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\BibleBook{Daniel}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of Daniel foretelling about God controlling all nations of the world and about the coming one. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Daniel }

\BibleSectionHeading{Daniel was taken to Babylon }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Daniel was taken to Babylon }
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\chapterNumber{1}After|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" in|strong="H8141" Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5921" almost|strong="H4592" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141", King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" came|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H3389"\+w*} and|strong="H3063" surrounded|strong="H5437" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w two|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w*,} Yahweh|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H5414" Nebuchadnezzar’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* } to|strong="H5414" capture|strong="H3920" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". They|strong="H3027" also|strong="H3027" took|strong="H4428" some|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" things|strong="H3627" that|strong="H5414" were|strong="H3063" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3063" took|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" Babylonia|strong="H0894". There|strong="H8033" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5414" god|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" commanded|strong="H6680" Ashpenaz|strong="H0828", the|strong="H4480" chief|strong="H7227" official|strong="H5631" in|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3478" palace|strong="H1004", to|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w him|strong="H4480"\+w*} some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" Israeli men|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w whom|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*. \+w He|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w men|strong="H1121"\+w* } who|strong="H1121" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" important|strong="H5704" families|strong="H1121", including|strong="H4428" the|strong="H4480" family|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4480" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w only|strong="H3605"\+w*} men|strong="H3206" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H5612" very|strong="H3045" healthy|strong="H1277", handsome|strong="H2896"/good-looking|strong="H2896", wise|strong="H7919", well-educated, capable|strong="H3581" of|strong="H4428" learning|strong="H5612" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H3605", and|strong="H4428" suitable|strong="H5048" for|strong="H4428" working|strong="H4639" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1964". He|strong="H3605" also|strong="H4428" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H4428" teach|strong="H3925" them|strong="H5975" the|strong="H3605" Babylonian|strong="H3778" language|strong="H3956" and|strong="H4428" have|strong="H3045" them|strong="H5975" read|strong="H5612" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3045" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H3605" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Babylonian|strong="H3778" language|strong="H3956". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w servants|strong="H6440"\+w*}, “Give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" same|strong="H1697" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H4428" food|strong="H6598" and|strong="H4428" wine|strong="H3196" that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440". Train|strong="H3925" them|strong="H6440" for|strong="H6440" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141". Then|strong="H5975" they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" become|strong="H1431" my|strong="H6440" servants|strong="H6440".” 
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\verseNumber{6}Among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H1961" young|strong="H1121" Israeli men|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w chosen|strong="H0977"\+w*} were|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w me|strong="H1961"\+w*}, Daniel|strong="H1840", and|strong="H1121" Hananiah|strong="H2608", Mishael|strong="H4332", and|strong="H1121" Azariah|strong="H5838", who|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" came|strong="H1961" from|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H1992" Ashpenaz|strong="H0828" gave|strong="H7760" us|strong="H7760" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Babylonian|strong="H3778"\+w*} names|strong="H8034". The|strong="H7760" name|strong="H8034" he|strong="H7760" gave|strong="H7760" to|strong="H8034" me|strong="H7760" was|strong="H8034" Belteshazzar|strong="H1095", the|strong="H7760" name|strong="H8034" he|strong="H7760" gave|strong="H7760" to|strong="H8034" Hananiah|strong="H2608" was|strong="H8034" Shadrach|strong="H7714", the|strong="H7760" name|strong="H8034" he|strong="H7760" gave|strong="H7760" to|strong="H8034" Mishael|strong="H4332" was|strong="H8034" Meshach|strong="H4335", and|strong="H8269" the|strong="H7760" name|strong="H8034" he|strong="H7760" gave|strong="H7760" to|strong="H8034" Azariah|strong="H5838" was|strong="H8034" Abednego. 
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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H3808" I|strong="H5921" decided|strong="H3289" that|strong="H4428" I|strong="H5921" would|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H5921" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H4428" food|strong="H6598" that|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" ate|strong="H0398", or|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H4960" the|strong="H5921" wine|strong="H3196" that|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3808" drank|strong="H4960", because|strong="H5921" that|strong="H4428" would|strong="H4428" make|strong="H7760" me|strong="H5921" ◄ritually defiled|strong="H1351"/unacceptable|strong="H4284" to|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3808"►. So|strong="H3808" I|strong="H5921" asked|strong="H1245" Ashpenaz|strong="H0828" to|strong="H5921" allow|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H4428" drink|strong="H4960" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{9}God|strong="H5414" had|strong="H5414" caused|strong="H5414" Ashpenaz|strong="H0828" to|strong="H5414" greatly|strong="H3966" respect|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440", 
\verseNumber{10}but|strong="H7200" he|strong="H4480" was|strong="H4428" worried|strong="H1672" about|strong="H4480" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H7200" suggested|strong="H5414". He|strong="H4480" said|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H7200" master|strong="H8269", the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", has|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H7200" you|strong="H6440" eat|strong="H3978" the|strong="H6440" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H4428" food|strong="H3978" and|strong="H4428" drink|strong="H4960" that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H4480" does|strong="H4100". If|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H3978"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w things|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w as|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w a|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w result|strong="H4480"\+w*} you|strong="H6440" become|strong="H7200" more|strong="H4480" thin|strong="H1851" and|strong="H4428" pale|strong="H6289" than|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0312" young|strong="H3206" men|strong="H3206" who|strong="H4428" are|strong="H4100" your|strong="H6440" age|strong="H1524", he|strong="H4480" will|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w his|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6440"\+w*} cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H4480" my|strong="H7200" head|strong="H7218" because|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H7200" done|strong="H6213"!” 
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\verseNumber{11}Ashpenaz|strong="H0828" had|strong="H8269" ordered|strong="H6680" a|strong="H5921" guard|strong="H2876" to|strong="H5921" watch|strong="H8104" me|strong="H5921", Hananiah|strong="H2608", Mishael|strong="H4332", and|strong="H8269" Azariah|strong="H5838". 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H4480" I|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5414" this|strong="H5414" guard|strong="H2876": “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Please|strong="H4994"\+w*} test|strong="H5254" us|strong="H5414" for|strong="H4325" ten|strong="H6235" days|strong="H3117". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w During|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w time|strong="H3117"\+w*} give|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} vegetables|strong="H2235" to|strong="H5414" eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H3117" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H5414" drink|strong="H8354". 
\verseNumber{13}After|strong="H7200" ten|strong="H6235" days|strong="H3117", see|strong="H7200" how|strong="H6213" we|strong="H6213" look|strong="H7200", and|strong="H4428" see|strong="H7200" how|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0312" young|strong="H3206" men|strong="H3206" look|strong="H7200", the|strong="H6440" ones|strong="H3206" who|strong="H5650" are|strong="H5650" eating|strong="H0398" the|strong="H6440" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H4428" food|strong="H6598" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" eats|strong="H0398". Then|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6440" can|strong="H5650" decide|strong="H7200" about|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w food|strong="H6598"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w let|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w us|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w eat|strong="H0398"\+w*}.” 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H8085" guard|strong="H2876" agreed|strong="H8085" to|strong="H3117" do|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" I|strong="H3117" suggested|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" tested|strong="H5254" us|strong="H3117" like|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3117" ten|strong="H6235" days|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{15}After|strong="H4480" ten|strong="H6235" days|strong="H3117", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w*} my|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" friends|strong="H7453" and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H3117" looked|strong="H7200" healthier [DOU] than|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" young|strong="H3206" men|strong="H3206" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H3605" eating|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" food|strong="H6598" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" wanted|strong="H2654" them|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3117" eat|strong="H0398". 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H1961" after|strong="H1961" that|strong="H5414", the|strong="H5414" guard|strong="H2876" gave|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} vegetables|strong="H2235" to|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398"; he|strong="H5414" did|strong="H1961" not|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" king’s|strong="H4428" special|strong="H6381" food|strong="H6598" and|strong="H3196" wine|strong="H3196". 
