18 “This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, had. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me what it means, for none of the wise men in my kingdom can interpret it for me.(A) But you can,(B) because the spirit of the holy gods(C) is in you.”(D)

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36 “This was the dream, and now we will interpret it to the king.(A)

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14 The Lord Almighty has sworn by himself:(A)
    I will surely fill you with troops, as with a swarm of locusts,(B)
    and they will shout(C) in triumph over you.

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You who bring good news(A) to Zion,
    go up on a high mountain.
You who bring good news to Jerusalem,[a](B)
    lift up your voice with a shout,
lift it up, do not be afraid;
    say to the towns of Judah,
    “Here is your God!”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:9 Or Zion, bringer of good news, / go up on a high mountain. / Jerusalem, bringer of good news

16 “So do not pray for this people nor offer any plea(A) or petition for them; do not plead with me, for I will not listen(B) to you.

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14 “Do not pray(A) for this people or offer any plea or petition for them, because I will not listen(B) when they call to me in the time of their distress.

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19 People will flee to caves(A) in the rocks
    and to holes in the ground(B)
from the fearful presence(C) of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,(D)
    when he rises to shake the earth.(E)

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21 They will flee to caverns in the rocks(A)
    and to the overhanging crags
from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,(B)
    when he rises(C) to shake the earth.(D)

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21 “Tell Zerubbabel(A) governor of Judah that I am going to shake(B) the heavens and the earth.

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13 Although the peoples roar(A) like the roar of surging waters,
    when he rebukes(B) them they flee(C) far away,
driven before the wind like chaff(D) on the hills,
    like tumbleweed before a gale.(E)

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The Finality of Babylon’s Doom

21 Then a mighty angel(A) picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea,(B) and said:

“With such violence
    the great city(C) of Babylon will be thrown down,
    never to be found again.

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10 But may you have mercy(A) on me, Lord;
    raise me up,(B) that I may repay(C) them.

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35 I will raise up for myself a faithful priest,(A) who will do according to what is in my heart and mind. I will firmly establish his priestly house, and they will minister before my anointed(B) one always.

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You, Lord, brought me up from the realm of the dead;(A)
    you spared me from going down to the pit.(B)

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19 “Another said, ‘I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’

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31 Now is the time for judgment on this world;(A) now the prince of this world(B) will be driven out.

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