²⁸ And he spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat above the seats of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

³⁷ You, O king, ^(A)the king of kings, to whom ^(B)the God of heaven ^(C)has given the kingdom, the power, and the might, and the glory,

^6 (A)Now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, ^(B)my servant, ^(C)and I have given him also the beasts of the field to serve him. ^7 (D)All the nations shall serve him and ^(E)his son and ^(F)his grandson, ^(G)until the time of his own land comes. ^(H)Then many nations and great kings shall make him their slave.

⁸ “‘“But if any nation or kingdom will not serve this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, ^(I)and put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation ^(J)with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, declares the Lord, until I have consumed it by his hand. ⁹ So ^(K)do not listen to your ^(L)prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your ^(M)fortune-tellers, or your sorcerers, who are saying to you, ‘You shall not serve the king of Babylon.’ ^10 (N)For it is a lie that they are prophesying to you, with the result that you will be removed far from your land, and I will drive you out, and you will perish. ^11 (O)But any nation that will bring its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave on its own land, to work it and dwell there, declares the Lord.”’”

¹⁸ O king, the ^(A)Most High God ^(B)gave ^(C)Nebuchadnezzar your father ^(D)kingship and greatness and glory and majesty. ¹⁹ And because of the greatness that he gave him, ^(E)all peoples, nations, and languages ^(F)trembled and feared before him. Whom he would, he killed, and whom he would, he kept alive; whom he would, he raised up, and whom he would, he humbled.