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\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H2451" God|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" four|strong="H0702" young|strong="H3206" men|strong="H3206" wisdom|strong="H2451" and|strong="H2451" the|strong="H3605" ability|strong="H3581" to|strong="H5414" study|strong="H3854" many|strong="H7227" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Babylonians|strong="H1121" had|strong="H5414" written|strong="H3789" and|strong="H2451" studied|strong="H1875". And|strong="H2451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w also|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w*} me|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" ability|strong="H3581" to|strong="H5414" understand|strong="H7919" the|strong="H3605" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H3605" visions|strong="H2377" and|strong="H2451" dreams|strong="H2472". 
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\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H3117" those|strong="H1992" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" set|strong="H7760" for|strong="H6440" training us|strong="H6440" young|strong="H3117" men|strong="H8269" from|strong="H6440" Judah|strong="H3063" were|strong="H3117" ended|strong="H1961", Ashpenaz|strong="H0828" brought|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019". 
\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" talked|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w each|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} us|strong="H6440", and|strong="H4428" realized|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3605" none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" young|strong="H4672" men|strong="H3605" were|strong="H4428" as|strong="H6440" capable|strong="H2428" as|strong="H6440" Hananiah|strong="H2608", Mishael|strong="H4332", Azariah|strong="H5838" and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H3808" were|strong="H4428". So|strong="H3808" we|strong="H3605" four|strong="H0702" became|strong="H3205" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" special|strong="H6381" advisors/servants|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{20}In|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" important|strong="H5704" matters|strong="H1697", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" found|strong="H4672" that|strong="H3605" what|strong="H1697" we|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w four|strong="H0702"\+w* \+w men|strong="H3605"\+w*} advised|strong="H0559" was|strong="H1697" ten|strong="H6235" times|strong="H3027" as|strong="H1697" good|strong="H2896" as|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" magicians|strong="H2748" and|strong="H4428" sorcerers|strong="H3784"/fortune-tellers|strong="H6049" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4438" advised|strong="H0559". 
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\verseNumber{21}I|strong="H5704" remained|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w there|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w serving|strong="H5647"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w more|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w than|strong="H4428"\+w* 60 \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w*}, until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" first|strong="H7223" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H4428" Cyrus|strong="H3566" became|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428". 

\BibleSectionHeading{What Nebuchadnezzar dreamed }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{What Nebuchadnezzar dreamed }
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\chapterNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w One|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w night|strong="H3915"\+w*} during|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" second|strong="H8147" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H8141" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" ruled|strong="H4427", he|strong="H8147" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" dream|strong="H2472". The|strong="H5921" dream|strong="H2472" worried|strong="H1672" him|strong="H5921" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H5921"; and|strong="H8141" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w*} he|strong="H8147" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H1961" sleep|strong="H8142". 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w next|strong="H4283"\+w* \+w morning|strong="H1242"\+w* } he|strong="H7121" summoned|strong="H7121" his|strong="H7121" men|strong="H7121" who|strong="H4428" worked|strong="H2388" magic, fortune-tellers|strong="H6049", those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H4428" worked|strong="H2388" sorcery|strong="H3784", and|strong="H4428" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H4428" studied|strong="H1875" the|strong="H6440" stars|strong="H3556". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w he|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w forgotten|strong="H7911"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w he|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w dreamed|strong="H2492"\+w*,} he|strong="H7121" insisted|strong="H6484" that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H6440" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H6440" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H7121" had|strong="H4428" dreamed|strong="H2492". As|strong="H6440" they|strong="H6440" stood|strong="H5975" there|strong="H5975" in|strong="H4428" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", 
\verseNumber{3}he|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3045" had|strong="H4428" a|strong="H2492" dream|strong="H2472" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w last|strong="H0314"\+w* \+w night|strong="H3915"\+w* } that|strong="H3045" worries me|strong="H3045". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Tell|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w me|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w what|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w dreamed|strong="H2492"\+w*, \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3045" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H4428" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3045" dream|strong="H2472" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w means|strong="H3027"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H1696" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4428" studied|strong="H1875" the|strong="H1696" stars|strong="H3556" replied|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H1696" king|strong="H4428", speaking|strong="H1696" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1696" Aramaic|strong="H0762" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w language|strong="H3956"\+w*}. They|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1696", “King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H4430", we|strong="H0587" hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H4428" you|strong="H1696" will|strong="H4428" live|strong="H2418" a|strong="H1696" long|strong="H5957" time|strong="H6256"! Tell|strong="H1696" us|strong="H5649" what|strong="H1696" you|strong="H1696" dreamed|strong="H2492", and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H1696"\+w*} we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H4428" tell|strong="H1696" you|strong="H1696" what|strong="H1696" it|strong="H1696" means|strong="H3027"!” 
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\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H4481" the|strong="H4481" king|strong="H4430" replied|strong="H6032", “I|strong="H4481" have|strong="H7761" firmly|strong="H2388" decided|strong="H3289" that|strong="H3046" you|strong="H2006" must|strong="H4191" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H4481" the|strong="H4481" dream|strong="H2493", and|strong="H6032" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H4430"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w me|strong="H4481"\+w*} what|strong="H4406" it|strong="H2006" means|strong="H3027". If|strong="H2006" you|strong="H2006" do|strong="H5648" not|strong="H3809" do|strong="H5648" that|strong="H3046", I|strong="H4481" will|strong="H4430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w order|strong="H4616"\+w* \+w my|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3046"\+w*} cut|strong="H5648" you|strong="H2006" into|strong="H0413" pieces|strong="H1917", and|strong="H6032" to|strong="H3046" cause|strong="H2600" your|strong="H3068" houses|strong="H1005" to|strong="H3046" become|strong="H1961" only|strong="H0389" piles|strong="H6651" of|strong="H4481" stones|strong="H0068"! 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H4481" if|strong="H2006" you|strong="H4481" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H6925" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H4481" dreamed|strong="H2492" and|strong="H3367" what|strong="H4100" it|strong="H2006" means|strong="H3027", I|strong="H4481" will|strong="H3068" reward|strong="H5023" you|strong="H4481". I|strong="H4481" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H4481" wonderful|strong="H6381" gifts|strong="H4978" and|strong="H3367" greatly|strong="H7690" honor|strong="H3367" you|strong="H4481". So|strong="H2006" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H6925" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H4481" dreamed|strong="H2492" and|strong="H3367" what|strong="H4100" it|strong="H2006" means|strong="H3027"!” 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3588" again|strong="H8579" they|strong="H1992" said|strong="H6032", “Tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H5649" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0859" dreamed|strong="H2492", and|strong="H6032" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w then|strong="H4430"\+w*} we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H4430" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H0859" what|strong="H4100" it|strong="H2324" means|strong="H3027".” 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430" replied|strong="H6032", “I|strong="H4481" know|strong="H3046" that|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" just|strong="H6903" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H3046" get|strong="H3947" more|strong="H4481" time|strong="H5732", because|strong="H6903" you|strong="H1768" know|strong="H3046" that|strong="H1768" I|strong="H4481" will|strong="H1768" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3046" you|strong="H1768" what|strong="H1768" I|strong="H4481" said|strong="H6032" that|strong="H1768" I|strong="H4481" would|strong="H0014" do|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H3606" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1768" studied|strong="H1875" the|strong="H3606" stars|strong="H3556" replied|strong="H6032", “There|strong="H6903" is|strong="H1768" no|strong="H3809" one|strong="H1836" on|strong="H5922" the|strong="H3606" earth|strong="H3007" who|strong="H1768" can|strong="H3202" do|strong="H5922" what|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" ask|strong="H7592"! There|strong="H6903" is|strong="H1768" no|strong="H3809" king|strong="H4430", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H1768"\+w*} a|strong="H6032" great|strong="H7229" and|strong="H6032" mighty|strong="H1368" king|strong="H4430", who|strong="H1768" has|strong="H1768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ever|strong="H3809"\+w*} asked|strong="H7593" his|strong="H5922" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1768" work|strong="H4399" magic or|strong="H3809" his|strong="H5922" fortune-tellers|strong="H6049" or|strong="H3809" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1768" study|strong="H3854" the|strong="H3606" stars|strong="H3556" to|strong="H5922" do|strong="H5922" something|strong="H4406" like|strong="H4406" that|strong="H1768"! 
