Daniel 4:4-12

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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. ⁶ So ^(B)I made a decree that ^(C)all the wise men of Babylon should be brought before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream. ⁷ Then ^(D)the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers came in, and I told them the dream, but ^(E)they could not make known to me its interpretation. ⁸ At last Daniel came in before me—he who was named ^(F)Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom is ^(G)the spirit of the holy gods^[b]—and I told him the dream, saying, ⁹ “O Belteshazzar, ^(H)chief of the magicians, because I know that ^(I)the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no ^(J)mystery is too difficult for you, tell me ^(K)the visions of my dream that I saw and their interpretation. ^10 (L)The visions of my head as I lay in bed were these: I saw, and ^(M)behold, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great. ^11 (N)The tree grew and became strong, and its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth. ^12 (O)Its leaves were beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all. ^(P)The beasts of the field found shade under it, and ^(Q)the birds of the heavens lived in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.