,this e,book was produced by ,david ,widger with the help of ,derek ,andrew's text from ,january #aiib and the work of ,bryan ,taylor in ,november #bjjb4 ,book #bg ,daniel #bg3jja3jja ,in the third year of the reign of ,jehoiakim king of ,judah came ,nebuchadnezzar king of ,babylon unto ,jerusalem1 and besieged it4 #bg3jja3jjb ,and the ,lord gave ,jehoiakim king of ,judah into his hand1 with part of the vessels of the house of ,god3 which he carried into the land of ,shinar to the house of his god2 and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god4 #bg3jja3jjc ,and the king spake unto ,ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs1 that he should bring certain of the children of ,israel1 and of the king's seed1 and of the princes2 #bg3jja3jjd ,children in whom was no blemish1 but well favoured1 and skilful in all wisdom1 and cunning in knowledge1 and understanding science1 and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace1 and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the ,chaldeans4 #bg3jja3jje ,and the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat1 and of the wine which he drank3 so nourishing them three years1 that at the end thereof they might stand before the king4 #bg3jja3jjf ,now among these were of the children of ,judah1 ,daniel1 ,hananiah1 ,mishael1 and ,azariah3 #bg3jja3jjg ,unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names3 for he gave unto ,daniel the name of ,belteshazzar2 and to ,hananiah1 of ,shadrach2 and to ,mishael1 of ,meshach2 and to ,azariah1 of ,abednego4 #bg3jja3jjh ,but ,daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat1 nor with the wine which he drank3 therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself4 #bg3jja3jji ,now ,god had brought ,daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs4 #bg3jja3jaj ,and the prince of the eunuchs said unto ,daniel1 ,i fear my lord the king1 who hath appointed your meat and your drink3 for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort8 then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king4 #bg3jja3jaa ,then said ,daniel to ,melzar1 whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over ,daniel1 ,hananiah1 ,mishael1 and ,azariah1 #bg3jja3jab ,prove thy servants1 ,i beseech thee1 ten days2 and let them give us pulse to eat1 and water to drink4 #bg3jja3jac ,then let our countenances be looked upon before thee1 and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat3 and as thou seest1 deal with thy servants4 #bg3jja3jad ,so he consented to them in this matter1 and proved them ten days4 #bg3jja3jae ,and at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat4 #bg3jja3jaf ,thus ,melzar took away the portion of their meat1 and the wine that they should drink2 and gave them pulse4 #bg3jja3jag ,as for these four children1 ,god gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom3 and ,daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams4 #bg3jja3jah ,now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in1 then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before ,nebuchadnezzar4 #bg3jja3jai ,and the king communed with them2 and among them all was found none like ,daniel1 ,hananiah1 ,mishael1 and ,azariah3 therefore stood they before the king4 #bg3jja3jbj ,and in all matters of wisdom and understanding1 that the king enquired of them1 he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm4 #bg3jja3jba ,and ,daniel continued even unto the first year of king ,cyrus4 #bg3jjb3jja ,and in the second year of the reign of ,nebuchadnezzar ,nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams1 wherewith his spirit was troubled1 and his sleep brake from him4 #bg3jjb3jjb ,then the king commanded to call the magicians1 and the astrologers1 and the sorcerers1 and the ,chaldeans1 for to shew the king his dreams4 ,so they came and stood before the king4 #bg3jjb3jjc ,and the king said unto them1 ,i have dreamed a dream1 and my spirit was troubled to know the dream4 #bg3jjb3jjd ,then spake the ,chaldeans to the king in ,syriack1 ,o king1 live for ever3 tell thy servants the dream1 and we will shew the interpretation4 #bg3jjb3jje ,the king answered and said to the ,chaldeans1 ,the thing is gone from me3 if ye will not make known unto me the dream1 with the interpretation thereof1 ye shall be cut in pieces1 and your houses shall be made a dunghill4 #bg3jjb3jjf ,but if ye shew the dream1 and the interpretation thereof1 ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour3 therefore shew me the dream1 and the interpretation thereof4 #bg3jjb3jjg ,they answered again and said1 ,let the king tell his servants the dream1 and we will shew the interpretation of it4 #bg3jjb3jjh ,the king answered and said1 ,i know of certainty that ye would gain the time1 because ye see the thing is gone from me4 #bg3jjb3jji ,but if ye will not make known unto me the dream1 there is but one decree for you3 for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me1 till the time be changed3 therefore tell me the dream1 and ,i shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof4 #bg3jjb3jaj ,the ,chaldeans answered before the king1 and said1 ,there is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter3 therefore there is no king1 lord1 nor ruler1 that asked such things at any magician1 or astrologer1 or ,chaldean4 #bg3jjb3jaa ,and it is a rare thing that the king requireth1 and there is none other that can shew it before the king1 except the gods1 whose dwelling is not with flesh4 #bg3jjb3jab ,for this cause the king was angry and very furious1 and commanded to destroy all the wise men of ,babylon4 #bg3jjb3jac ,and the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain2 and they sought ,daniel and his fellows to be slain4 #bg3jjb3jad ,then ,daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to ,arioch the captain of the king's guard1 which was gone forth to slay the wise men of ,babylon3 #bg3jjb3jae ,he answered and said to ,arioch the king's captain1 ,why is the decree so hasty from the king8 ,then ,arioch made the thing known to ,daniel4 #bg3jjb3jaf ,then ,daniel went in1 and desired of the king that he would give him time1 and that he would shew the king the interpretation4 #bg3jjb3jag ,then ,daniel went to his house1 and made the thing known to ,hananiah1 ,mishael1 and ,azariah1 his companions3 #bg3jjb3jah ,that they would desire mercies of the ,god of heaven concerning this secret2 that ,daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of ,babylon4 #bg3jjb3jai ,then was the secret revealed unto ,daniel in a night vision4 ,then ,daniel blessed the ,god of heaven4 #bg3jjb3jbj ,daniel answered and said1 ,blessed be the name of ,god for ever and ever3 for wisdom and might are his3 #bg3jjb3jba ,and he changeth the times and the seasons3 he removeth kings1 and setteth up kings3 he giveth wisdom unto the wise1 and knowledge to them that know understanding3 #bg3jjb3jbb ,he revealeth the deep and secret things3 he knoweth what is in the darkness1 and the light dwelleth with him4 #bg3jjb3jbc ,i thank thee1 and praise thee1 ,o thou ,god of my fathers1 who hast given me wisdom and might1 and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee3 for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter4 #bg3jjb3jbd ,therefore ,daniel went in unto ,arioch1 whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of ,babylon3 he went and said thus unto him2 ,destroy not the wise men of ,babylon3 bring me in before the king1 and ,i will shew unto the king the interpretation4 #bg3jjb3jbe ,then ,arioch brought in ,daniel before the king in haste1 and said thus unto him1 ,i have found a man of the captives of ,judah1 that will make known unto the king the interpretation4 #bg3jjb3jbf ,the king answered and said to ,daniel1 whose name was ,belteshazzar1 ,art thou able to make known unto me the dream which ,i have seen1 and the interpretation thereof8 #bg3jjb3jbg ,daniel answered in the presence of the king1 and said1 ,the secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men1 the astrologers1 the magicians1 the soothsayers1 shew unto the king2 #bg3jjb3jbh ,but there is a ,god in heaven that revealeth secrets1 and maketh known to the king ,nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days4 ,thy dream1 and the visions of thy head upon thy bed1 are these2 #bg3jjb3jbi ,as for thee1 ,o king1 thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed1 what should come to pass hereafter3 and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass4 #bg3jjb3jcj ,but as for me1 this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that ,i have more than any living1 but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king1 and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart4 #bg3jjb3jca ,thou1 ,o king1 sawest1 and behold a great image4 ,this great image1 whose brightness was excellent1 stood before thee2 and the form thereof was terrible4 #bg3jjb3jcb ,this image's head was of fine gold1 his breast and his arms of silver1 his belly and his thighs of brass1 #bg3jjb3jcc ,his legs of iron1 his feet part of iron and part of clay4 #bg3jjb3jcd ,thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands1 which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay1 and brake them to pieces4 #bg3jjb3jce ,then was the iron1 the clay1 the brass1 the silver1 and the gold1 broken to pieces together1 and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors2 and the wind carried them away1 that no place was found for them3 and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain1 and filled the whole earth4 #bg3jjb3jcf ,this is the dream2 and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king4 #bg3jjb3jcg ,thou1 ,o king1 art a king of kings3 for the ,god of heaven hath given thee a kingdom1 power1 and strength1 and glory4 #bg3jjb3jch ,and wheresoever the children of men dwell1 the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand1 and hath made thee ruler over them all4 ,thou art this head of gold4 #bg3jjb3jci ,and after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee1 and another third kingdom of brass1 which shall bear rule over all the earth4 #bg3jjb3jdj ,and the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron3 forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things3 and as iron that breaketh all these1 shall it break in pieces and bruise4 #bg3jjb3jda ,and whereas thou sawest the feet and toes1 part of potters' clay1 and part of iron1 the kingdom shall be divided2 but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron1 forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay4 #bg3jjb3jdb ,and as the toes of the feet were part of iron1 and part of clay1 so the kingdom shall be partly strong1 and partly broken4 #bg3jjb3jdc ,and whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay1 they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men3 but they shall not cleave one to another1 even as iron is not mixed with clay4 #bg3jjb3jdd ,and in the days of these kings shall the ,god of heaven set up a kingdom1 which shall never be destroyed3 and the kingdom shall not be left to other people1 but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms1 and it shall stand for ever4 #bg3jjb3jde ,forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands1 and that it brake in pieces the iron1 the brass1 the clay1 the silver1 and the gold2 the great ,god hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter3 and the dream is certain1 and the interpretation thereof sure4 #bg3jjb3jdf ,then the king ,nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face1 and worshipped ,daniel1 and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him4 #bg3jjb3jdg ,the king answered unto ,daniel1 and said1 ,of a truth it is1 that your ,god is a ,god of gods1 and a ,lord of kings1 and a revealer of secrets1 seeing thou couldest reveal this secret4 #bg3jjb3jdh ,then the king made ,daniel a great man1 and gave him many great gifts1 and made him ruler over the whole province of ,babylon1 and chief of the governors over all the wise men of ,babylon4 #bg3jjb3jdi ,then ,daniel requested of the king1 and he set ,shadrach1 ,meshach1 and ,abednego1 over the affairs of the province of ,babylon3 but ,daniel sat in the gate of the king4 #bg3jjc3jja ,nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold1 whose height was threescore cubits1 and the breadth thereof six cubits3 he set it up in the plain of ,dura1 in the province of ,babylon4 #bg3jjc3jjb ,then ,nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes1 the governors1 and the captains1 the judges1 the treasurers1 the counsellors1 the sheriffs1 and all the rulers of the provinces1 to come to the dedication of the image which ,nebuchadnezzar the king had set up4 #bg3jjc3jjc ,then the princes1 the governors1 and captains1 the judges1 the treasurers1 the counsellors1 the sheriffs1 and all the rulers of the provinces1 were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that ,nebuchadnezzar the king had set up2 and they stood before the image that ,nebuchadnezzar had set up4 #bg3jjc3jjd ,then an herald cried aloud1 ,to you it is commanded1 ,o people1 nations1 and languages1 #bg3jjc3jje ,that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet1 flute1 harp1 sackbut1 psaltery1 dulcimer1 and all kinds of musick1 ye fall down and worship the golden image that ,nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up3 #bg3jjc3jjf ,and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace4 #bg3jjc3jjg ,therefore at that time1 when all the people heard the sound of the cornet1 flute1 harp1 sackbut1 psaltery1 and all kinds of musick1 all the people1 the nations1 and the languages1 fell down and worshipped the golden image that ,nebuchadnezzar the king had set up4 #bg3jjc3jjh ,wherefore at that time certain ,chaldeans came near1 and accused the ,jews4 #bg3jjc3jji ,they spake and said to the king ,nebuchadnezzar1 ,o king1 live for ever4 #bg3jjc3jaj ,thou1 ,o king1 hast made a decree1 that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet1 flute1 harp1 sackbut1 psaltery1 and dulcimer1 and all kinds of musick1 shall fall down and worship the golden image3 #bg3jjc3jaa ,and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth1 that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace4 #bg3jjc3jab ,there are certain ,jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of ,babylon1 ,shadrach1 ,meshach1 and ,abednego2 these men1 ,o king1 have not regarded thee3 they serve not thy gods1 nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up4 #bg3jjc3jac ,then ,nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring ,shadrach1 ,meshach1 and ,abednego4 ,then they brought these men before the king4 #bg3jjc3jad ,nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them1 ,is it true1 ,o ,shadrach1 ,meshach1 and ,abednego1 do not ye serve my gods1 nor worship the golden image which ,i have set up8 #bg3jjc3jae ,now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet1 flute1 harp1 sackbut1 psaltery1 and dulcimer1 and all kinds of musick1 ye fall down and worship the image which ,i have made2 well3 but if ye worship not1 ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace2 and who is that ,god that shall deliver you out of my hands8 #bg3jjc3jaf ,shadrach1 ,meshach1 and ,abednego1 answered and said to the king1 ,o ,nebuchadnezzar1 we are not careful to answer thee in this matter4 #bg3jjc3jag ,if it be so1 our ,god whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace1 and he will deliver us out of thine hand1 ,o king4 #bg3jjc3jah ,but if not1 be it known unto thee1 ,o king1 that we will not serve thy gods1 nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up4 #bg3jjc3jai ,then was ,nebuchadnezzar full of fury1 and the form of his visage was changed against ,shadrach1 ,meshach1 and ,abednego3 therefore he spake1 and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated4 #bg3jjc3jbj ,and he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind ,shadrach1 ,meshach1 and ,abednego1 and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace4 #bg3jjc3jba ,then these men were bound in their coats1 their hosen1 and their hats1 and their other garments1 and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace4 #bg3jjc3jbb ,therefore because the king's commandment was urgent1 and the furnace exceeding hot1 the flames of the fire slew those men that took up ,shadrach1 ,meshach1 and ,abednego4 #bg3jjc3jbc ,and these three men1 ,shadrach1 ,meshach1 and ,abednego1 fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace4 #bg3jjc3jbd ,then ,nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied1 and rose