Babylon</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>The <sn="4430">king</s><sn="6032">spoke</s>, and <sn="560">said</s>, Is <sn="3809">not</s><sn="1668">this</s><sn="7229">great</s><sn="895">Babylon</s>, <sn="1768">that</s><sn="576">I</s> have <sn="1124">built</s> for the <sn="1005">house</s> of the <sn="4437">kingdom</s> by the <sn="8632">might</s> of my <sn="2632">power</s>, and for the <sn="3367">honor</s> of my <sn="1923">majesty</s>? </v>
<vn='31'><sn="5751">While</s> the <sn="4406">word</s> was in the <sn="4430">king</s> 's <sn="6433">mouth</s>, there <sn="5308">fell</s> a <sn="7032">voice</s><sn="4481">from</s><sn="8065">heaven</s>, saying, O <sn="4430">king</s><sn="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s>, to thee it is <sn="560">spoken</s>; The <sn="4437">kingdom</s> is <sn="5709">departed</s><sn="4481">from</s> thee. </v>
<vn='32'>And they shall <sn="2957">drive</s> thee <sn="4481">from</s><sn="606">men</s>, and thy <sn="4070">dwelling</s> shall be <sn="5974">with</s> the <sn="2423">beasts</s> of the <sn="1251">field</s>: they shall make thee to <sn="2939">eat</s><sn="6211">grass</s> as <sn="8450">oxen</s>, and <sn="7655">seven</s><sn="5732">times</s> shall <sn="2499">pass</s><sn="5922">over</s> thee, <sn="5705 1768">until</s> thou <sn="3046">know</s><sn="1768">that</s> the most <sn="5943">High</s><sn="7990">ruleth</s> in the <sn="4437">kingdom</s> of <sn="606">men</s>, and <sn="5415">giveth</s> it to <sn="4479 1768">whomsoever</s> he <sn="6634">will</s>. </v>
<vn='33'>The same <sn="8160">hour</s> was the <sn="4406">thing</s><sn="5487">fulfilled</s><sn="5922">upon</s><sn="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s>: and he was <sn="2957">driven</s><sn="4481">from</s><sn="606">men</s>, and did <sn="399">eat</s><sn="6211">grass</s> as <sn="8450">oxen</s>, and his <sn="1655">body</s> was <sn="6647">wet</s> with the <sn="4481 2920">dew</s> of <sn="8065">heaven</s>, <sn="5705 1768">till</s> his <sn="8177">hairs</s> were <sn="7236">grown</s> like <sn="5403">eagles</s> ' feathers, and his <sn="2953">nails</s> like <sn="6853">birds</s> ' claws. </v>
<vn='34'>And at the <sn="7118">end</s> of the <sn="3118">days</s><sn="576">I</s><sn="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s> lifted <sn="5191">up</s> mine <sn="5870">eyes</s> unto <sn="8065">heaven</s>, and mine <sn="4486">understanding</s><sn="8421">returned</s><sn="5922">unto</s> me, and I <sn="1289">blessed</s> the most <sn="5943">High</s>, and I <sn="7624">praised</s> and <sn="1922">honored</s> him that <sn="2417">liveth</s><sn="5957">forever</s>, <sn="1768">whose</s><sn="7985">dominion</s> is an <sn="5957">everlasting</s><sn="7985">dominion</s>, and his <sn="4437">kingdom</s> is <sn="5974">from</s><sn="1859">generation</s> to <sn="1859">generation</s>: </v>
<vn='35'>And <sn="3606">all</s> the <sn="1753">inhabitants</s> of the <sn="772">earth</s> are <sn="2804">reputed</s> as <sn="3809">nothing</s>: and he <sn="5648">doeth</s> according to his <sn="6634">will</s> in the <sn="2429">army</s> of <sn="8065">heaven</s>, and among the <sn="1753">inhabitants</s> of the <sn="772">earth</s>: and <sn="3809">none</s><sn="383">can</s><sn="4223">stay</s> his <sn="3028">hand</s>, or <sn="560">say</s> unto him, <sn="4101">What</s><sn="5648">doest</s> thou? </v>
<vn='36'>At the same <sn="2166">time</s> my <sn="4486">reason</s><sn="8421">returned</s><sn="5922">unto</s> me; and for the <sn="3367">glory</s> of my <sn="4437">kingdom</s>, mine <sn="1923">honor</s> and <sn="2122">brightness</s><sn="8421">returned</s><sn="5922">unto</s> me; and my <sn="1907">counselors</s> and my <sn="7261">lords</s><sn="1156">sought</s> unto me; and I was <sn="8627">established</s><sn="5922">in</s> my <sn="4437">kingdom</s>, and <sn="3493">excellent</s><sn="7238">majesty</s> was <sn="3255">added</s> unto me. </v>
<vn='37'><sn="3705">Now</s><sn="576">I</s><sn="5020">Nebuchadnezzar</s><sn="7624">praise</s> and <sn="7313">extol</s> and <sn="1922">honor</s> the <sn="4430">King</s> of <sn="8065">heaven</s>, <sn="3606">all</s><sn="1768">whose</s><sn="4567">works</s> are <sn="7187">truth</s>, and his <sn="735">ways</s><sn="1780">judgment</s>: and <sn="1768">those</s> that <sn="1981">walk</s> in <sn="1467">pride</s> he is <sn="3202">able</s> to <sn="8214">abase</s>. </v>