Hello and welcome
back to His words are life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and today
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we're going to continue
reading the story of Daniel.
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But first let's pray together.
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Dear Heavenly Father thank you
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that we can come apart and taste
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and see that you are good,
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thank you for the bread of life.
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We are going to
be enjoying today
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as we sit and hear Your word,
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please be with us as we
read in the name of Jesus. Amen.
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We're reading in
the book of Daniel
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we are in the
middle of the story
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where Daniel and his three
friends have been singled out
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and brought a part
in the King's household
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and given a
portion of the king's meat
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and wine and they
are asking their overseer
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to let them not
eat of that fancy food
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and he's concerned he said,
what if the king looks at you
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and sees that
you're accounting us,
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that your face
appears less healthy
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because you're
not eating the food
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the King has
provided, and Daniel response
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asking for a chance
to prove to them that
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if they will give them ten days
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and let them eat just
pulse and drink water,
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we'll see what happens.
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We pickup the story in
Daniel Chapter 1 verse 13
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this is the King James Version.
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Then let our countenances
be looked upon before thee,
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and the
countenances of the children
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that eat of the
portion of the king's meat,
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and as thou seest,
deal with thy servants.
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So he consented to
them in this matter,
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and proved them ten days.
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And at the end of ten days
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their
countenances appeared fairer
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and fatter in the flesh
than all the children which did
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eat the portion
of the king's meat.
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Thus Melzar took away
the portion of their meat,
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and the wine that
they should drink,
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and gave them pulse.
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As for these four children,
God gave them knowledge
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and skill in all
learning and wisdom,
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and Daniel had understanding
in all visions and dreams.
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Now at the end of the days
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that the king had said
he should bring them in,
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then the prince of the eunuchs
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brought them in
before Nebuchadnezzar.
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And the king communed with them
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and among them all was
found none like Daniel,
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Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
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therefore stood
there before the king.
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And in all matters of
wisdom and understanding,
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that the king enquired of them,
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he found them ten times
better than all the magicians
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and astrologers that
were in all his realm.
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And Daniel continued even
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unto the first
year of king Cyrus.
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Continuing in Daniel Chapter 2
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and this is the
King James Version.
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And in the second year of
the reign of Nebuchadnezzar,
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Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams,
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wherewith his
spirit was troubled,
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and his sleep brake from him.
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Then the king
commanded to call the magicians,
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and the
astrologers, and the sorcerers,
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and the Chaldeans, for
to show the king his dreams.
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So they came and
stood before the king.
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And the king said unto
them, I have dreamed a dream,
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and my spirit was
troubled to know the dream.
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Then spake the Chaldeans
to the king in Syriack,
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O king, live for ever,
tell thy servants the dream,
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and we will shew
the interpretation.
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The king answered and
said to the Chaldeans,
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The thing is gone from me,
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if ye will not make
known unto me the dream,
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with the interpretation thereof,
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ye shall be cut in pieces,
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and your houses
shall be made a dunghill.
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But if ye show the dream,
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and the interpretation thereof,
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ye shall receive of me gifts
and rewards and great honour,
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therefore show me the dream,
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and the interpretation thereof.
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They answered again and said,
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let the king tell
his servants the dream,
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and we will show the
interpretation of it.
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The king answered and said,
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I know of certainty
that ye would gain the time,
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because ye see the
thing is gone from me.
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But if ye will not make
known unto me the dream,
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there is but one decree for you,
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for ye have prepared lying
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and corrupt words
to speak before me,
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till the time be changed,
therefore tell me the dream,
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and I shall know
that ye can show me
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the interpretation thereof.
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The Chaldeans answered
before the king, and said,
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There is not a
man upon the earth
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that can show the king's matter,
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therefore there is no
king, Lord, nor ruler,
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that asked such
things at any magician,
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or astrologer, or Chaldean.
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And it is a rare thing
that the king requireth,
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and there is none other that
can show it before the king,
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except the Gods,
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whose dwelling
is not with flesh.
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For this cause
the king was angry
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and very furious,
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and commanded to destroy
all the wise men of Babylon.
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And the decree went forth that
the wise men should be slain,
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and they sought Daniel
and his fellows to be slain.
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Then Daniel answered
with counsel and wisdom
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to Arioch the
captain of the king's guard,
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which was gone forth to
slay the wise men of Babylon.
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He answered and said to
Arioch the king's captain,
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Why is the decree
so hasty from the king?
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Then Arioch made the
thing known to Daniel.
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Then Daniel went in,
and desired of the king
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that he would give him time,
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and that he would show
the king the interpretation.
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Then Daniel went to his house,
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and made the
thing known to Hananiah,
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Mishael, and
Azariah, his companions.
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That they would desire
mercies of the God of heaven
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concerning this secret,
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that Daniel and his
fellows should not perish
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with the rest of
the wise men of Babylon.
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Then was the secret revealed
unto Daniel in a night vision.
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Then Daniel
blessed the God of heaven.
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Daniel answered and said,
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Blessed be the name
of God for ever and ever,
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for wisdom and might are his.
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And he changeth the
times and the seasons,
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he removeth kings,
and setteth up kings,
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he giveth wisdom unto the wise,
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and knowledge to them
that know understanding.
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He revealeth the
deep and secret things,
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he knoweth what
is in the darkness,
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and the light dwelleth with him.
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I thank thee, and praise thee,
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O thou God of my fathers,
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who hast given
me wisdom and might,
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and hast made known unto me
now what we desired of thee,
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for thou hast now made
known unto us the king's matter.
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Therefore Daniel
went in unto Arioch,
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whom the king had ordained
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to destroy the
wise men of Babylon.