up in haste1 and spake1 and said unto his counsellors1 ,did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire8 ,they answered and said unto the king1 ,true1 ,o king4 #bg3jjc3jbe ,he answered and said1 ,lo1 ,i see four men loose1 walking in the midst of the fire1 and they have no hurt2 and the form of the fourth is like the ,son of ,god4 #bg3jjc3jbf ,then ,nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace1 and spake1 and said1 ,shadrach1 ,meshach1 and ,abednego1 ye servants of the most high ,god1 come forth1 and come hither4 ,then ,shadrach1 ,meshach1 and ,abednego1 came forth of the midst of the fire4 #bg3jjc3jbg ,and the princes1 governors1 and captains1 and the king's counsellors1 being gathered together1 saw these men1 upon whose bodies the fire had no power1 nor was an hair of their head singed1 neither were their coats changed1 nor the smell of fire had passed on them4 #bg3jjc3jbh ,then ,nebuchadnezzar spake1 and said1 ,blessed be the ,god of ,shadrach1 ,meshach1 and ,abednego1 who hath sent his angel1 and delivered his servants that trusted in him1 and have changed the king's word1 and yielded their bodies1 that they might not serve nor worship any god1 except their own ,god4 #bg3jjc3jbi ,therefore ,i make a decree1 ,that every people1 nation1 and language1 which speak any thing amiss against the ,god of ,shadrach1 ,meshach1 and ,abednego1 shall be cut in pieces1 and their houses shall be made a dunghill3 because there is no other ,god that can deliver after this sort4 #bg3jjc3jcj ,then the king promoted ,shadrach1 ,meshach1 and ,abednego1 in the province of ,babylon4 #bg3jjd3jja ,nebuchadnezzar the king1 unto all people1 nations1 and languages1 that dwell in all the earth2 ,peace be multiplied unto you4 #bg3jjd3jjb ,i thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high ,god hath wrought toward me4 #bg3jjd3jjc ,how great are his signs6 and how mighty are his wonders6 his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom1 and his dominion is from generation to generation4 #bg3jjd3jjd ,i ,nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house1 and flourishing in my palace3 #bg3jjd3jje ,i saw a dream which made me afraid1 and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me4 #bg3jjd3jjf ,therefore made ,i a decree to bring in all the wise men of ,babylon before me1 that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream4 #bg3jjd3jjg ,then came in the magicians1 the astrologers1 the ,chaldeans1 and the soothsayers3 and ,i told the dream before them2 but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof4 #bg3jjd3jjh ,but at the last ,daniel came in before me1 whose name was ,belteshazzar1 according to the name of my ,god1 and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods3 and before him ,i told the dream1 saying1 #bg3jjd3jji ,o ,belteshazzar1 master of the magicians1 because ,i know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee1 and no secret troubleth thee1 tell me the visions of my dream that ,i have seen1 and the interpretation thereof4 #bg3jjd3jaj ,thus were the visions of mine head in my bed2 ,i saw1 and behold a tree in the midst of the earth1 and the height thereof was great4 #bg3jjd3jaa ,the tree grew1 and was strong1 and the height thereof reached unto heaven1 and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth3 #bg3jjd3jab ,the leaves thereof were fair1 and the fruit thereof much1 and in it was meat for all3 the beasts of the field had shadow under it1 and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof1 and all flesh was fed of it4 #bg3jjd3jac ,i saw in the visions of my head upon my bed1 and1 behold1 a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven2 #bg3jjd3jad ,he cried aloud1 and said thus1 ,hew down the tree1 and cut off his branches1 shake off his leaves1 and scatter his fruit3 let the beasts get away from under it1 and the fowls from his branches3 #bg3jjd3jae ,nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth1 even with a band of iron and brass1 in the tender grass of the field2 and let it be wet with the dew of heaven1 and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth3 #bg3jjd3jaf ,let his heart be changed from man's1 and let a beast's heart be given unto him2 and let seven times pass over him4 #bg3jjd3jag ,this matter is by the decree of the watchers1 and the demand by the word of the holy ones3 to the intent that the living may know that the most ,high ruleth in the kingdom of men1 and giveth it to whomsoever he will1 and setteth up over it the basest of men4 #bg3jjd3jah ,this dream ,i king ,nebuchadnezzar have seen4 ,now thou1 ,o ,belteshazzar1 declare the interpretation thereof1 forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation3 but thou art able2 for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee4 #bg3jjd3jai ,then ,daniel1 whose name was ,belteshazzar1 was astonied for one hour1 and his thoughts troubled him4 ,the king spake1 and said1 ,belteshazzar1 let not the dream1 or the interpretation thereof1 trouble thee4 ,belteshazzar answered and said1 ,my lord1 the dream be to them that hate thee1 and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies4 #bg3jjd3jbj ,the tree that thou sawest1 which grew1 and was strong1 whose height reached unto the heaven1 and the sight thereof to all the earth2 #bg3jjd3jba ,whose leaves were fair1 and the fruit thereof much1 and in it was meat for all2 under which the beasts of the field dwelt1 and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation3 #bg3jjd3jbb ,it is thou1 ,o king1 that art grown and become strong3 for thy greatness is grown1 and reacheth unto heaven1 and thy dominion to the end of the earth4 #bg3jjd3jbc ,and whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven1 and saying1 ,hew the tree down1 and destroy it2 yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth1 even with a band of iron and brass1 in the tender grass of the field2 and let it be wet with the dew of heaven1 and let his portion be with the beasts of the field1 till seven times pass over him2 #bg3jjd3jbd ,this is the interpretation1 ,o king1 and this is the decree of the most ,high1 which is come upon my lord the king3 #bg3jjd3jbe ,that they shall drive thee from men1 and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field1 and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen1 and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven1 and seven times shall pass over thee1 till thou know that the most ,high ruleth in the kingdom of men1 and giveth it to whomsoever he will4 #bg3jjd3jbf ,and whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots2 thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee1 after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule4 #bg3jjd3jbg ,wherefore1 ,o king1 let my counsel be acceptable unto thee1 and break off thy sins by righteousness1 and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor2 if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity4 #bg3jjd3jbh ,all this came upon the king ,nebuchadnezzar4 #bg3jjd3jbi ,at the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of ,babylon4 #bg3jjd3jcj ,the king spake1 and said1 ,is not this great ,babylon1 that ,i have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power1 and for the honour of my majesty8 #bg3jjd3jca ,while the word was in the king's mouth1 there fell a voice from heaven1 saying1 ,o king ,nebuchadnezzar1 to thee it is spoken2 ,the kingdom is departed from thee4 #bg3jjd3jcb ,and they shall drive thee from men1 and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field3 they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen1 and seven times shall pass over thee1 until thou know that the most ,high ruleth in the kingdom of men1 and giveth it to whomsoever he will4 #bg3jjd3jcc ,the same hour was the thing fulfilled upon ,nebuchadnezzar3 and he was driven from men1 and did eat grass as oxen1 and his body was wet with the dew of heaven1 till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers1 and his nails like birds' claws4 #bg3jjd3jcd ,and at the end of the days ,i ,nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven1 and mine understanding returned unto me1 and ,i blessed the most ,high1 and ,i praised and honoured him that liveth for ever1 whose dominion is an everlasting dominion1 and his kingdom is from