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4 “Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all races, nations, and folk of every tongue, who dwell in all the world: peace be multiplied to you. 2 It is my royal pleasure to declare the signal acts of the Most High God in dealing with me. 3 How great are his portents, how awful his wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion lasts from age to age.
4 I Nebuchadnezzar was at ease in my house and flourishing within my palace, 5 when I saw a dream which made me fear; my fancies in bed and the visions of my brain alarmed me. 6 So I issued an edict for all the sages of Babylon to be brought before me, that they might tell me the meaning of the dream. 7 In came the magicians, the enchanters, the diviners, and the astrologers; but, when I told them the dream, they could not tell me the meaning of it; 8 until at last another came in, Daniel whose name is Belteshazzar (after the name of my own god), a man in whom there is the spirit of the gods divine. I told him the dream, saying, 9 ‘O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, I know the spirit of the gods divine is in you, and no mystery is any trouble to you; hear the visions of my dream that I have seen, and tell me what they mean. 10 Such were the visions of my brain in bed. I looked, and there was a tree in the middle of the earth, enormously high! 11 The tree grew and grew strong, till it was high as heaven and visible from the ends of all the earth; 12 its leaves were lovely and its fruit was rich, with food for all; wild animals sheltered under it, birds of the air roosted in its branches, and it fed all living creatures. 13 In the visions of my brain in bed I looked, and there was one of the angel-guard! He came down from heaven 14 and called aloud, “Hew the tree down, hack away its branches, lop off its leaves, and scatter its fruit: let the animals remove from underneath it, and the birds from its boughs. 15 Still, leave the stump of its roots in the earth, among the soft grass of the field, with a band of iron and bronze round it; let the dews of heaven drench it—and let him share the herbage of the earth with the animals, 16 let his mind cease to be human, let an animal’s mind be given him, and let seven years pass over him. 17 This sentence is decreed by the angel-guard, the order is by authority of the angels: to let the living know that the Most High reigns over the realm of men, giving it to anyone whom he chooses, and setting over it the lowest of mankind.” 18 I, king Nebuchadnezzar, saw this dream. Now, O Belteshazzar, tell me the meaning of it, since all the sages of my kingdom are unable to let me know the meaning; but you are able, for the spirit of the gods divine is in you.’
19 For a moment Daniel (whose name is Belteshazzar) was staggered; he was alarmed by what he foresaw. But the king said, ‘Belteshazzar, let not the dream or its meaning alarm you.’ Belteshazzar replied, ‘My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you, and the meaning of it for your foes! 20 The tree you saw, that grew and grew strong till it was high as heaven and visible 21 to all the world, the tree whose leaves were lovely, and whose fruit was rich, with food for all, the tree under which the wild animals sheltered and in whose 22 branches the birds roosted, O king, it is yourself! You have grown and grown strong, _ for your power has grown till it is high as heaven and your dominion stretches to the world’s 23 end. The king saw one of the angel-guard coming down from heaven and saying, “Hew the tree down and destroy it, but leave the stump of its roots in the earth, among the soft grass of the field, with a band of iron and bronze round it, let the dews of heaven drench it—and let him share the food of animals, till seven years pass over him”? 24 Well, this is the meaning, O king. It is a decree of the Most High which befalls my lord the king: 25 you shall be driven away from human beings to dwell with the wild animals, you shall be forced to eat grass like cattle, you shall be drenched with the dews of heaven, and seven years shall pass over you, till you learn that the Most High reigns over the realm of men and gives it to any- 26 one whom he chooses. The order to spare the stump of the tree’s roots means that your kingdom shall be secured for you, after you have learned that it is the Heavens who reign. 27 Therefore let my advice be acceptable to you, O king; make an end of your sins by practising justice and showing pity to the oppressed: perhaps your prosperity may be prolonged.’
28 All this befell king Nebuchadnezzar. 29 Twelve months later he was walking on the roof of the royal palace in Babylon; 30 the king was saying, ‘There lies Babylon the great, which I have built for a royal residence by my vast power and to my noble majesty!’ 31 The words had not left his lips when a voice fell from heaven: ‘O king Nebuchadnezzar, here is your sentence: your kingdom is taken from you! 32 You shall be driven away from human beings to dwell with the wild animals, you shall be forced to eat grass like cattle, and seven years shall pass over you, till you learn that, the Most High reigns over the realm of men, and gives it to anyone whom he chooses.’
33 The sentence was carried out instantly upon Nebuchadnezzar; he was driven away from human beings, he ate grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dews of heaven, till his hair grew as long as the feathers of an eagle and his nails grew like the claws of a bird. 34 When the time was over, I Nebuchadnezzar lifted my eyes to heaven, my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, praising and honouring him who lives for ever, for his dominion is an everlasting dominion and his kingdom lasts from age to age; 35 before him the inhabitants of the earth are all reckoned as of no account; he does as he pleases in the hosts of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth, and none can interfere with him or ask him what 36 he is doing. My reason returned to me at the same moment, and, to the glory of my kingdom, I regained my majesty and splendour; my ministers of state and my lords came to consult me, I was firmly seated on my throne and invested with supreme. power. 37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and exalt and honour the King of heaven, for all he does is right, his dealings are all just, and haughty men he is able to abase.”