Hello and welcome to
'His Words Are Life,'
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and today
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we're going to continue
the story of Daniel together,
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but first let's pray.
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Dear Heavenly
Father we thank You
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that you are the
God of all things
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and you are the God of
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whatever we're each
facing in our present
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and you are the
God of our futures
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and I ask you now to be with us
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as we read the
story together today
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that you will show us
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the truth that you have for
each one of us in these words
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I pray in the
name of Jesus. Amen.
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Well, in the middle of the story
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of the great golden image
that king of Nebuchadnezzar had
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set up in the plain of
Dura and he is gather together
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this huge crowd and right in
the middle of the announcement
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that when they hear
the sound of the music
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everyone should
bow down and worship.
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Picking up the story in
Daniel Chapter 3 verse 6
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and this is the
King James Version.
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And whoso falleth
not down and worshippeth
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shall the same hour be cast
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into the midst of a
burning fiery furnace.
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Therefore at that time,
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when all the people
heard the sound of the cornet,
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flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery,
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and all kinds of musick,
all the people, the nations,
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and the languages,
fell down and worshipped
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the golden image
that Nebuchadnezzar
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the king had set up.
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Wherefore at that
time certain Chaldeans
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came near, and accused the Jews.
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They spake and said to
the king Nebuchadnezzar,
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O king, live for ever.
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Thou, O king,
hast made a decree,
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that every man that shall
hear the sound of the cornet,
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flute, harp, sackbut,
psaltery, and dulcimer,
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and all kinds of musick,
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shall fall down and
worship the golden image.
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And whoso falleth
not down and worshippeth,
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that he should be cast
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into the midst of a
burning fiery furnace.
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There are certain Jews whom
thou hast set over the affairs
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of the province of
Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach,
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and Abednego, these men, O king,
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have not regarded thee,
they serve not thy Gods,
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nor worship the golden
image which thou hast set up.
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Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage
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and fury
commanded to bring Shadrach,
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Meshach, and Abednego.
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Then they brought
these men before the king.
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Nebuchadnezzar
spake and said unto them,
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Is it true, O
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
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do not ye serve my Gods,
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nor worship the golden
image which I have set up?
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Now if ye be
ready that at what time
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ye hear the sound of the cornet,
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flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery,
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and dulcimer, and
all kinds of musick,
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ye fall down and
worship the image
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which I have made,
well, but if ye worship not,
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ye shall be cast the same hour
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into the midst of a
burning fiery furnace,
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and who is that God
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that shall deliver
you out of my hands?
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Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abednego, answered
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and said to the
king, O Nebuchadnezzar,
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we are not careful to
answer thee in this matter.
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If it be so,
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our God whom we
serve is able to deliver us
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from the burning fiery furnace,
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and he will deliver us
out of thine hand, O king.
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But if not, be it
known unto thee, O king,
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that we will not serve thy Gods,
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nor worship the golden
image which thou hast set up.
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Then was
Nebuchadnezzar full of fury,
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and the form of his
visage was changed against
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Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
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therefore he
spake, and commanded
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that they
should heat the furnace
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one seven times more
than it was wont to be heated.
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And he commanded
the most mighty men
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that were in his
army to bind Shadrach,
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Meshach, and Abednego,
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and to cast them into
the burning fiery furnace.
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Then these men were
bound in their coats,
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their hosen, and their
hats, and their other garments,
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and were cast into the midst
of the burning fiery furnace.
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Therefore because the
king's commandment was urgent,
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and the furnace exceeding hot,
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the flame of the
fire slew those men
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that took up
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
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And these three men,
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Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
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fell down bound into the midst
of the burning fiery furnace.
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Then Nebuchadnezzar
the king was astonied,
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and rose up in haste, and spake,
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and said unto his counsellors,
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Did not we cast three men bound
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into the midst of the fire?
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They answered and
said unto the king,
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True, O king.
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He answered and said,
Lo, I see four men loose,
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walking in the
midst of the fire,
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and they have no hurt,
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and the form of the
fourth is like the Son of God.
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Then Nebuchadnezzar came near
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to the mouth of the
burning fiery furnace,
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and spake, and said, Shadrach,
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Meshach, and Abednego,
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ye servants of
the most high God,
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come forth, and come hither.
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Then Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego,
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came forth of the
midst of the fire.
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And the princes,
governors, and captains,
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and the king's counsellors,
being gathered together,
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saw these men, upon whose bodies
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the fire had no power,
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nor was an hair
of their head singed,
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neither were
their coats changed,
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nor the smell of
fire had passed on them.
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Then
Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said,
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Blessed be the God
of Shadrach, Meshach,
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and Abednego, who
hath sent his angel,
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and delivered his
servants that trusted in him,
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and have
changed the king's word,
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and yielded their bodies,
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that they might not
serve nor worship any God,
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except their own God.
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Therefore I make a
decree, That every people,
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nation, and language,
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which speak any thing amiss
against the God of Shadrach,
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Meshach, and Abednego,
shall be cut in pieces,
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and their houses
shall be made a dunghill.
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because there is no other God
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that can
deliver after this sort.
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Then the king promoted Shadrach,
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Meshach, and Abednego,
in the province of Babylon.
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Continuing in the
book of Daniel Chapter 4
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this is the King James Version.
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Nebuchadnezzar the
king, unto all people,
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nations, and languages,
that dwell in all the earth,
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Peace be multiplied unto you.
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I thought it good to
show the signs and wonders
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that the high God
hath wrought toward me.
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How great are his signs!
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and how mighty are his wonders!
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his kingdom is an
everlasting kingdom,
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and his dominion is from
generation to generation.
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I Nebuchadnezzar was
at rest in mine house,
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and flourishing in my palace,
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I saw a dream
which made me afraid,
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and the thoughts upon my bed
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and the visions of
my head troubled me.
