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Daniel 4:28-36

28AllH3606 this happenedH4291 toH5922 KingH4430 NebuchadnezzarH5020. 29TwelveH8648H6236 monthsH3393 laterH7118, as he wasH1934 walkingH1981 onH5922 the roof of the royal palaceH1965H4437 ofH1768 BabylonH895, 30the kingH4430H560 exclaimedH6032, “Is thisH1668H1932 notH3809 BabylonH895 the GreatH7229, whichH1768 I myselfH576 have builtH1124 as a royalH4437 residenceH1005 by the mightH8632 of my powerH2632 and for the gloryH3367 of my majestyH1923?”

31While the wordsH4406 were stillH5751 in the king’sH4430 mouthH6433, a voiceH7032 cameH5308 fromH4481 heavenH8065: “It is decreedH560 to you, KingH4430 NebuchadnezzarH5020, that the kingdomH4437 has departedH5709 from youH4481. 32You will be driven awayH2957 fromH4481 mankindH606 to liveH4070 withH5974 the beastsH2423 of the fieldH1251, and you will feed onH2939 grassH6211 like an oxH8450. And sevenH7655 timesH5732 will passH2499 you byH5922, untilH5705H1768 you acknowledgeH3046 thatH1768 the Most HighH5943 rulesH7990 over the kingdomH4437 of mankindH606 and gives itH5415 to whomH4479H1768 He wishesH6634.”

33At that momentH8160 the sentenceH4406 againstH5922 NebuchadnezzarH5020 was fulfilledH5487. He was driven awayH2957 fromH4481 mankindH606. He ateH399 grassH6211 like an oxH8450, and his bodyH1655 was drenchedH6647 with the dewH2920 of heavenH8065, untilH5705H1768 his hairH8177 grewH7236 like the feathers of an eagleH5403 and his nailsH2953 like the claws of a birdH6853.

34But at the endH7118 of those daysH3118 IH576, NebuchadnezzarH5020, looked upH5870H5191 to heavenH8065, and my sanityH4486 was restoredH8421 to meH5922. Then I praisedH1289 the Most HighH5943, and I honoredH7624 and glorifiedH1922H1768 Him who livesH2417 foreverH5957:

“For His dominionH7985 is an everlastingH5957 dominionH7985,and His kingdomH4437 endures fromH5974 generationH1859 to generationH1859.35AllH3606 the peoplesH1753 of the earthH772are countedH2804 as nothingH3809,and He doesH5648 as He pleasesH6634with the armyH2429 of heavenH8065and the peoplesH1753 of the earthH772.There isH383 noH3809 one whoH1768 can restrainH4223 His handH3028or sayH560 to Him, ‘WhatH4101 have You doneH5648?’”

36At the same timeH2166 my sanityH4486 was restoredH8421, my honorH1923 and splendorH2122 returnedH8421 to meH5922 for the gloryH3367 of my kingdomH4437. My advisersH1907 and noblesH7261 sought me outH1156, and I was restoredH8627 toH5922 my throneH4437, and surpassingH3493 greatnessH7238 was addedH3255 to me.

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