Daniel Interprets the Second Dream

¹⁹ Then Daniel, whose name was ^(A)Belteshazzar, was ^(B)dismayed for a while, and ^(C)his thoughts alarmed him. The king answered and said, “Belteshazzar, let not the dream or the interpretation alarm you.” Belteshazzar answered and said, “My lord, ^(D)may the dream be for those who hate you ^(E)and its interpretation for your enemies!

¹⁶ And behold, ^(A)one in the likeness of the children of man ^(B)touched my lips. Then I opened my mouth and spoke. I said to him who stood before me, “O my lord, by reason of the vision pains have come upon me, and ^(C)I retain no strength. ¹⁷ How can my lord's servant talk with my lord? For now no strength remains in me, and no breath is left in me.”

²⁷ And ^(A)I, Daniel, was overcome and lay sick for some days. Then I rose and went about the king's business, but I was appalled by the vision ^(B)and did not understand it.

²⁸ “Here is the end of the matter. ^(A)As for me, Daniel, my ^(B)thoughts greatly alarmed me, ^(C)and my color changed, but ^(D)I kept the matter in my heart.”

²⁴ this is the interpretation, O king: It is a decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king,

Nebuchadnezzar's Second Dream

^4 [a] I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and prospering in my palace. ⁵ I saw a dream that made me afraid. As I lay in bed the fancies and ^(A)the visions of my head alarmed me.

Anguish over Judah's Desolation

David's Grief

³¹ And behold, the Cushite came, and the Cushite said, “Good news for my lord the king! For ^(A)the Lord has delivered you this day from the hand of all who rose up against you.” ³² The king said to the Cushite, ^(B)“Is it well with the young man Absalom?” And the Cushite answered, ^(C)“May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you for evil be like that young man.”

¹⁷ And Eli said, “What was it that he told you? Do not hide it from me. ^(A)May God do so to you and more also if you hide anything from me of all that he told you.”