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430" was|strong="H4430" very|strong="H7690" angry|strong="H1149" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H6903" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3606", so|strong="H6903" he|strong="H6903" commanded|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H3606"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} that|strong="H3606" they|strong="H3606" execute|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3606" such|strong="H1836" wise|strong="H2445" men|strong="H2445" in|strong="H4430" Babylon|strong="H0894". 
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\verseNumber{14}Arioch|strong="H0746", the|strong="H1768" commander|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4430" the|strong="H1768" king’s|strong="H4430" guards|strong="H7323", came|strong="H1768" to|strong="H2942" kill|strong="H6992" us|strong="H8421". But|strong="H1768" I|strong="H1768" spoke|strong="H8421" to|strong="H2942" him|strong="H5414" very|strong="H3966" wisely|strong="H2451" and|strong="H4430" tactfully/skillfully|strong="H2805". 
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\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H0227" I|strong="H0589" went|strong="H1841" home|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1005" I|strong="H0589" told|strong="H5046" my|strong="H8104" friends|strong="H2269", Hananiah|strong="H2608", Mishael|strong="H4333", and|strong="H1005" Azariah|strong="H5839", what|strong="H4406" had|strong="H3068" happened|strong="H1961". 
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“We|strong="H1768" should|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H1984" God|strong="H0430" [MTY] forever|strong="H5957", 
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\verseNumber{21}He|strong="H1932" determines what|strong="H4100" events|strong="H1697" will|strong="H5732" happen|strong="H1961" through|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3046" years|strong="H8141". 
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\verseNumber{22}He|strong="H1932" reveals|strong="H1541" things|strong="H5642" that|strong="H3046" are|strong="H1932" very|strong="H3966" mysterious|strong="H6013"; 
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he|strong="H1932" is|strong="H1932" surrounded|strong="H5437" by|strong="H5974" light|strong="H5094", 
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\verseNumber{23}God|strong="H0430", whom|strong="H1768" my|strong="H4430" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}, 
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because|strong="H4481" you|strong="H1768" have|strong="H1768" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H3052" to|strong="H3046" be|strong="H3705" wise|strong="H2450" and|strong="H4430" made|strong="H3046" me|strong="H3052" strong|strong="H2388". 
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You|strong="H1768" have|strong="H1768" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H3052" what|strong="H1768" my|strong="H4430" friends|strong="H7453" and|strong="H4430" I|strong="H4481" asked|strong="H1156" you|strong="H1768" to|strong="H3046" tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H5414"; 
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and|strong="H4430" you|strong="H1768" have|strong="H1768" revealed|strong="H1540" to|strong="H3046" us|strong="H5414" what|strong="H1768" the|strong="H4481" king|strong="H4430" demanded|strong="H7592" to|strong="H3046" know|strong="H3046".” 

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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H6903" I|strong="H1836" went|strong="H5954" to|strong="H5922" Arioch|strong="H0746", the|strong="H3606" man|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H1768" the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430" had|strong="H4430" appointed|strong="H4483" to|strong="H5922" execute|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3606" wise|strong="H2445" men|strong="H2445" in|strong="H5954" Babylon|strong="H0894". I|strong="H1836" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5922" him|strong="H5922", “Do|strong="H5922" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H2026" those|strong="H1768" wise|strong="H2445" men|strong="H2445". Take|strong="H5954" me|strong="H5922" to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430", and|strong="H4430" I|strong="H1836" will|strong="H1768" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5922" what|strong="H1768" his|strong="H5922" dream|strong="H2472" means|strong="H6903".” 
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\verseNumber{25}So|strong="H1768" Arioch|strong="H0746" quickly|strong="H4116" took|strong="H3947" me|strong="H6925" to|strong="H6925" the|strong="H4481" king|strong="H4430". He|strong="H1768" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6925" the|strong="H4481" king|strong="H4430", “I|strong="H4481" have|strong="H1768" found|strong="H7912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w this|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w man|strong="H1400"\+w*}, one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H4481" men|strong="H1400" whom|strong="H1768" we|strong="H1768" brought|strong="H5954" from|strong="H4481" Judah|strong="H3061" who|strong="H1768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w says|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w can|strong="H1768"\+w*} can|strong="H1768" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H1768" what|strong="H1768" your|strong="H1768" dream|strong="H2472" means|strong="H3027"!” 
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\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H1768" king|strong="H4430" said|strong="H6032" to|strong="H3046" me|strong="H0413", whose|strong="H1768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w new|strong="H2319"\+w*} name|strong="H8036" was|strong="H1841" Belteshazzar|strong="H1096", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Is|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w this|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w true|strong="H0571"\+w*}? Can|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H0413" what|strong="H1768" I|strong="H1768" dreamed|strong="H2492" and|strong="H6032" what|strong="H1768" it|strong="H5414" means|strong="H3027"?” 
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\verseNumber{27}I|strong="H1768" replied|strong="H6032", “There|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" no|strong="H3809" wise|strong="H2445" men|strong="H2445" or|strong="H3809" fortune-tellers|strong="H6049" or|strong="H3809" men|strong="H2445" who|strong="H1768" work|strong="H4399" magic or|strong="H3809" men|strong="H2445" who|strong="H1768" work|strong="H4399" sorcery|strong="H3784" who|strong="H1768" can|strong="H3202" tell|strong="H5046" such|strong="H1768" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3202" you|strong="H1768". 
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\verseNumber{44}But|strong="H1768" while|strong="H5704" those|strong="H1768" kings|strong="H4430" are|strong="H1768" ruling|strong="H4910", God|strong="H0430" who|strong="H1768" rules|strong="H4910" in|strong="H4430" heaven|strong="H8065" will|strong="H1768" establish|strong="H6966" a|strong="H6966" kingdom|strong="H4437" that|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" never|strong="H5957" end|strong="H5487". No|strong="H3809" one|strong="H1932" will|strong="H1768" ever|strong="H5957" defeat|strong="H5221" its|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4430". He|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" completely|strong="H3617" destroy|strong="H2255" all|strong="H3606" those|strong="H1768" kingdoms|strong="H4437", but|strong="H1768" his|strong="H3606" kingdom|strong="H4437" will|strong="H1768" remain|strong="H3427" forever|strong="H5957". 
