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Nebuchadnezzar the king, To all peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you.
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I thought it good to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked for me.
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How great are His signs, And how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And His dominion is from generation to generation.
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I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace.
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I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
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Therefore I issued a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.
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Then the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers came in, and I told them the dream; but they did not make known to me its interpretation.
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But at last Daniel came before me (his name is Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god; in him is the Spirit of the Holy God), and I told the dream before him, saying:
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"Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, because I know that the Spirit of the Holy God is in you, and no secret troubles you, explain to me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its interpretation.
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"These were the visions of my head while on my bed: "I was looking, and behold, A tree in the midst of the earth, And its height was great.
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The tree grew and became strong; Its height reached to the heavens, And it could be seen to the ends of all the earth.