generation to generation3 #bg3jjd3jce ,and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing3 and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven1 and among the inhabitants of the earth3 and none can stay his hand1 or say unto him1 ,what doest thou8 #bg3jjd3jcf ,at the same time my reason returned unto me2 and for the glory of my kingdom1 mine honour and brightness returned unto me2 and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me2 and ,i was established in my kingdom1 and excellent majesty was added unto me4 #bg3jjd3jcg ,now ,i ,nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the ,king of heaven1 all whose works are truth1 and his ways judgment3 and those that walk in pride he is able to abase4 #bg3jje3jja ,belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords1 and drank wine before the thousand4 #bg3jje3jjb ,belshazzar1 whiles he tasted the wine1 commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father ,nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in ,jerusalem2 that the king1 and his princes1 his wives1 and his concubines1 might drink therein4 #bg3jje3jjc ,then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of ,god which was at ,jerusalem2 and the king1 and his princes1 his wives1 and his concubines1 drank in them4 #bg3jje3jjd ,they drank wine1 and praised the gods of gold1 and of silver1 of brass1 of iron1 of wood1 and of stone4 #bg3jje3jje ,in the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand1 and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace3 and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote4 #bg3jje3jjf ,then the king's countenance was changed1 and his thoughts troubled him1 so that the joints of his loins were loosed1 and his knees smote one against another4 #bg3jje3jjg ,the king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers1 the ,chaldeans1 and the soothsayers4 ,and the king spake1 and said to the wise men of ,babylon1 ,whosoever shall read this writing1 and shew me the interpretation thereof1 shall be clothed with scarlet1 and have a chain of gold about his neck1 and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom4 #bg3jje3jjh ,then came in all the king's wise men3 but they could not read the writing1 nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof4 #bg3jje3jji ,then was king ,belshazzar greatly troubled1 and his countenance was changed in him1 and his lords were astonied4 #bg3jje3jaj ,now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house3 and the queen spake and said1 ,o king1 live for ever3 let not thy thoughts trouble thee1 nor let thy countenance be changed3 #bg3jje3jaa ,there is a man in thy kingdom1 in whom is the spirit of the holy gods2 and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom1 like the wisdom of the gods1 was found in him2 whom the king ,nebuchadnezzar thy father1 the king1 ,i say1 thy father1 made master of the magicians1 astrologers1 ,chaldeans1 and soothsayers2 #bg3jje3jab ,forasmuch as an excellent spirit1 and knowledge1 and understanding1 interpreting of dreams1 and shewing of hard sentences1 and dissolving of doubts1 were found in the same ,daniel1 whom the king named ,belteshazzar3 now let ,daniel be called1 and he will shew the interpretation4 #bg3jje3jac ,then was ,daniel brought in before the king4 ,and the king spake and said unto ,daniel1 ,art thou that ,daniel1 which art of the children of the captivity of ,judah1 whom the king my father brought out of ,jewry8 #bg3jje3jad ,i have even heard of thee1 that the spirit of the gods is in thee1 and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee4 #bg3jje3jae ,and now the wise men1 the astrologers1 have been brought in before me1 that they should read this writing1 and make known unto me the interpretation thereof3 but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing3 #bg3jje3jaf ,and ,i have heard of thee1 that thou canst make interpretations1 and dissolve doubts3 now if thou canst read the writing1 and make known to me the interpretation thereof1 thou shalt be clothed with scarlet1 and have a chain of gold about thy neck1 and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom4 #bg3jje3jag ,then ,daniel answered and said before the king1 ,let thy gifts be to thyself1 and give thy rewards to another2 yet ,i will read the writing unto the king1 and make known to him the interpretation4 #bg3jje3jah ,o thou king1 the most high ,god gave ,nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom1 and majesty1 and glory1 and honour3 #bg3jje3jai ,and for the majesty that he gave him1 all people1 nations1 and languages1 trembled and feared before him3 whom he would he slew2 and whom he would he kept alive2 and whom he would he set up2 and whom he would he put down4 #bg3jje3jbj ,but when his heart was lifted up1 and his mind hardened in pride1 he was deposed from his kingly throne1 and they took his glory from him3 #bg3jje3jba ,and he was driven from the sons of men2 and his heart was made like the beasts1 and his dwelling was with the wild asses3 they fed him with grass like oxen1 and his body was wet with the dew of heaven2 till he knew that the most high ,god ruled in the kingdom of men1 and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will4 #bg3jje3jbb ,and thou his son1 ,o ,belshazzar1 hast not humbled thine heart1 though thou knewest all this2 #bg3jje3jbc ,but hast lifted up thyself against the ,lord of heaven2 and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee1 and thou1 and thy lords1 thy wives1 and thy concubines1 have drunk wine in them2 and thou hast praised the gods of silver1 and gold1 of brass1 iron1 wood1 and stone1 which see not1 nor hear1 nor know3 and the ,god in whose hand thy breath is1 and whose are all thy ways1 hast thou not glorified3 #bg3jje3jbd ,then was the part of the hand sent from him2 and this writing was written4 #bg3jje3jbe ,and this is the writing that was written1 ,,mene1 ,,mene1 ,,tekel1 ,,upharsin4 #bg3jje3jbf ,this is the interpretation of the thing3 ,,mene2 ,god hath numbered thy kingdom1 and finished it4 #bg3jje3jbg ,,tekel2 ,thou art weighed in the balances1 and art found wanting4 #bg3jje3jbh ,,peres2 ,thy kingdom is divided1 and given to the ,medes and ,persians4 #bg3jje3jbi ,then commanded ,belshazzar1 and they clothed ,daniel with scarlet1 and put a chain of gold about his neck1 and made a proclamation concerning him1 that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom4 #bg3jje3jcj ,in that night was ,belshazzar the king of the ,chaldeans slain4 #bg3jje3jca ,and ,darius the ,median took the kingdom1 being about threescore and two years old4 #bg3jjf3jja ,it pleased ,darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes1 which should be over the whole kingdom2 #bg3jjf3jjb ,and over these three presidents2 of whom ,daniel was first3 that the princes might give accounts unto them1 and the king should have no damage4 #bg3jjf3jjc ,then this ,daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes1 because an excellent spirit was in him2 and the king thought to set him over the whole realm4 #bg3jjf3jjd ,then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against ,daniel concerning the kingdom2 but they could find none occasion nor fault2 forasmuch as he was faithful1 neither was there any error or fault found in him4 #bg3jjf3jje ,then said these men1 ,we shall not find any occasion against this ,daniel1 except we find it against him concerning the law of his ,god4 #bg3jjf3jjf ,then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king1 and said thus unto him1 ,king ,darius1 live for ever4 #bg3jjf3jjg ,all the presidents of the kingdom1 the governors1 and the princes1 the counsellors1 and the captains1 have consulted together to establish a royal statute1 and to make a firm decree1 that whosoever shall ask a petition of any ,god or man for thirty days1 save of thee1 ,o king1 he shall be cast into the den of lions4 #bg3jjf3jjh ,now1 ,o king1 establish the decree1 and sign the writing1 that it be not changed1 according to the law of the ,medes and ,persians1 which altereth not4 #bg3jjf3jji ,wherefore king ,darius signed the writing and the decree4 #bg3jjf3jaj ,now when ,daniel knew that the writing was signed1 he went into his house2 and his windows being open in his chamber toward ,jerusalem1 he kneeled upon his knees three times a day1 and