4:27-37D aniel167“‘King Nebuchadnezzar, please accept my advice. Stop sinning anddo what is right. Break from your wicked past and be merciful to thepoor. Perhaps then you will continue to prosper.’“But all these things did happen to King Nebuchadnezzar. Twelvemonths later he was taking a walk on the flat roof of the royal palace inBabylon. As he looked out across the city, he said, ‘Look at this greatcity of Babylon! By my own mighty power, I have built this beautifulcity as my royal residence to display my majestic splendor.’“While these words were still in his mouth, a voice called downfrom heaven, ‘O King Nebuchadnezzar, this message is for you! Youare no longer ruler of this kingdom. You will be driven from humansociety. You will live in the fields with the wild animals, and you willeat grass like a cow. Seven periods of time will pass while you live thisway, until you learn that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of theworld and gives them to anyone he chooses.’“That same hour the judgment was fulfilled, and Nebuchadnezzarwas driven from human society. He ate grass like a cow, and he wasdrenched with the dew of heaven. He lived this way until his hair wasas long as eagles’ feathers and his nails were like birds’ claws.“After this time had passed, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven.My sanity returned, and I praised and worshiped the Most High andhonored the one who lives forever.His rule is everlasting,and his kingdom is eternal.All the people of the earthare nothing compared to him.He does as he pleasesamong the angels of heavenand among the people of the earth.No one can stop him or say to him,‘What do you mean by doing these things?’“When my sanity returned to me, so did my honor and glory andkingdom. My advisers and nobles sought me out, and I was restoredas head of my kingdom, with even greater honor than before.“Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and glorify and honor the Kingof heaven. All his acts are just and true, and he is able to humble theproud.”ImmerseChronicles_NLT.indd 1676/21/2017 10:01:40 AM
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