³⁷ You, O king, ^(A)the king of kings, to whom ^(B)the God of heaven ^(C)has given the kingdom, the power, and the might, and the glory, ³⁸ and into whose hand he has given, wherever they dwell, the children of man, ^(D)the beasts of the field, and the birds of the heavens, making you rule over them all—you are ^(E)the head of gold.

¹⁰ And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the ^(A)Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like ^(B)the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of ^(C)Zoar. (This was before the Lord ^(D)destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

⁵ Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit ^(A)that he has made to dwell in us”? ⁶ But ^(B)he gives more grace. Therefore it says, ^(C)“God opposes the proud but ^(D)gives grace to the humble.”

²⁰ But ^(A)when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, ^(B)he was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him. ^21 (C)He was driven from among the children of mankind, and his mind was made like that of a beast, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, ^(D)until he knew that the ^(E)Most High God rules the kingdom of mankind and sets over it whom he will. ²² And you his son,^{[a] (F)}Belshazzar, ^(G)have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this, ²³ but you have lifted up yourself against ^(H)the Lord of heaven. And ^(I)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. ^(J)And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, ^(K)but the God in whose hand is your breath, and ^(L)whose are all your ways, ^(M)you have not honored.

^22 (A)it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong. ^(B)Your greatness has grown and reaches to heaven, ^(C)and your dominion to the ends of the earth. ²³ And because the king saw ^(D)a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, ^(E)‘Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field, and let him be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till ^(F)seven periods of time pass over him,’ ²⁴ this is the interpretation, O king: It is a decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king, ^25 (G)that you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. You shall be made ^(H)to eat grass like an ox, and you shall be wet with the dew of heaven, and ^(I)seven periods of time shall pass over you, till ^(J)you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.