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1139 King insane, recovers. Belshazzar’s feast DANIEL 4:32–5:7
voice that fell from the heavens:
“To you it is being said, O Neb·uchad·nezzar
the king, ‘The kingdom
itself has gone away from
you, a 32 and from mankind
they are driving even you away,
and with the beasts of the field
your dwelling will be. b Vegetation
they will give even to you
to eat just like bulls, and seven
times themselves will pass over
you, until you know that the
Most High is Ruler in the kingdom
of mankind, and that to the
one whom he wants to he gives
it.’ ” c
33 At that moment d the word
itself was fulfilled upon Neb·uchad·nezzar,
and from mankind
he was being driven away, and
vegetation he began to eat just
like bulls, and with the dew of the
heavens his own body got to be
wet, until his very hair grew long
just like eagles’ feathers and his
nails like birds’ claws. e
34 “And at the end of the
days f I, Neb·u·chad·nezzar, lifted
up to the heavens my eyes, g
and my own understanding began
to return to me; and I
blessed the Most High himself, h
and the One living to time indefinite
I praised and glorified, i
because his rulership is a rulership
to time indefinite and his
kingdom is for generation after
CHAP. 4
a Da 4:25
Ac 12:23
b Da 4:14
Da 5:21
c Da 4:17
d Da 3:6
Da 5:5
e Da 4:25
f Da 4:16
g Ps 121:1
Ps 123:1
Ps 123:2
h Ps 7:17
Ps 92:1
i Jer 10:10
1Ti 1:17
Re 4:11
j Ps 10:16
Da 4:3
Mic 4:7
k Ps 39:5
Isa 40:15
l 1Sa 3:18
Ps 33:11
Isa 46:10
m Job 34:24
Isa 43:13
1Co 10:22
n Job 9:12
Isa 45:9
Ro 9:20
o 2Ch 33:13
Da 4:26
Second Col.
a Pr 22:4
b Da 4:3
Ac 17:24
c De 32:4
Ps 33:5
Re 15:3
d Ex 18:11
Job 40:11
Jas 4:6
CHAP. 5
e Da 5:9
Da 7:1
Da 8:1
f Isa 21:5
Jer 51:39
g Pr 20:1
Pr 31:4
h 2Ki 25:15
2Ch 36:18
Ezr 1:7
Jer 27:16
Jer 52:19
Da 1:2
i Pr 11:2
j Ps 115:4
Ps 135:15
Ac 17:29
Re 9:20
k Da 5:24
l Ps 102:15
m Ps 69:23
Isa 21:3
n Eze 7:17
Na 2:10
o Ge 41:8
Da 2:2
Da 4:6
generation. j 35 And all the inhabitants
of the earth are being
considered as merely nothing,
k and he is doing according to
his own will among the army of
the heavens and the inhabitants
of the earth. l And there exists no
one that can check his hand m or
that can say to him, ‘What have
youbeendoing?’ n
36 “At the same time my understanding
itself began to return
to me, and for the dignity
of my kingdom my majesty
and my brightness themselves
began to return to me; o and for
me even my high royal officers
and my grandees began eagerly
searching, and I was reestablished
upon my own kingdom,
and greatness extraordinary was
added to me. a
37 “Now I, Neb·u·chad·nezzar,
am praising and exalting and
glorifying the King of the heavens,
b because all his works are
truth and his ways are justice, c
and because those who are walking
in pride he is able to humiliate.”
d
5 As regards Bel·shazzare the
king, he made a big feast for
a thousand of his grandees, and
in front of the thousand he was
drinking wine. f 2 Bel·shazzar,
under the influence of the wine, g
said to bring in the vessels of
gold and of silver h that Neb·uchad·nezzar
his father had taken
away from the temple that was
in Jerusalem, that from them the
king and his grandees, his concubines
and his secondary wives
might drink. i 3 At that time
they brought in the vessels of
gold that they had taken away
from the temple of the house
of God that was in Jerusalem,
andfromthemthekingandhis
grandees, his concubines and his
secondary wives drank. 4 They
drank wine, and they praised the
gods of gold and of silver, copper,
iron, wood and stone. j
5 At that moment the fingers
of a man’s hand came forth and
were writing in front of the lampstand
upon the plaster of the
wall of the palace of the king, k
and the king was beholding the
back of the hand that was writing.
6 At that time, as regards
the king, his very complexion
was changed in him, and his own
thoughts began to frighten him, l
and his hip joints were loosening
m and his very knees were
knocking each other. n
7 The king was calling out
loudly to bring in the conjurers,
the Chal·deans and the astrologers.
o The king was answering