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Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the minion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdream be to them that hate thee, and the inter-dom is from generation to generation: pretation thereof to thine enemies. 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are 20 The tree that thou sawest, which grew, reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to and was strong, whose height reached unto his will in the army of heaven, and among the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the the inhabitants of the earth and none can earth; stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou!

5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the 23 All this came upon the king Nebu-king's palace: and the king saw the part of chadnezzar. the hand that wrote.

10 T Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake, and said, Oking, live for ever: let not thy thoughts 34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchad-trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be nezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, changed: and mine understanding returned unto me, 11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in honoured him that liveth for ever, whose do- the days of thy father light and understand

The hand-writing on the wall,

DANIEL.

interpreted by Daniel.

25 And this is the writing that was writ

ing and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchad- ten, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. nezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;

12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the Interpretation.

13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry?

26 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God bath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.

27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.

31 And Darius the Median took the king14 I have even heard of thee, that the spi-dom, being about threescore and two years rit of the gods is in thee, and that light and old. understanding and excellent wisdom is found

in thee.

15 And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they

should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:

16 And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.

17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

CHAP. VI.

1 Daniel's preferment: 16 he is, cast into the den of lions, 18 and saved.

plundred and twenty princes, which

pleased Darius to set over the kingdom

should be over the whole kingdom;

2 And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.

3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in

18 0 thou king, the most high God gave Ne-him. buchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and ma. jesty, and glory, and honour:

19 And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.

20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:

21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses; they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.

22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;

23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.

24 Then was the part of the hand sent from him, and this writing was written.

5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.

7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, aecording to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

9 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.

12 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any god or man within thirty days, save of thee, O

Daniel cast into the den.

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king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said. The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.

14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.

15 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.

16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.

17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.

His vision, &c. 28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian CHAP. VII. 1 Daniel's vision of the four beasts, 9 of God's kingdom: 15 the interpretation thereof.

the first year of Belshazzar king of Baby lon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.

2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.

3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.

4 The firs was like a lion, and had eagles' wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.

5 And behold, another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three-ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.

6 After this I beheld, and lo, another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.

7 After this I saw in the night visions, and 18 ¶ Then the king went to his palace, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, passed the night fasting: neither were instru-and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron ments of music brought before him and his sleep went from him.

19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.

teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

8 I considered the horns, and behold, there 20 And when he came to the den, he cried came up among them another little horn, bewith a lamentable voice unto Daniel and the fore whom there were three of the first horns king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, ser-¡plunked up by the roots and bold, in this vant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou Lon were eyes like the eyes of man, and a servest continually, able to deliver thee from mouth speaking great things. the lions?

21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.

91beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his 22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath head like the pure wool: his throne was like shut the lions' mouths, that they have not the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency fire. was found in me; and also before thee, O king, 10 A fiery stream issued and came forth have I done no hurt from before kim: thousand thousands minis

23 Then was the king exceeding glad for tered unto him, and ten thousand times ten him, and commanded that they should take thousand stood before him: the judgment was Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken set, and the books were opened. up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.

21 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel,| and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.

25 Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.

11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld, even till the beast was sla'n, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.

12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.

13 I saw in the night visions, and behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that

26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and steadfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion which shall not be destroyed. shall be even unto the end.

15 Daniel was grieved in my spirit in 27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he the midst of my body, and the visions of my worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in head troubled me. earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.

16 I came near unto one of them that stood iby, and asked him the truth of all this. So

The vision of God's kingdom.

DANIEL.

Of the ram and he-goat. he told me, and made me know the interpreta-¡any that could deliver out of his hand; but he tion of the things. did according to his will, and became great. 17 These great beasts which are four, are 5 And as I was considering, behold, an frefour kings, which shall arise out of the earth.goat canie from the west on the face of the 18 But the saints of the Most High shall take whole earth, and touched not the ground: the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, and the goat had a notable horn between his even for ever and ever. eyes.

19 Then I would know the truth of the 6 And he came to the ram that had two fourth beast, which was diverse from all the horns, which I had seen standing before the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were river, and ran unto him in the fury of his of iron, and his nails of brass; which devour-power. ed, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;

20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.

21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the Most High; and the time came that the saints posressed the kingdom.

23 Thus be said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.

7 And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the rain to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his band.

8 Therefore the he-goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.

9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great. toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.

10 And it waxed great, even to the bost of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.

24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another 1 Yea, he magnified himself even to the shall rise after them; and he shall te di-prince of the host, and by him the daily sacriverse from the first, and he shall subdue fice was taken away, and the place of his sancthree kings. tuary was cast down.

25 And he shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, an I think to change times as Jaws: and hey shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to Cestroy it unto the end.

27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole! Leaven, shall be given to the people of the sain's of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting king, lom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.

CHAP. VIII.

1 Daniel's vision of the ram and he-goat. 13 The two thousand three hundred days of crifice.

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12 And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.

13¶ Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?

14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

15 ¶ And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.

16 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.

17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came I was afraid, and fell upon my. the third year of the reign of king Bel- face: but he said unto me, Understand, O zon shazzar, a vision appeared unto me, even of man for at the time of the end shall be unto me Daniel, after that which appeared un-the vision. to me at the first.

18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was 2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the but he touched me, and set me upright. palace, which is in the province of Elam; 19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river know what shall be in the last end of the indignation for at the time appointed the end shall be.

of Ulai.

3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two borns; and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.

20 The ram which thou sawest having two horns, are the kings of Media and Persia.

21 And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.

4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts 22 Now that being broken, whereas four might stand before him, neither was there stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand

Daniel's confession, and

Chap. ix.

prayer for Jerusalem. up out of the nation, but not in his power. us, and the oath that is written in the law of 23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, Moses the servant of God, because we have when the transgressors are come to the full, a sinned against him. king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.

12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our 24 And his power shall be mighty, but not judges that judged us, by bringing upon us by his own power: and he shall destroy a great evil: for under the whole heaven wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, hath not been done as hath been done upon and shall destroy the mighty and the holy Jerusalem. people.

25 And through his policy also be shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.

26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.

27 And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it. CHAP. IX.

13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.

14 Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.

15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and bast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.

16 O Lord, according to all thy righte3 Daniel confesseth his sins, 16 prayeth for the ousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and restoration of Jerusalem: 20 Gabriel inform-thy fury be turned away from thy clly Jeru eth him of the seventy weeks, &c. salem, thy holy mountain: because for our Isuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which Jerusalem and thy peo; le are become un re

N the first year of Darius the son of Aha-sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers,

was made king over the realm of the Chal-proach to all that are about us. deans;

2 In the first year of his reign, I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.

3 And I set my face unto the Lord Gop, to seek Ly prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackeleth, and ashes:

17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctu ary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.

18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

4 And I prayed unto the LORD my God, 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, hearken, and do; defer not, for thine own the great and dreadful God, keeping the co-sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people venant and mercy to them that love him, are called by thy nure.

and to them that keep his command- 20 And while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin, and the sin of my

ment;

5 We have sinned, and have committed ini-people Israel, and presenting lay supplication quity, and have done wickedly, and have re- before the LORD my God for the holy mounbelled, even by departing from thy precepts.tain of my God; and from thy judgments:

21 Yea, while I was speaking in prayer,

6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy ser-even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in vants the prophets, which spake in thy name the vision at the beginning, being caused to to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, y swiftly, touched me about the time of the and to all the people of the land. evening oblation.

7 O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and wote all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.

8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.

9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled agaiust

him:

10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the Load our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.

11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon

22 And he informed me, and talked with me, anu said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.

23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly heloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.

21 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy.

25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be