¹⁷ “It is true, Lord, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste these nations and their lands.

²⁵ as the secrets^(A) of their hearts are laid bare. So they will fall down and worship God, exclaiming, “God is really among you!”^(B)

²⁷ Indeed Herod^(A) and Pontius Pilate^(B) met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus,^(C) whom you anointed.

⁵⁹ About an hour later another asserted, “Certainly this fellow was with him, for he is a Galilean.”^(A)

³³ Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”^(A)

⁴⁷ The king said to Daniel, “Surely your God is the God of gods^(A) and the Lord of kings^(B) and a revealer of mysteries,^(C) for you were able to reveal this mystery.^(D)”

¹⁵ Be assured, however, that if you put me to death, you will bring the guilt of innocent blood^(A) on yourselves and on this city and on those who live in it, for in truth the Lord has sent me to you to speak all these words^(B) in your hearing.”

¹⁷ The Lord will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since Ephraim broke away^(A) from Judah—he will bring the king of Assyria.^(B)”

Assyria, the Lord’s Instrument

¹⁸ In that day^(C) the Lord will whistle^(D) for flies from the Nile delta in Egypt and for bees from the land of Assyria.^(E)