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         <div class="pmo"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="DAN.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">King Nebuchadnezzar,</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="DAN.4.1"></span></div><div class="pmo"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="DAN.4.1"><span class="content">To the nations and peoples of every language, who live in all the earth:</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="DAN.4.1"></span></div><div class="pmo"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="DAN.4.1"><span class="content">May you prosper greatly!</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="DAN.4.1"></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="DAN.4.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="DAN.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">It is my pleasure to tell you about the miraculous signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me.</span></span></div><div class="qm1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="DAN.4.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="DAN.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">How great are his signs,</span></span></div><div class="qm2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="DAN.4.3"><span class="content">how mighty his wonders!</span></span></div><div class="qm1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="DAN.4.3"><span class="content">His kingdom is an eternal kingdom;</span></span></div><div class="qm2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="DAN.4.3"><span class="content">his dominion endures from generation to generation.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="DAN.4.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="DAN.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at home in my palace, contented and prosperous. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="DAN.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I had a dream that made me afraid. As I was lying in bed, the images and visions that passed through my mind terrified me. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="DAN.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So I commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret the dream for me. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DAN.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">4:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Chaldeans</span></span></span><span class="content"> and diviners came, I told them the dream, but they could not interpret it for me. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DAN.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Finally, Daniel came into my presence and I told him the dream. (He is called Belteshazzar, after the name of my god, and the spirit of the holy gods is in him.)</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DAN.4.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DAN.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I said, &#8220;Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no mystery is too difficult for you. Here is my dream; interpret it for me. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DAN.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">These are the visions I saw while lying in bed: I looked, and there before me stood a tree in the middle of the land. Its height was enormous. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="DAN.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The tree grew large and strong and its top touched the sky; it was visible to the ends of the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DAN.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit abundant, and on it was food for all. Under it the wild animals found shelter, and the birds lived in its branches; from it every creature was fed.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DAN.4.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="DAN.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;In the visions I saw while lying in bed, I looked, and there before me was a holy one, a messenger,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">4:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">watchman</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 17 and 23</span></span></span><span class="content"> coming down from heaven. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="DAN.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He called in a loud voice: &#8216;Cut down the tree and trim off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the animals flee from under it and the birds from its branches. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="DAN.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But let the stump and its roots, bound with iron and bronze, remain in the ground, in the grass of the field.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="DAN.4.15"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let him live with the animals among the plants of the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DAN.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Let his mind be changed from that of a man and let him be given the mind of an animal, till seven times</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">4:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">years</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 23, 25 and 32</span></span></span><span class="content"> pass by for him.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DAN.4.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="DAN.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The decision is announced by messengers, the holy ones declare the verdict, so that the living may know that the Most High is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes and sets over them the lowliest of people.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="DAN.4.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="DAN.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, had. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me what it means, for none of the wise men in my kingdom can interpret it for me. But you can, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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