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O|strong="H3069" king|strong="H4430", the|strong="H3606" great|strong="H7229" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H1768" shown|strong="H7200" you|strong="H1768" what|strong="H4101" will|strong="H4101" truly|strong="H3588" happen|strong="H1961" in|strong="H4430" the|strong="H3606" future|strong="H0319". And|strong="H6523" you|strong="H1768" can|strong="H1768" trust|strong="H0982" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4101"\+w* \+w I|strong="H1836"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w you|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5439"\+w*} the|strong="H3606" meaning|strong="H3330" of|strong="H4430" the|strong="H3606" dream|strong="H2493".” 

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\verseNumber{46}Then|strong="H4430" King|strong="H4430" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H5315" in|strong="H5922" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4430" me|strong="H5922" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5922"\+w* \+w great|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w respect|strong="H6437"\+w*}. He|strong="H5020" commanded|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H5922"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} that|strong="H5922" they|strong="H1992" burn|strong="H8313" incense|strong="H5208" and|strong="H5308" burn|strong="H8313" an|strong="H4430" offering|strong="H4504" of|strong="H4430" grain|strong="H1715" to|strong="H5922" honor|strong="H3519" me|strong="H5922". 
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\verseNumber{48}Then|strong="H4430" the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430" gave|strong="H3052" many|strong="H7690" gifts|strong="H4978" to|strong="H5922" me|strong="H5922", and|strong="H4430" he|strong="H1841" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H4430"\+w*} appointed|strong="H4150" me|strong="H5922" to|strong="H5922" rule|strong="H7981" over|strong="H5922" the|strong="H3606" entire|strong="H3606" province|strong="H4083" of|strong="H4430" Babylon|strong="H0894", and|strong="H4430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w also|strong="H4430"\+w*} to|strong="H5922" be|strong="H1841" the|strong="H3606" boss of|strong="H4430" all|strong="H3606" his|strong="H5922" wise|strong="H2445" men|strong="H2445". 
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\chapterNumber{3}King|strong="H4430" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020" ordered|strong="H6680" his|strong="H5020" men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H4430" make|strong="H5648" a|strong="H5648" gold|strong="H1722" statue|strong="H6755". It|strong="H5414" was|strong="H4430" ◄90 feet|strong="H7272"/27 meters► high|strong="H1116" and|strong="H4430" ◄9 feet|strong="H7272"/2.7 meters► wide|strong="H6613". They|strong="H1768" set|strong="H6966" it|strong="H5414" up|strong="H6966" in|strong="H4430" the|strong="H5020" Dura|strong="H1757" plain|strong="H1236" in|strong="H4430" Babylon|strong="H0894" province|strong="H4083". 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" hear|strong="H8086" the|strong="H3606" sounds|strong="H6963" made|strong="H6966" by|strong="H6966" the|strong="H3606" trumpets|strong="H2689", the|strong="H3606" flutes|strong="H2485", the|strong="H3606" guitars, the|strong="H3606" harps|strong="H3658", the|strong="H3606" wind|strong="H7307" instruments|strong="H3627", and|strong="H5308" all|strong="H3606" the|strong="H3606" other|strong="H0312" musical|strong="H7892" instruments|strong="H3627", bow|strong="H7198" down|strong="H5308" to|strong="H5308" worship|strong="H5457" King|strong="H4430" Nebuchadnezzar’s gold|strong="H1722" statue|strong="H6755". 
\verseNumber{6}Anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H1768" refuses|strong="H3985" to|strong="H5308" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" be|strong="H3809" thrown|strong="H7993" into|strong="H1459" a|strong="H3809" blazing|strong="H3345" furnace|strong="H3564"!” 
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\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H1768" when|strong="H1768" all|strong="H3606" those|strong="H1768" people|strong="H5972" who|strong="H1768" had|strong="H4430" gathered|strong="H6960" heard|strong="H8086" the|strong="H3606" sounds|strong="H6963" made|strong="H6966" by|strong="H6966" the|strong="H3606" musical|strong="H7892" instruments|strong="H3627", they|strong="H3606" all|strong="H3606" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H5308" to|strong="H5308" worship|strong="H5457" the|strong="H3606" statue|strong="H6755". 
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\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H1768" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1768" the|strong="H3606" men|strong="H1400" who|strong="H1768" studied|strong="H1875" the|strong="H3606" stars|strong="H3556" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1400" the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{9}They|strong="H1992" reported|strong="H5046" to|strong="H4430" him|strong="H5414", “We|strong="H0587" hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H4430" you|strong="H0859", O|strong="H3069" king|strong="H4430", will|strong="H4430" live|strong="H2418" a|strong="H6032" long|strong="H5957" time|strong="H6256"! 
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\verseNumber{12}Sir|strong="H0113", there|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" some|strong="H4480" men|strong="H1400" from|strong="H1768" Judah|strong="H3062" whom|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" have|strong="H7761" appointed|strong="H4483" to|strong="H5922" be|strong="H3809" officials|strong="H1400" in|strong="H5922" Babylon|strong="H0894" province|strong="H4083" who|strong="H1768" have|strong="H7761" not|strong="H3809" obeyed|strong="H8085" your|strong="H6399" decree|strong="H2942". Their|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" are|strong="H1768" Shadrach|strong="H7715", Meshach|strong="H4336", and|strong="H4336" Abednego. They|strong="H1768" have|strong="H7761" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H5922" worship|strong="H5457" your|strong="H6399" god|strong="H0430" and|strong="H4336" the|strong="H5922" gold|strong="H1722" statue|strong="H6755" that|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" have|strong="H7761" set|strong="H6966" up|strong="H6966".” 
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\verseNumber{13}Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020" became|strong="H3205" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734". He|strong="H5020" commanded|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H6925"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} to|strong="H6925" bring|strong="H0935" in|strong="H4430" Shadrach|strong="H7715", Meshach|strong="H4336", and|strong="H4336" Abednego. When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1400" brought|strong="H0935" to|strong="H6925" him|strong="H6925", 
\verseNumber{14}Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020" said|strong="H6032" to|strong="H5665" them|strong="H5414", “Is|strong="H1768" it|strong="H5414" true|strong="H6656" that|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" three|strong="H7969" men|strong="H0376" have|strong="H5020" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H5665" worship|strong="H5457" my|strong="H6399" gods|strong="H0430" or|strong="H3809" the|strong="H5020" gold|strong="H1722" statue|strong="H6755" that|strong="H1768" I|strong="H1768" have|strong="H5020" set|strong="H6966" up|strong="H6966"? 
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\verseNumber{16}Shadrach|strong="H7715", Meshach|strong="H4336", and|strong="H6032" Abednego replied|strong="H6032", “Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020", we|strong="H3809" do|strong="H5922" not|strong="H3809" need|strong="H2818" to|strong="H5922" defend|strong="H1598" our|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w actions|strong="H5949"\+w*} to|strong="H5922" you|strong="H5922" in|strong="H5922" this|strong="H1836" matter|strong="H6600". 
