27 Therefore, O king, let my advice be acceptable to you; (A)break off your sins by being righteous, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. (B)Perhaps there may be (C)a [a]lengthening of your prosperity.”

Nebuchadnezzar’s Humiliation

28 All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar. 29 At the end of the twelve months he was walking [b]about the royal palace of Babylon. 30 The king (D)spoke, saying, “Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal dwelling by my mighty power and for the honor of my majesty?”

31 (E)While the word was still in the king’s mouth, (F)a voice fell from heaven: “King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: the kingdom has departed from you! 32 And (G)they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. They shall make you eat grass like oxen; and seven [c]times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He chooses.”

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 4:27 prolonging
  2. Daniel 4:29 Or upon
  3. Daniel 4:32 Possibly years

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