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Daniel · read by James Jennings
41 verses, in order. Only the verses James read aloud are shown.
Daniel 2
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He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him.Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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To You, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, because You have given me wisdom and power. And now You have made known to me what we have requested, for You have made known to us the dream of the king."Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
Daniel 4
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I am pleased to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me.Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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So I issued a decree that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret the dream for me.Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, and they could not interpret it for me.Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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But at last, into my presence came Daniel (whose name is Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods). And I told him the dream:Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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"O Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no mystery baffles you. So explain to me the visions I saw in my dream, and their interpretation.Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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In these visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this come to pass: There was a tree in the midst of the land, and its height was great.Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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The tree grew large and strong; its top reached the sky, and it was visible to the ends of the earth.Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and upon it was food for all. Under it the beasts of the field found shelter, in its branches the birds of the air nested, and from it every creature was fed.Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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As I lay on my bed, I also saw in the visions of my mind a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven.Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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He called out in a loud voice: 'Cut down the tree and chop off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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But leave the stump with its roots in the ground, and a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven and graze with the beasts on the grass of the earth.Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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Let his mind be changed from that of a man, and let him be given the mind of a beast till seven times pass him by.Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.'Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me the interpretation, because none of the wise men of my kingdom can interpret it for me. But you are able, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you."Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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For a time, Daniel, who was also known as Belteshazzar, was perplexed, and his thoughts alarmed him. So the king said, "Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its interpretation alarm you." "My lord," replied Belteshazzar, "may the dream apply to those who hate you, and its interpretation to your enemies!Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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The tree you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached the sky and was visible to all the earth,Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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you, O king, are that tree! For you have become great and strong; your greatness has grown to reach the sky, and your dominion extends to the ends of the earth.Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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And you, O king, saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying: 'Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground, and a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and graze with the beasts of the field till seven times pass him by.'Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree that the Most High has issued against my lord the king:Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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As for the command to leave the stump of the tree with its roots, your kingdom will be restored to you as soon as you acknowledge that Heaven rules.Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity."Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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Twelve months later, as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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the king exclaimed, "Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?"Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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While the words were still in the king's mouth, a voice came from heaven: "It is decreed to you, King Nebuchadnezzar, that the kingdom has departed from you.Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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You will be driven away from mankind to live with the beasts of the field, and you will feed on grass like an ox. And seven times will pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes."Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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At that moment the sentence against Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from mankind. He ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: "For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.Read from ESV · Do You Have Beautiful Feet
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All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, 'What have You done?'"Read from ESV · Do You Have Beautiful Feet
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At the same time my sanity was restored, my honor and splendor returned to me for the glory of my kingdom. My advisers and nobles sought me out, and I was restored to my throne, and surpassing greatness was added to me.Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
Daniel 5
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But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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He was driven away from mankind, and his mind was like that of a beast. He lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he acknowledged that the Most High God rules over the kingdom of mankind, setting over it whom He wishes.Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox
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That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,Read from ESV · Proud King to Eating Grass Like an Ox