\verseNumber{17}If|strong="H2006" we|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" thrown|strong="H7993" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H4481" blazing|strong="H3345" furnace|strong="H3564", the|strong="H4481" God|strong="H0430" whom|strong="H1768" we|strong="H1768" worship|strong="H7812" is|strong="H1768" able|strong="H3202" to|strong="H3202" rescue|strong="H7804" us|strong="H7804". Sir|strong="H0113", he|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" rescue|strong="H7804" us|strong="H7804" from|strong="H4481" your|strong="H6399" power|strong="H3028". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H1768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H1768"\+w*} if|strong="H2006" he|strong="H1768" does|strong="H1934" not|strong="H3809" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rescue|strong="H5337"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5414"\+w*}, you|strong="H1768" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3046" know|strong="H3046" that|strong="H1768" we|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" never|strong="H3808" worship|strong="H5457" your|strong="H6399" gods|strong="H0430" or|strong="H2006" the|strong="H5457" gold|strong="H1722" statue|strong="H6755" that|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" have|strong="H1934" set|strong="H6966" up|strong="H6966".” 
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\verseNumber{19}Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020" was|strong="H5020" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w His|strong="H5922"\+w* \+w being|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w angry|strong="H2734"\+w* \+w even|strong="H1768"\+w*} showed|strong="H7200" on|strong="H5922" his|strong="H5922" face|strong="H6440". He|strong="H1768" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H1768" the|strong="H5922" furnace|strong="H3564" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" made|strong="H6213" seven|strong="H7655" times|strong="H7655" as|strong="H1768" hot|strong="H2552" as|strong="H1768" usual|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H3651" Shadrach|strong="H7715", Meshach|strong="H4336", and|strong="H4336" Abednego fell|strong="H5308" into|strong="H1459" the|strong="H3605" roaring|strong="H7581" flames|strong="H5135". 
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\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H3588" as|strong="H0834" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020" was|strong="H4430" watching|strong="H8245", he|strong="H5020" was|strong="H4430" amazed|strong="H8539". He|strong="H5020" suddenly|strong="H6597" jumped up|strong="H6966" and|strong="H6032" shouted|strong="H7321" to|strong="H4430" his|strong="H5020" advisors, “Did|strong="H6213" we|strong="H3809" tie|strong="H3729" up|strong="H6966" three|strong="H8532" men|strong="H1400" and|strong="H6032" throw|strong="H7993" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H1459" the|strong="H5020" flames|strong="H5135", or|strong="H3809" not|strong="H3809"?” 
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They|strong="H3809" replied|strong="H6032", “Yes|strong="H3588", O|strong="H3069" king|strong="H4430", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w we|strong="H3809"\+w* \+w did|strong="H6213"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{25}Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" shouted|strong="H7321", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Look|strong="H1888"\+w*}! I|strong="H1768" see|strong="H2370" four|strong="H0702" men|strong="H1400" in|strong="H1981" the|strong="H1768" fire|strong="H5135"! They|strong="H1768" have|strong="H1768" no|strong="H3809" ropes|strong="H5688" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414", they|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" walking|strong="H1981" around|strong="H5439", and|strong="H6032" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w flames|strong="H5135"\+w*} are|strong="H1768" not|strong="H3809" hurting|strong="H7489" them|strong="H5414"! And|strong="H6032" the|strong="H1768" fourth|strong="H7244" man|strong="H1400" looks|strong="H7200" like|strong="H1821" a|strong="H2370" divine|strong="H7080" being|strong="H1961"!” 
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\verseNumber{26}Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020" came|strong="H7127" closer|strong="H5066" to|strong="H5312" the|strong="H4481" opening|strong="H6310" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H4481" flaming|strong="H3852" furnace|strong="H3564", and|strong="H6032" he|strong="H1768" shouted|strong="H7321", “Shadrach|strong="H7715", Meshach|strong="H4336", and|strong="H6032" Abednego, you|strong="H1768" who|strong="H1768" worship|strong="H7812" the|strong="H4481" Supreme God|strong="H0430", come|strong="H7127" out|strong="H5312" of|strong="H4481" there|strong="H1768"! Come|strong="H7127" here|strong="H5312"!” So|strong="H1768" they|strong="H1768" stepped|strong="H3318" out|strong="H5312" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H4481" fire|strong="H5135". 
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\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H1768" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H1768" king’s|strong="H4430" officials|strong="H1907" crowded|strong="H6950" around|strong="H3673" them|strong="H5414". They|strong="H1768" saw|strong="H2370" that|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" flames|strong="H5135" had|strong="H4430" not|strong="H3809" harmed|strong="H2255" them|strong="H5414". The|strong="H1768" flames|strong="H5135" had|strong="H4430" not|strong="H3809" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H1768"\+w*} singed|strong="H2761" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4430" the|strong="H1768" hair|strong="H8177" on|strong="H7981" their|strong="H3605" heads|strong="H7217" or|strong="H3809" scorched|strong="H7710" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4430" their|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899"! There|strong="H1768" was|strong="H1655" not|strong="H3809" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H1768"\+w*} any|strong="H3605" smell|strong="H7382" of|strong="H4430" smoke|strong="H6227" on|strong="H7981" them|strong="H5414"! 
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\verseNumber{28}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H1768"\+w*} Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020" said|strong="H6032", “Praise|strong="H1984" the|strong="H3606" God|strong="H0430" whom|strong="H1768" Shadrach|strong="H7715", Meshach|strong="H4336", and|strong="H6032" Abednego \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H5457"\+w*}! He|strong="H1768" sent|strong="H7972" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4430" his|strong="H5922" angels|strong="H4397" to|strong="H5922" rescue|strong="H7804" these|strong="H0428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w three|strong="H7969"\+w*} men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1768" worship|strong="H5457" him|strong="H5922" and|strong="H6032" trust|strong="H7365" in|strong="H5922" him|strong="H5922". They|strong="H3606" ignored|strong="H6313" my|strong="H5922" command|strong="H4406"; they|strong="H3606" insisted|strong="H6484" that|strong="H1768" they|strong="H3606" would|strong="H0014" worship|strong="H5457" only|strong="H0389" their|strong="H3606" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H6032" were|strong="H1768" willing|strong="H0014" to|strong="H5922" die|strong="H4191" instead|strong="H5922" of|strong="H4430" worshiping|strong="H7812" any|strong="H3606" other|strong="H3861" god|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{30}Then|strong="H4430" the|strong="H4430" king|strong="H4430" gave|strong="H5414" Shadrach|strong="H7715", Meshach|strong="H4336", and|strong="H4336" Abednego more|strong="H3254" important|strong="H5704" positions|strong="H7896" in|strong="H4430" Babylon|strong="H0894" province|strong="H4083" than|strong="H4480" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H4430" before|strong="H6440". 

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“I|strong="H0589" wish|strong="H2896"/hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H1965" eveything is|strong="H0369" going|strong="H1980" very|strong="H3966" well|strong="H3190" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0859"! 
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\verseNumber{2}I|strong="H0589" want|strong="H4270" you|strong="H5922" to|strong="H5922" know|strong="H3045" about|strong="H5922" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} the|strong="H5922" wonderful|strong="H6381" miracles|strong="H6381" [DOU] that|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" Supreme God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3068" performed|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5922" me|strong="H5922". 
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\verseNumber{3}He|strong="H1768" performs|strong="H6213" great|strong="H1419" miracles|strong="H6381", 
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and|strong="H2493" does|strong="H6213" wonderful|strong="H6381" things|strong="H3606". 
