1King Nebuchadnezzar, To the people of every nation…
2I am pleased to declare the signs and…
3How great are His signs, how mighty His…
4I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house…
5I had a dream, and it frightened me;…
6So I issued a decree that all the…
7When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came…
8But at last, into my presence came Daniel…
9“O Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I know…
10In these visions of my mind as I…
11The tree grew large and strong; its top…
12Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant,…
13As I lay on my bed, I also…
14He called out in a loud voice: ‘Cut…
15But leave the stump with its roots in…
16Let his mind be changed from that of…
17This decision is the decree of the watchers,…
18This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar,…
19For a time, Daniel, who was also known…
20The tree you saw that grew large and…
21whose foliage was beautiful and whose fruit was…
22you, O king, are that tree! For you…
23And you, O king, saw a watcher, a…
24This is the interpretation, O king, and this…
25You will be driven away from mankind, and…
26As for the command to leave the stump…
27Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you,…
28All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar.
29Twelve months later, as he was walking on…
30the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the…
31While the words were still in the king’s…
32You will be driven away from mankind to…
33At that moment the sentence against Nebuchadnezzar was…
34But at the end of those days I,…
35All the peoples of the earth are counted…
36At the same time my sanity was restored,…
37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify…