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Therefore made I a decree
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to bring in all the wise
men of Babylon before me,
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that they might
make known unto me
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the interpretation of the dream.
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Then came in the magicians,
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the astrologers, the Chaldeans,
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and the soothsayers,
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and I told the
dream before them,
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but they did not
make known unto me
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the interpretation thereof.
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But at the last
Daniel came in before me,
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whose name was Belteshazzar,
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according to the name of my God,
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and in whom is the
spirit of the holy Gods,
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and before him I told the dream,
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saying, O Belteshazzar,
master of the magicians,
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because I know that the spirit
of the holy Gods is in thee,
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and no secret troubleth thee,
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tell me the visions of
my dream that I have seen,
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and the interpretation thereof.
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Thus were the visions
of mine head in my bed,
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I saw, and behold a tree
in the midst of the earth,
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and the height
thereof was great.
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The tree grew, and was strong,
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and the height
thereof reached unto heaven,
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and the sight thereof to
the end of all the earth.
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The leaves thereof were fair,
and the fruit thereof much,
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and in it was meat for all.
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The beasts of the
field had shadow under it,
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and the fowls of the heaven
dwelt in the boughs thereof,
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and all flesh was fed of it.
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I saw in the visions
of my head upon my bed,
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and, behold, a watcher
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and an holy one
came down from heaven,
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He cried aloud, and said thus,
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Hew down the tree,
and cut off his branches,
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shake off his leaves,
and scatter his fruit,
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let the beasts get
away from under it,
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and the fowls from his branches.
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Nevertheless leave the
stump of his roots in the earth,
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even with a band
of iron and brass,
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in the tender
grass of the field,
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and let it be wet
with the dew of heaven,
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and let his
portion be with the beasts
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in the grass of the earth.
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Let his heart be
changed from man's,
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and let a beast's
heart be given unto him,
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and let seven
times pass over him.
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This matter is by the
decree of the watchers,
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and the demand by the
word of the holy ones,
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to the intent that the living
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may know that
the most High ruleth
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in the kingdom of men,
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and giveth it to
whomsoever he will,
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and setteth up over
it the basest of men.
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This dream I king
Nebuchadnezzar have seen.
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Now thou, O Belteshazzar,
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declare the
interpretation thereof,
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forasmuch as all the
wise men of my kingdom
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are not able to make known
unto me the interpretation,
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but thou art able,
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for the spirit of
the holy Gods is in thee.
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Then Daniel, whose
name was Belteshazzar,
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was astonied for one hour,
and his thoughts troubled him.
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The king spake,
and said, Belteshazzar,
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let not the dream,
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or the interpretation
thereof, trouble thee.
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Belteshazzar answered and said,
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My Lord, the dream be
to them that hate thee,
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and the interpretation
thereof to thine enemies.
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The tree that thou sawest,
which grew, and was strong,
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whose height
reached unto the heaven,
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and the sight
thereof to all the earth.
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Whose leaves were fair,
and the fruit thereof much,
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and in it was meat for all,
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under which the
beasts of the field dwelt,
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and upon whose
branches the fowls of the heaven
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had their habitation.
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It is thou, O king, that
art grown and become strong,
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for thy greatness is
grown, and reacheth unto heaven,
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and thy dominion to
the end of the earth.
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And whereas the
king saw a watcher
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and an holy one
coming down from heaven,
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and saying, Hew down the tree,
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and destroy it, yet
leave the stump of the roots
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thereof in the earth,
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even with a band
of iron and brass,
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in the tender
grass of the field,
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and let it be wet
with the dew of heaven,
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and let his portion be
with the beasts of the field,
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till seven times pass over him.
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This is the
interpretation, O king,
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and this is the
decree of the most High,
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which is come
upon my Lord the king.
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That they shall
drive thee from men,
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and thy dwelling shall be
with the beasts of the field,
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and they shall make
thee to eat grass as oxen,
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and they shall wet
thee with the dew of heaven,
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and seven times
shall pass over thee,
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till thou know that
the most High ruleth
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in the kingdom of men,
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and giveth it to
whomsoever he will.
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And whereas they
commanded to leave
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the stump of the tree roots,
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thy kingdom shall
be sure unto thee,
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after that thou shalt have known
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that the heavens do rule.
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Wherefore, O king,
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let my counsel be
acceptable unto thee,
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and break off thy
sins by righteousness,
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and thine iniquities by
shewing mercy to the poor,
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if it may be a
lengthening of thy tranquillity.
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All this came upon
the king Nebuchadnezzar.
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At the end of twelve months
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he walked in the palace
of the kingdom of Babylon.
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The king spake, and said,
Is not this great Babylon,
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that I have built for
the house of the kingdom
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by the might of my power,
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and for the
honour of my majesty?
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While the word was
in the king's mouth,
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there fell a voice from heaven,
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saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar,
to thee it is spoken,
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The kingdom is
departed from thee.
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And they shall
drive thee from men,
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and thy dwelling shall be
with the beasts of the field,
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they shall make thee
to eat grass as oxen,
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and seven times
shall pass over thee,
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until thou know
that the most High ruleth
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in the kingdom of men,
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and giveth it to
whomsoever he will.
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The same hour was the thing
fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar,
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And he was driven from
men, and did eat grass as oxen,
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and his body was wet
with the dew of heaven,
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till his hairs were
grown like eagles' feathers,
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and his nails like birds' claws.
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And at the end of the days
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I Nebuchadnezzar lifted
up mine eyes unto heaven,
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and mine
understanding returned unto me,
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and I blessed the most High,
and I praised and honoured him
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that liveth for ever,
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whose dominion is an
everlasting dominion,
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and his kingdom is from
generation to generation.
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