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His|strong="H4481" kingdom|strong="H4467" will|strong="H1768" last|strong="H0314" forever|strong="H5769"; 
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\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H0589", Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019", was|strong="H3068" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H5954" my|strong="H8104" palace|strong="H1004". I|strong="H0589" was|strong="H3068" living|strong="H2416" luxuriantly, and|strong="H2493" everything|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3068" going|strong="H1980" very|strong="H3966" well|strong="H3190" for|strong="H3046" me|strong="H6925". 
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\verseNumber{24}◄Your|strong="H5922" Majesty|strong="H1926"/O|strong="H3069" King|strong="H4430"►, that|strong="H2006" is|strong="H0369" what|strong="H4100" your|strong="H5922" dream|strong="H2472" means|strong="H3027". That|strong="H2006" is|strong="H0369" what|strong="H4100" the|strong="H5922" Supreme God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H4430" declared|strong="H5046" will|strong="H4430" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5922" you|strong="H2006". 
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\verseNumber{28}But|strong="H4481" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4430"\+w* \+w refused|strong="H3985"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w stop|strong="H2308"\+w* \+w sinning|strong="H2398"\+w*. \+w So|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4406"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4430"\+w* \+w predicted|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5020"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w dream|strong="H2472"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4437"\+w*} what|strong="H4406" happened|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4481" him|strong="H4481". 
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\verseNumber{31}While|strong="H5704" he|strong="H1768" was|strong="H7985" still|strong="H5750" saying|strong="H0559" this|strong="H5922", God|strong="H0430" [MTY] spoke|strong="H8421" from|strong="H1768" heaven|strong="H8065" and|strong="H4437" said|strong="H0559", “King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020", this|strong="H5922" is|strong="H1768" what|strong="H1768" I|strong="H1768" am|strong="H1961" saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5922" you|strong="H1768": You|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" the|strong="H5922" ruler|strong="H4910" of|strong="H4437" this|strong="H5922" kingdom|strong="H4437"! 
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\verseNumber{33}Immediately|strong="H6965" what|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*} predicted|strong="H1696" happened|strong="H1961". Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w became|strong="H3205"\+w* insane, \+w so|strong="H3651"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5922"\+w* advisors} forced|strong="H4522" him|strong="H5922" to|strong="H5922" live|strong="H3427" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H3367" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971". He|strong="H0834" ate|strong="H0398" grass|strong="H2682" like|strong="H3644" cows|strong="H6510" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H5922"\+w*}, and|strong="H4437" dew|strong="H2919" from|strong="H3367" the|strong="H5922" sky|strong="H8064" caused|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5922" body|strong="H1320" to|strong="H5922" be|strong="H2122" damp|strong="H7447"/wet|strong="H6647" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w every|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w morning|strong="H1242"\+w*. \+w He|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3644"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5922"\+w*} until|strong="H5704" his|strong="H5922" hair|strong="H8181" was|strong="H7238" as|strong="H4437" long|strong="H0753" as|strong="H4437" eagles’|strong="H5404" feathers|strong="H5133", and|strong="H4437" his|strong="H5922" fingernails became|strong="H3205" like|strong="H3644" birds’|strong="H6853" claws|strong="H2953". 
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\verseNumber{34}“After|strong="H0310" those|strong="H8214" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w seven|strong="H7651"\+w*} years|strong="H8141" ended|strong="H1961", I|strong="H1768", Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020", looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H7313" toward|strong="H0413" heaven|strong="H8065", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4430"\+w* \+w I|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w acknowledged|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4430"\+w* \+w true|strong="H7187"\+w*}. Then|strong="H1768" I|strong="H1768" could|strong="H3202" think|strong="H2803" correctly|strong="H3651" again|strong="H7725". I|strong="H1768" praised|strong="H7624" and|strong="H4430" worshiped|strong="H7812" the|strong="H3606" Supreme God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H4430" I|strong="H1768" honored|strong="H1922" him|strong="H5414", the|strong="H3606" one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H1768" lives|strong="H5315" forever|strong="H5769". 
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He|strong="H1768" rules|strong="H4910" forever|strong="H5769"; 
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his|strong="H3606" kingdom|strong="H4467" will|strong="H1768" never|strong="H3808" end|strong="H7093". 
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\verseNumber{35}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" world|strong="H8398" are|strong="H3117" very|strong="H3966" insignificant|strong="H6819"; 
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we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3644" him|strong="H5414". 
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He|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" power|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" he|strong="H0834" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213", 
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among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" angels|strong="H4397" in|strong="H0935" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3967" among|strong="H8432" us|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" live|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776". 
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saying|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H5414", ‘Why|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w these|strong="H0428"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w*}?’ 
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\verseNumber{36}When|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" was|strong="H3068" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H0413" think|strong="H2803" correctly|strong="H3651" again|strong="H7725", I|strong="H0589" was|strong="H3068" honored|strong="H3513" again|strong="H7725", and|strong="H3967" I|strong="H0589" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w*} rule|strong="H4910" my|strong="H8104" glorious|strong="H8597"/great|strong="H1419" kingdom|strong="H4467" again|strong="H7725". My|strong="H8104" advisors came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" again|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5439"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w should|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*}, and|strong="H3967" I|strong="H0589" became|strong="H3205" greater|strong="H1419" and|strong="H3967" more|strong="H3254" powerful|strong="H2392" than|strong="H4480" I|strong="H0589" was|strong="H3068" before|strong="H6440". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The writing on the wall }

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\verseNumber{26}This|strong="H1836" is|strong="H4437" what|strong="H4406" those|strong="H1992" words|strong="H4406" mean|strong="H2823": 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Daniel was thrown into the lions’ den }

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\chapterNumber{6}King|strong="H4428" Darius|strong="H1868" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H1868" divide|strong="H2505" his|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4437" into|strong="H0413" 120 provinces|strong="H4082". He|strong="H0834" appointed|strong="H4150" a|strong="H1961" governor|strong="H6346" to|strong="H1868" rule|strong="H4910" each|strong="H0376" province|strong="H4082". 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H1768" the|strong="H3606" administrators|strong="H6486" and|strong="H1841" governors|strong="H6346" went|strong="H1841" as|strong="H3606" one|strong="H1836" group|strong="H7235" to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H1841" said|strong="H0559", “◄Your|strong="H1768" Majesty|strong="H1926"/O|strong="H3069" king|strong="H4428"►, we|strong="H1768" wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" live|strong="H3427" a|strong="H7912" long|strong="H0753" time|strong="H6256"! 
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\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H6903" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H1836" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3606" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3606"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4430"\+w*} had|strong="H4430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w written|strong="H7560"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4430"\+w*} signed|strong="H7560" that|strong="H3606" law|strong="H8451", I|strong="H1836" went|strong="H1980" home|strong="H1004". I|strong="H1836" knelt|strong="H5307" down|strong="H3381" in|strong="H4430" my|strong="H4430" upstairs room|strong="H2315" and|strong="H4430" prayed|strong="H6419". I|strong="H1836" looked|strong="H7200" toward|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H4430" the|strong="H3606" windows|strong="H2474" were|strong="H0834" open|strong="H6605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3606"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3606"\+w* \+w everyone|strong="H3606"\+w* \+w could|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w see|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w me|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w while|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w I|strong="H1836"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4430"\+w* \+w praying|strong="H6419"\+w*}. I|strong="H1836" prayed|strong="H6419" three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471" each|strong="H0376" day|strong="H3117", just|strong="H6903" as|strong="H3606" I|strong="H1836" always|strong="H3605" did|strong="H6213", thanking|strong="H3034" God|strong="H0430". 