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He went and said thus unto him,
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Destroy not the
wise men of Babylon,
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bring me in before the king,
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and I will shew unto
the king the interpretation.
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Then Arioch brought in
Daniel before the king in haste,
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and said thus unto him,
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I have found a man of
the captives of Judah,
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that will make known unto
the king the interpretation.
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The king answered
and said to Daniel,
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whose name was Belteshazzar,
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Art thou able to
make known unto me
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the dream which I have seen,
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and the interpretation thereof?
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Daniel answered in
the presence of the king,
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and said, The
secret which the king
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hath demanded
cannot the wise men,
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the astrologers, the magicians,
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the soothsayers,
show unto the king.
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But there is a God in
heaven that revealeth secrets,
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and maketh known to
the king Nebuchadnezzar
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what shall be
in the latter days.
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Thy dream, and the
visions of thy head
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upon thy bed, are these.
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As for thee, O king,
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thy thoughts came
into thy mind upon thy bed,
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what should come
to pass hereafter,
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and he that revealeth secrets
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maketh known to thee
what shall come to pass.
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But as for me, this
secret is not revealed to me
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for any wisdom that I
have more than any living,
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but for their sakes
that shall make known
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the interpretation to the king,
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and that thou mightest
know the thoughts of thy heart.
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Thou, O king, sawest,
and behold a great image.
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This great image, whose
brightness was excellent,
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stood before thee,
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and the form
thereof was terrible.
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This image's
head was of fine gold,
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his breast and
his arms of silver,
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his belly and
his thighs of brass,
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His legs of iron,
his feet part of iron
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and part of clay.
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Thou sawest till that a
stone was cut out without hands,
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which smote the
image upon his feet
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that were of iron and
clay, and brake them to pieces.
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Then was the iron, the clay,
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the brass, the silver,
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and the gold,
broken to pieces together,
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and became like the chaff
of the summer threshingfloors,
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and the wind carried them away,
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that no place
was found for them,
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and the stone
that smote the image
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became a great mountain,
and filled the whole earth.
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This is the dream,
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and we will tell the
interprettion thereof
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before the king.
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Thou, O king,
art a king of kings,
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for the God of heaven
hath given thee a kingdom,
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power, and strength, and glory.
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And wheresoever the
children of men dwell,
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the beasts of the field
and the fowls of the heaven
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hath he given into thine hand,
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and hath made thee
ruler over them all.
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Thou art this head of gold.
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And after thee shall arise
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another kingdom
inferior to thee,
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and another
third kingdom of brass,
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which shall bear
rule over all the earth.
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And the fourth kingdom
shall be strong as iron,
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for as much as
iron breaketh in pieces
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and subdueth all things,
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and as the iron
that breaketh all these,
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shall it break in
pieces and bruise.
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And whereas thou
sawest the feet and toes,
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part of potters'
clay, and part of iron,
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the kingdom shall be divided,
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but there shall be in it
of the strength of the iron,
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for as much as
thou sawest the iron
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mixed with miry clay.
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And as the toes of the
feet were part of iron,
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and part of clay,
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so the kingdom
shall be partly strong,
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and partly broken.
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And whereas thou sawest
iron mixed with miry clay,
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they shall mingle
themselves with the seed of men,
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they shall not
cleave one to another,
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even as iron is
not mixed with clay.
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And in the days of these kings
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shall the God of
heaven set up a kingdom,
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which shall never be destroyed,
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and the kingdom shall
not be left to other people,
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but it shall break in pieces
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and consume all these kingdoms,
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and it shall stand for ever.
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Forasmuch as thou
sawest that the stone was cut
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out of the
mountain without hands,
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and that it brake in
pieces the iron, the brass,
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the clay, the
silver, and the gold,
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the great God hath
made known to the king
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what shall come
to pass hereafter,
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and the dream is certain,
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and the
interpretation thereof sure.
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Then the king Nebuchadnezzar
fell upon his face,
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and worshipped
Daniel, and commanded that
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they should offer an oblation
and sweet odours unto him.
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The king answered unto Daniel,
and said, Of a truth it is,
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that your God is a God of Gods,
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and a Lord of kings,
and a revealer of secrets,
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seeing thou
couldest reveal this secret.
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Then the king made
Daniel a great man,
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and gave him many great gifts,
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and made him ruler over
the whole province of Babylon,
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and chief of the governors
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over all the
wise men of Babylon.
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Then Daniel
requested of the king,
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and he set Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego,
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over the affairs of
the province of Babylon,
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but Daniel sat in
the gate of the king.
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Continuing now
in Daniel Chapter 3
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and this is the
King James Version.
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Nebuchadnezzar the
king made an image of gold,
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whose height was
threescore cubits,
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and the breadth
thereof six cubits,
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he set it up in
the plain of Dura,
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in the province of Babylon.
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Then Nebuchadnezzar the
king sent to gather together
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the princes, the governors,
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and the captains, the judges,
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the treasurers, the counsellors,
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the sheriffs, and all
the rulers of the provinces,
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to come to the
dedication of the image
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which Nebuchadnezzar
the king had set up.
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Then the princes, the governors,
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and captains, the judges,
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the treasurers, the counsellors,
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the sheriffs, and all
the rulers of the provinces,
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were gathered together
unto the dedication of the image
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that Nebuchadnezzar
the king had set up,
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and they stood before the image
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that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
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Then an herald cried
aloud, To you it is commanded,
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O people,
nations, and languages,
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That at what time ye
hear the sound of the cornet,
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flute, harp,
sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer,
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and all kinds of
musick, ye fall down and worship
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the golden image
that Nebuchadnezzar
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the king hath set up.
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