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Daniel 4:5-18

5IsawadreamH2493whichmademeafraid,andthethoughts uponmybedandthevisionsofmyhead troubledme.

6AndImadeH3046adecreetobringinallthewise menofBabylon before me,thattheymightmakeH3046knownH3046unto metheinterpretationH6591ofthedreamH2493.

7Then cameinthescribes,themagicians,theChaldeans,andtheastrologers;andI toldthedream before them; but they did not make known unto metheinterpretationofit.

8But atthelast Danielcamein before me, whose name is Belteshazzar, accordingtothename of my god,andin whom isthespirit oftheholy gods;andbefore him I toldthedream:

9O Belteshazzar, masterofthescribes,becauseIknow thatthespiritoftheholy gods isinthee,andno secret is too hardforthee, tell methevisionsofmy dream whichIhave seen,andtheinterpretationofit.

10ThuswerethevisionsH2376ofmyheadH7217upon mybedH4903:IsawH2370,andbeholdatreeinthemidstoftheearth,anditsheightwasgreat.

11ThetreeH363grew,andwasstrong,anditsheight reached untotheheavens,andthesight thereoftotheendofalltheearth.

12Its leaveswerebeautiful,andits fruit abundant,andinitwasfoodforall:thebeastsH2423ofthefieldH1251found shade under it,andthebirdsoftheheavensH8065dweltinits branches,andall fleshwasfedfromit.

13Isawinthevisionsofmy head upon my bed,andbehold, a watcheranda holy one came downfromtheheavens;

14hecried aloud,andsaid thus: Hew downthetree,andcut offitsbranches, shake offitsleaves,andscatteritsfruit; letthebeasts get awayfromunderit,andthebirdsfromitsbranches.

15Nevertheless leavethestumpofitsrootsintheearth,evenwithabandofironandbrass,inthetender grassofthefield;andletitbebathedwiththedewofheaven,andlethisportionbewiththebeastsinthegrassoftheearth.

16Lethisheartbechangedfromman's,andletabeast's heartbegivenunto him;andlet seventimespass over him.

17This sentenceisbythedecreeofthewatchers,andthedecision bythewordoftheholy ones:thattheliving may knowthattheMost High ruleth overthekingdomofmen,andgiveth ittowhomsoeverhewill,andsetteth up over itthebasestofmen.

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

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