²³ Then immediately an angel of the Lord ^(A)struck him, because ^(B)he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and ^[a]died.

²⁵ As Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him. ²⁶ But Peter lifted him up, saying, ^(A)“Stand up; I myself am also a man.”

⁴ who opposes and ^(A)exalts himself ^(B)above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits ^[a]as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

The Futility of Idols and the Trustworthiness of God

¹⁴ But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard this, ^(A)they tore their clothes and ran in among the multitude, crying out ¹⁵ and saying, “Men, ^(B)why are you doing these things? ^(C)We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from ^(D)these useless things ^(E)to the living God, ^(F)who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them,

¹⁸ O king, ^(A)the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your ^[a]father a kingdom and majesty, glory and honor. ¹⁹ And because of the majesty that He gave him, ^(B)all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. Whomever he wished, he ^(C)executed; whomever he wished, he kept alive; whomever he wished, he set up; and whomever he wished, he put down. ^20 (D)But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him. ²¹ Then he was ^(E)driven from the sons of men, his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. They fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, ^(F)till he ^[b]knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and appoints over it whomever He chooses.

²² “But you his son, Belshazzar, ^(G)have not humbled your heart, although you knew all this. ^23 (H)And you have ^[c]lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the ^(I)vessels of ^[d]His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, ^(J)which do not see or hear or know; and the God who holds your breath in His hand ^(K)and owns all your ways, you have not glorified. ²⁴ Then the ^[e]fingers of the hand were sent from Him, and this writing was written.

Nebuchadnezzar Praises God

³⁸ Then it happened, after about ten days, that the Lord ^(A)struck Nabal, and he died.

² “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord God: