Daniel 2:20-28

20He said, “Praise God’s name from everlasting to everlasting because he is wise and powerful.

21He changes times and periods of history. He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to those who are wise and knowledge to those who have insight.

22He reveals deeply hidden things. He knows what is in the dark, and light lives with him.

23God of my ancestors, I thank and praise you. You gave me wisdom and power. You told me the answer to our question. You told us what the king wants to know.”

24Then Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy Babylon’s wise advisers. Daniel told him, “Don’t destroy Babylon’s wise advisers. Take me to the king, and I’ll explain the dream’s meaning to him.”

25Arioch immediately took Daniel to the king. He told the king, “I’ve found one of the captives from Judah who can explain the dream’s meaning to you, Your Majesty.”

26The king asked Daniel (who had been renamed Belteshazzar), “Can you tell me the dream I had and its meaning?”

27Daniel answered the king, “No wise adviser, psychic, magician, or fortuneteller can tell the king this secret.

28But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets. He will tell King Nebuchadnezzar what is going to happen in the days to come. This is your dream, the vision you had while you were asleep: