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    <book number='27' name='Daniel' abbreviation='Dan' testament='old'>
        <chapter number='1'>
            <verse number='1'>In the <strongs hebrew='7969'>third</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4438'>reign</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3079'>Jehoiakim</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='894'>Babylon</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6696 5921'>besieged</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3079'>Jehoiakim</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>into his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>, with <strongs hebrew='4480 7117'>part</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>: which he carried <strongs hebrew='935'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8152'>Shinar</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='430'>god</strongs>; and he <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='214'>treasure</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='430'>god</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>spoke</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='828'>Ashpenaz</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7227'>master</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='5631'>eunuchs</strongs>, that he should <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><em>certain</em> of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and of the king's <strongs hebrew='4480 2233 4410'>seed</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6579'>princes</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='3206'>Children</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='369 3605'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3971'>blemish</strongs>, but well <strongs hebrew='2896 4758'>favored</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7919'>skillful</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3045'>cunning</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='995'>understanding</strongs><strongs hebrew='4093'>science</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='834'>such</strongs>as <em>had</em> <strongs hebrew='3581'>ability</strongs>in them to <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1964'>palace</strongs>, and whom they might <strongs hebrew='3925'>teach</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5612'>learning</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='3956'>tongue</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='4487'>appointed</strongs>them a <strongs hebrew='3117 3117'>daily</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>provision</strongs>of the king's <strongs hebrew='4480 6598 4428'>meat</strongs>, and of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3196'>wine</strongs>which he <strongs hebrew='4960'>drank</strongs>: so <strongs hebrew='1431'>nourishing</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>, that at the <strongs hebrew='4480 7117'>end</strongs>thereof they might <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Now among these <strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1840'>Daniel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2608'>Hananiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4332'>Mishael</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5838'>Azariah</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Unto whom the <strongs hebrew='8269'>prince</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5631'>eunuchs</strongs><strongs hebrew='7760'>gave</strongs><strongs hebrew='8034'>names</strongs>: for he <strongs hebrew='7760'>gave</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='1840'>Daniel</strongs><em>the</em> <em>name</em> of <strongs hebrew='1095'>Belteshazzar</strongs>; and to <strongs hebrew='2608'>Hananiah</strongs>, of <strongs hebrew='7714'>Shadrach</strongs>; and to <strongs hebrew='4332'>Mishael</strongs>, of <strongs hebrew='4335'>Meshach</strongs>; and to <strongs hebrew='5838'>Azariah</strongs>, of <strongs hebrew='5664'>Abed</strongs>-nego. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>But <strongs hebrew='1840'>Daniel</strongs><strongs hebrew='7760'>purposed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he would <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>defile <strongs hebrew='1351'>himself</strongs>with the portion of the king's <strongs hebrew='6598 4428'>meat</strongs>, nor with the <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>which he <strongs hebrew='4960'>drank</strongs>: therefore he <strongs hebrew='1245'>requested</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 8269'>prince</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5631'>eunuchs</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he might <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>defile <strongs hebrew='1351'>himself</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Now <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='5414'>brought</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1840'>Daniel</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='2617'>favor</strongs>and tender <strongs hebrew='7356'>love</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>prince</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5631'>eunuchs</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And the <strongs hebrew='8269'>prince</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5631'>eunuchs</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='1840'>Daniel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='3372'>fear</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>who</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='4487'>appointed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>your <strongs hebrew='3978'>meat</strongs>and your <strongs hebrew='4960'>drink</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='834'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='4100'>why</strongs>should he <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>your <strongs hebrew='6440'>faces</strongs>worse <strongs hebrew='2196'>liking</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>than</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3206'>children</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>are</em> of your <strongs hebrew='1524'>sort</strongs>? then shall ye make <em>me</em> <strongs hebrew='2325'>endanger</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='1840'>Daniel</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='4453'>Melzar</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>prince</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5631'>eunuchs</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='4487'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='1840'>Daniel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2608'>Hananiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4332'>Mishael</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5838'>Azariah</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='5254'>Prove</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, I beseech <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>; and let them <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>us <strongs hebrew='2235'>pulse</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Then let our <strongs hebrew='4758'>countenances</strongs>be looked <strongs hebrew='7200'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thee, and the <strongs hebrew='4758'>countenance</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3206'>children</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>of the portion of the king's <strongs hebrew='6598 4428'>meat</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='7200'>seest</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6213'>deal</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>So he <strongs hebrew='8085'>consented</strongs>to them in <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>matter</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5254'>proved</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And at the <strongs hebrew='4480 7117'>end</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='4758'>countenances</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>appeared</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>fairer</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1277'>fatter</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>than</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3206'>children</strongs>which did <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the portion of the king's <strongs hebrew='6598 4428'>meat</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>Thus <strongs hebrew='4453'>Melzar</strongs>took <strongs hebrew='5375'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the portion of their <strongs hebrew='6598'>meat</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>that they should <strongs hebrew='4960'>drink</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='2235'>pulse</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>As for <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='3206'>children</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='4093'>knowledge</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7919'>skill</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='5612'>learning</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='1840'>Daniel</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='995'>understanding</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2377'>visions</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2472'>dreams</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Now at the <strongs hebrew='4480 7117'>end</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>he should bring them <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs>, then the <strongs hebrew='8269'>prince</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5631'>eunuchs</strongs>brought them <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>communed</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>them; and among them <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>none</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='1840'>Daniel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2608'>Hananiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4332'>Mishael</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5838'>Azariah</strongs>: therefore <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>matters</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='998'>understanding</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1245'>inquired</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>them, he <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>times</strongs>better <strongs hebrew='5921'>than</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2748'>magicians</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='825'>astrologers</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4438'>realm</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And <strongs hebrew='1840'>Daniel</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>continued</strongs><em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='259'>first</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='3566'>Cyrus</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='2'>
            <verse number='1'>And in the <strongs hebrew='8147'>second</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4438'>reign</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='5019'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='2492'>dreamed</strongs><strongs hebrew='2472'>dreams</strongs>, wherewith his <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='6470'>troubled</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='8142'>sleep</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>broke</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>from</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>Then the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>commanded</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7121'>call</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2748'>magicians</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='825'>astrologers</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3784'>sorcerers</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>, for to <strongs hebrew='5046'>show</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2472'>dreams</strongs>. So they <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto them, I have <strongs hebrew='2492'>dreamed</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2472'>dream</strongs>, and my <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='6470'>troubled</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2472'>dream</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Then <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='762'>Syriac</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2418'>live</strongs><strongs hebrew='5957'>forever</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='560'>tell</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5649'>servants</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2493'>dream</strongs>, and we will <strongs hebrew='2324'>show</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>The <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6032'>answered</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='3779'>Chaldeans</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='4406'>thing</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='230'>gone</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>from</strongs>me: <strongs hebrew='2006'>if</strongs>ye will <strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs>make <strongs hebrew='3046'>known</strongs>unto me the <strongs hebrew='2493'>dream</strongs>, with the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>thereof, ye shall be <strongs hebrew='5648'>cut</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1917'>pieces</strongs>, and your <strongs hebrew='1005'>houses</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7761'>made</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5122'>dunghill</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>But <strongs hebrew='2006'>if</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='2324'>show</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2493'>dream</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>thereof, ye shall <strongs hebrew='6902'>receive</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481 6925'>of</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='4978'>gifts</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5023'>rewards</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7690'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='3367'>honor</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3861'>therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='2324'>show</strongs>me the <strongs hebrew='2493'>dream</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>thereof. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>They <strongs hebrew='6032'>answered</strongs><strongs hebrew='8579'>again</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>, Let the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='560'>tell</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5649'>servants</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2493'>dream</strongs>, and we will <strongs hebrew='2324'>show</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>of it. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>The <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6032'>answered</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='576'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='3046'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='3330'>certainty</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='608'>ye</strongs>would <strongs hebrew='2084'>gain</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5732'>time</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3606 6903 1768'>because</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='2370 1768'>see</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4406'>thing</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='230'>gone</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>from</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='1768'>But</strongs><strongs hebrew='2006'>if</strongs>ye will <strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs>make <strongs hebrew='3046'>known</strongs>unto me the <strongs hebrew='2493'>dream</strongs>, <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <em>but</em> <strongs hebrew='2298'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='1882'>decree</strongs>for you: for ye have <strongs hebrew='2164'>prepared</strongs><strongs hebrew='3538'>lying</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7844'>corrupt</strongs><strongs hebrew='4406'>words</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='560'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='6925'>before</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='5705 1768'>till</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5732'>time</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='8133'>changed</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3861'>therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='560'>tell</strongs>me the <strongs hebrew='2493'>dream</strongs>, and I shall <strongs hebrew='3046'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>ye can <strongs hebrew='2324'>show</strongs>me the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>thereof. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>The <strongs hebrew='3779'>Chaldeans</strongs><strongs hebrew='6032'>answered</strongs><strongs hebrew='6925'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>, There <strongs hebrew='383'>is</strongs><strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='606'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3007'>earth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3202'>can</strongs><strongs hebrew='2324'>show</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4406'>matter</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3606 6903 1768'>therefore</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3809 3606'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7229'>lord</strongs>, nor <strongs hebrew='7990'>ruler</strongs>, <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='7593'>asked</strongs>such <strongs hebrew='1836'>things</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='3606'>any</strongs><strongs hebrew='2749'>magician</strongs>, or <strongs hebrew='826'>astrologer</strongs>, or <strongs hebrew='3779'>Chaldean</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And <em>it</em> <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='3358'>rare</strongs><strongs hebrew='4406'>thing</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='7593'>requireth</strongs>, and there <strongs hebrew='383'>is</strongs><strongs hebrew='3809'>none</strongs><strongs hebrew='321'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>can <strongs hebrew='2324'>show</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='6925'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3861'>except</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='426'>gods</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>whose</strongs><strongs hebrew='4070'>dwelling</strongs><strongs hebrew='383'>is</strongs><strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5974'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='1321'>flesh</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>For this <strongs hebrew='3606 6903 1836'>cause</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='1149'>angry</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7690'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='7108'>furious</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='560'>commanded</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7'>destroy</strongs><strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2445'>wise</strongs><em>men</em> of <strongs hebrew='895'>Babylon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And the <strongs hebrew='1882'>decree</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='5312'>forth</strongs>that the <strongs hebrew='2445'>wise</strongs><em>men</em> should be <strongs hebrew='6992'>slain</strongs>; and they <strongs hebrew='1156'>sought</strongs><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='2269'>fellows</strongs>to be <strongs hebrew='6992'>slain</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs><strongs hebrew='8421'>answered</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='5843'>counsel</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2942'>wisdom</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='746'>Arioch</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7229'>captain</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='2877'>guard</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs>was gone <strongs hebrew='5312'>forth</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6992'>slay</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2445'>wise</strongs><em>men</em> of <strongs hebrew='895'>Babylon</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='15'>He <strongs hebrew='6032'>answered</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='746'>Arioch</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1768 4430'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='7990'>captain</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5922 4101'>Why</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='1882'>decree</strongs><em>so</em> <strongs hebrew='2685'>hasty</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481 6925'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs><strongs hebrew='746'>Arioch</strongs>made the thing <strongs hebrew='3046 4406'>known</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>Then <strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='5954'>in</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1156'>desired</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>he would <strongs hebrew='5415'>give</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='2166'>time</strongs>, and that he would <strongs hebrew='2324'>show</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs><strongs hebrew='236'>went</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='1005'>house</strongs>, and made the thing <strongs hebrew='3046 4406'>known</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2608'>Hananiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4333'>Mishael</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5839'>Azariah</strongs>, his <strongs hebrew='2269'>companions</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='18'>That they would <strongs hebrew='1156'>desire</strongs><strongs hebrew='7359'>mercies</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481 6925'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8065'>heaven</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>concerning</strongs><strongs hebrew='1836'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='7328'>secret</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='2269'>fellows</strongs>should <strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7'>perish</strongs><strongs hebrew='5974'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7606'>rest</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2445'>wise</strongs><em>men</em> of <strongs hebrew='895'>Babylon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs>was the <strongs hebrew='7328'>secret</strongs><strongs hebrew='1541'>revealed</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='1768 3916'>night</strongs><strongs hebrew='2376'>vision</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs><strongs hebrew='1289'>blessed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8065'>heaven</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs><strongs hebrew='6032'>answered</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1289'>Blessed</strongs><strongs hebrew='1934'>be</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8036'>name</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs>forever and <strongs hebrew='4481 5957 5705 5957'>ever</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1768'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='2452'>wisdom</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1370'>might</strongs>are his: </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And <strongs hebrew='1932'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='8133'>changeth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5732'>times</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='2166'>seasons</strongs>: he <strongs hebrew='5709'>removeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4430'>kings</strongs>, and setteth <strongs hebrew='6966'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='4430'>kings</strongs>: he <strongs hebrew='3052'>giveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2452'>wisdom</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='2445'>wise</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4486'>knowledge</strongs>to them that <strongs hebrew='3046'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='999'>understanding</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='1932'>He</strongs><strongs hebrew='1541'>revealeth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5994'>deep</strongs>and secret <strongs hebrew='5642'>things</strongs>: he <strongs hebrew='3046'>knoweth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4101'>what</strongs><em>is</em> in the <strongs hebrew='2816'>darkness</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5094'>light</strongs><strongs hebrew='8271'>dwelleth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5974'>with</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='576'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='3029'>thank</strongs>thee, and <strongs hebrew='7624'>praise</strongs>thee, O thou <strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='2'>fathers</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>who</strongs>hast <strongs hebrew='3052'>given</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='2452'>wisdom</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1370'>might</strongs>, and hast made <strongs hebrew='3046'>known</strongs>unto me <strongs hebrew='3705'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>what</strongs>we <strongs hebrew='1156'>desired</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>of</strongs>thee: <strongs hebrew='1768'>for</strongs>thou hast <em>now</em> made <strongs hebrew='3046'>known</strongs>unto us the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4406'>matter</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='3606 6903 1836'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='5954'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='746'>Arioch</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>whom</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='4483'>ordained</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7'>destroy</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2445'>wise</strongs><em>men</em> of <strongs hebrew='895'>Babylon</strongs>: he <strongs hebrew='236'>went</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='3652'>thus</strongs>unto him; <strongs hebrew='7'>Destroy</strongs><strongs hebrew='409'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2445'>wise</strongs><em>men</em> of <strongs hebrew='895'>Babylon</strongs>: bring me <strongs hebrew='5924'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='6925'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, and I will <strongs hebrew='2324'>show</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs><strongs hebrew='746'>Arioch</strongs>brought <strongs hebrew='5954'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs><strongs hebrew='6925'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='927'>haste</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='3652'>thus</strongs>unto him, I have <strongs hebrew='7912'>found</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1400'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1123 1547'>captives</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='3061'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>will make <strongs hebrew='3046'>known</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>The <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6032'>answered</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>whose</strongs><strongs hebrew='8036'>name</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='1096'>Belteshazzar</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='383'>Art</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3546'>able</strongs>to make <strongs hebrew='3046'>known</strongs>unto me the <strongs hebrew='2493'>dream</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='2370'>seen</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>thereof? </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs><strongs hebrew='6032'>answered</strongs>in the presence <strongs hebrew='6925'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='7328'>secret</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='7593'>demanded</strongs><strongs hebrew='3202 3809'>cannot</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2445'>wise</strongs><em>men</em> , the <strongs hebrew='826'>astrologers</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='2749'>magicians</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1505'>soothsayers</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2324'>show</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs hebrew='1297'>But</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='383'>is</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8065'>heaven</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='1541'>revealeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='7328'>secrets</strongs>, and maketh <strongs hebrew='3046'>known</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5020'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4101 1768'>what</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1934'>be</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='320'>latter</strongs><strongs hebrew='3118'>days</strongs>. Thy <strongs hebrew='2493'>dream</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2376'>visions</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='7217'>head</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>upon</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='4903'>bed</strongs>, are <strongs hebrew='1836'>these</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='29'>As for <strongs hebrew='607'>thee</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, thy <strongs hebrew='7476'>thoughts</strongs><strongs hebrew='5559'>came</strongs><em>into</em> <em>thy</em> <em>mind</em> <strongs hebrew='5922'>upon</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='4903'>bed</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4101 1768'>what</strongs>should come to <strongs hebrew='1934'>pass</strongs><strongs hebrew='311 1836'>hereafter</strongs>: and he that <strongs hebrew='1541'>revealeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='7328'>secrets</strongs>maketh <strongs hebrew='3046'>known</strongs>to thee <strongs hebrew='4101 1768'>what</strongs>shall come to <strongs hebrew='1934'>pass</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>But as for <strongs hebrew='576'>me</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1836'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='7328'>secret</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1541'>revealed</strongs>to me for <em>any</em> <strongs hebrew='2452'>wisdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='383'>have</strongs>more <strongs hebrew='4481'>than</strongs><strongs hebrew='3606'>any</strongs><strongs hebrew='2417'>living</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3861'>but</strongs>for <em>their</em> <strongs hebrew='5922 1701'>sakes</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>shall make <strongs hebrew='3046'>known</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, and that thou mightest <strongs hebrew='3046'>know</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7476'>thoughts</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='3825'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'><strongs hebrew='607'>Thou</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2370 1934'>sawest</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='431'>behold</strongs><strongs hebrew='2298'>a</strongs><strongs hebrew='7690'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='6755'>image</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='1797'>This</strongs><strongs hebrew='7229'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='6755'>image</strongs>, whose <strongs hebrew='2122'>brightness</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='3493'>excellent</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6966'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='6903'>before</strongs>thee; and the <strongs hebrew='7299'>form</strongs>thereof <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='1763'>terrible</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'><strongs hebrew='1932'>This</strongs><strongs hebrew='6755'>image</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='7217'>head</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='2869'>fine</strongs><strongs hebrew='1722'>gold</strongs>, his <strongs hebrew='2306'>breast</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='1872'>arms</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='3702'>silver</strongs>, his <strongs hebrew='4577'>belly</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='3410'>thighs</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='5174'>brass</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='33'>His <strongs hebrew='8243'>legs</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='6523'>iron</strongs>, his <strongs hebrew='7271'>feet</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>part</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='6523'>iron</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4481'>part</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='2635'>clay</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>Thou <strongs hebrew='2370 1934'>sawest</strongs><strongs hebrew='5705'>till</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='69'>stone</strongs>was cut <strongs hebrew='1505'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768 3809'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='3028'>hands</strongs>, which <strongs hebrew='4223'>smote</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6755'>image</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>upon</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7271'>feet</strongs><em>that</em> <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='6523'>iron</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2635'>clay</strongs>, and broke them to <strongs hebrew='1855 1994'>pieces</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='35'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs>was the <strongs hebrew='6523'>iron</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='2635'>clay</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5174'>brass</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3702'>silver</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1722'>gold</strongs>, broken to <strongs hebrew='1751'>pieces</strongs><strongs hebrew='2298'>together</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1934'>became</strongs>like the <strongs hebrew='5784'>chaff</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7007'>summer</strongs><strongs hebrew='147'>threshingfloors</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='7308'>wind</strongs>carried them <strongs hebrew='5376 1994'>away</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='3809 3606'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='870'>place</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='7912'>found</strongs>for them: and the <strongs hebrew='69'>stone</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='4223'>smote</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6755'>image</strongs><strongs hebrew='1934'>became</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7229'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='2906'>mountain</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4391'>filled</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3606'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='772'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='36'><strongs hebrew='1836'>This</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='2493'>dream</strongs>; and we will <strongs hebrew='560'>tell</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>thereof <strongs hebrew='6925'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='37'><strongs hebrew='607'>Thou</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, <em>art</em> a <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4430'>kings</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1768'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8065'>heaven</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3052'>given</strongs>thee a <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2632'>power</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8632'>strength</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3367'>glory</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='38'>And <strongs hebrew='3606 1768'>wheresoever</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1123'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='606'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='1753'>dwell</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='2423'>beasts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1251'>field</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='5776'>fowls</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8065'>heaven</strongs>hath he <strongs hebrew='3052'>given</strongs>into thine <strongs hebrew='3028'>hand</strongs>, and hath made thee <strongs hebrew='7981'>ruler</strongs>over them <strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='607'>Thou</strongs><em>art</em> <strongs hebrew='1932'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='7217'>head</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='1722'>gold</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='39'>And <strongs hebrew='870'>after</strongs>thee shall <strongs hebrew='6966'>arise</strongs><strongs hebrew='317'>another</strongs><strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='772'>inferior</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>to</strongs>thee, and <strongs hebrew='317'>another</strongs><strongs hebrew='8523'>third</strongs><strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='5174'>brass</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs>shall bear <strongs hebrew='7981'>rule</strongs>over <strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='772'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='40'>And the <strongs hebrew='7244'>fourth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1934'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='8624'>strong</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='6523'>iron</strongs>: forasmuch <strongs hebrew='3606 6903 1768'>as</strongs><strongs hebrew='6523'>iron</strongs>breaketh in <strongs hebrew='1855'>pieces</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2827'>subdueth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs><em>things</em> : and as <strongs hebrew='6523'>iron</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='7490'>breaketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='459'>these</strongs>, shall it break in <strongs hebrew='1855'>pieces</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7490'>bruise</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='41'>And <strongs hebrew='1768'>whereas</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='2370'>sawest</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7271'>feet</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='677'>toes</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4481'>part</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='6353'>potters</strongs>' <strongs hebrew='2635'>clay</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4481'>part</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6523'>iron</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1934'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='6386'>divided</strongs>; but there shall <strongs hebrew='1934'>be</strongs>in it <strongs hebrew='4481'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5326'>strength</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6523'>iron</strongs>, forasmuch <strongs hebrew='3606 6903 1768'>as</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='2370'>sawest</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6523'>iron</strongs><strongs hebrew='6151'>mixed</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='2917'>miry</strongs><strongs hebrew='2635'>clay</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='42'>And <em>as</em> the <strongs hebrew='677'>toes</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7271'>feet</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='4481'>part</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6523'>iron</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4481'>part</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2635'>clay</strongs>, <em>so</em> the <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1934'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481 7118'>partly</strongs><strongs hebrew='8624'>strong</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4481'>partly</strongs><strongs hebrew='8406'>broken</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='43'>And <strongs hebrew='1768'>whereas</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='2370'>sawest</strongs><strongs hebrew='6523'>iron</strongs><strongs hebrew='6151'>mixed</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='2917'>miry</strongs><strongs hebrew='2635'>clay</strongs>, they <strongs hebrew='1934'>shall</strongs>mingle <strongs hebrew='6151'>themselves</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='2234'>seed</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='606'>men</strongs>: but they <strongs hebrew='1934'>shall</strongs><strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1693'>cleave</strongs><strongs hebrew='1836'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='5974'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1836'>another</strongs>, even <strongs hebrew='1888 1768'>as</strongs><strongs hebrew='6523'>iron</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6151'>mixed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5974'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='2635'>clay</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='44'>And in the <strongs hebrew='3118'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='581'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='4430'>kings</strongs>shall the <strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8065'>heaven</strongs>set <strongs hebrew='6966'>up</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3809 5957'>never</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='2255'>destroyed</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='7662'>left</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='321'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='5972'>people</strongs>, <em>but</em> it shall break in <strongs hebrew='1855'>pieces</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5487'>consume</strongs><strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='459'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdoms</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1932'>it</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6966'>stand</strongs><strongs hebrew='5957'>forever</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='45'>Forasmuch <strongs hebrew='3606 6903 1768'>as</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='2370'>sawest</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='69'>stone</strongs>was cut <strongs hebrew='1505'>out</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4481 2906'>mountain</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768 3809'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='3028'>hands</strongs>, and that it broke in <strongs hebrew='1855'>pieces</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6523'>iron</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5174'>brass</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='2635'>clay</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3702'>silver</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1722'>gold</strongs>; the <strongs hebrew='7229'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs>hath made <strongs hebrew='3046'>known</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='4101 1768'>what</strongs>shall come to <strongs hebrew='1934'>pass</strongs><strongs hebrew='311 1836'>hereafter</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='2493'>dream</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3330'>certain</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>thereof <strongs hebrew='540'>sure</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='46'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5020'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='5308'>fell</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>upon</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='600'>face</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5457'>worshiped</strongs><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='560'>commanded</strongs>that they should <strongs hebrew='5260'>offer</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='4061'>oblation</strongs>and sweet <strongs hebrew='5208'>odors</strongs>unto him. </verse>
            <verse number='47'>The <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6032'>answered</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4481'>Of</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7187'>truth</strongs><em>it</em> <em>is</em> , <strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='426'>gods</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='4756'>Lord</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4430'>kings</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='1541'>revealer</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7328'>secrets</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>seeing</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3202'>couldest</strongs><strongs hebrew='1541'>reveal</strongs><strongs hebrew='1836'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='7328'>secret</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='48'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>made Daniel a great <strongs hebrew='7236 1841'>man</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3052'>gave</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='7690'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='7260'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='4978'>gifts</strongs>, and made him <strongs hebrew='7981'>ruler</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3606'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='4083'>province</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='895'>Babylon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7229'>chief</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5460'>governors</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2445'>wise</strongs><em>men</em> of <strongs hebrew='895'>Babylon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='49'>Then <strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs><strongs hebrew='1156'>requested</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, and he <strongs hebrew='4483'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='7715'>Shadrach</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4336'>Meshach</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5665'>Abed</strongs>-nego, <strongs hebrew='5922'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5673'>affairs</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4083'>province</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='895'>Babylon</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs><em>sat</em> in the <strongs hebrew='8651'>gate</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='3'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='5020'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5648'>made</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='6755'>image</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='1722'>gold</strongs>, whose <strongs hebrew='7314'>height</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='8361'>threescore</strongs><strongs hebrew='521'>cubits</strongs>, <em>and</em> the <strongs hebrew='6613'>breadth</strongs>thereof <strongs hebrew='8353'>six</strongs><strongs hebrew='521'>cubits</strongs>: he set it <strongs hebrew='6966'>up</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1236'>plain</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1757'>Dura</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='4083'>province</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='895'>Babylon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>Then <strongs hebrew='5020'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='7972'>sent</strongs>to gather <strongs hebrew='3673'>together</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='324'>princes</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5460'>governors</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6347'>captains</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='148'>judges</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1411'>treasurers</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1884'>counselors</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='8614'>sheriffs</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7984'>rulers</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4083'>provinces</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='858'>come</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='2597'>dedication</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6755'>image</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='5020'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>had set <strongs hebrew='6966'>up</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='324'>princes</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5460'>governors</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6347'>captains</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='148'>judges</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1411'>treasurers</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1884'>counselors</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='8614'>sheriffs</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7984'>rulers</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4083'>provinces</strongs>, were gathered <strongs hebrew='3673'>together</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='2597'>dedication</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6755'>image</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='5020'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>had set <strongs hebrew='6966'>up</strongs>; and they <strongs hebrew='6966'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='6903'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6755'>image</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='5020'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>had set <strongs hebrew='6966'>up</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Then a <strongs hebrew='3744'>herald</strongs><strongs hebrew='7123'>cried</strongs><strongs hebrew='2429'>aloud</strongs>, To you it is <strongs hebrew='560'>commanded</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='5972'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='524'>nations</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3961'>languages</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='5'><em>That</em> at <strongs hebrew='1768'>what</strongs><strongs hebrew='5732'>time</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='8086'>hear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7032'>sound</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7162'>cornet</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4953'>flute</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7030'>harp</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5443'>sackbut</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6460'>psaltery</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5481'>dulcimer</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2178'>kinds</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2170'>music</strongs>, ye fall <strongs hebrew='5308'>down</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5457'>worship</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1722'>golden</strongs><strongs hebrew='6755'>image</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='5020'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>hath set <strongs hebrew='6966'>up</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And <strongs hebrew='4479 1768'>whoso</strongs>falleth not <strongs hebrew='5308 3809'>down</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5457'>worshipeth</strongs>shall the same <strongs hebrew='8160'>hour</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='7412'>cast</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='1459'>midst</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='3345'>burning</strongs><strongs hebrew='5135'>fiery</strongs><strongs hebrew='861'>furnace</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='3606 6903 1836'>Therefore</strongs>at that <strongs hebrew='2166'>time</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>when</strongs><strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5972'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='8086'>heard</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7032'>sound</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7162'>cornet</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4953'>flute</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7030'>harp</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5443'>sackbut</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6460'>psaltery</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2178'>kinds</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2170'>music</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5972'>people</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='524'>nations</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3961'>languages</strongs>, fell <strongs hebrew='5308'>down</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='5457'>worshiped</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1722'>golden</strongs><strongs hebrew='6755'>image</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='5020'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>had set <strongs hebrew='6966'>up</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='3606 6903 1836'>Wherefore</strongs>at that <strongs hebrew='2166'>time</strongs><strongs hebrew='1400'>certain</strongs><strongs hebrew='3779'>Chaldeans</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='7127'>near</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='399 7170'>accused</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1768 3062'>Jews</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>They <strongs hebrew='6032'>spoke</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5020'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2418'>live</strongs><strongs hebrew='5957'>forever</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='607'>Thou</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, hast <strongs hebrew='7761'>made</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2942'>decree</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3606'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='606'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='8086'>hear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7032'>sound</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7162'>cornet</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4953'>flute</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7030'>harp</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5443'>sackbut</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6460'>psaltery</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5481'>dulcimer</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2178'>kinds</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2170'>music</strongs>, shall fall <strongs hebrew='5308'>down</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5457'>worship</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1722'>golden</strongs><strongs hebrew='6755'>image</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And <strongs hebrew='4479 1768'>whoso</strongs>falleth not <strongs hebrew='5308 3809'>down</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5457'>worshipeth</strongs>, <em>that</em> he should be <strongs hebrew='7412'>cast</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='1459'>midst</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='3345'>burning</strongs><strongs hebrew='5135'>fiery</strongs><strongs hebrew='861'>furnace</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>There <strongs hebrew='383'>are</strongs><strongs hebrew='1400'>certain</strongs><strongs hebrew='3062'>Jews</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>whom</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='4483'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5673'>affairs</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4083'>province</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='895'>Babylon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7715'>Shadrach</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4336'>Meshach</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5665'>Abed</strongs>-nego; <strongs hebrew='479'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1400'>men</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, have <strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7761 2942 5922'>regarded</strongs>thee: they <strongs hebrew='6399'>serve</strongs><strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='426'>gods</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3809'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='5457'>worship</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1722'>golden</strongs><strongs hebrew='6755'>image</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs>thou hast set <strongs hebrew='6966'>up</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs><strongs hebrew='5020'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>in <em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='7266'>rage</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2528'>fury</strongs><strongs hebrew='560'>commanded</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='858'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='7715'>Shadrach</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4336'>Meshach</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5665'>Abed</strongs>-nego. <strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='858'>brought</strongs><strongs hebrew='479'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1400'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='6925'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='5020'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='6032'>spoke</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>unto them, <em>Is</em> <em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='6656'>true</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='7715'>Shadrach</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4336'>Meshach</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5665'>Abed</strongs>-nego, <strongs hebrew='383'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='6399'>serve</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='426'>gods</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3809'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='5457'>worship</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1722'>golden</strongs><strongs hebrew='6755'>image</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs>I have set <strongs hebrew='6966'>up</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='3705'>Now</strongs><strongs hebrew='2006'>if</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='383'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='6263'>ready</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='1768'>what</strongs><strongs hebrew='5732'>time</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='8086'>hear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7032'>sound</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7162'>cornet</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4953'>flute</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7030'>harp</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5443'>sackbut</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6460'>psaltery</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5481'>dulcimer</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2178'>kinds</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2170'>music</strongs>, ye fall <strongs hebrew='5308'>down</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5457'>worship</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6755'>image</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='5648'>made</strongs>; <em>well</em> : but <strongs hebrew='2006'>if</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='5457'>worship</strongs><strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs>, ye shall be <strongs hebrew='7412'>cast</strongs>the same <strongs hebrew='8160'>hour</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='1459'>midst</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='3345'>burning</strongs><strongs hebrew='5135'>fiery</strongs><strongs hebrew='861'>furnace</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='4479'>who</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1932'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7804'>deliver</strongs>you out <strongs hebrew='4481'>of</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3028'>hands</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='7715'>Shadrach</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4336'>Meshach</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5665'>Abed</strongs>-nego, <strongs hebrew='6032'>answered</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='5020'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='586'>we</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2818'>careful</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8421'>answer</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='5922'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='1836'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='6600'>matter</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='2006'>If</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='383'>be</strongs><em>so</em> , our <strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='586'>we</strongs><strongs hebrew='6399'>serve</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3202'>able</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7804'>deliver</strongs>us <strongs hebrew='4481'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3345'>burning</strongs><strongs hebrew='5135'>fiery</strongs><strongs hebrew='861'>furnace</strongs>, and he will <strongs hebrew='7804'>deliver</strongs><em>us</em> out <strongs hebrew='4481'>of</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3028'>hand</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>But <strongs hebrew='2006'>if</strongs><strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1934'>be</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='3046'>known</strongs>unto thee, O <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>we <strongs hebrew='383'>will</strongs><strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6399'>serve</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='426'>gods</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3809'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='5457'>worship</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1722'>golden</strongs><strongs hebrew='6755'>image</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs>thou hast set <strongs hebrew='6966'>up</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='5020'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4391'>full</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2528'>fury</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6755'>form</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='600'>visage</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='8133'>changed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='7715'>Shadrach</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4336'>Meshach</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5665'>Abed</strongs>-nego: <em>therefore</em> he <strongs hebrew='6032'>spoke</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='560'>commanded</strongs>that they should <strongs hebrew='228'>heat</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='861'>furnace</strongs><strongs hebrew='2298'>one</strongs>seven <strongs hebrew='7655'>times</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>than</strongs>it was <strongs hebrew='2370'>wont</strongs>to be <strongs hebrew='228'>heated</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And he <strongs hebrew='560'>commanded</strongs>the most <strongs hebrew='1401 2429'>mighty</strongs><strongs hebrew='1400'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs><em>were</em> in his <strongs hebrew='2429'>army</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3729'>bind</strongs><strongs hebrew='7715'>Shadrach</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4336'>Meshach</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5665'>Abed</strongs>-nego, <em>and</em> to <strongs hebrew='7412'>cast</strongs><em>them</em> into the <strongs hebrew='3345'>burning</strongs><strongs hebrew='5135'>fiery</strongs><strongs hebrew='861'>furnace</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs><strongs hebrew='479'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1400'>men</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='3729'>bound</strongs>in their <strongs hebrew='5622'>coats</strongs>, their <strongs hebrew='6361'>hosen</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='3737'>hats</strongs>, and their <em>other</em> <strongs hebrew='3831'>garments</strongs>, and were <strongs hebrew='7412'>cast</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='1459'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3345'>burning</strongs><strongs hebrew='5135'>fiery</strongs><strongs hebrew='861'>furnace</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='3606 6903 1836'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481 1768'>because</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4406'>commandment</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='2685'>urgent</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='861'>furnace</strongs><strongs hebrew='3493'>exceeding</strongs><strongs hebrew='228'>hot</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='7631'>flame</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5135'>fire</strongs><strongs hebrew='6992'>slew</strongs><strongs hebrew='479'>those</strongs><strongs hebrew='1400'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>took <strongs hebrew='5267'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='7715'>Shadrach</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4336'>Meshach</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5665'>Abed</strongs>-nego. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>And <strongs hebrew='479'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='8532'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='1400'>men</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7715'>Shadrach</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4336'>Meshach</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5665'>Abed</strongs>-nego, fell <strongs hebrew='5308'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='3729'>bound</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='1459'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3345'>burning</strongs><strongs hebrew='5135'>fiery</strongs><strongs hebrew='861'>furnace</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs><strongs hebrew='5020'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='8429'>astonished</strongs>, and rose <strongs hebrew='6966'>up</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='927'>haste</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='6032'>spoke</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>unto his <strongs hebrew='1907'>counselors</strongs>, Did <strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs>we <strongs hebrew='7412'>cast</strongs><strongs hebrew='8532'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='1400'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='3729'>bound</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='1459'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5135'>fire</strongs>? They <strongs hebrew='6032'>answered</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3330'>True</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>He <strongs hebrew='6032'>answered</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1888'>Lo</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='576'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='2370'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='703'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='1400'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='8271'>loose</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1981'>walking</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1459'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5135'>fire</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='383'>have</strongs><strongs hebrew='3809'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2257'>hurt</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='7299'>form</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7244'>fourth</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='1821'>like</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1247'>Son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs><strongs hebrew='5020'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='7127'>near</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='8651'>mouth</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3345'>burning</strongs><strongs hebrew='5135'>fiery</strongs><strongs hebrew='861'>furnace</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='6032'>spoke</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7715'>Shadrach</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4336'>Meshach</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5665'>Abed</strongs>-nego, ye <strongs hebrew='5649'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs>the most <strongs hebrew='5943'>high</strongs><strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs>, come <strongs hebrew='5312'>forth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='858'>come</strongs><em>hither</em> . <strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs><strongs hebrew='7715'>Shadrach</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4336'>Meshach</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5665'>Abed</strongs>-nego, came <strongs hebrew='5312'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1459'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5135'>fire</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And the <strongs hebrew='324'>princes</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5460'>governors</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6347'>captains</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1907'>counselors</strongs>, being gathered <strongs hebrew='3673'>together</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2370'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='479'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1400'>men</strongs>, upon <strongs hebrew='1768'>whose</strongs><strongs hebrew='1655'>bodies</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5135'>fire</strongs>had no <strongs hebrew='7981 3809'>power</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3809'>nor</strongs>was a <strongs hebrew='8177'>hair</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='7217'>head</strongs><strongs hebrew='2761'>singed</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3809'>neither</strongs>were their <strongs hebrew='5622'>coats</strongs><strongs hebrew='8133'>changed</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3809'>nor</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7382'>smell</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5135'>fire</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='5709'>passed</strongs>on them. </verse>
            <verse number='28'><em>Then</em> <strongs hebrew='5020'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='6032'>spoke</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1289'>Blessed</strongs><em>be</em> the <strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='7715'>Shadrach</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4336'>Meshach</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5665'>Abed</strongs>-nego, <strongs hebrew='1768'>who</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='7972'>sent</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4398'>angel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7804'>delivered</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5649'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='7365'>trusted</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>in</strongs>him, and have <strongs hebrew='8133'>changed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4406'>word</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3052'>yielded</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1655'>bodies</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>they might <strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6399'>serve</strongs><strongs hebrew='3809'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='5457'>worship</strongs><strongs hebrew='3606'>any</strongs><strongs hebrew='426'>god</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3861'>except</strongs>their own <strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>Therefore I <strongs hebrew='4481 7761'>make</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2942'>decree</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>That</strongs><strongs hebrew='3606'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='5972'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='524'>nation</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3961'>language</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='560'>speak</strongs>any thing <strongs hebrew='7955'>amiss</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='7715'>Shadrach</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4336'>Meshach</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5665'>Abed</strongs>-nego, shall be <strongs hebrew='5648'>cut</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1917'>pieces</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='1005'>houses</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7739'>made</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5122'>dunghill</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3606 6903 1768'>because</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='383'>is</strongs><strongs hebrew='3809'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='321'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3202'>can</strongs><strongs hebrew='5338'>deliver</strongs>after this <strongs hebrew='1836'>sort</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6744'>promoted</strongs><strongs hebrew='7715'>Shadrach</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4336'>Meshach</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5665'>Abed</strongs>-nego, in the <strongs hebrew='4083'>province</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='895'>Babylon</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='4'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='5020'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, unto <strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='5972'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='524'>nations</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3961'>languages</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1753'>dwell</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='772'>earth</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='8001'>Peace</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='7680'>multiplied</strongs>unto you. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>I thought it <strongs hebrew='8232 6925'>good</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2324'>show</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='852'>signs</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8540'>wonders</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5943'>high</strongs><strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='5648'>wrought</strongs><strongs hebrew='5974'>toward</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='4101'>How</strongs><strongs hebrew='7260'>great</strongs><em>are</em> his <strongs hebrew='852'>signs</strongs>! and <strongs hebrew='4101'>how</strongs><strongs hebrew='8624'>mighty</strongs><em>are</em> his <strongs hebrew='8540'>wonders</strongs>! his <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs><em>is</em> an <strongs hebrew='5957'>everlasting</strongs><strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='7985'>dominion</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5974'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='1859'>generation</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1859'>generation</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='576'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='5020'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='1934'>was</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='7954'>rest</strongs>in mine <strongs hebrew='1005'>house</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7487'>flourishing</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='1965'>palace</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='5'>I <strongs hebrew='2370'>saw</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2493'>dream</strongs>which made me <strongs hebrew='1763'>afraid</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2031'>thoughts</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>upon</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4903'>bed</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='2376'>visions</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='7217'>head</strongs><strongs hebrew='927'>troubled</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Therefore <strongs hebrew='4481 7761'>made</strongs>I a <strongs hebrew='2942'>decree</strongs>to bring <strongs hebrew='5924'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2445'>wise</strongs><em>men</em> of <strongs hebrew='895'>Babylon</strongs><strongs hebrew='6925'>before</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>they might make <strongs hebrew='3046'>known</strongs>unto me the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2493'>dream</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='5954'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2749'>magicians</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='826'>astrologers</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3779'>Chaldeans</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1505'>soothsayers</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='576'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='560'>told</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2493'>dream</strongs><strongs hebrew='6925'>before</strongs>them; but they did <strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs>make <strongs hebrew='3046'>known</strongs>unto me the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>thereof. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>But <strongs hebrew='5705'>at</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='318'>last</strongs><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='5954'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='6925'>before</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='1768'>whose</strongs><strongs hebrew='8036'>name</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='1096'>Belteshazzar</strongs>, according to the <strongs hebrew='8036'>name</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='426'>god</strongs>, and in <strongs hebrew='1768'>whom</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='7308'>spirit</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6922'>holy</strongs><strongs hebrew='426'>gods</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='6925'>before</strongs>him I <strongs hebrew='560'>told</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2493'>dream</strongs>, <em>saying</em> , </verse>
            <verse number='9'>O <strongs hebrew='1096'>Belteshazzar</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7229'>master</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2749'>magicians</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>because</strongs><strongs hebrew='576'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='3046'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7308'>spirit</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6922'>holy</strongs><strongs hebrew='426'>gods</strongs><em>is</em> in thee, and <strongs hebrew='3809 3606'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='7328'>secret</strongs><strongs hebrew='598'>troubleth</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='560'>tell</strongs>me the <strongs hebrew='2376'>visions</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='2493'>dream</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='2370'>seen</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>thereof. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Thus <em>were</em> the <strongs hebrew='2376'>visions</strongs>of mine <strongs hebrew='7217'>head</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>in</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4903'>bed</strongs>; I <strongs hebrew='1934 2370'>saw</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='431'>behold</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='363'>tree</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1459'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='772'>earth</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7314'>height</strongs>thereof <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='7690'>great</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>The <strongs hebrew='363'>tree</strongs><strongs hebrew='7236'>grew</strongs>, and was <strongs hebrew='8631'>strong</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7314'>height</strongs>thereof <strongs hebrew='4291'>reached</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='8065'>heaven</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2379'>sight</strongs>thereof to the <strongs hebrew='5491'>end</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='772'>earth</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='12'>The <strongs hebrew='6074'>leaves</strongs>thereof <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='8209'>fair</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4'>fruit</strongs>thereof <strongs hebrew='7690'>much</strongs>, and in it <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='4203'>meat</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='2423'>beasts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1251'>field</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='2927'>shadow</strongs><strongs hebrew='8460'>under</strongs>it, and the <strongs hebrew='6853'>fowls</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8065'>heaven</strongs><strongs hebrew='1753'>dwelt</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6056'>boughs</strongs>thereof, and <strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1321'>flesh</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='2110'>fed</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>of</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>I <strongs hebrew='1934 2370'>saw</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2376'>visions</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='7217'>head</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>upon</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4903'>bed</strongs>, and, <strongs hebrew='431'>behold</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='5894'>watcher</strongs>and a holy <strongs hebrew='6922'>one</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='5182'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='8065'>heaven</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='14'>He <strongs hebrew='7123'>cried</strongs><strongs hebrew='2429'>aloud</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='3652'>thus</strongs>, Hew <strongs hebrew='1414'>down</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='363'>tree</strongs>, and cut <strongs hebrew='7113'>off</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6056'>branches</strongs>, shake <strongs hebrew='5426'>off</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6074'>leaves</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='921'>scatter</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4'>fruit</strongs>: let the <strongs hebrew='2423'>beasts</strongs>get <strongs hebrew='5111'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='8479'>under</strongs>it, and the <strongs hebrew='6853'>fowls</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>from</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6056'>branches</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='1297'>Nevertheless</strongs><strongs hebrew='7662'>leave</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6136'>stump</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='8330'>roots</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='772'>earth</strongs>, even with a <strongs hebrew='613'>band</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='6523'>iron</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5174'>brass</strongs>, in the tender <strongs hebrew='1883'>grass</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1251'>field</strongs>; and let it be <strongs hebrew='6647'>wet</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='2920'>dew</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8065'>heaven</strongs>, and <em>let</em> his <strongs hebrew='2508'>portion</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='5974'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2423'>beasts</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6211'>grass</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='772'>earth</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='16'>Let his <strongs hebrew='3825'>heart</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='8133'>changed</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='606'>man</strongs>'s, and let a <strongs hebrew='2423'>beast</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3825'>heart</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='3052'>given</strongs>unto him; and let <strongs hebrew='7655'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='5732'>times</strongs><strongs hebrew='2499'>pass</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>over</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>This <strongs hebrew='6600'>matter</strongs><em>is</em> by the <strongs hebrew='1510'>decree</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5894'>watchers</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7595'>demand</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='3983'>word</strongs>of the holy <strongs hebrew='6922'>ones</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='5705'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1701'>intent</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2417'>living</strongs>may <strongs hebrew='3046'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>the most <strongs hebrew='5943'>High</strongs><strongs hebrew='7990'>ruleth</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='606'>men</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5415'>giveth</strongs>it to <strongs hebrew='4479 1768'>whomsoever</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6634'>will</strongs>, and setteth <strongs hebrew='6966'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>over</strongs>it the <strongs hebrew='8215'>basest</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='606'>men</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='1836'>This</strongs><strongs hebrew='2493'>dream</strongs><strongs hebrew='576'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5020'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='2370'>seen</strongs>. Now <strongs hebrew='607'>thou</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='1096'>Belteshazzar</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='560'>declare</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>thereof, forasmuch <strongs hebrew='3606 6903 1768'>as</strongs><strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2445'>wise</strongs><em>men</em> of my <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>are not <strongs hebrew='3202 3809'>able</strongs>to make <strongs hebrew='3046'>known</strongs>unto me the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='607'>thou</strongs><em>art</em> <strongs hebrew='3546'>able</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1768'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7308'>spirit</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6922'>holy</strongs><strongs hebrew='426'>gods</strongs><em>is</em> in thee. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>whose</strongs><strongs hebrew='8036'>name</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='1096'>Belteshazzar</strongs>, was <strongs hebrew='8075'>astonished</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='2298'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='8160'>hour</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='7476'>thoughts</strongs><strongs hebrew='927'>troubled</strongs>him. The <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6032'>spoke</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1096'>Belteshazzar</strongs>, let <strongs hebrew='409'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2493'>dream</strongs>, or the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>thereof, <strongs hebrew='927'>trouble</strongs>thee. <strongs hebrew='1096'>Belteshazzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='6032'>answered</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>, My <strongs hebrew='4756'>lord</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='2493'>dream</strongs><em>be</em> to them that <strongs hebrew='8131'>hate</strongs>thee, and the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>thereof to thine <strongs hebrew='6146'>enemies</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>The <strongs hebrew='363'>tree</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='2370'>sawest</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='7236'>grew</strongs>, and was <strongs hebrew='8631'>strong</strongs>, whose <strongs hebrew='7314'>height</strongs><strongs hebrew='4291'>reached</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='8065'>heaven</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2379'>sight</strongs>thereof to <strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='772'>earth</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='21'>Whose <strongs hebrew='6074'>leaves</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='8209'>fair</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4'>fruit</strongs>thereof <strongs hebrew='7690'>much</strongs>, and in it <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='4203'>meat</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='8460'>under</strongs>which the <strongs hebrew='2423'>beasts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1251'>field</strongs><strongs hebrew='1753'>dwelt</strongs>, and upon whose <strongs hebrew='6056'>branches</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6853'>fowls</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8065'>heaven</strongs>had their <strongs hebrew='7932'>habitation</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='1932'>It</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='607'>thou</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>art <strongs hebrew='7236'>grown</strongs>and become <strongs hebrew='8631'>strong</strongs>: for thy <strongs hebrew='7238'>greatness</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7236'>grown</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4291'>reacheth</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='8065'>heaven</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='7985'>dominion</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='5491'>end</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='772'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>And <strongs hebrew='1768'>whereas</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='2370'>saw</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5894'>watcher</strongs>and a holy <strongs hebrew='6922'>one</strongs>coming <strongs hebrew='5182'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='8065'>heaven</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='560'>saying</strongs>, Hew the tree <strongs hebrew='1414 363'>down</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2255'>destroy</strongs>it; <strongs hebrew='1297'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='7662'>leave</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6136'>stump</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8330'>roots</strongs>thereof in the <strongs hebrew='772'>earth</strongs>, even with a <strongs hebrew='613'>band</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='6523'>iron</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5174'>brass</strongs>, in the tender <strongs hebrew='1883'>grass</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1251'>field</strongs>; and let it be <strongs hebrew='6647'>wet</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='2920'>dew</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8065'>heaven</strongs>, and <em>let</em> his <strongs hebrew='2508'>portion</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='5974'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2423'>beasts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1251'>field</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5705 1768'>till</strongs><strongs hebrew='7655'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='5732'>times</strongs><strongs hebrew='2499'>pass</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>over</strongs>him; </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='1836'>This</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1932'>this</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='1510'>decree</strongs>of the most <strongs hebrew='5943'>High</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='4291'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>upon</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4756'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='25'>That they shall <strongs hebrew='2957'>drive</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='4481'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='606'>men</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='4070'>dwelling</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1934'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='5974'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2423'>beasts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1251'>field</strongs>, and they shall make thee to <strongs hebrew='2939'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='6211'>grass</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='8450'>oxen</strongs>, and they shall <strongs hebrew='6647'>wet</strongs>thee with the <strongs hebrew='4481 2920'>dew</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8065'>heaven</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7655'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='5732'>times</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='2499'>pass</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>over</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='5705 1768'>till</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3046'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>the most <strongs hebrew='5943'>High</strongs><strongs hebrew='7990'>ruleth</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='606'>men</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5415'>giveth</strongs>it to <strongs hebrew='4479 1768'>whomsoever</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6634'>will</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And <strongs hebrew='1768'>whereas</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='560'>commanded</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7662'>leave</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6136'>stump</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='363'>tree</strongs><strongs hebrew='8330'>roots</strongs>; thy <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7011'>sure</strongs>unto thee, after <strongs hebrew='4481 1768'>that</strongs>thou shalt have <strongs hebrew='3046'>known</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8065'>heavens</strongs>do <strongs hebrew='7990'>rule</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs hebrew='3861'>Wherefore</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, let my <strongs hebrew='4431'>counsel</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='8232'>acceptable</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>unto</strongs>thee, and <strongs hebrew='6562'>break</strongs>off thy <strongs hebrew='2408'>sins</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='6665'>righteousness</strongs>, and thine <strongs hebrew='5758'>iniquities</strongs>by showing <strongs hebrew='2604'>mercy</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='6033'>poor</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2006'>if</strongs>it may <strongs hebrew='1934'>be</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='754'>lengthening</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='7963'>tranquillity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>All <strongs hebrew='3606'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4291'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5020'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>At the <strongs hebrew='7118'>end</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8648 6236'>twelve</strongs><strongs hebrew='3393'>months</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1934 1981'>walked</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1965'>palace</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='895'>Babylon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>The <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6032'>spoke</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>, Is <strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1668'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='7229'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='895'>Babylon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='576'>I</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='1124'>built</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='1005'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='8632'>might</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='2632'>power</strongs>, and for the <strongs hebrew='3367'>honor</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='1923'>majesty</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='31'><strongs hebrew='5751'>While</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4406'>word</strongs><em>was</em> in the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6433'>mouth</strongs>, there <strongs hebrew='5308'>fell</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7032'>voice</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='8065'>heaven</strongs>, <em>saying</em> , O <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5020'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>, to thee it is <strongs hebrew='560'>spoken</strongs>; The <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='5709'>departed</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>from</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>And they shall <strongs hebrew='2957'>drive</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='4481'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='606'>men</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='4070'>dwelling</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='5974'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2423'>beasts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1251'>field</strongs>: they shall make thee to <strongs hebrew='2939'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='6211'>grass</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='8450'>oxen</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7655'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='5732'>times</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='2499'>pass</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>over</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='5705 1768'>until</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3046'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>the most <strongs hebrew='5943'>High</strongs><strongs hebrew='7990'>ruleth</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='606'>men</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5415'>giveth</strongs>it to <strongs hebrew='4479 1768'>whomsoever</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6634'>will</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>The same <strongs hebrew='8160'>hour</strongs>was the <strongs hebrew='4406'>thing</strongs><strongs hebrew='5487'>fulfilled</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='5020'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>: and he was <strongs hebrew='2957'>driven</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='606'>men</strongs>, and did <strongs hebrew='399'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='6211'>grass</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='8450'>oxen</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='1655'>body</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='6647'>wet</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='4481 2920'>dew</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8065'>heaven</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5705 1768'>till</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='8177'>hairs</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='7236'>grown</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='5403'>eagles</strongs>' <em>feathers</em> , and his <strongs hebrew='2953'>nails</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='6853'>birds</strongs>' <em>claws</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='34'>And at the <strongs hebrew='7118'>end</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3118'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='576'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='5020'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>lifted <strongs hebrew='5191'>up</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='5870'>eyes</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='8065'>heaven</strongs>, and mine <strongs hebrew='4486'>understanding</strongs><strongs hebrew='8421'>returned</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>unto</strongs>me, and I <strongs hebrew='1289'>blessed</strongs>the most <strongs hebrew='5943'>High</strongs>, and I <strongs hebrew='7624'>praised</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1922'>honored</strongs>him that <strongs hebrew='2417'>liveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5957'>forever</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>whose</strongs><strongs hebrew='7985'>dominion</strongs><em>is</em> an <strongs hebrew='5957'>everlasting</strongs><strongs hebrew='7985'>dominion</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5974'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='1859'>generation</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1859'>generation</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='35'>And <strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1753'>inhabitants</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='772'>earth</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='2804'>reputed</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='3809'>nothing</strongs>: and he <strongs hebrew='5648'>doeth</strongs>according to his <strongs hebrew='6634'>will</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2429'>army</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8065'>heaven</strongs>, and <em>among</em> the <strongs hebrew='1753'>inhabitants</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='772'>earth</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3809'>none</strongs><strongs hebrew='383'>can</strongs><strongs hebrew='4223'>stay</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3028'>hand</strongs>, or <strongs hebrew='560'>say</strongs>unto him, <strongs hebrew='4101'>What</strongs><strongs hebrew='5648'>doest</strongs>thou? </verse>
            <verse number='36'>At the same <strongs hebrew='2166'>time</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4486'>reason</strongs><strongs hebrew='8421'>returned</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>unto</strongs>me; and for the <strongs hebrew='3367'>glory</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>, mine <strongs hebrew='1923'>honor</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2122'>brightness</strongs><strongs hebrew='8421'>returned</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>unto</strongs>me; and my <strongs hebrew='1907'>counselors</strongs>and my <strongs hebrew='7261'>lords</strongs><strongs hebrew='1156'>sought</strongs>unto me; and I was <strongs hebrew='8627'>established</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>in</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3493'>excellent</strongs><strongs hebrew='7238'>majesty</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='3255'>added</strongs>unto me. </verse>
            <verse number='37'><strongs hebrew='3705'>Now</strongs><strongs hebrew='576'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='5020'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='7624'>praise</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7313'>extol</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1922'>honor</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>King</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8065'>heaven</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>whose</strongs><strongs hebrew='4567'>works</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='7187'>truth</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='735'>ways</strongs><strongs hebrew='1780'>judgment</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='1768'>those</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='1981'>walk</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1467'>pride</strongs>he is <strongs hebrew='3202'>able</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8214'>abase</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='5'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='1113'>Belshazzar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5648'>made</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7229'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='3900'>feast</strongs>to a <strongs hebrew='506'>thousand</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='7261'>lords</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8355'>drank</strongs><strongs hebrew='2562'>wine</strongs><strongs hebrew='6903'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='506'>thousand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='1113'>Belshazzar</strongs>, while he <strongs hebrew='2942'>tasted</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2562'>wine</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='560'>commanded</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='858'>bring</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1722'>golden</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3702'>silver</strongs><strongs hebrew='3984'>vessels</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2'>father</strongs><strongs hebrew='5020'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>had taken <strongs hebrew='5312'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1965'>temple</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs><em>was</em> in <strongs hebrew='3390'>Jerusalem</strongs>; that the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='7261'>princes</strongs>, his <strongs hebrew='7695'>wives</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='3904'>concubines</strongs>, might <strongs hebrew='8355'>drink</strongs>therein. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='858'>brought</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1722'>golden</strongs><strongs hebrew='3984'>vessels</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>were taken <strongs hebrew='5312'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1965'>temple</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1005'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs><em>was</em> at <strongs hebrew='3390'>Jerusalem</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='7261'>princes</strongs>, his <strongs hebrew='7695'>wives</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='3904'>concubines</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8355'>drank</strongs>in them. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>They <strongs hebrew='8355'>drank</strongs><strongs hebrew='2562'>wine</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7624'>praised</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='426'>gods</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1722'>gold</strongs>, and of <strongs hebrew='3702'>silver</strongs>, of <strongs hebrew='5174'>brass</strongs>, of <strongs hebrew='6523'>iron</strongs>, of <strongs hebrew='636'>wood</strongs>, and of <strongs hebrew='69'>stone</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>In the same <strongs hebrew='8160'>hour</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='5312'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='677'>fingers</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='606'>man</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3028'>hand</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3790'>wrote</strongs>over <strongs hebrew='6903'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5043'>candlestick</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1528'>plaster</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3797'>wall</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1965'>palace</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='2370'>saw</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6447'>part</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3028'>hand</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3790'>wrote</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='2122'>countenance</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='8133'>changed</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='7476'>thoughts</strongs><strongs hebrew='927'>troubled</strongs>him, so that the <strongs hebrew='7001'>joints</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='2783'>loins</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='8271'>loosed</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='755'>knees</strongs><strongs hebrew='5368'>smote</strongs><strongs hebrew='1668'>one</strongs>against <strongs hebrew='1668'>another</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>The <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='7123'>cried</strongs><strongs hebrew='2429'>aloud</strongs>to bring <strongs hebrew='5924'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='826'>astrologers</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3779'>Chaldeans</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1505'>soothsayers</strongs>. <em>And</em> the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6032'>spoke</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='2445'>wise</strongs><em>men</em> of <strongs hebrew='895'>Babylon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3606 606 1768'>Whosoever</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7123'>read</strongs><strongs hebrew='1836'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3792'>writing</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2324'>show</strongs>me the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>thereof, shall be <strongs hebrew='3848'>clothed</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='711'>scarlet</strongs>, and <em>have</em> a <strongs hebrew='2002'>chain</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='1722'>gold</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>about</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6676'>neck</strongs>, and shall be the third <strongs hebrew='7981 8523'>ruler</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='5954'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='2445'>wise</strongs><em>men</em> : but they <strongs hebrew='3546'>could</strongs><strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7123'>read</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3792'>writing</strongs>, nor make <strongs hebrew='3046'>known</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>thereof. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1113'>Belshazzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='7690'>greatly</strongs><strongs hebrew='927'>troubled</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='2122'>countenance</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='8133'>changed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>in</strongs>him, and his <strongs hebrew='7261'>lords</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='7672'>astonished</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><em>Now</em> the <strongs hebrew='4433'>queen</strongs>, by reason <strongs hebrew='6903'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4406'>words</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='7261'>lords</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5954'>came</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='4961'>banquet</strongs><strongs hebrew='1005'>house</strongs>: <em>and</em> the <strongs hebrew='4433'>queen</strongs><strongs hebrew='6032'>spoke</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2418'>live</strongs><strongs hebrew='5957'>forever</strongs>: let <strongs hebrew='409'>not</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='7476'>thoughts</strongs><strongs hebrew='927'>trouble</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='409'>nor</strongs>let thy <strongs hebrew='2122'>countenance</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='8133'>changed</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='11'>There <strongs hebrew='383'>is</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1400'>man</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='1768'>whom</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='7308'>spirit</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6922'>holy</strongs><strongs hebrew='426'>gods</strongs>; and in the <strongs hebrew='3118'>days</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='2'>father</strongs><strongs hebrew='5094'>light</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7924'>understanding</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2452'>wisdom</strongs>, like the <strongs hebrew='2452'>wisdom</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='426'>gods</strongs>, was <strongs hebrew='7912'>found</strongs>in him; whom the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5020'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='2'>father</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, <em>I</em> <em>say</em> , thy <strongs hebrew='2'>father</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6966'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='7229'>master</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2749'>magicians</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='826'>astrologers</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3779'>Chaldeans</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='1505'>soothsayers</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Forasmuch <strongs hebrew='3606 6903 1768'>as</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='3493'>excellent</strongs><strongs hebrew='7308'>spirit</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4486'>knowledge</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7924'>understanding</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpreting</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2493'>dreams</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='263'>showing</strongs>of hard <strongs hebrew='280'>sentences</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8271'>dissolving</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7001'>doubts</strongs>, were <strongs hebrew='7912'>found</strongs>in the same <strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>whom</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='7761 8036'>named</strongs><strongs hebrew='1096'>Belteshazzar</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3705'>now</strongs>let <strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='7123'>called</strongs>, and he will <strongs hebrew='2324'>show</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>brought <strongs hebrew='5954'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='6925'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>. <em>And</em> the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6032'>spoke</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>, <em>Art</em> <strongs hebrew='607'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='1932'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs><em>art</em> <strongs hebrew='4481'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1123'>children</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1547'>captivity</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='3061'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>whom</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='2'>father</strongs>brought <strongs hebrew='858'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='3061'>Jewry</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='14'>I have even <strongs hebrew='8086'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>of</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7308'>spirit</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='426'>gods</strongs><em>is</em> in thee, and <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='5094'>light</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7924'>understanding</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3493'>excellent</strongs><strongs hebrew='2452'>wisdom</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7912'>found</strongs>in thee. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And <strongs hebrew='3705'>now</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2445'>wise</strongs><em>men</em> , the <strongs hebrew='826'>astrologers</strongs>, have been brought <strongs hebrew='5954'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='6925'>before</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>they should <strongs hebrew='7123'>read</strongs><strongs hebrew='1836'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3792'>writing</strongs>, and make <strongs hebrew='3046'>known</strongs>unto me the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>thereof: but they <strongs hebrew='3546'>could</strongs><strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2324'>show</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4406'>thing</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And <strongs hebrew='576'>I</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='8086'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>of</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3202'>canst</strongs><strongs hebrew='6590'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretations</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8271'>dissolve</strongs><strongs hebrew='7001'>doubts</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3705'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='2006'>if</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3202'>canst</strongs><strongs hebrew='7123'>read</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3792'>writing</strongs>, and make <strongs hebrew='3046'>known</strongs>to me the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>thereof, thou shalt be <strongs hebrew='3848'>clothed</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='711'>scarlet</strongs>, and <em>have</em> a <strongs hebrew='2002'>chain</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='1722'>gold</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>about</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='6676'>neck</strongs>, and shalt be the third <strongs hebrew='7981 8531'>ruler</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs><strongs hebrew='6032'>answered</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='6925'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, Let thy <strongs hebrew='4978'>gifts</strongs><strongs hebrew='1934'>be</strongs>to thyself, and <strongs hebrew='3052'>give</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5023'>rewards</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='321'>another</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1297'>yet</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='7123'>read</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3792'>writing</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, and make <strongs hebrew='3046'>known</strongs>to him the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>O <strongs hebrew='607'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, the most <strongs hebrew='5943'>high</strongs><strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='3052'>gave</strongs><strongs hebrew='5020'>Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='2'>father</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7238'>majesty</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3367'>glory</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1923'>honor</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And <strongs hebrew='4481'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7238'>majesty</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='3052'>gave</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='5972'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='524'>nations</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3961'>languages</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1934 2112'>trembled</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1763'>feared</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481 6925'>before</strongs>him: <strongs hebrew='1768'>whom</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1934 6634'>would</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1934 6992'>slew</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='1768'>whom</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1934 6634'>would</strongs>he kept <strongs hebrew='1934 2418'>alive</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='1768'>whom</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1934 6634'>would</strongs>he set <strongs hebrew='1934 7313'>up</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='1768'>whom</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1934 6634'>would</strongs>he put <strongs hebrew='1934 8214'>down</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>But <strongs hebrew='1768'>when</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3825'>heart</strongs>was lifted <strongs hebrew='7313'>up</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='7308'>mind</strongs><strongs hebrew='8631'>hardened</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2103'>pride</strongs>, he was <strongs hebrew='5182'>deposed</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>from</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingly</strongs><strongs hebrew='3764'>throne</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='5709'>took</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3367'>glory</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>from</strongs>him: </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And he was <strongs hebrew='2957'>driven</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1123'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='606'>men</strongs>; and his <strongs hebrew='3825'>heart</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='7739'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='5974'>like</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2423'>beasts</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='4070'>dwelling</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5974'>with</strongs>the wild <strongs hebrew='6167'>asses</strongs>: they <strongs hebrew='2939'>fed</strongs>him with <strongs hebrew='6211'>grass</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='8450'>oxen</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='1655'>body</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='6647'>wet</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='4481 2920'>dew</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8065'>heaven</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5705 1768'>till</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='3046'>knew</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>the most <strongs hebrew='5943'>high</strongs><strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='7990'>ruled</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='606'>men</strongs>, and <em>that</em> he <strongs hebrew='6966'>appointeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>over</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='4479 1768'>whomsoever</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6634'>will</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And <strongs hebrew='607'>thou</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1247'>son</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='1113'>Belshazzar</strongs>, hast <strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8214'>humbled</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3825'>heart</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3606 6903 1768'>though</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3046'>knewest</strongs><strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1836'>this</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='23'>But hast lifted up <strongs hebrew='7313'>thyself</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4756'>Lord</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8065'>heaven</strongs>; and they have <strongs hebrew='858'>brought</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3984'>vessels</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1005'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='6925'>before</strongs>thee, and <strongs hebrew='607'>thou</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='7261'>lords</strongs>, thy <strongs hebrew='7695'>wives</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='3904'>concubines</strongs>, have <strongs hebrew='8355'>drunk</strongs><strongs hebrew='2562'>wine</strongs>in them; and thou hast <strongs hebrew='7624'>praised</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='426'>gods</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3702'>silver</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1722'>gold</strongs>, of <strongs hebrew='5174'>brass</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6523'>iron</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='636'>wood</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='69'>stone</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='2370'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3809'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='8086'>hear</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3809'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='3046'>know</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1768'>whose</strongs><strongs hebrew='3028'>hand</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5396'>breath</strongs><em>is</em> , and whose <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='735'>ways</strongs>, hast thou <strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1922'>glorified</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs>was the <strongs hebrew='6447'>part</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3028'>hand</strongs><strongs hebrew='7972'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481 6925'>from</strongs>him; and <strongs hebrew='1836'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3792'>writing</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='7560'>written</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And <strongs hebrew='1836'>this</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='3792'>writing</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='7560'>written</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4484'>MENE</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4484'>MENE</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8625'>TEKEL</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6537'>UPHARSIN</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs hebrew='1836'>This</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4406'>thing</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='4484'>MENE</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='4483'>numbered</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8000'>finished</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs hebrew='8625'>TEKEL</strongs>; Thou art <strongs hebrew='8625'>weighed</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3977'>balances</strongs>, and art <strongs hebrew='7912'>found</strongs><strongs hebrew='2627'>wanting</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs hebrew='6537'>PERES</strongs>; Thy <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='6537'>divided</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3052'>given</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='4076'>Medes</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6540'>Persians</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs><strongs hebrew='560'>commanded</strongs><strongs hebrew='1113'>Belshazzar</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='3848'>clothed</strongs><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='711'>scarlet</strongs>, and <em>put</em> a <strongs hebrew='2002'>chain</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='1722'>gold</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>about</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6676'>neck</strongs>, and made a <strongs hebrew='3745'>proclamation</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>concerning</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>he should <strongs hebrew='1934'>be</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8531'>third</strongs><strongs hebrew='7990'>ruler</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>In that <strongs hebrew='3916'>night</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='1113'>Belshazzar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3779'>Chaldeans</strongs><strongs hebrew='6992'>slain</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>And <strongs hebrew='1868'>Darius</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4077'>Median</strongs><strongs hebrew='6902'>took</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>, <em>being</em> about <strongs hebrew='8361'>threescore</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8648'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='8140'>years</strongs><strongs hebrew='1247'>old</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='6'>
            <verse number='1'>It <strongs hebrew='8232 6925'>pleased</strongs><strongs hebrew='1868'>Darius</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6966'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3969'>hundred</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6243'>twenty</strongs><strongs hebrew='324'>princes</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs>should <strongs hebrew='1934'>be</strongs>over the <strongs hebrew='3606'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And <strongs hebrew='5924 4481'>over</strongs>these <strongs hebrew='8532'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='5632'>presidents</strongs>; of <strongs hebrew='4481 1768'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='2298'>first</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='459'>the</strongs><strongs hebrew='324'>princes</strongs><strongs hebrew='1934'>might</strongs><strongs hebrew='3052'>give</strongs><strongs hebrew='2941'>accounts</strongs>unto them, and the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>should <strongs hebrew='1934'>have</strongs><strongs hebrew='3809'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5142'>damage</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs><strongs hebrew='1836'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs><strongs hebrew='1934'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='5330'>preferred</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>above</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5632'>presidents</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='324'>princes</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3606 6903 1768'>because</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='3493'>excellent</strongs><strongs hebrew='7308'>spirit</strongs><em>was</em> in him; and the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6246'>thought</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6966'>set</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='5922'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3606'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='4437'>realm</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5632'>presidents</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='324'>princes</strongs><strongs hebrew='1934 1156'>sought</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7912'>find</strongs><strongs hebrew='5931'>occasion</strongs>against <strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481 6655'>concerning</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>; but they <strongs hebrew='3202'>could</strongs><strongs hebrew='7912'>find</strongs><strongs hebrew='3809 3606'>none</strongs><strongs hebrew='5931'>occasion</strongs>nor <strongs hebrew='7844'>fault</strongs>; forasmuch <strongs hebrew='3606 6903 1768'>as</strongs><strongs hebrew='1932'>he</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='540'>faithful</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3809'>neither</strongs>was there <strongs hebrew='3606'>any</strongs><strongs hebrew='7960'>error</strongs>or <strongs hebrew='7844'>fault</strongs><strongs hebrew='7912'>found</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>in</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs><strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='479'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1400'>men</strongs>, We shall <strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7912'>find</strongs><strongs hebrew='3606'>any</strongs><strongs hebrew='5931'>occasion</strongs>against <strongs hebrew='1836'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3861'>except</strongs>we <strongs hebrew='7912'>find</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='5922'>against</strongs>him concerning the <strongs hebrew='1882'>law</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs><strongs hebrew='459'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='5632'>presidents</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='324'>princes</strongs>assembled <strongs hebrew='7284'>together</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='3652'>thus</strongs>unto him, <strongs hebrew='4430'>King</strongs><strongs hebrew='1868'>Darius</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2418'>live</strongs><strongs hebrew='5957'>forever</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='3606'>All</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5632'>presidents</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5460'>governors</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='324'>princes</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1907'>counselors</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6347'>captains</strongs>, have consulted <strongs hebrew='3272'>together</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6966'>establish</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4430'>royal</strongs><strongs hebrew='7010'>statute</strongs>, and to make a <strongs hebrew='8631'>firm</strongs><strongs hebrew='633'>decree</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3606 1768'>whosoever</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1156'>ask</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1159'>petition</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='3606'>any</strongs><strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs>or <strongs hebrew='606'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='5705'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='8533'>thirty</strongs><strongs hebrew='3118'>days</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3861'>save</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>of</strongs>thee, O <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, he shall be <strongs hebrew='7412'>cast</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='1358'>den</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='744'>lions</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='3705'>Now</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6966'>establish</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='633'>decree</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7560'>sign</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3792'>writing</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>it be <strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8133'>changed</strongs>, according to the <strongs hebrew='1882'>law</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4076'>Medes</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6540'>Persians</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='5709'>altereth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='3606 6903 1836'>Wherefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1868'>Darius</strongs><strongs hebrew='7560'>signed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3792'>writing</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='633'>decree</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Now <strongs hebrew='1768'>when</strongs><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs><strongs hebrew='3046'>knew</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3792'>writing</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='7560'>signed</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='5954'>went</strongs>into his <strongs hebrew='1005'>house</strongs>; and his <strongs hebrew='3551'>windows</strongs>being <strongs hebrew='6606'>open</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='5952'>chamber</strongs><strongs hebrew='5049'>toward</strongs><strongs hebrew='3390'>Jerusalem</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1932'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='1289'>kneeled</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>upon</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1291'>knees</strongs><strongs hebrew='8532'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='2166'>times</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3118'>day</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6739'>prayed</strongs>, and gave <strongs hebrew='3029'>thanks</strongs><strongs hebrew='6925'>before</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3606 6903 1768'>as</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1934 5648'>did</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481 6928 1836'>formerly</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs><strongs hebrew='479'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1400'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='7284'>assembled</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7912'>found</strongs><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs><strongs hebrew='1156'>praying</strongs>and making <strongs hebrew='2604'>supplication</strongs><strongs hebrew='6925'>before</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs>they came <strongs hebrew='7127'>near</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='560'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='6925'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>concerning</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='633'>decree</strongs>; Hast thou <strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7560'>signed</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='633'>decree</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3606'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='606'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1156'>ask</strongs><em>a</em> <em>petition</em> <strongs hebrew='4481'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='3606'>any</strongs><strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs>or <strongs hebrew='606'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='5705'>within</strongs><strongs hebrew='8533'>thirty</strongs><strongs hebrew='3118'>days</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3861'>save</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>of</strongs>thee, O <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, shall be <strongs hebrew='7412'>cast</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='1358'>den</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='744'>lions</strongs>? The <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6032'>answered</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='4406'>thing</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3330'>true</strongs>, according to the <strongs hebrew='1882'>law</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4076'>Medes</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6540'>Persians</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='5709'>altereth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs><strongs hebrew='6032'>answered</strongs>they and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='6925'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>That</strongs><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='4481'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1123'>children</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1547'>captivity</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='3061'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7761 2942 5922'>regardeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs>thee, O <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, nor the <strongs hebrew='633'>decree</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='7560'>signed</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='1156'>maketh</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1159'>petition</strongs><strongs hebrew='8532'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='2166'>times</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3118'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>when</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='8086'>heard</strongs><em>these</em> <strongs hebrew='4406'>words</strongs>, was <strongs hebrew='7690'>sore</strongs><strongs hebrew='888'>displeased</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>with</strongs>himself, and <strongs hebrew='7761'>set</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='1079'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>on</strongs><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7804'>deliver</strongs>him: and he <strongs hebrew='1934 7712'>labored</strongs><strongs hebrew='5705'>till</strongs>the going <strongs hebrew='4606'>down</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8122'>sun</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5338'>deliver</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs><strongs hebrew='479'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1400'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='7284'>assembled</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3046'>Know</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1882'>law</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4076'>Medes</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6540'>Persians</strongs><em>is</em> , <strongs hebrew='1768'>That</strongs><strongs hebrew='3809 3606'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='633'>decree</strongs>nor <strongs hebrew='7010'>statute</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6966'>establisheth</strongs>may be <strongs hebrew='8133'>changed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='560'>commanded</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='858'>brought</strongs><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7412'>cast</strongs><em>him</em> into the <strongs hebrew='1358'>den</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='744'>lions</strongs>. <em>Now</em> the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6032'>spoke</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>, Thy <strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='607'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='6399'>servest</strongs><strongs hebrew='8411'>continually</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1932'>he</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='7804'>deliver</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And <strongs hebrew='2298'>a</strongs><strongs hebrew='69'>stone</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='858'>brought</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7761'>laid</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6433'>mouth</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1358'>den</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='2857'>sealed</strongs>it with his own <strongs hebrew='5824'>signet</strongs>, and with the <strongs hebrew='5824'>signet</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='7261'>lords</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6640'>purpose</strongs>might <strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='8133'>changed</strongs>concerning <strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='236'>went</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='1965'>palace</strongs>, and passed the <strongs hebrew='956'>night</strongs><strongs hebrew='2908'>fasting</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3809'>neither</strongs>were instruments of <strongs hebrew='1761'>music</strongs><strongs hebrew='5954'>brought</strongs><strongs hebrew='6925'>before</strongs>him: and his <strongs hebrew='8139'>sleep</strongs><strongs hebrew='5075'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>from</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6966'>arose</strongs>very early in the <strongs hebrew='8238 5053'>morning</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='236'>went</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='927'>haste</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='1358'>den</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='744'>lions</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And when he <strongs hebrew='7127'>came</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='1358'>den</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='2200'>cried</strongs>with a <strongs hebrew='6088'>lamentable</strongs><strongs hebrew='7032'>voice</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>: <em>and</em> the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6032'>spoke</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5649'>servant</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2417'>living</strongs><strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs>, is thy <strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='607'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='6399'>servest</strongs><strongs hebrew='8411'>continually</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3202'>able</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7804'>deliver</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='4481'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='744'>lions</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs><strongs hebrew='4449'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs><strongs hebrew='5974'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2418'>live</strongs><strongs hebrew='5957'>forever</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>My <strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='7972'>sent</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4398'>angel</strongs>, and hath <strongs hebrew='5463'>shut</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='744'>lions</strongs>' <strongs hebrew='6433'>mouths</strongs>, that they have <strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2255'>hurt</strongs>me: forasmuch <strongs hebrew='3606 6903 1768'>as</strongs><strongs hebrew='6925'>before</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='2136'>innocency</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='7912'>found</strongs>in me; and <strongs hebrew='638'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='6925'>before</strongs>thee, O <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>, have I <strongs hebrew='5648'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='3809'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2248'>hurt</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs>was the king exceeding <strongs hebrew='4430 7690 2868'>glad</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>for</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='560'>commanded</strongs>that they should take Daniel <strongs hebrew='5267 1841'>up</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4481'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1358'>den</strongs>. So <strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>was taken <strongs hebrew='5267'>up</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4481'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1358'>den</strongs>, and no <strongs hebrew='3809 3606'>manner</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2257'>hurt</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='7912'>found</strongs>upon him, <strongs hebrew='1768'>because</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='540'>believed</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And the <strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='560'>commanded</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='858'>brought</strongs><strongs hebrew='479'>those</strongs><strongs hebrew='1400'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='399 7170'>accused</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768 1841'>Daniel</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='7412'>cast</strongs><em>them</em> into the <strongs hebrew='1358'>den</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='744'>lions</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='581'>them</strongs>, their <strongs hebrew='1123'>children</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='5389'>wives</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='744'>lions</strongs>had the <strongs hebrew='7981'>mastery</strongs>of them, and broke all their bones in <strongs hebrew='1855 3606 1635'>pieces</strongs>or ever they <strongs hebrew='5705 1768 3809 4291'>came</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='773'>bottom</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1358'>den</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs><strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1868'>Darius</strongs><strongs hebrew='3790'>wrote</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='5972'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='524'>nations</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3961'>languages</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1753'>dwell</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='772'>earth</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='8001'>Peace</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='7680'>multiplied</strongs>unto you. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>I <strongs hebrew='4481 6925 7761'>make</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2942'>decree</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>That</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3606'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='7985'>dominion</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>men <strongs hebrew='1934 2112'>tremble</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1763'>fear</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481 6925'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1768'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1932'>he</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='2417'>living</strongs><strongs hebrew='426'>God</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7011'>steadfast</strongs><strongs hebrew='5957'>forever</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='2255'>destroyed</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='7985'>dominion</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='5705'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5491'>end</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>He <strongs hebrew='7804'>delivereth</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5338'>rescueth</strongs>, and he <strongs hebrew='5648'>worketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='852'>signs</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8540'>wonders</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8065'>heaven</strongs>and in <strongs hebrew='772'>earth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>who</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='7804'>delivered</strongs><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3028'>power</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='744'>lions</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>So <strongs hebrew='1836'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs><strongs hebrew='6744'>prospered</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4437'>reign</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1868'>Darius</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='4437'>reign</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3567'>Cyrus</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6543'>Persian</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='7'>
            <verse number='1'>In the <strongs hebrew='2298'>first</strongs><strongs hebrew='8140'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1113'>Belshazzar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4430'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='895'>Babylon</strongs><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs><strongs hebrew='2370'>had</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2493'>dream</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2376'>visions</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='7217'>head</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>upon</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4903'>bed</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='116'>then</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='3790'>wrote</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2493'>dream</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='560'>told</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7217'>sum</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4406'>matters</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs><strongs hebrew='6032'>spoke</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='1934 2370'>saw</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='2376'>vision</strongs><strongs hebrew='5974'>by</strongs><strongs hebrew='3916'>night</strongs>, and, <strongs hebrew='718'>behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='703'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='7308'>winds</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8065'>heaven</strongs><strongs hebrew='1519'>strove</strongs>upon the <strongs hebrew='7229'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='3221'>sea</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And <strongs hebrew='703'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='7260'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='2423'>beasts</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='5559'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3221'>sea</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8133'>diverse</strongs><strongs hebrew='1668'>one</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4481 1668'>another</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>The <strongs hebrew='6933'>first</strongs><em>was</em> like a <strongs hebrew='744'>lion</strongs>, and had <strongs hebrew='1768 5403'>eagle</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1611'>wings</strongs>: I <strongs hebrew='1934 2370'>beheld</strongs><strongs hebrew='5705 1768'>till</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1611'>wings</strongs>thereof were <strongs hebrew='4804'>plucked</strongs>, and it was lifted <strongs hebrew='5191'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='772'>earth</strongs>, and made <strongs hebrew='6966'>stand</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7271'>feet</strongs>as a <strongs hebrew='606'>man</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='606'>man</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3825'>heart</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='3052'>given</strongs>to it. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And <strongs hebrew='718'>behold</strongs><strongs hebrew='317'>another</strongs><strongs hebrew='2423'>beast</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='8578'>second</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1821'>like</strongs>to a <strongs hebrew='1678'>bear</strongs>, and it raised <strongs hebrew='6966'>up</strongs>itself on <strongs hebrew='2298'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='7859'>side</strongs>, and <em>it</em> <em>had</em> <strongs hebrew='8532'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='5967'>ribs</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6433'>mouth</strongs>of it <strongs hebrew='997'>between</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8128'>teeth</strongs>of it: and they <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='3652'>thus</strongs>unto it, <strongs hebrew='6966'>Arise</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='399'>devour</strongs><strongs hebrew='7690'>much</strongs><strongs hebrew='1321'>flesh</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='870'>After</strongs><strongs hebrew='1836'>this</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='1934 2370'>beheld</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='718'>lo</strongs><strongs hebrew='317'>another</strongs>, like a <strongs hebrew='5245'>leopard</strongs>, which had <strongs hebrew='5922'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1355'>back</strongs>of it <strongs hebrew='703'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='1611'>wings</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5776'>fowl</strongs>; the <strongs hebrew='2423'>beast</strongs>had also <strongs hebrew='703'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='7217'>heads</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='7985'>dominion</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='3052'>given</strongs>to it. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='870'>After</strongs><strongs hebrew='1836'>this</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='1934 2370'>saw</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3916'>night</strongs><strongs hebrew='2376'>visions</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='718'>behold</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7244'>fourth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2423'>beast</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1763'>dreadful</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='574'>terrible</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8624'>strong</strongs><strongs hebrew='3493'>exceedingly</strongs>; and it had <strongs hebrew='7260'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768 6523'>iron</strongs><strongs hebrew='8128'>teeth</strongs>: it <strongs hebrew='399'>devoured</strongs>and broke in <strongs hebrew='1855'>pieces</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7512'>stamped</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7606'>residue</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='7271'>feet</strongs>of it: and <strongs hebrew='1932'>it</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='8133'>diverse</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2423'>beasts</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='6925'>before</strongs>it; and it had <strongs hebrew='6236'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='7162'>horns</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>I <strongs hebrew='1934 7920'>considered</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7162'>horns</strongs>, and, <strongs hebrew='431'>behold</strongs>, there came <strongs hebrew='5559'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='997'>among</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='317'>another</strongs><strongs hebrew='2192'>little</strongs><strongs hebrew='7162'>horn</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4481 6925'>before</strongs>whom there were <strongs hebrew='8532'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6933'>first</strongs><strongs hebrew='7162'>horns</strongs>plucked up by the <strongs hebrew='6132'>roots</strongs>: and, <strongs hebrew='431'>behold</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='1668'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='7162'>horn</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='5870'>eyes</strongs>like the <strongs hebrew='5870'>eyes</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='606'>man</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='6433'>mouth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4449'>speaking</strongs>great <strongs hebrew='7260'>things</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>I <strongs hebrew='1934 2370'>beheld</strongs><strongs hebrew='5705 1768'>till</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3764'>thrones</strongs>were cast <strongs hebrew='7412'>down</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6268'>Ancient</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3118'>days</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='3488'>sit</strongs>, whose <strongs hebrew='3831'>garment</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='2358'>white</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='8517'>snow</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8177'>hair</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='7217'>head</strongs>like the <strongs hebrew='5343'>pure</strongs><strongs hebrew='6015'>wool</strongs>: his <strongs hebrew='3764'>throne</strongs><em>was</em> <em>like</em> the <strongs hebrew='1768 5135'>fiery</strongs><strongs hebrew='7631'>flame</strongs>, <em>and</em> his <strongs hebrew='1535'>wheels</strongs><em>as</em> <strongs hebrew='1815'>burning</strongs><strongs hebrew='5135'>fire</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>A <strongs hebrew='1768 5135'>fiery</strongs><strongs hebrew='5103'>stream</strongs><strongs hebrew='5047'>issued</strongs>and came <strongs hebrew='5312'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='6925'>before</strongs>him: <strongs hebrew='506'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='506'>thousands</strongs><strongs hebrew='8120'>ministered</strongs>unto him, and ten thousand times ten <strongs hebrew='7240 7240'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='6966'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='6925'>before</strongs>him: the <strongs hebrew='1780'>judgment</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='3488'>set</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5609'>books</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='6606'>opened</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>I <strongs hebrew='1934 2370'>beheld</strongs><strongs hebrew='116'>then</strongs>because <strongs hebrew='4481'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7032'>voice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7260'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='4406'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7162'>horn</strongs><strongs hebrew='4449'>spoke</strongs>: I <strongs hebrew='1934 2370'>beheld</strongs><em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='5705 1768'>till</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2423'>beast</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='6992'>slain</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='1655'>body</strongs><strongs hebrew='7'>destroyed</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3052'>given</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='3346'>burning</strongs><strongs hebrew='785'>flame</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>As concerning the <strongs hebrew='7606'>rest</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2423'>beasts</strongs>, they had their <strongs hebrew='7985'>dominion</strongs>taken <strongs hebrew='5709'>away</strongs>: yet their <strongs hebrew='2417'>lives</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='754 3052'>prolonged</strongs><strongs hebrew='5705'>for</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2166'>season</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5732'>time</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>I <strongs hebrew='1934 2370'>saw</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3916'>night</strongs><strongs hebrew='2376'>visions</strongs>, and, <strongs hebrew='718'>behold</strongs>, <em>one</em> like the <strongs hebrew='1247'>Son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='606'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='1934 858'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='5974'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6050'>clouds</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8065'>heaven</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4291'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='5705'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6268'>Ancient</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3118'>days</strongs>, and they brought him <strongs hebrew='7127'>near</strongs><strongs hebrew='6925'>before</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And there was <strongs hebrew='3052'>given</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='7985'>dominion</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3367'>glory</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='5972'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='524'>nations</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3961'>languages</strongs>, should <strongs hebrew='6399'>serve</strongs>him: his <strongs hebrew='7985'>dominion</strongs><em>is</em> an <strongs hebrew='5957'>everlasting</strongs><strongs hebrew='7985'>dominion</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs>pass <strongs hebrew='5709'>away</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3809'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='2255'>destroyed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='576'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='3735'>grieved</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='7308'>spirit</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1459'>midst</strongs>of <em>my</em> <strongs hebrew='5085'>body</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2376'>visions</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='7217'>head</strongs><strongs hebrew='927'>troubled</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>I came <strongs hebrew='7127'>near</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='2298'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>of</strongs>them that stood <strongs hebrew='6966'>by</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1156 4481'>asked</strongs>him the <strongs hebrew='3330'>truth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1836'>this</strongs>. So he <strongs hebrew='560'>told</strongs>me, and made me <strongs hebrew='3046'>know</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6591'>interpretation</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4406'>things</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='459'>These</strongs><strongs hebrew='7260'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='2423'>beasts</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='703'>four</strongs>, <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='703'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='4430'>kings</strongs>, <em>which</em> shall <strongs hebrew='6966'>arise</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4481'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='772'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>But the <strongs hebrew='6922'>saints</strongs>of the most <strongs hebrew='5946'>High</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6902'>take</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2631'>possess</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='5705 5957'>forever</strongs>, even <strongs hebrew='5705 5957'>forever</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5957'>ever</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='116'>Then</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='6634'>would</strongs><strongs hebrew='3046'>know</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3321'>truth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7244'>fourth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2423'>beast</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='1934'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='8133'>diverse</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs>the others, <strongs hebrew='3493'>exceeding</strongs><strongs hebrew='1763'>dreadful</strongs>, whose <strongs hebrew='8128'>teeth</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='6523'>iron</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='2953'>nails</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='5174'>brass</strongs>; <em>which</em> <strongs hebrew='399'>devoured</strongs>, broke in <strongs hebrew='1855'>pieces</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7512'>stamped</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7606'>residue</strongs>with his <strongs hebrew='7271'>feet</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And <strongs hebrew='5922'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6236'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='7162'>horns</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>that</strongs><em>were</em> in his <strongs hebrew='7217'>head</strongs>, and <em>of</em> the <strongs hebrew='317'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='5559'>up</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4481 6925'>before</strongs>whom <strongs hebrew='8532'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='5308'>fell</strongs>; even <em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='1797'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='7162'>horn</strongs>that had <strongs hebrew='5870'>eyes</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='6433'>mouth</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='4449'>spoke</strongs>very great <strongs hebrew='7260'>things</strongs>, whose <strongs hebrew='2376'>look</strongs><em>was</em> more <strongs hebrew='7229'>stout</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>than</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2273'>fellows</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>I <strongs hebrew='1934 2370'>beheld</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1797'>same</strongs><strongs hebrew='7162'>horn</strongs><strongs hebrew='5648'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='7129'>war</strongs><strongs hebrew='5974'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6922'>saints</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3202'>prevailed</strongs>against them; </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='5705 1768'>Until</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6268'>Ancient</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3118'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='858'>came</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1780'>judgment</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='3052'>given</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='6922'>saints</strongs>of the most <strongs hebrew='5946'>High</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='2166'>time</strongs><strongs hebrew='4291'>came</strongs>that the <strongs hebrew='6922'>saints</strongs><strongs hebrew='2631'>possessed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='3652'>Thus</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='560'>said</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='7244'>fourth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2423'>beast</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1934'>be</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7244'>fourth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>upon <strongs hebrew='772'>earth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1768'>which</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='8133'>diverse</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdoms</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='399'>devour</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3606'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='772'>earth</strongs>, and shall tread it <strongs hebrew='1759'>down</strongs>, and break it in <strongs hebrew='1855'>pieces</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And the <strongs hebrew='6236'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='7162'>horns</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4481'>of</strongs>this <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='6236'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='4430'>kings</strongs><em>that</em> shall <strongs hebrew='6966'>arise</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='321'>another</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6966'>rise</strongs><strongs hebrew='311'>after</strongs>them; and <strongs hebrew='1932'>he</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='8133'>diverse</strongs><strongs hebrew='4481'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6933'>first</strongs>, and he shall <strongs hebrew='8214'>subdue</strongs><strongs hebrew='8532'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='4430'>kings</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And he shall <strongs hebrew='4449'>speak</strongs><em>great</em> <strongs hebrew='4406'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='6655'>against</strongs>the most <strongs hebrew='5943'>High</strongs>, and shall wear <strongs hebrew='1080'>out</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6922'>saints</strongs>of the most <strongs hebrew='5946'>High</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5452'>think</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8133'>change</strongs><strongs hebrew='2166'>times</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1882'>laws</strongs>: and they shall be <strongs hebrew='3052'>given</strongs>into his <strongs hebrew='3028'>hand</strongs><strongs hebrew='5705'>until</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5732'>time</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5732'>times</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='6387'>dividing</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5732'>time</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>But the <strongs hebrew='1780'>judgment</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3488'>sit</strongs>, and they shall take <strongs hebrew='5709'>away</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7985'>dominion</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='8046'>consume</strongs>and to <strongs hebrew='7'>destroy</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='5705'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5491'>end</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And the <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7985'>dominion</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7238'>greatness</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='8460'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3606'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='8065'>heaven</strongs>, shall be <strongs hebrew='3052'>given</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='5972'>people</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6922'>saints</strongs>of the most <strongs hebrew='5946'>High</strongs>, whose <strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs><em>is</em> an <strongs hebrew='5957'>everlasting</strongs><strongs hebrew='4437'>kingdom</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3606'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='7985'>dominions</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6399'>serve</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8086'>obey</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs hebrew='5705 3542'>Hitherto</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='5491'>end</strongs><strongs hebrew='1768'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4406'>matter</strongs>. As for <strongs hebrew='576'>me</strongs><strongs hebrew='1841'>Daniel</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='7476'>cogitations</strongs><strongs hebrew='7690'>much</strongs><strongs hebrew='927'>troubled</strongs>me, and my <strongs hebrew='2122'>countenance</strongs><strongs hebrew='8133'>changed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5922'>in</strongs>me: but I <strongs hebrew='5202'>kept</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4406'>matter</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='3821'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='8'>
            <verse number='1'>In the <strongs hebrew='7969'>third</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4438'>reign</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1112'>Belshazzar</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2377'>vision</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>appeared</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, <em>even</em> <em>unto</em> <strongs hebrew='589'>me</strongs><strongs hebrew='1840'>Daniel</strongs>, after <strongs hebrew='310'>that</strongs>which <strongs hebrew='7200'>appeared</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me at the <strongs hebrew='8462'>first</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And I <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='2377'>vision</strongs>; and it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when I <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>was</em> at <strongs hebrew='7800'>Shushan</strongs><em>in</em> the <strongs hebrew='1002'>palace</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>is</em> in the <strongs hebrew='4082'>province</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5867'>Elam</strongs>; and I <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='2377'>vision</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='180'>river</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='195'>Ulai</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>Then I lifted <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs>, and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, there <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='180'>river</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>a</strongs><strongs hebrew='352'>ram</strongs>which had <em>two</em> <strongs hebrew='7161'>horns</strongs>: and the <em>two</em> <strongs hebrew='7161'>horns</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='1364'>high</strongs>; but <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='1364'>higher</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>than</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8145'>other</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1364'>higher</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='314'>last</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>I <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='352'>ram</strongs><strongs hebrew='5055'>pushing</strongs><strongs hebrew='3220'>westward</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6828'>northward</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5045'>southward</strongs>; so that <strongs hebrew='3808 3605'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>beasts</strongs>might <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='369'>neither</strongs><em>was</em> <em>there</em> <em>any</em> that could <strongs hebrew='5337'>deliver</strongs>out of his <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>; but he <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>according to his <strongs hebrew='7522'>will</strongs>, and became <strongs hebrew='1431'>great</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And as <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='995'>considering</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, a he <strongs hebrew='6842 5795'>goat</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4628'>west</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5060'>touched</strongs><strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>ground</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='6842'>goat</strongs><em>had</em> a <strongs hebrew='2380'>notable</strongs><strongs hebrew='7161'>horn</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And he <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='352'>ram</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='1167'>had</strongs><em>two</em> <strongs hebrew='7161'>horns</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I had <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>standing</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='180'>river</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7323'>ran</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him in the <strongs hebrew='2534'>fury</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='3581'>power</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And I <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs>him come <strongs hebrew='5060'>close</strongs><strongs hebrew='681'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='352'>ram</strongs>, and he was moved with <strongs hebrew='4843'>anger</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='352'>ram</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7665'>broke</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='7161'>horns</strongs>: and there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3581'>power</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='352'>ram</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>him, but he cast him <strongs hebrew='7993'>down</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='776'>ground</strongs>, and stamped <strongs hebrew='7429'>upon</strongs>him: and there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>none</strongs>that could <strongs hebrew='5337'>deliver</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='352'>ram</strongs>out of his <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Therefore the he <strongs hebrew='6842 5795'>goat</strongs>waxed very <strongs hebrew='1431 5704 3966'>great</strongs>: and when he was <strongs hebrew='6105'>strong</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='7161'>horn</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='7665'>broken</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='8478'>for</strongs>it came <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs>notable <strongs hebrew='2380'>ones</strongs>toward the <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='7307'>winds</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>them came <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>a</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 4704'>little</strongs><strongs hebrew='7161'>horn</strongs>, which waxed exceeding <strongs hebrew='1431 3499'>great</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>toward</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5045'>south</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>toward</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4217'>east</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>toward</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6643'>pleasant</strongs><em>land</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And it waxed <strongs hebrew='1431'>great</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>; and it cast <strongs hebrew='5307'>down</strongs><em>some</em> <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3556'>stars</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='776'>ground</strongs>, and stamped <strongs hebrew='7429'>upon</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Yea, he <strongs hebrew='1431'>magnified</strongs><em>himself</em> even <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>prince</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4480'>by</strongs>him the <strongs hebrew='8548'>daily</strongs><em>sacrifice</em> was taken <strongs hebrew='7311'>away</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4349'>place</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='4720'>sanctuary</strongs>was cast <strongs hebrew='7993'>down</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And a <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs><em>him</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8548'>daily</strongs><em>sacrifice</em> by reason of <strongs hebrew='6588'>transgression</strongs>, and it cast <strongs hebrew='7993'>down</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='571'>truth</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='776'>ground</strongs>; and it <strongs hebrew='6213'>practiced</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6743'>prospered</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Then I <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='6918'>saint</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>speaking</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='259'>another</strongs><strongs hebrew='6918'>saint</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto that <strongs hebrew='6422'>certain</strongs><em>saint</em> which <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs>, How <strongs hebrew='5704 4970'>long</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> the <strongs hebrew='2377'>vision</strongs><em>concerning</em> the <strongs hebrew='8548'>daily</strongs><em>sacrifice</em> , and the <strongs hebrew='6588'>transgression</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8074'>desolation</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>both the <strongs hebrew='6944'>sanctuary</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>to be trodden under <strongs hebrew='4823'>foot</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='5704'>Unto</strongs>two <strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='6153 1242'>days</strongs>; then shall the <strongs hebrew='6944'>sanctuary</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='6663'>cleansed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when I, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1840'>Daniel</strongs>, had <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2377'>vision</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1245'>sought</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='998'>meaning</strongs>, then, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, there <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='5048'>before</strongs>me as the <strongs hebrew='4758'>appearance</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='1397'>man</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And I <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs><em>the</em> <em>banks</em> <em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='195'>Ulai</strongs>, which <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1403'>Gabriel</strongs>, make <strongs hebrew='1975'>this</strongs><em>man</em> to <strongs hebrew='995'>understand</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4758'>vision</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>So he <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='681'>near</strongs>where I <strongs hebrew='5977'>stood</strongs>: and when he <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>, I was <strongs hebrew='1204'>afraid</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5307'>fell</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>: but he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='995'>Understand</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7093'>end</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> the <strongs hebrew='4758'>vision</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Now as he was <strongs hebrew='1696'>speaking</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>me, I was in a deep <strongs hebrew='7290'>sleep</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>toward the <strongs hebrew='776'>ground</strongs>: but he <strongs hebrew='5060'>touched</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='5975'>set</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='5921 5977'>upright</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will make thee <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>what</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>in the last <strongs hebrew='319'>end</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2195'>indignation</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>at the time <strongs hebrew='4150'>appointed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7093'>end</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='20'>The <strongs hebrew='352'>ram</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='7200'>sawest</strongs><strongs hebrew='1167'>having</strongs><em>two</em> <strongs hebrew='7161'>horns</strongs><em>are</em> the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4074'>Media</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6539'>Persia</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And the <strongs hebrew='8163'>rough</strongs><strongs hebrew='6842'>goat</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3120'>Greece</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='7161'>horn</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='7223'>first</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>Now that being <strongs hebrew='7665'>broken</strongs>, whereas <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs>stood <strongs hebrew='5975'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>for</strongs>it, <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='4438'>kingdoms</strongs>shall stand <strongs hebrew='5975'>up</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1471'>nation</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='3581'>power</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>And in the latter <strongs hebrew='319'>time</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='4438'>kingdom</strongs>, when the <strongs hebrew='6586'>transgressors</strongs>are come to the <strongs hebrew='8552'>full</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5794'>fierce</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>countenance</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='995'>understanding</strongs>dark <strongs hebrew='2420'>sentences</strongs>, shall stand <strongs hebrew='5975'>up</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And his <strongs hebrew='3581'>power</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='6105'>mighty</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>by his own <strongs hebrew='3581'>power</strongs>: and he shall <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroy</strongs><strongs hebrew='6381'>wonderfully</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='6743'>prosper</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>practice</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroy</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6099'>mighty</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='6918'>holy</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And <strongs hebrew='5921'>through</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7922'>policy</strongs>also he shall cause <strongs hebrew='4820'>craft</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6743'>prosper</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>; and he shall <strongs hebrew='1431'>magnify</strongs><em>himself</em> in his <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>, and by <strongs hebrew='7962'>peace</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroy</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs>: he shall also stand <strongs hebrew='5975'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>Prince</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>; but he shall be <strongs hebrew='7665'>broken</strongs><strongs hebrew='657'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And the <strongs hebrew='4758'>vision</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6153'>evening</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='1242'>morning</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='559'>told</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='571'>true</strongs>: wherefore shut thou <strongs hebrew='859 5640'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2377'>vision</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>it <em>shall</em> <em>be</em> for <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1840'>Daniel</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>fainted</strongs>, and was <strongs hebrew='2470'>sick</strongs><em>certain</em> <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>; afterward I rose <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4399'>business</strongs>; and I was <strongs hebrew='8074'>astonished</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>at</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4758'>vision</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs><strongs hebrew='995'>understood</strongs><em>it</em> . </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='9'>
            <verse number='1'>In the <strongs hebrew='259'>first</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1867'>Darius</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='325'>Ahasuerus</strongs>, of the <strongs hebrew='4480 2233'>seed</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4074'>Medes</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>was made <strongs hebrew='4427'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4438'>realm</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3778'>Chaldeans</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='2'>In the <strongs hebrew='259'>first</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1840'>Daniel</strongs><strongs hebrew='995'>understood</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='5612'>books</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4557'>number</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whereof</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3414'>Jeremiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>, that he would <strongs hebrew='4390'>accomplish</strongs><strongs hebrew='7657'>seventy</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2723'>desolations</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And I <strongs hebrew='5414'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='8605'>prayer</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8469'>supplications</strongs>, with <strongs hebrew='6685'>fasting</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8242'>sackcloth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='665'>ashes</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And I <strongs hebrew='6419'>prayed</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, and made my <strongs hebrew='3034'>confession</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='577'>O</strongs><strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3372'>dreadful</strongs><strongs hebrew='410'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8104'>keeping</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2617'>mercy</strongs>to them that <strongs hebrew='157'>love</strongs>him, and to them that <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandments</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='5'>We have <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>, and have committed <strongs hebrew='5753'>iniquity</strongs>, and have done <strongs hebrew='7561'>wickedly</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='4775'>rebelled</strongs>, even by <strongs hebrew='5493'>departing</strongs>from thy <strongs hebrew='4480 4687'>precepts</strongs>and from thy <strongs hebrew='4480 4941'>judgments</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='3808'>Neither</strongs>have we <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearkened</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>, our <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>, and our <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>O <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs><em>belongeth</em> unto thee, but unto us <strongs hebrew='1322'>confusion</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6440'>faces</strongs>, as at <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>; to the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and to the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and unto <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <em>that</em> <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='7138'>near</strongs>, and <em>that</em> <em>are</em> far <strongs hebrew='7350'>off</strongs>, through <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>countries</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 8033'>whither</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='5080'>driven</strongs>them, because of their <strongs hebrew='4604'>trespass</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='4603'>trespassed</strongs>against thee. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>O <strongs hebrew='3068'>Lord</strongs>, to us <em>belongeth</em> <strongs hebrew='1322'>confusion</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>, to our <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>, to our <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>, and to our <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>because</strongs>we have <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>against thee. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>To the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><em>belong</em> <strongs hebrew='7356'>mercies</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5547'>forgivenesses</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>though</strongs>we have <strongs hebrew='4775'>rebelled</strongs>against him; </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='3808'>Neither</strongs>have we <strongs hebrew='8085'>obeyed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='8451'>laws</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='5414'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>us <strongs hebrew='3027'>by</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Yea, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='5674'>transgressed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>, even by <strongs hebrew='5493'>departing</strongs>, that they might <strongs hebrew='1115'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>obey</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>; therefore the <strongs hebrew='423'>curse</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='5413'>poured</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>us, and the <strongs hebrew='7621'>oath</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4872'>Moses</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>we have <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>against him. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And he hath <strongs hebrew='6965'>confirmed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>us, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='8199'>judges</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='8199'>judged</strongs>us, by <strongs hebrew='935'>bringing</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>us a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='834'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>been <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>hath been <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>upon <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='834'>As</strongs><em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4872'>Moses</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>us: yet made we not our <strongs hebrew='2470 3808'>prayer</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, that we might <strongs hebrew='7725'>turn</strongs>from our <strongs hebrew='4480 5771'>iniquities</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7919'>understand</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='571'>truth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Therefore hath the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='8245'>watched</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>us: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4639'>works</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6213'>doeth</strongs>: for we <strongs hebrew='8085'>obeyed</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>hast brought thy people <strongs hebrew='3318 *853 5971'>forth</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>with a <strongs hebrew='2389'>mighty</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>, and hast <strongs hebrew='6213'>gotten</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='8034'>renown</strongs>, as at <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>; we have <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>, we have done <strongs hebrew='7561'>wickedly</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>O <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs>, according to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs>, I beseech <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, let thine <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>and thy <strongs hebrew='2534'>fury</strongs>be turned <strongs hebrew='7725'>away</strongs>from thy <strongs hebrew='4480 5892'>city</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, thy <strongs hebrew='6944'>holy</strongs><strongs hebrew='2022'>mountain</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>for our <strongs hebrew='2399'>sins</strongs>, and for the <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquities</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>and thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><em>are</em> <em>become</em> a <strongs hebrew='2781'>reproach</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>that</em> <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>us. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='6258'>Now</strongs>therefore, O our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085 413'>hear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8605'>prayer</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='8469'>supplications</strongs>, and cause thy <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='215'>shine</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='4720'>sanctuary</strongs>that is <strongs hebrew='8076'>desolate</strongs>, for the Lord's <strongs hebrew='4616 136'>sake</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>O my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5186'>incline</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='241'>ear</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='6491'>open</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>behold</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='8074'>desolations</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='587'>we</strongs>do <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>present</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='8469'>supplications</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousnesses</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='7356'>mercies</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>O <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>; O <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5545'>forgive</strongs>; O <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7181'>hearken</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='309'>defer</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>, for thine own <strongs hebrew='4616'>sake</strongs>, O my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>and thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>by thy <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And <strongs hebrew='5750'>while</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='1696'>speaking</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6419'>praying</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3034'>confessing</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='2403'>sin</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='2403'>sin</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5307'>presenting</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8467'>supplication</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6944'>holy</strongs><strongs hebrew='2022'>mountain</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='21'>Yea, <strongs hebrew='5750'>while</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='1696'>speaking</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8605'>prayer</strongs>, even the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='1403'>Gabriel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>I had <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2377'>vision</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='8462'>beginning</strongs>, being caused to <strongs hebrew='3286'>fly</strongs><strongs hebrew='3288'>swiftly</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5060 413'>touched</strongs>me about the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6153'>evening</strongs><strongs hebrew='4503'>oblation</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And he <strongs hebrew='995'>informed</strongs><em>me</em> , and <strongs hebrew='1696'>talked</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='1840'>Daniel</strongs>, I am <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>come <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>to give thee <strongs hebrew='7919'>skill</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='998'>understanding</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>At the <strongs hebrew='8462'>beginning</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='8469'>supplications</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>commandment</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>am <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5046'>show</strongs><em>thee</em> ; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><em>art</em> greatly <strongs hebrew='2530'>beloved</strongs>: therefore <strongs hebrew='995'>understand</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>matter</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='995'>consider</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2377'>vision</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='7657'>Seventy</strongs><strongs hebrew='7620'>weeks</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='2852'>determined</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='6944'>holy</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='3607'>finish</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6588'>transgression</strongs>, and to make an <strongs hebrew='2856'>end</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2403'>sins</strongs>, and to make <strongs hebrew='3722'>reconciliation</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>, and to bring <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='5769'>everlasting</strongs><strongs hebrew='6664'>righteousness</strongs>, and to seal <strongs hebrew='2856'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2377'>vision</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophecy</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='4886'>anoint</strongs>the most <strongs hebrew='6944 6944'>Holy</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='3045'>Know</strongs>therefore and <strongs hebrew='7919'>understand</strongs>, <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the going <strongs hebrew='4161'>forth</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697'>commandment</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7725'>restore</strongs>and to <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4899'>Messiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5057'>Prince</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='7620'>weeks</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8346'>threescore</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='7620'>weeks</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='7339'>street</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2742'>wall</strongs>, even in <strongs hebrew='6695'>troublous</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>times</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='8346'>threescore</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='7620'>weeks</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4899'>Messiah</strongs>be cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs>for himself: and the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5057'>prince</strongs>that shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroy</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='6944'>sanctuary</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='7093'>end</strongs>thereof <em>shall</em> <em>be</em> with a <strongs hebrew='7858'>flood</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7093'>end</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs><strongs hebrew='8074'>desolations</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='2782'>determined</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And he shall <strongs hebrew='1396'>confirm</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='7620'>week</strongs>: and in the <strongs hebrew='2677'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7620'>week</strongs>he shall cause the <strongs hebrew='2077'>sacrifice</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='4503'>oblation</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7673'>cease</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3671'>overspreading</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8251'>abominations</strongs>he shall make <em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='8074'>desolate</strongs>, even <strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3617'>consummation</strongs>, and that <strongs hebrew='2782'>determined</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='5413'>poured</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8076'>desolate</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='10'>
            <verse number='1'>In the <strongs hebrew='7969'>third</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3566'>Cyrus</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6539'>Persia</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='1540'>revealed</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='1840'>Daniel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whose</strongs><strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='1095'>Belteshazzar</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='571'>true</strongs>, but the time <strongs hebrew='6635'>appointed</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='1419'>long</strongs>: and he <strongs hebrew='995'>understood</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>, and had <strongs hebrew='998'>understanding</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4758'>vision</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>In <strongs hebrew='1992'>those</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1840'>Daniel</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='56'>mourning</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>full</strongs><strongs hebrew='7620'>weeks</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>I <strongs hebrew='398'>ate</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2530'>pleasant</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs>nor <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>in</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>did I anoint myself at <strongs hebrew='5480 5480'>all</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>till</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='7620'>weeks</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='4390'>fulfilled</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And in the <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6242'>twentieth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7223'>first</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>, as <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3027'>side</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='5104'>river</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>which</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2313'>Hiddekel</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Then I lifted <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>looked</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='259'>certain</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='3847'>clothed</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='906'>linen</strongs>, whose <strongs hebrew='4975'>loins</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='2296'>girded</strongs>with fine <strongs hebrew='3800'>gold</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='210'>Uphaz</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='6'>His <strongs hebrew='1472'>body</strongs>also <em>was</em> like the <strongs hebrew='8658'>beryl</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='4758'>appearance</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1300'>lightning</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='3940'>lamps</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='2220'>arms</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='4772'>feet</strongs>like in <strongs hebrew='5869'>color</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7044'>polished</strongs><strongs hebrew='5178'>brass</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>like the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='1995'>multitude</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1840'>Daniel</strongs><strongs hebrew='905'>alone</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4759'>vision</strongs>: for the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4759'>vision</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='61'>but</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='2731'>quaking</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>fell</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>them, so that they <strongs hebrew='1272'>fled</strongs>to hide <strongs hebrew='2244'>themselves</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Therefore <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='7604'>left</strongs><strongs hebrew='905'>alone</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='4759'>vision</strongs>, and there <strongs hebrew='7604'>remained</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3581'>strength</strongs>in me: for my <strongs hebrew='1935'>comeliness</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='2015'>turned</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>me into <strongs hebrew='4889'>corruption</strongs>, and I <strongs hebrew='6113'>retained</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3581'>strength</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Yet <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>: and when I <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>, then <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>in a deep <strongs hebrew='7290'>sleep</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>, and my <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>toward the <strongs hebrew='776'>ground</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs><strongs hebrew='5060'>touched</strongs>me, which <strongs hebrew='5128'>set</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1290'>knees</strongs>and <em>upon</em> the <strongs hebrew='3709'>palms</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, O <strongs hebrew='1840'>Daniel</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>greatly <strongs hebrew='2530'>beloved</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='995'>understand</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee, and <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921 5977'>upright</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee am I <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>. And when he had <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>unto</strongs>me, I <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='7460'>trembling</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='3372'>Fear</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1840'>Daniel</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7223'>first</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou didst <strongs hebrew='5414'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='995'>understand</strongs>, and to chasten <strongs hebrew='6031'>thyself</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, thy <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>am <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>for thy <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>But the <strongs hebrew='8269'>prince</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4438'>kingdom</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6539'>Persia</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975 5048'>withstood</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>: but, <strongs hebrew='2009'>lo</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4317'>Michael</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7223'>chief</strongs><strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5826'>help</strongs>me; and <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='3498'>remained</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs><strongs hebrew='681'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6539'>Persia</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Now I am <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>to make thee <strongs hebrew='995'>understand</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>what</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7136'>befall</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='319'>latter</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2377'>vision</strongs><em>is</em> for <em>many</em> <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And when he had <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>such</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>unto</strongs>me, I <strongs hebrew='5414'>set</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>toward the <strongs hebrew='776'>ground</strongs>, and I became <strongs hebrew='481'>dumb</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <em>one</em> like the <strongs hebrew='1823'>similitude</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='5060 5921'>touched</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>: then I <strongs hebrew='6605'>opened</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him that <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='5048'>before</strongs>me, O my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>, by the <strongs hebrew='4758'>vision</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6735'>sorrows</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='2015'>turned</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>me, and I have <strongs hebrew='6113'>retained</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3581'>strength</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>For <strongs hebrew='1963'>how</strongs><strongs hebrew='3201'>can</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>talk</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>? for as for <strongs hebrew='589'>me</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480 6258'>straightway</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='5975'>remained</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3581'>strength</strongs>in me, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>is there <strongs hebrew='5397'>breath</strongs><strongs hebrew='7604'>left</strongs>in me. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Then there came <strongs hebrew='3584'>again</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5060'>touched</strongs>me <em>one</em> like the <strongs hebrew='4758'>appearance</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>, and he <strongs hebrew='2388'>strengthened</strongs>me, </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>greatly <strongs hebrew='2530'>beloved</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3372'>fear</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs><em>be</em> unto thee, be <strongs hebrew='2388'>strong</strongs>, yea, be <strongs hebrew='2388'>strong</strongs>. And when he had <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>unto</strongs>me, I was <strongs hebrew='2388'>strengthened</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Let my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='2388'>strengthened</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>he, <strongs hebrew='3045'>Knowest</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='4100'>wherefore</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee? and <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3898'>fight</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>prince</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6539'>Persia</strongs>: and when <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>am gone <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>lo</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='8269'>prince</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3120'>Greece</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='61'>But</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='5046'>show</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>that which is <strongs hebrew='7559'>noted</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3791'>Scripture</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='571'>truth</strongs>: and <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369 259'>none</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='2388'>holdeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>these <strongs hebrew='428'>things</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='4317'>Michael</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='8269'>prince</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='11'>
            <verse number='1'>Also <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='259'>first</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1867'>Darius</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4075'>Mede</strongs>, <em>even</em> I, <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2388'>confirm</strongs>and to <strongs hebrew='4581'>strengthen</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='5046'>show</strongs>thee the <strongs hebrew='571'>truth</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, there shall stand <strongs hebrew='5975'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='6539'>Persia</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='7243'>fourth</strongs>shall be far <strongs hebrew='6238 1419 6239'>richer</strongs>than <em>they</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>: and by his <strongs hebrew='2393'>strength</strongs>through his <strongs hebrew='6239'>riches</strongs>he shall stir <strongs hebrew='5782'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4438'>realm</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3120'>Greece</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And a <strongs hebrew='1368'>mighty</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>shall stand <strongs hebrew='5975'>up</strongs>, that shall <strongs hebrew='4910'>rule</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='4474'>dominion</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>according to his <strongs hebrew='7522'>will</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And when he shall stand <strongs hebrew='5975'>up</strongs>, his <strongs hebrew='4438'>kingdom</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7665'>broken</strongs>, and shall be <strongs hebrew='2673'>divided</strongs>toward the <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='7307'>winds</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='319'>posterity</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs>according to his <strongs hebrew='4915'>dominion</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='4910'>ruled</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4438'>kingdom</strongs>shall be plucked <strongs hebrew='5428'>up</strongs>, even for <strongs hebrew='312'>others</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 905'>beside</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>those</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5045'>south</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='2388'>strong</strongs>, and <em>one</em> <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>; and he shall be <strongs hebrew='2388'>strong</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>above</strongs>him, and have <strongs hebrew='4910'>dominion</strongs>; his <strongs hebrew='4474'>dominion</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> a <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='4474'>dominion</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And in the <strongs hebrew='7093'>end</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>they shall join themselves <strongs hebrew='2266'>together</strongs>; for the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5045'>south</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6828'>north</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6213'>make</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='4339'>agreement</strongs>: but she shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6113'>retain</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3581'>power</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2220'>arm</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shall he <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs>, nor his <strongs hebrew='2220'>arm</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='1931'>she</strongs>shall be given <strongs hebrew='5414'>up</strongs>, and they that <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs>her, and he that <strongs hebrew='3205'>begot</strongs>her, and he that <strongs hebrew='2388'>strengthened</strongs>her in <em>these</em> <strongs hebrew='6256'>times</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>But out of a <strongs hebrew='4480 5342'>branch</strongs>of her <strongs hebrew='8328'>roots</strongs>shall <em>one</em> stand <strongs hebrew='5975'>up</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='3653'>estate</strongs>, which shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>with</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='935'>enter</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='4581'>fortress</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6828'>north</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='6213'>deal</strongs>against them, and shall <strongs hebrew='2388'>prevail</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And shall <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>carry</strongs><strongs hebrew='7628'>captives</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5257'>princes</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='2532'>precious</strongs><strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>and of <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5975'>continue</strongs><em>more</em> <strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>than the <strongs hebrew='4480 4428'>king</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6828'>north</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>So the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5045'>south</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>into <em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='4438'>kingdom</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>his own <strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>But his <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>shall be stirred <strongs hebrew='1624'>up</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='622'>assemble</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1995'>multitude</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='2428'>forces</strongs>: and <em>one</em> shall certainly <strongs hebrew='935 935'>come</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7857'>overflow</strongs>, and pass <strongs hebrew='5674'>through</strongs>: then shall he <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>, and be stirred <strongs hebrew='1624'>up</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4581'>fortress</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5045'>south</strongs>shall be moved with <strongs hebrew='4843'>anger</strongs>, and shall come <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3898'>fight</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>him, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6828'>north</strongs>: and he shall set <strongs hebrew='5975'>forth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='1995'>multitude</strongs>; but the <strongs hebrew='1995'>multitude</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>into his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><em>And</em> when he hath taken <strongs hebrew='5375'>away</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1995'>multitude</strongs>, his <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>shall be lifted <strongs hebrew='7311'>up</strongs>; and he shall cast <strongs hebrew='5307'>down</strongs><em>many</em> ten <strongs hebrew='7239'>thousands</strongs>: but he shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='5810'>strengthened</strongs><em>by</em> <em>it</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='13'>For the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6828'>north</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>, and shall set <strongs hebrew='5975'>forth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1995'>multitude</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>greater</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>than</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7223'>former</strongs>, and shall certainly <strongs hebrew='935 935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='7093'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>certain</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>with a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs>and with <strongs hebrew='7227'>much</strongs><strongs hebrew='7399'>riches</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And in <strongs hebrew='1992'>those</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>times</strongs>there shall <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs>stand <strongs hebrew='5975'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5045'>south</strongs>: also the <strongs hebrew='1121 6530'>robbers</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>shall exalt <strongs hebrew='5375'>themselves</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5975'>establish</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2377'>vision</strongs>; but they shall <strongs hebrew='3782'>fall</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>So the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6828'>north</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, and cast <strongs hebrew='8210'>up</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5550'>mount</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3920'>take</strongs>the most <strongs hebrew='4013'>fenced</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='2220'>arms</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5045'>south</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>withstand</strongs>, neither his <strongs hebrew='4005'>chosen</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='369'>neither</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>there</em> <em>be</em> <em>any</em> <strongs hebrew='3581'>strength</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5975'>withstand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>But he that <strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>him shall <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>according to his own <strongs hebrew='7522'>will</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>him: and he shall <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6643'>glorious</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, which by his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='3615'>consumed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>He shall also <strongs hebrew='7760'>set</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='935'>enter</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='8633'>strength</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='4438'>kingdom</strongs>, and upright <strongs hebrew='3477'>ones</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>him; thus shall he <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>: and he shall <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>him the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='802'>women</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7843'>corrupting</strongs>her: but she shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs><em>on</em> <em>his</em> <em>side</em> , <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>for him. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>After this shall he <strongs hebrew='7725'>turn</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='339'>isles</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='3920'>take</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs>: but a <strongs hebrew='7101'>prince</strongs>for his own behalf shall cause the <strongs hebrew='2781'>reproach</strongs>offered by him to <strongs hebrew='7673'>cease</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1115'>without</strongs>his own <strongs hebrew='2781'>reproach</strongs>he shall cause <em>it</em> to <strongs hebrew='7725'>turn</strongs>upon him. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>Then he shall <strongs hebrew='7725'>turn</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>toward the <strongs hebrew='4581'>fort</strongs>of his own <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>: but he shall <strongs hebrew='3782'>stumble</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>Then shall stand <strongs hebrew='5975'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3653'>estate</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5674'>raiser</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5065'>taxes</strongs><em>in</em> the <strongs hebrew='1925'>glory</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4438'>kingdom</strongs>: but within <strongs hebrew='259'>few</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>he shall be <strongs hebrew='7665'>destroyed</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And <strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3653'>estate</strongs>shall stand <strongs hebrew='5975'>up</strongs>a vile <strongs hebrew='959'>person</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>whom they shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1935'>honor</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4438'>kingdom</strongs>: but he shall come <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='7962'>peaceably</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2388'>obtain</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4438'>kingdom</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='2519'>flatteries</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And with the <strongs hebrew='2220'>arms</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='7858'>flood</strongs>shall they be <strongs hebrew='7857'>overflown</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>before</strongs>him, and shall be <strongs hebrew='7665'>broken</strongs>; yea, <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5057'>prince</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>And <strongs hebrew='4480'>after</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2266'>league</strongs><em>made</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>with</strongs>him he shall <strongs hebrew='6213'>work</strongs><strongs hebrew='4820'>deceitfully</strongs>: for he shall come <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>, and shall become <strongs hebrew='6105'>strong</strongs>with a <strongs hebrew='4592'>small</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>He shall <strongs hebrew='935'>enter</strongs><strongs hebrew='7962'>peaceably</strongs>even upon the fattest <strongs hebrew='4924'>places</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4082'>province</strongs>; and he shall <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>, nor his <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>' <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>; he shall <strongs hebrew='967'>scatter</strongs>among them the <strongs hebrew='961'>prey</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7998'>spoil</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7399'>riches</strongs>: <em>yea</em> , and he shall <strongs hebrew='2803'>forecast</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4284'>devices</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4013'>strongholds</strongs>, even <strongs hebrew='5704'>for</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And he shall stir <strongs hebrew='5782'>up</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3581'>power</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='3824'>courage</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5045'>south</strongs>with a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5045'>south</strongs>shall be stirred <strongs hebrew='1624'>up</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>with a <strongs hebrew='5704 3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6099'>mighty</strongs><strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs>; but he shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they shall <strongs hebrew='2803'>forecast</strongs><strongs hebrew='4284'>devices</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>Yea, they that <strongs hebrew='398'>feed</strongs>of the portion of his <strongs hebrew='6598'>meat</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7665'>destroy</strongs>him, and his <strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7857'>overflow</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs>shall fall <strongs hebrew='5307'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='2491'>slain</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And <strongs hebrew='8147'>both</strongs>these <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>' <strongs hebrew='3824'>hearts</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> to do <strongs hebrew='4827'>mischief</strongs>, and they shall <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='3577'>lies</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>at</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='7979'>table</strongs>; but it shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6743'>prosper</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7093'>end</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> at the time <strongs hebrew='4150'>appointed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>Then shall he <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>into his <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='7399'>riches</strongs>; and his <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6944'>holy</strongs><strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>; and he shall <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><em>exploits</em> , and <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>to his own <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>At the time <strongs hebrew='4150'>appointed</strongs>he shall <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>toward the <strongs hebrew='5045'>south</strongs>; but it shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='7223'>former</strongs>, or as the <strongs hebrew='314'>latter</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>For the <strongs hebrew='6716'>ships</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3794'>Chittim</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>against him: therefore he shall be <strongs hebrew='3512'>grieved</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='2194'>indignation</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6944'>holy</strongs><strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>: so shall he <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>; he shall even <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='995'>intelligence</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>with</strongs>them that <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsake</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6944'>holy</strongs><strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>And <strongs hebrew='2220'>arms</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs>on his <strongs hebrew='4480'>part</strongs>, and they shall <strongs hebrew='2490'>pollute</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4720'>sanctuary</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4581'>strength</strongs>, and shall take <strongs hebrew='5493'>away</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8548'>daily</strongs><em>sacrifice</em> , and they shall <strongs hebrew='5414'>place</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8251'>abomination</strongs>that maketh <strongs hebrew='8074'>desolate</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>And such as do wickedly <strongs hebrew='7561'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>shall he <strongs hebrew='2610'>corrupt</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='2514'>flatteries</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>that do <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='2388'>strong</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><em>exploits</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='33'>And they that <strongs hebrew='7919'>understand</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='995'>instruct</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs>: yet they shall <strongs hebrew='3782'>fall</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, and by <strongs hebrew='3852'>flame</strongs>, by <strongs hebrew='7628'>captivity</strongs>, and by <strongs hebrew='961'>spoil</strongs>, <em>many</em> <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>Now when they shall <strongs hebrew='3782'>fall</strongs>, they shall be <strongs hebrew='5826'>helped</strongs>with a <strongs hebrew='4592'>little</strongs><strongs hebrew='5828'>help</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3867'>cleave</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>them with <strongs hebrew='2519'>flatteries</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='35'>And <em>some</em> <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>them of <strongs hebrew='7919'>understanding</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3782'>fall</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='6884'>try</strongs>them, and to <strongs hebrew='1305'>purge</strongs>, and to make <em>them</em> <strongs hebrew='3835'>white</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7093'>end</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs><em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs>for a time <strongs hebrew='4150'>appointed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='36'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>according to his <strongs hebrew='7522'>will</strongs>; and he shall exalt <strongs hebrew='7311'>himself</strongs>, and magnify <strongs hebrew='1431'>himself</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>above</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='410'>god</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs>marvelous <strongs hebrew='6381'>things</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='410'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='410'>gods</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='6743'>prosper</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>till</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2195'>indignation</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='3615'>accomplished</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>that that is <strongs hebrew='2782'>determined</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='37'>Neither shall he <strongs hebrew='5921 3808 995'>regard</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, nor the <strongs hebrew='2532'>desire</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='802'>women</strongs>, nor regard <strongs hebrew='3605 3808 995'>any</strongs><strongs hebrew='433'>god</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>he shall magnify <strongs hebrew='1431'>himself</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>above</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='38'>But <strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3653'>estate</strongs>shall he <strongs hebrew='3513'>honor</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='433'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4581'>forces</strongs>: and a <strongs hebrew='433'>god</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knew</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>shall he <strongs hebrew='3513'>honor</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>, and with <strongs hebrew='3368'>precious</strongs><strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>, and pleasant <strongs hebrew='2530'>things</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='39'>Thus shall he <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>in the most strong <strongs hebrew='4013 4581'>holds</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5236'>strange</strongs><strongs hebrew='433'>god</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>he shall <strongs hebrew='5234'>acknowledge</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='7235'>increase</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3519'>glory</strongs>: and he shall cause them to <strongs hebrew='4910'>rule</strongs>over <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='2505'>divide</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='4242'>gain</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='40'>And at the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7093'>end</strongs>shall the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5045'>south</strongs><strongs hebrew='5055'>push</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>at</strongs>him: and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6828'>north</strongs>shall come against him like a <strongs hebrew='8175 5921'>whirlwind</strongs>, with <strongs hebrew='7393'>chariots</strongs>, and with <strongs hebrew='6571'>horsemen</strongs>, and with <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='591'>ships</strongs>; and he shall <strongs hebrew='935'>enter</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='776'>countries</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='7857'>overflow</strongs>and pass <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='41'>He shall <strongs hebrew='935'>enter</strongs>also into the <strongs hebrew='6643'>glorious</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><em>countries</em> shall be <strongs hebrew='3782'>overthrown</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4422'>escape</strongs>out of his <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='123'>Edom</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7225'>chief</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5983'>Ammon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='42'>He shall stretch <strongs hebrew='7971'>forth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>also upon the <strongs hebrew='776'>countries</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961 6413'>escape</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='43'>But he shall have <strongs hebrew='4910'>power</strongs>over the <strongs hebrew='4362'>treasures</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>and of <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>, and over <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the precious <strongs hebrew='2530'>things</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='3864'>Libyans</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='3569'>Ethiopians</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> at his <strongs hebrew='4703'>steps</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='44'>But <strongs hebrew='8052'>tidings</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 4217'>east</strongs>and out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 6828'>north</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='926'>trouble</strongs>him: therefore he shall go <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='2534'>fury</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8045'>destroy</strongs>, and utterly to make <strongs hebrew='2763'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='45'>And he shall <strongs hebrew='5193'>plant</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='168'>tabernacles</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='643'>palace</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3220'>seas</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6643'>glorious</strongs><strongs hebrew='6944'>holy</strongs><strongs hebrew='2022'>mountain</strongs>; yet he shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7093'>end</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5826'>help</strongs>him. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='12'>
            <verse number='1'>And at <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4317'>Michael</strongs>stand <strongs hebrew='5975'>up</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='8269'>prince</strongs>which <strongs hebrew='5975'>standeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>: and there shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6869'>trouble</strongs>, such <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>never</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>since there <strongs hebrew='4480 1961'>was</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs><em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='1931'>same</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>: and at <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='4422'>delivered</strongs>, every <strongs hebrew='3605'>one</strongs>that shall be <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs><strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs>of them that <strongs hebrew='4480 3463'>sleep</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6083'>dust</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='127'>earth</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6974'>awake</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='428'>some</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5769'>everlasting</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='428'>some</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2781'>shame</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='5769'>everlasting</strongs><strongs hebrew='1860'>contempt</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And they that be <strongs hebrew='7919'>wise</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='2094'>shine</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='2096'>brightness</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7549'>firmament</strongs>; and they that turn many to <strongs hebrew='6663 7227'>righteousness</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='3556'>stars</strongs><strongs hebrew='5769'>forever</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5703'>ever</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>But <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='1840'>Daniel</strongs>, shut <strongs hebrew='5640'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2856'>seal</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7093'>end</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs>shall run to and <strongs hebrew='7751'>fro</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7235'>increased</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Then <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1840'>Daniel</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>looked</strongs>, and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, there <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>on this <strongs hebrew='2008'>side</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8193'>bank</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2975'>river</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='259'>other</strongs>on that <strongs hebrew='2008'>side</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8193'>bank</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2975'>river</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And <em>one</em> <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='3847'>clothed</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='906'>linen</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 4605'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2975'>river</strongs>, How <strongs hebrew='5704 4970'>long</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>it</em> <em>be</em> <em>to</em> the <strongs hebrew='7093'>end</strongs>of these <strongs hebrew='6382'>wonders</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And I <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='3847'>clothed</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='906'>linen</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 4605'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2975'>river</strongs>, when he held <strongs hebrew='7311'>up</strongs>his right <strongs hebrew='3225'>hand</strongs>and his left <strongs hebrew='8040'>hand</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7650'>swore</strongs>by him that <strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5769'>forever</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><em>it</em> <em>shall</em> <em>be</em> for a <strongs hebrew='4150'>time</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4150'>times</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='2677'>half</strongs>; and when he shall have <strongs hebrew='3615'>accomplished</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5310'>scatter</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3027'>power</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6944'>holy</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><em>things</em> shall be <strongs hebrew='3615'>finished</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>, but I <strongs hebrew='995'>understood</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>: then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>I, O my <strongs hebrew='113'>Lord</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> the <strongs hebrew='319'>end</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><em>things</em> ? </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Go thy <strongs hebrew='1980'>way</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1840'>Daniel</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><em>are</em> closed <strongs hebrew='5640'>up</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2856'>sealed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>till</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7093'>end</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='7227'>Many</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='1305'>purified</strongs>, and made <strongs hebrew='3835'>white</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6884'>tried</strongs>; but the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>shall do <strongs hebrew='7561'>wickedly</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3808 3605'>none</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='995'>understand</strongs>; but the <strongs hebrew='7919'>wise</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='995'>understand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And from the <strongs hebrew='4480 6256'>time</strongs><em>that</em> the <strongs hebrew='8548'>daily</strongs><em>sacrifice</em> shall be taken <strongs hebrew='5493'>away</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8251'>abomination</strongs>that maketh <strongs hebrew='8074'>desolate</strongs>set <strongs hebrew='5414'>up</strongs>, <em>there</em> <em>shall</em> <em>be</em> a <strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs>two <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8673'>ninety</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='835'>Blessed</strongs><em>is</em> he that <strongs hebrew='2442'>waiteth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5060'>cometh</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>But go thou thy <strongs hebrew='859 1980'>way</strongs>till the <strongs hebrew='7093'>end</strongs><em>be</em> : for thou shalt <strongs hebrew='5117'>rest</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='1486'>lot</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='7093'>end</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>. </verse>
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