prayed1 and gave thanks before his ,god1 as he did aforetime4 #bg3jjf3jaa ,then these men assembled1 and found ,daniel praying and making supplication before his ,god4 #bg3jjf3jab ,then they came near1 and spake before the king concerning the king's decree2 ,hast thou not signed a decree1 that every man that shall ask a petition of any ,god or man within thirty days1 save of thee1 ,o king1 shall be cast into the den of lions8 ,the king answered and said1 ,the thing is true1 according to the law of the ,medes and ,persians1 which altereth not4 #bg3jjf3jac ,then answered they and said before the king1 ,that ,daniel1 which is of the children of the captivity of ,judah1 regardeth not thee1 ,o king1 nor the decree that thou hast signed1 but maketh his petition three times a day4 #bg3jjf3jad ,then the king1 when he heard these words1 was sore displeased with himself1 and set his heart on ,daniel to deliver him3 and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him4 #bg3jjf3jae ,then these men assembled unto the king1 and said unto the king1 ,know1 ,o king1 that the law of the ,medes and ,persians is1 ,that no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed4 #bg3jjf3jaf ,then the king commanded1 and they brought ,daniel1 and cast him into the den of lions4 ,now the king spake and said unto ,daniel1 ,thy ,god whom thou servest continually1 he will deliver thee4 #bg3jjf3jag ,and a stone was brought1 and laid upon the mouth of the den2 and the king sealed it with his own signet1 and with the signet of his lords2 that the purpose might not be changed concerning ,daniel4 #bg3jjf3jah ,then the king went to his palace1 and passed the night fasting3 neither were instruments of musick brought before him3 and his sleep went from him4 #bg3jjf3jai ,then the king arose very early in the morning1 and went in haste unto the den of lions4 #bg3jjf3jbj ,and when he came to the den1 he cried with a lamentable voice unto ,daniel3 and the king spake and said to ,daniel1 ,o ,daniel1 servant of the living ,god1 is thy ,god1 whom thou servest continually1 able to deliver thee from the lions8 #bg3jjf3jba ,then said ,daniel unto the king1 ,o king1 live for ever4 #bg3jjf3jbb ,my ,god hath sent his angel1 and hath shut the lions' mouths1 that they have not hurt me3 forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me2 and also before thee1 ,o king1 have ,i done no hurt4 #bg3jjf3jbc ,then was the king exceedingly glad for him1 and commanded that they should take ,daniel up out of the den4 ,so ,daniel was taken up out of the den1 and no manner of hurt was found upon him1 because he believed in his ,god4 #bg3jjf3jbd ,and the king commanded1 and they brought those men which had accused ,daniel1 and they cast them into the den of lions1 them1 their children1 and their wives2 and the lions had the mastery of them1 and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den4 #bg3jjf3jbe ,then king ,darius wrote unto all people1 nations1 and languages1 that dwell in all the earth2 ,peace be multiplied unto you4 #bg3jjf3jbf ,i make a decree1 ,that in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the ,god of ,daniel3 for he is the living ,god1 and stedfast for ever1 and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed1 and his dominion shall be even unto the end4 #bg3jjf3jbg ,he delivereth and rescueth1 and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth1 who hath delivered ,daniel from the power of the lions4 #bg3jjf3jbh ,so this ,daniel prospered in the reign of ,darius1 and in the reign of ,cyrus the ,persian4 #bg3jjg3jja ,in the first year of ,belshazzar king of ,babylon ,daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed3 then he wrote the dream1 and told the sum of the matters4 #bg3jjg3jjb ,daniel spake and said1 ,i saw in my vision by night1 and1 behold1 the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea4 #bg3jjg3jjc ,and four great beasts came up from the sea1 diverse one from another4 #bg3jjg3jjd ,the first was like a lion1 and had eagle's wings3 ,i beheld till the wings thereof were plucked1 and it was lifted up from the earth1 and made stand upon the feet as a man1 and a man's heart was given to it4 #bg3jjg3jje ,and behold another beast1 a second1 like to a bear1 and it raised up itself on one side1 and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it3 and they said thus unto it1 ,arise1 devour much flesh4 #bg3jjg3jjf ,after this ,i beheld1 and lo another1 like a leopard1 which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl2 the beast had also four heads2 and dominion was given to it4 #bg3jjg3jjg ,after this ,i saw in the night visions1 and behold a fourth beast1 dreadful and terrible1 and strong exceedingly2 and it had great iron teeth3 it devoured and brake in pieces1 and stamped the residue with the feet of it3 and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it2 and it had ten horns4 #bg3jjg3jjh ,i considered the horns1 and1 behold1 there came up among them another little horn1 before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots3 and1 behold1 in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man1 and a mouth speaking great things4 #bg3jjg3jji ,i beheld till the thrones were cast down1 and the ,ancient of days did sit1 whose garment was white as snow1 and the hair of his head like the pure wool3 his throne was like the fiery flame1 and his wheels as burning fire4 #bg3jjg3jaj ,a fiery stream issued and came forth from before him3 thousand thousands ministered unto him1 and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him3 the judgment was set1 and the books were opened4 #bg3jjg3jaa ,i beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake3 ,i beheld even till the beast was slain1 and his body destroyed1 and given to the burning flame4 #bg3jjg3jab ,as concerning the rest of the beasts1 they had their dominion taken away3 yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time4 #bg3jjg3jac ,i saw in the night visions1 and1 behold1 one like the ,son of man came with the clouds of heaven1 and came to the ,ancient of days1 and they brought him near before him4 #bg3jjg3jad ,and there was given him dominion1 and glory1 and a kingdom1 that all people1 nations1 and languages1 should serve him3 his dominion is an everlasting dominion1 which shall not pass away1 and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed4 #bg3jjg3jae ,i ,daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body1 and the visions of my head troubled me4 #bg3jjg3jaf ,i came near unto one of them that stood by1 and asked him the truth of all this4 ,so he told me1 and made me know the interpretation of the things4 #bg3jjg3jag ,these great beasts1 which are four1 are four kings1 which shall arise out of the earth4 #bg3jjg3jah ,but the saints of the most ,high shall take the kingdom1 and possess the kingdom for ever1 even for ever and ever4 #bg3jjg3jai ,then ,i would know the truth of the fourth beast1 which was diverse from all the others1 exceeding dreadful1 whose teeth were of iron1 and his nails of brass2 which devoured1 brake in pieces1 and stamped the residue with his feet2 #bg3jjg3jbj ,and of the ten horns that were in his head1 and of the other which came up1 and before whom three fell2 even of that horn that had eyes1 and a mouth that spake very great things1 whose look was more stout than his fellows4 #bg3jjg3jba ,i beheld1 and the same horn made war with the saints1 and prevailed against them2 #bg3jjg3jbb ,until the ,ancient of days came1 and judgment was given to the saints of the most ,high2 and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom4 #bg3jjg3jbc ,thus he said1 ,the fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth1 which shall be diverse from all kingdoms1 and shall devour the whole earth1 and shall tread it down1 and break it in pieces4 #bg3jjg3jbd ,and the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise3 and another shall rise after them2 and he shall be diverse from the first1 and he shall subdue three kings4 #bg3jjg3jbe ,and he shall speak great words against the most ,high1 and shall wear out the saints of the most ,high1 and think to change times and laws3 and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time4 #bg3jjg3jbf ,but the judgment shall sit1 and they shall take away his dominion1 to consume and to destroy it unto the end4 #bg3jjg3jbg ,and the kingdom and dominion1 and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven1 shall be given to the people of the saints of the most ,high1 whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom1 and all dominions shall serve and obey him4 #bg3jjg3jbh ,hitherto is the end of the matter4 ,as for me ,daniel1 my cogitations much troubled me1 and my countenance changed in me3 but ,i kept the matter in my heart4 #bg3jjh3jja ,in the third year of the reign of king ,belshazzar a vision appeared unto me1 even unto me ,daniel1 after that which appeared unto me at the first4 #bg3jjh3jjb ,and ,i saw in a vision2 and it came to pass1 when ,i saw1 that ,i was at ,shushan in the palace1 which is in the province of ,elam2 and ,i saw in a vision1 and ,i was by the river of ,ulai4 #bg3jjh3jjc ,then ,i lifted up mine eyes1 and saw1 and1 behold1 there stood before the river a ram which had two horns3 and the two horns were high2 but one was higher than the other1 and the higher came up last4 #bg3jjh3jjd ,i saw the ram pushing westward1 and northward1 and southward2 so that no beasts might stand before him1 neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand2 but he did according to his will1 and became great4 #bg3jjh3jje ,and as ,i was considering1 behold1 an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth1 and touched not the ground3 and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes4 #bg3jjh3jjf ,and he came to the ram that had two horns1 which ,i had seen standing before the river1 and ran unto him in the fury of his power4 #bg3jjh3jjg ,and ,i saw him come close unto the ram1 and he was moved with choler against him1 and smote the ram1 and brake his two horns3 and there was no power in the ram to stand before him1 but he cast him down to the ground1 and stamped upon him3 and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand4 #bg3jjh3jjh ,therefore the he goat waxed very great3 and when he was strong1 the great horn was broken2 and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven4 #bg3jjh3jji ,and out of one of them came forth a little horn1 which waxed exceeding great1 toward the south1 and toward the east1 and toward the pleasant land4 #bg3jjh3jaj ,and it waxed great1 even to the host of heaven2 and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground1 and stamped upon them4 #bg3jjh3jaa ,yea1 he magnified himself even to the prince of the host1 and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away1 and the place of the sanctuary was cast down4 #bg3jjh3jab ,and an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression1 and it cast down the truth to the ground2 and it practised1 and prospered4 #bg3jjh3jac ,then ,i heard one saint speaking1 and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake1 ,how long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice1 and the transgression of desolation1 to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot8 #bg3jjh3jad ,and he said unto me1 ,unto two thousand and three hundred days2 then shall the sanctuary be cleansed4 #bg3jjh3jae ,and it came to pass1 when ,i1 even ,i ,daniel1 had seen the vision1 and sought for the meaning1 then1 behold1 there stood before me as the appearance of a man4 #bg3jjh3jaf ,and ,i heard a man's voice between the banks of ,ulai1 which called1 and said1 ,gabriel1 make this man to understand the vision4 #bg3jjh3jag ,so he came near where ,i stood3 and when he came1 ,i was afraid1 and fell upon my face3 but he said unto me1 ,understand1 ,o son of man3 for at the time of the end shall be the vision4 #bg3jjh3jah ,now as he was speaking with me1 ,i was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground3 but he touched me1 and set me upright4 #bg3jjh3jai ,and he said1 ,behold1 ,i will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation3 for at the time appointed the end shall be4 #bg3jjh3jbj ,the ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of ,media and ,persia4 #bg3jjh3jba ,and the rough goat is the king of ,grecia3 and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king4 #bg3jjh3jbb ,now that being broken1 whereas four stood up for it1 four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation1 but not in his power4 #bg3jjh3jbc ,and in the latter time of their kingdom1 when the transgressors are come to the full1 a king of fierce countenance1 and understanding dark sentences1 shall stand up4 #bg3jjh3jbd ,and his power shall be mighty1 but not by his own power3 and he shall destroy wonderfully1 and shall prosper1 and practise1 and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people4 #bg3jjh3jbe ,and through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand2 and he shall magnify himself in his heart1 and by peace shall destroy many3 he shall also stand up against the ,prince of princes2 but he shall be broken without hand4 #bg3jjh3jbf ,and the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true3 wherefore shut thou up the vision2 for it shall be for many days4 #bg3jjh3jbg ,and ,i ,daniel fainted1 and was sick certain days2 afterward ,i rose up1 and did the king's business2 and ,i was astonished at the vision1 but none understood it4 #bg3jji3jja ,in the first year of ,darius the son of ,ahasuerus1 of the seed of the ,medes1 which was made king over the realm of the ,chaldeans2 #bg3jji3jjb ,in the first year of his reign ,i ,daniel understood by books the number of the years1 whereof the word of the ,,lord came to ,jeremiah the prophet1 that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of ,jerusalem4 #bg3jji3jjc ,and ,i set my face unto the ,lord ,god1 to seek by prayer and supplications1 with fasting1 and sackcloth1 and ashes3 #bg3jji3jjd ,and ,i prayed unto the ,,lord my ,god1 and made my confession1 and said1 ,o ,lord1 the great and dreadful ,god1 keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him1 and to them that keep his commandments2 #bg3jji3jje ,we have sinned1 and have committed iniquity1 and have done wickedly1 and have rebelled1 even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments3 #bg3jji3jjf ,neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets1 which spake in thy name to our kings1 our princes1 and our fathers1 and to all the people of the land4 #bg3jji3jjg ,o ,,lord1 righteousness belongeth unto thee1 but unto us confusion of faces1 as at this day2 to the men of ,judah1 and to the inhabitants of ,jerusalem1 and unto all ,israel1 that are near1 and that are far off1 through all the countries whither thou hast driven them1 because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee4 #bg3jji3jjh ,o ,lord1 to us belongeth confusion of face1 to our kings1 to our princes1 and to our fathers1 because we have sinned against thee4 #bg3jji3jji ,to the ,lord our ,god belong mercies and forgivenesses1 though we have rebelled against him2 #bg3jji3jaj ,neither have we obeyed the voice of the ,,lord our ,god1 to walk in his laws1 which he set before us by his servants the prophets4 #bg3jji3jaa ,yea1 all ,israel have transgressed thy law1 even by departing1 that they might not obey thy voice2 therefore the curse is poured upon us1 and the oath that is written in the law of ,moses the servant of ,god1 because we have sinned against him4 #bg3jji3jab ,and he hath confirmed his words1 which he spake against us1 and against our judges that judged us1 by bringing upon us a great evil3 for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon ,jerusalem4 #bg3jji3jac ,as it is written in the law of ,moses1 all this evil is come upon us3 yet made we not our prayer before the ,,lord our ,god1 that we might turn from our iniquities1 and understand thy truth4 #bg3jji3jad ,therefore hath the ,,lord watched upon the evil1 and brought it upon us3 for the ,,lord our ,god is righteous in all his works which he doeth3 for we obeyed not his voice4 #bg3jji3jae ,and now1 ,o ,lord our ,god1 that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of ,egypt with a mighty hand1 and hast gotten thee renown1 as at this day2 we have sinned1 we have done wickedly4 #bg3jji3jaf ,o ,,lord1 according to all thy righteousness1 ,i beseech thee1 let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city ,jerusalem1 thy holy mountain3 because for our sins1 and for the iniquities of our fathers1 ,jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us4 #bg3jji3jag ,now therefore1 ,o our ,god1 hear the prayer of thy servant1 and his supplications1 and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate1 for the ,lord's sake4 #bg3jji3jah ,o my ,god1 incline thine ear1 and hear2 open thine eyes1 and behold our desolations1 and the city which is called by thy name3 for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses1 but for thy great mercies4 #bg3jji3jai ,o ,lord1 hear2 ,o ,lord1 forgive2 ,o ,lord1 hearken and do2 defer not1 for thine own sake1 ,o my ,god3 for thy city and thy people are called by thy name4 #bg3jji3jbj ,and whiles ,i was speaking1 and praying1 and confessing my sin and the sin of my people ,israel1 and presenting my supplication before the ,,lord my ,god for the holy mountain of my ,god2 #bg3jji3jba ,yea1 whiles ,i was speaking in prayer1 even the man ,gabriel1 whom ,i had seen in the vision at the beginning1 being caused to fly swiftly1 touched me about the time of the evening oblation4 #bg3jji3jbb ,and he informed me1 and talked with me1 and said1 ,o ,daniel1 ,i am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding4 #bg3jji3jbc ,at the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth1 and ,i am come to shew thee2 for thou art greatly beloved3 therefore understand the matter1 and consider the vision4 #bg3jji3jbd ,seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city1 to finish the transgression1 and to make an end of sins1 and to make reconciliation for iniquity1 and to bring in everlasting righteousness1 and to seal up the vision and prophecy1 and to anoint the most ,holy4 #bg3jji3jbe ,know therefore and understand1 that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build ,jerusalem unto the ,messiah the ,prince shall be seven weeks1 and threescore and two weeks3 the street shall be built again1 and the wall1 even in troublous times4 #bg3jji3jbf ,and after threescore and two weeks shall ,messiah be cut off1 but not for himself3 and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary2 and the end thereof shall be with a flood1 and unto the end of the war desolations are determined4 #bg3jji3jbg ,and he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week3 and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease1 and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate1 even until the consummation1 and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate4 #bg3jaj3jja ,in the third year of ,cyrus king of ,persia a thing was revealed unto ,daniel1 whose name was called ,belteshazzar2 and the thing was true1 but the time appointed was long3 and he understood the thing1 and had understanding of the vision4 #bg3jaj3jjb ,in those days ,i ,daniel was mourning three full weeks4 #bg3jaj3jjc ,i ate no pleasant bread1 neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth1 neither did ,i anoint myself at all1 till three whole weeks were fulfilled4 #bg3jaj3jjd ,and in the four and twentieth day of the first month1 as ,i was by the side of the great river1 which is ,hiddekel2 #bg3jaj3jje ,then ,i lifted up mine eyes1 and looked1 and behold a certain man clothed in linen1 whose loins were girded with fine gold of ,uphaz3 #bg3jaj3jjf ,his body also was like the beryl1 and his face as the appearance of lightning1 and his eyes as lamps of fire1 and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass1 and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude4 #bg3jaj3jjg ,and ,i ,daniel alone saw the vision3 for the men that were with me saw not the vision2 but a great quaking fell upon them1 so that they fled to hide themselves4 #bg3jaj3jjh ,therefore ,i was left alone1 and saw this great vision1 and there remained no strength in me3 for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption1 and ,i retained no strength4 #bg3jaj3jji ,yet heard ,i the voice of his words3 and when ,i heard the voice of his words1 then was ,i in a deep sleep on my face1 and my face toward the ground4 #bg3jaj3jaj ,and1 behold1 an hand touched me1 which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands4 #bg3jaj3jaa ,and he said unto me1 ,o ,daniel1 a man greatly beloved1 understand the words that ,i speak unto thee1 and stand upright3 for unto thee am ,i now sent4 ,and when he had spoken this word unto me1 ,i stood trembling4 #bg3jaj3jab ,then said he unto me1 ,fear not1 ,daniel3 for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand1 and to chasten thyself before thy ,god1 thy words were heard1 and ,i am come for thy words4 #bg3jaj3jac ,but the prince of the kingdom of ,persia withstood me one and twenty days3 but1 lo1 ,michael1 one of the chief princes1 came to help me2 and ,i remained there with the kings of ,persia4 #bg3jaj3jad ,now ,i am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days3 for yet the vision is for many days4 #bg3jaj3jae ,and when he had spoken such words unto me1 ,i set my face toward the ground1 and ,i became dumb4 #bg3jaj3jaf ,and1 behold1 one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips3 then ,i opened my mouth1 and spake1 and said unto him that stood before me1 ,o my lord1 by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me1 and ,i have retained no strength4 #bg3jaj3jag ,for how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord8 for as for me1 straightway there remained no strength in me1 neither is there breath left in me4 #bg3jaj3jah ,then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man1 and he strengthened me1 #bg3jaj3jai ,and said1 ,o man greatly beloved1 fear not3 peace be unto thee1 be strong1 yea1 be strong4 ,and when he had spoken unto me1 ,i was strengthened1 and said1 ,let my lord speak2 for thou hast strengthened me4 #bg3jaj3jbj ,then said he1 ,knowest thou wherefore ,i come unto thee8 and now will ,i return to fight with the prince of ,persia3 and when ,i am gone forth1 lo1 the prince of ,grecia shall come4 #bg3jaj3jba ,but ,i will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth3 and there is none that holdeth with me in these things1 but ,michael your prince4 #bg3jaa3jja ,also ,i in the first year of ,darius the ,mede1 even ,i1 stood to confirm and to strengthen him4 #bg3jaa3jjb ,and now will ,i shew thee the truth4 ,behold1 there shall stand up yet three kings in ,persia2 and the fourth shall be far richer than they all3 and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of ,grecia4 #bg3jaa3jjc ,and a mighty king shall stand up1 that shall rule with great dominion1 and do according to his will4 #bg3jaa3jjd ,and when he shall stand up1 his kingdom shall be broken1 and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven2 and not to his posterity1 nor according to his dominion which he ruled3 for his kingdom shall be plucked up1 even for others beside those4 #bg3jaa3jje ,and the king of the south shall be strong1 and one of his princes2 and he shall be strong above him1 and have dominion2 his dominion shall be a great dominion4 #bg3jaa3jjf ,and in the end of years they shall join themselves together2 for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement3 but she shall not retain the power of the arm2 neither shall he stand1 nor his arm3 but she shall be given up1 and they that brought her1 and he that begat her1 and he that strengthened her in these times4 #bg3jaa3jjg ,but out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate1 which shall come with an army1 and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north1 and shall deal against them1 and shall prevail3 #bg3jaa3jjh ,and shall also carry captives into ,egypt their gods1 with their princes1 and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold2 and he shall continue more years than the king of the north4 #bg3jaa3jji ,so the king of the south shall come into his kingdom1 and shall return into his own land4 #bg3jaa3jaj ,but his sons shall be stirred up1 and shall assemble a multitude of great forces3 and one shall certainly come1 and overflow1 and pass through3 then shall he return1 and be stirred up1 even to his fortress4 #bg3jaa3jaa ,and the king of the south shall be moved with choler1 and shall come forth and fight with him1 even with the king of the north3 and he shall set forth a great multitude2 but the multitude shall be given into his hand4 #bg3jaa3jab ,and when he hath taken away the multitude1 his heart shall be lifted up2 and he shall cast down many ten