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Daniel 4:5-18

5IsawadreamH2493whichmademeafraid;andthethoughts uponmybedandthevisionsofmyhead troubledme.

6ThereforemadeH3046Iadecreetobringinallthewise menofBabylon before me,thattheymightmakeH3046knownH3046unto metheinterpretationH6591ofthedreamH2493.

7Then cameinthemagicians,theenchanters,theChaldeans,andthesoothsayers;andI toldthedream before them; but they did not make known unto metheinterpretation thereof.

8But atthelast Danielcamein before me, whose namewasBelteshazzar, accordingtothename of my god,andin whom isthespirit oftheholy gods:andI toldthedream before him, saying,

9O Belteshazzar, masterofthemagicians,becauseIknow thatthespiritoftheholy gods isinthee,andno secret troubleth thee, tell methevisionsofmy dream thatIhave seen,andtheinterpretation thereof.

10ThuswerethevisionsH2376ofmyheadH7217upon mybedH4903:IsawH2370,and,behold,atreeinthemidstoftheearth;andtheheight thereofwasgreat.

11ThetreeH363grew,andwasstrong,andtheheight thereof reached unto heaven,andthesight thereoftotheendofalltheearth.

12Theleaves thereofwerefair,andthefruit thereof much,andinitwasfoodforall:thebeastsH2423ofthefieldH1251hadshadow under it,andthebirdsoftheheavensH8065dweltinthebranches thereof,andall fleshwasfedfromit.

13Isawinthevisionsofmy head upon my bed,and, behold, a watcheranda holy one came downfromheaven.

14Hecried aloud,andsaid thus, Hew downthetree,andcut offitsbranches, shake offitsleaves,andscatteritsfruit: letthebeasts get awayfromunderit,andthefowlsfromitsbranches.

15Nevertheless leavethestumpofitsrootsintheearth,evenwithabandofironandbrass,inthetender grassofthefield;andletitbewetwiththedewofheaven:andlethisportionbewiththebeastsinthegrassoftheearth:

16lethisheartbechangedfromman’s,andletabeast’s heartbegivenunto him;andlet seventimespass over him.

17Thesentenceisbythedecreeofthewatchers,andthedemand bythewordoftheholy ones;totheintentthattheliving may knowthattheMost High rulethinthekingdomofmen,andgiveth ittowhomsoeverhewill,andsetteth up over itthelowestofmen.

18This dream I, king Nebuchadnezzar, have seen;andthou, O Belteshazzar, declaretheinterpretation, forasmuch asallthewise menofmy kingdom are not abletomake known unto metheinterpretation; but thou art able;forthespiritoftheholy gods isinthee.

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