# Daniel 04 đ
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## đ Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
[[#Verse 01.]] (3:31)Â King Nebuchadnezzar, to all peoples, nations, and language groups that live in all the land: âPeace and prosperity!Â
[[#Verse 02.]]Â I am delighted to tell you about the signs and wonders that the most high God has done for me.
[[#Verse 03.]]Â âHow great are his signs!
How mighty are his wonders!
His kingdom will last forever,
and his authority continues from one generation to the next.â
### Nebuchadnezzar Dreams of a Tree Chopped Down
[[#Verse 04.]] (4:1) I, Nebuchadnezzar, was relaxing in my home, living luxuriously in my palace.Â
[[#Verse 01.]]5 I saw a dream that frightened me badly. The things I imagined while lying on my bedâthese visions of my mindâwere terrifying me.Â
[[#Verse 06.]] So I issued an order for all the wise men of Babylon to be brought before me so that they could make known to me the interpretation of the dream.
[[#Verse 07.]]Â When the magicians, astrologers, wise men, and diviners entered, I recounted the dream for them. But they were unable to make known its interpretation to me.Â
[[#Verse 01.]]8 Later Daniel entered (whose name is Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom there is a spirit of the holy gods). I recounted the dream for him as well,Â
[[#Verse 09.]] saying, âBelteshazzar, chief of the magicians, in whom I know there to be a spirit of the holy gods and whom no mystery baffles, consider my dream that I saw and set forth its interpretation!Â
[[#Verse 10.]] Here are the visions of my mind while I was on my bed.
âWhile I was watching,
there was a tree in the middle of the land.
It was enormously tall.
[[#Verse 11.]]Â The tree grew large and strong.
Its top reached far into the sky;
it could be seen from the borders of all the land.
[[#Verse 12.]]Â Its foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful;
on it there was food enough for all.
Under it the wild animals used to seek shade,
and in its branches the birds of the sky used to nest.
All creatures used to feed themselves from it.
[[#Verse 13.]] While I was watching in my mindâs visions on my bed,
a holy sentinel came down from heaven.
[[#Verse 14.]] He called out loudly as follows:
âChop down the tree and lop off its branches!
Strip off its foliage
and scatter its fruit!
Let the animals flee from under it
and the birds from its branches.
[[#Verse 15.]] But leave its taproot in the ground,
with a band of iron and bronze around it
surrounded by the grass of the field.
Let it become damp with the dew of the sky,
and let it live with the animals in the grass of the land.
[[#Verse 16.]] Let his mind be altered from that of a human being,
and let an animalâs mind be given to him,
and let seven periods of time go by for him.
[[#Verse 17.]]Â This announcement is by the decree of the sentinels;
this decision is by the pronouncement of the holy ones,
so that those who are alive may understand
that the Most High has authority over human kingdoms,
and he bestows them on whomever he wishes.
He establishes over them even the lowliest of human beings.â
[[#Verse 18.]] âThis is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. Now you, Belteshazzar, declare its interpretation, for none of the wise men in my kingdom are able to make known to me the interpretation. But you can do so, for a spirit of the holy gods is in you.â
### Daniel Interprets Nebuchadnezzarâs Dream
[[#Verse 19.]] Then Daniel (whose name is also Belteshazzar) was upset for a brief time; his thoughts were alarming him. The king said, âBelteshazzar, donât let the dream and its interpretation alarm you.â But Belteshazzar replied, âSir, if only the dream were for your enemies and its interpretation applied to your adversaries!Â
[[#Verse 20.]] The tree that you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached to the sky, and that could be seen in all the land,Â
[[#Verse 21.]] whose foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful, and from which there was food available for all, under whose branches wild animals used to live, and in whose branches birds of the sky used to nestâÂ
[[#Verse 22.]] it is you, O king! For you have become great and strong. Your greatness is such that it reaches to heaven, and your authority to the ends of the earth.Â
[[#Verse 23.]] As for the king seeing a holy sentinel coming down from heaven and saying, âChop down the tree and destroy it, but leave its taproot in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, surrounded by the grass of the field. Let it become damp with the dew of the sky, and let it live with the wild animals, until seven periods of time go by for himââÂ
[[#Verse 24.]]Â this is the interpretation, O king. It is the decision of the Most High that this has happened to my lord the king.Â
[[#Verse 25.]] You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and you will become damp with the dew of the sky. Seven periods of time will pass by for you, before you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.Â
[[#Verse 26.]] They said to leave the taproot of the tree, for your kingdom will be restored to you when you come to understand that heaven rules.Â
[[#Verse 27.]]Â Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps your prosperity will be prolonged.â
[[#Verse 28.]] Now all this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar.Â
[[#Verse 29.]] After twelve months, he happened to be walking around on the battlements of the royal palace of Babylon.Â
[[#Verse 30.]] The king uttered these words: âIs this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence by my own mighty strength and for my majestic honor?âÂ
[[#Verse 31.]] While these words were still on the kingâs lips, a voice came down from heaven: âIt is hereby announced to you, King Nebuchadnezzar, that your kingdom has been removed from you!
[[#Verse 32.]] You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and seven periods of time will pass by for you before you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.â
[[#Verse 33.]] Now in that very moment this pronouncement about Nebuchadnezzar came true. He was driven from human society, he ate grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until his hair became long like an eagleâs feathers, and his nails like a birdâs claws.
[[#Verse 34.]] But at the end of the appointed time I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up toward heaven, and my sanity returned to me.
I extolled the Most High, and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever.
For his authority is an everlasting authority,
and his kingdom extends from one generation to the next.
[[#Verse 35.]]Â All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing.
He does as he wishes with the army of heaven
and with those who inhabit the earth.
No one slaps his hand
and says to him, âWhat have you done?â
[[#Verse 36.]] At that time my sanity returned to me. I was restored to the honor of my kingdom, and my splendor returned to me. My ministers and my nobles were seeking me out, and I was reinstated over my kingdom. I became even greater than before.Â
[[#Verse 37.]]  Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all his deeds are right and his ways are just. He is able to bring down those who live in pride.
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