thousands3 but he shall not be strengthened by it4 #bg3jaa3jac ,for the king of the north shall return1 and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former1 and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches4 #bg3jaa3jad ,and in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south3 also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision2 but they shall fall4 #bg3jaa3jae ,so the king of the north shall come1 and cast up a mount1 and take the most fenced cities3 and the arms of the south shall not withstand1 neither his chosen people1 neither shall there be any strength to withstand4 #bg3jaa3jaf ,but he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will1 and none shall stand before him3 and he shall stand in the glorious land1 which by his hand shall be consumed4 #bg3jaa3jag ,he shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom1 and upright ones with him2 thus shall he do3 and he shall give him the daughter of women1 corrupting her3 but she shall not stand on his side1 neither be for him4 #bg3jaa3jah ,after this shall he turn his face unto the isles1 and shall take many3 but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease2 without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him4 #bg3jaa3jai ,then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land3 but he shall stumble and fall1 and not be found4 #bg3jaa3jbj ,then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom3 but within few days he shall be destroyed1 neither in anger1 nor in battle4 #bg3jaa3jba ,and in his estate shall stand up a vile person1 to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom3 but he shall come in peaceably1 and obtain the kingdom by flatteries4 #bg3jaa3jbb ,and with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him1 and shall be broken2 yea1 also the prince of the covenant4 #bg3jaa3jbc ,and after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully3 for he shall come up1 and shall become strong with a small people4 #bg3jaa3jbd ,he shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province2 and he shall do that which his fathers have not done1 nor his fathers' fathers2 he shall scatter among them the prey1 and spoil1 and riches3 yea1 and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds1 even for a time4 #bg3jaa3jbe ,and he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army2 and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army2 but he shall not stand3 for they shall forecast devices against him4 #bg3jaa3jbf ,yea1 they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him1 and his army shall overflow3 and many shall fall down slain4 #bg3jaa3jbg ,and both of these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief1 and they shall speak lies at one table2 but it shall not prosper3 for yet the end shall be at the time appointed4 #bg3jaa3jbh ,then shall he return into his land with great riches2 and his heart shall be against the holy covenant2 and he shall do exploits1 and return to his own land4 #bg3jaa3jbi ,at the time appointed he shall return1 and come toward the south2 but it shall not be as the former1 or as the latter4 #bg3jaa3jcj ,for the ships of ,chittim shall come against him3 therefore he shall be grieved1 and return1 and have indignation against the holy covenant3 so shall he do2 he shall even return1 and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant4 #bg3jaa3jca ,and arms shall stand on his part1 and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength1 and shall take away the daily sacrifice1 and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate4 #bg3jaa3jcb ,and such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries3 but the people that do know their ,god shall be strong1 and do exploits4 #bg3jaa3jcc ,and they that understand among the people shall instruct many3 yet they shall fall by the sword1 and by flame1 by captivity1 and by spoil1 many days4 #bg3jaa3jcd ,now when they shall fall1 they shall be holpen with a little help3 but many shall cleave to them with flatteries4 #bg3jaa3jce ,and some of them of understanding shall fall1 to try them1 and to purge1 and to make them white1 even to the time of the end3 because it is yet for a time appointed4 #bg3jaa3jcf ,and the king shall do according to his will2 and he shall exalt himself1 and magnify himself above every god1 and shall speak marvellous things against the ,god of gods1 and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished3 for that that is determined shall be done4 #bg3jaa3jcg ,neither shall he regard the ,god of his fathers1 nor the desire of women1 nor regard any god3 for he shall magnify himself above all4 #bg3jaa3jch ,but in his estate shall he honour the ,god of forces3 and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold1 and silver1 and with precious stones1 and pleasant things4 #bg3jaa3jci ,thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god1 whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory3 and he shall cause them to rule over many1 and shall divide the land for gain4 #bg3jaa3jdj ,and at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him3 and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind1 with chariots1 and with horsemen1 and with many ships2 and he shall enter into the countries1 and shall overflow and pass over4 #bg3jaa3jda ,he shall enter also into the glorious land1 and many countries shall be overthrown3 but these shall escape out of his hand1 even ,edom1 and ,moab1 and the chief of the children of ,ammon4 #bg3jaa3jdb ,he shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries3 and the land of ,egypt shall not escape4 #bg3jaa3jdc ,but he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver1 and over all the precious things of ,egypt3 and the ,libyans and the ,ethiopians shall be at his steps4 #bg3jaa3jdd ,but tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him3 therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy1 and utterly to make away many4 #bg3jaa3jde ,and he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain2 yet he shall come to his end1 and none shall help him4 #bg3jab3jja ,and at that time shall ,michael stand up1 the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people3 and there shall be a time of trouble1 such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time3 and at that time thy people shall be delivered1 every one that shall be found written in the book4 #bg3jab3jjb ,and many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake1 some to everlasting life1 and some to shame and everlasting contempt4 #bg3jab3jjc ,and they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament2 and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever4 #bg3jab3jjd ,but thou1 ,o ,daniel1 shut up the words1 and seal the book1 even to the time of the end3 many shall run to and fro1 and knowledge shall be increased4 #bg3jab3jje ,then ,i ,daniel looked1 and1 behold1 there stood other two1 the one on this side of the bank of the river1 and the other on that side of the bank of the river4 #bg3jab3jjf ,and one said to the man clothed in linen1 which was upon the waters of the river1 ,how long shall it be to the end of these wonders8 #bg3jab3jjg ,and ,i heard the man clothed in linen1 which was upon the waters of the river1 when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven1 and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time1 times1 and an half2 and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people1 all these things shall be finished4 #bg3jab3jjh ,and ,i heard1 but ,i understood not3 then said ,i1 ,o my ,lord1 what shall be the end of these things8 #bg3jab3jji ,and he said1 ,go thy way1 ,daniel3 for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end4 #bg3jab3jaj ,many shall be purified1 and made white1 and tried2 but the wicked shall do wickedly3 and none of the wicked shall understand2 but the wise shall understand4 #bg3jab3jaa ,and from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away1 and the abomination that maketh desolate set up1 there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days4 #bg3jab3jab ,blessed is he that waiteth1 and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days4 #bg3jab3jac ,but go thou thy way till the end be3 for thou shalt rest1 and stand in thy lot at the end of the days4