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. ²⁰ But ^(G)when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, ^(H)he was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him.

²² And you his son,^{[a] (A)}Belshazzar, ^(B)have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this, ²³ but you have lifted up yourself against ^(C)the Lord of heaven. And ^(D)the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. ^(E)And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, ^(F)but the God in whose hand is your breath, and ^(G)whose are all your ways, ^(H)you have not honored.