Daniel’s Visions Interpreted

¹⁵ “I, Daniel, was grieved in my spirit ^[a]within my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.

²⁸ “This is the end of the ^[a]account. As for me, Daniel, ^(A)my thoughts greatly troubled me, and my countenance changed; but I ^(B)kept the matter in my heart.”

^14 (A)knowing that shortly I must ^[a]put off my tent, just as ^(B)our Lord Jesus Christ showed me.

^2 (A)that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart. ³ For ^(B)I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my ^[a]countrymen according to the flesh,

Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

⁴¹ Now as He drew near, He saw the city and ^(A)wept over it, ⁴² saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this ^(B)your day, the things that ^(C)make for your ^(D)peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. ⁴³ For days will come upon you when your enemies will ^(E)build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side, ^44 (F)and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and ^(G)they will not leave in you one stone upon another, ^(H)because you did not know the time of your visitation.”

^27 (A)And I, Daniel, fainted and was sick for days; afterward I arose and went about the king’s business. I was ^[a]astonished by the vision, but no one understood it.

Vision of the Four Beasts

7 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, ^(A)Daniel ^[a]had a dream and ^(B)visions of his head while on his bed. Then he wrote down the dream, telling ^[b]the main facts.