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The|strong="H6925" king|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yes|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w that|strong="H1400"\+w* \+w is|strong="H0369"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6925"\+w* \+w law|strong="H8451"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1400"\+w* \+w I|strong="H1156"\+w* \+w wrote|strong="H3789"\+w*}. It|strong="H6925" is|strong="H0369" a|strong="H7912" law|strong="H8451" of|strong="H1156" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* governments \+w of|strong="H1156"\+w*} Media|strong="H4074" and|strong="H1841" Persia|strong="H6539", which|strong="H0834" cannot|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1841" canceled|strong="H3722".” 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1768" they|strong="H3606" said|strong="H6032" to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430", “Well|strong="H3190", that|strong="H1768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w man|strong="H3861"\+w*} Daniel|strong="H1841", one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H3606" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1768" were|strong="H1768" brought|strong="H0935" from|strong="H4481" Judah|strong="H3063", is|strong="H1768" not|strong="H3809" paying|strong="H1576" any|strong="H3606" attention|strong="H7181" to|strong="H5922" you|strong="H1768" or|strong="H3809" the|strong="H3606" law|strong="H1882" that|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w signed|strong="H7560"\+w*}. He|strong="H1768" prays|strong="H1156" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5922"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5922"\+w* \+w god|strong="H0430"\+w*} three|strong="H7969" times|strong="H6471" each|strong="H0376" day|strong="H3118"!” 
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\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H1768" the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3606" order|strong="H4616", and|strong="H4430" his|strong="H5922" servants|strong="H5650" brought|strong="H0935" me|strong="H5922" and|strong="H4430" threw|strong="H7993" me|strong="H5922" into|strong="H0413" a|strong="H6966" pit|strong="H0953" where|strong="H1768" the|strong="H3606" lions|strong="H3715" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H1400"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Before|strong="H5922"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3606"\+w* \+w threw|strong="H7993"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5922"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5922"\+w*}, the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5922" me|strong="H5922", “I|strong="H1768" hope|strong="H3176"/wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H1768" your|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0430", whom|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" worship|strong="H7812" regularly|strong="H8548", will|strong="H1768" rescue|strong="H5337" you|strong="H1768"!” 
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\verseNumber{19}At|strong="H3427" dawn|strong="H7837" the|strong="H5922" next|strong="H4283" morning|strong="H1242", the|strong="H5922" king|strong="H4430" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6925" and|strong="H4430" went|strong="H5954" quickly|strong="H4116" to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" pit|strong="H0953" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5922" lions|strong="H3715" were|strong="H3809". 
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\verseNumber{21}I|strong="H4481" answered|strong="H6032", “◄Your|strong="H6399" Majesty|strong="H1926"/O|strong="H3069" king|strong="H4430"►, I|strong="H4481" hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" live|strong="H3427" a|strong="H4481" long|strong="H0753" time|strong="H6256"! 
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\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430" was|strong="H4430" extremely|strong="H3966" happy|strong="H0835", and|strong="H4430" he|strong="H1768" commanded|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H7972"\+w* \+w servants|strong="H5650"\+w*} to|strong="H6925" lift|strong="H5375" me|strong="H6925" out|strong="H5648" of|strong="H4430" the|strong="H3606" pit|strong="H0953". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3606"\+w* \+w did|strong="H5648"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1768"\+w*, \+w they|strong="H3606"\+w*} saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H1768" the|strong="H3606" lions|strong="H3715" had|strong="H4430" not|strong="H3809" wounded|strong="H2491" me|strong="H6925" at|strong="H6903" all|strong="H3606". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4430"\+w* \+w protected|strong="H3467"\+w* \+w me|strong="H6925"\+w*} because|strong="H6903" I|strong="H1768" trusted|strong="H0982" in|strong="H7912" him|strong="H6925". 
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H1768" the|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430" commanded|strong="H4481" that|strong="H1768" the|strong="H3606" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1768" had|strong="H4430" accused|strong="H7170" me|strong="H5922" should|strong="H4430" be|strong="H3809" seized|strong="H8610" and|strong="H4430" be|strong="H3809" thrown|strong="H7993", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H1841" their|strong="H3606" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H4430" children|strong="H1121", into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3606" pit|strong="H0953" where|strong="H1768" the|strong="H3606" lions|strong="H3715" were|strong="H1768". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3606"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w thrown|strong="H7993"\+w* \+w into|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3606"\+w* \+w pit|strong="H0953"\+w*}, the|strong="H3606" lions|strong="H3715" leaped|strong="H6452" on|strong="H5922" them|strong="H5922" and|strong="H4430" crushed|strong="H7533" their|strong="H3606" bones|strong="H6106" before|strong="H4481" they|strong="H3606" fell|strong="H5307" onto|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3606" bottom|strong="H3247" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H3606" pit|strong="H0953"! 
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“I|strong="H1768" wish|strong="H2896"/hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H1768" everthing is|strong="H1768" going|strong="H1980" very|strong="H3966" well|strong="H3190" with|strong="H1841" you|strong="H1768"! 
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\verseNumber{26}I|strong="H1768" command|strong="H6680" that|strong="H1768" everyone|strong="H3606" in|strong="H1753" my|strong="H1768" kingdom|strong="H4467" should|strong="H4430" fear|strong="H3372" and|strong="H4430" revere|strong="H3372" the|strong="H3606" God|strong="H0430" that|strong="H1768" Daniel|strong="H1841" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worships|strong="H7812"\+w*}. 
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He|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" the|strong="H3606" all-powerful God|strong="H0430", 
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and|strong="H4430" he|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" live|strong="H1753" forever|strong="H5769". 
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His|strong="H3606" kingdom|strong="H4467" will|strong="H1768" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H8001" destroyed|strong="H4229"; 
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he|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" rule|strong="H4910" forever|strong="H5769". 
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\verseNumber{27}He|strong="H1768" rescues|strong="H5337" and|strong="H1763" saves|strong="H3467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H6925"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}. 
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He|strong="H1768" performs|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3606" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H4481" miracles|strong="H6381" 
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in|strong="H4437" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H1763" on|strong="H5705" the|strong="H3606" earth|strong="H0776". 
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He|strong="H1768" rescued|strong="H5337" Daniel|strong="H1841" from|strong="H4481" the|strong="H3606" power|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H3606" lions|strong="H3715"!” 
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\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H1768" I|strong="H4481" was|strong="H1841" successful|strong="H6743" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H4481" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H1768" Darius|strong="H1868" ruled|strong="H4427" and|strong="H8065" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H4481" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H1768" Cyrus|strong="H3566", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} of|strong="H4481" Persia|strong="H6539", ruled|strong="H4427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Daniel dreamed about four beasts }

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\verseNumber{2}I|strong="H0589", Daniel|strong="H1841", had|strong="H2370" a|strong="H2370" vision|strong="H2376" last|strong="H0314" night|strong="H3916". In|strong="H7229" the|strong="H2370" vision|strong="H2376" I|strong="H0589" saw|strong="H2370" that|strong="H8065" strong|strong="H2388" winds|strong="H7308" were|strong="H1934" blowing|strong="H8628" from|strong="H5974" all|strong="H3605" four|strong="H0702" directions|strong="H7253", stirring|strong="H1519" up|strong="H1934" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H2370"\+w* \+w water|strong="H4325"\+w* \+w in|strong="H7229"\+w*} the|strong="H2370" ocean|strong="H5437". 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H5922" first|strong="H6933" one|strong="H0259" resembled|strong="H1823" a|strong="H2370" lion|strong="H0738", but|strong="H1768" it|strong="H5922" had|strong="H2370" wings|strong="H1611" like|strong="H3644" an|strong="H5705" eagle|strong="H5403" has|strong="H1768". But|strong="H1768" as|strong="H1768" I|strong="H4481" watched|strong="H7200", something|strong="H1697" tore|strong="H7167" off|strong="H3772" its|strong="H5705" wings|strong="H1611" {its|strong="H5705" wings|strong="H1611" were|strong="H1934" pulled|strong="H5265" off|strong="H3772"}. The|strong="H5922" beast|strong="H0929" was|strong="H1934" left|strong="H7604" there|strong="H1768", standing|strong="H6966" on|strong="H5922" its|strong="H5705" two|strong="H8147" hind|strong="H0365"/rear|strong="H3411" legs|strong="H3767", like|strong="H3644" a|strong="H2370" human|strong="H0120" being|strong="H1961" stands|strong="H5975". And|strong="H7271" it|strong="H5922" was|strong="H1934" given|strong="H3052" a|strong="H2370" mind|strong="H3825" like|strong="H3644" humans have|strong="H1934". 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H6966" second|strong="H8578" beast|strong="H2423" resembled|strong="H1823" a|strong="H2298" bear|strong="H1678". It|strong="H1321" was|strong="H2423" crouching|strong="H7257", and|strong="H3652" it|strong="H1321" held|strong="H2388" between|strong="H0996" its|strong="H3605" teeth|strong="H8128" three|strong="H8532" ribs|strong="H5967" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w animal|strong="H0929"\+w* \+w that|strong="H6433"\+w* \+w it|strong="H1321"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3652"\+w* \+w eaten|strong="H0398"\+w*}. Someone|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6966" it|strong="H1321" {It|strong="H1321" was|strong="H2423" told|strong="H5046"}, “Stand|strong="H6966" up|strong="H6966" and|strong="H3652" eat|strong="H0398" as|strong="H3652" much|strong="H7690" meat|strong="H1321" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3652"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" will|strong="H1780" be|strong="H1780" a|strong="H5705" session/meeting|strong="H4150" of|strong="H5491" the|strong="H5705" court|strong="H1780"/judges|strong="H8199" in|strong="H3488" heaven|strong="H8064", and|strong="H5705" that|strong="H0834" king’s|strong="H4428" authority|strong="H7985"/power|strong="H3027" will|strong="H1780" be|strong="H1780" taken|strong="H5709" away|strong="H5709", and|strong="H5705" he|strong="H5705" will|strong="H1780" be|strong="H1780" completely|strong="H3617" destroyed|strong="H8046". 
\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H1768" all|strong="H3606" the|strong="H3606" power|strong="H3027" and|strong="H4437" the|strong="H3606" greatness|strong="H7238" of|strong="H4437" all|strong="H3606" the|strong="H3606" kingdoms|strong="H4437" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3606" earth|strong="H0776" will|strong="H1768" be|strong="H5957" given|strong="H3052" to|strong="H8065" the|strong="H3606" people|strong="H5972" who|strong="H1768" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H8065" the|strong="H3606" Supreme God|strong="H0430". The|strong="H3606" kingdom|strong="H4437" that|strong="H1768" he|strong="H1768" rules|strong="H4910" (OR|strong="H6399", they|strong="H3606" rule|strong="H4910") will|strong="H1768" endure|strong="H5975" forever|strong="H5957". And|strong="H4437" the|strong="H3606" rulers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4437" all|strong="H3606" the|strong="H3606" nations|strong="H1471" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3606" earth|strong="H0776" will|strong="H1768" serve|strong="H6399" and|strong="H4437" obey|strong="H8086" him|strong="H3052" (OR|strong="H6399", them|strong="H3052").” 
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\verseNumber{28}That|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w I|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5922"\+w*} my|strong="H5922" vision|strong="H2377"/dream|strong="H2472". I|strong="H1768", Daniel|strong="H1841", was|strong="H1841" terrified|strong="H0926", with|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H1768" my|strong="H5922" face|strong="H2122" became|strong="H3205" pale|strong="H8133". But|strong="H1768" I|strong="H1768" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" anyone|strong="H3605" about|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" vision|strong="H2377" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w I|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w seen|strong="H7200"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Daniel’s vision of a ram and a goat }

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\chapterNumber{8}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" third|strong="H7969" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H7200" Belshazzar|strong="H1112" was|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7200" King|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}, I|strong="H7200" had|strong="H4428" another|strong="H7200" vision|strong="H2377". 
\verseNumber{2}In|strong="H5921" that|strong="H7200" vision|strong="H2377" I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" Susa|strong="H7800", the|strong="H5921" capital|strong="H3805" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H5921" Elam|strong="H5867" Province|strong="H4082". I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w standing|strong="H5975"\+w*} alongside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Ulai|strong="H0195" Canal|strong="H0180". 
\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H2009" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H5869" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H5375" ram|strong="H0352" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H7161" standing|strong="H5975" alongside|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" canal|strong="H0180". It|strong="H7200" had|strong="H5869" two|strong="H8145" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w long|strong="H6440"\+w*} horns|strong="H7161", but|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" newest one|strong="H4480" was|strong="H7161" longer|strong="H1364" than|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H8145" one|strong="H4480". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" ram|strong="H0352" butted/knocked away|strong="H5337" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w its|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w horns|strong="H7161"\+w*} everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H3027" west|strong="H3220" and|strong="H3027" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H3027" north|strong="H6828" and|strong="H3027" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H3027" south|strong="H5045" of|strong="H3027" it|strong="H6213". There|strong="H5975" were|strong="H3027" no|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} animals|strong="H2416" that|strong="H7200" were|strong="H3027" able|strong="H3027" to|strong="H6213" oppose|strong="H5975" it|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3027" none|strong="H3808" that|strong="H7200" could|strong="H5337" rescue|strong="H5337"/save|strong="H5337" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w animals|strong="H2416"\+w*} from|strong="H6440" its|strong="H3605" power|strong="H3027". The|strong="H3605" ram|strong="H0352" did|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" it|strong="H6213" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3027" became|strong="H1431" very|strong="H6213" powerful|strong="H2392". 
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\verseNumber{5}While|strong="H1961" I|strong="H2009" was|strong="H1961" thinking|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w what|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w I|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w seen|strong="H5869"\+w*, \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H2380"\+w*} I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H2009" a|strong="H1961" goat|strong="H5795" come|strong="H1961" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" west|strong="H4628". It|strong="H5921" ran|strong="H1961" across|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H6440" so|strong="H4480" quickly|strong="H4116", that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w seemed|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1961"\+w*} its|strong="H3605" feet|strong="H7272" did|strong="H5869" not|strong="H1961" touch|strong="H5060" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H6440". This|strong="H6440" goat|strong="H5795" had|strong="H1961" one|strong="H3605" very|strong="H3966" large|strong="H1419" horn|strong="H7161" between|strong="H5921" its|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{6}It|strong="H7200" was|strong="H7161" very|strong="H5704" angry|strong="H2534", and|strong="H6440" it|strong="H7200" ran|strong="H7323" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w straight|strong="H3474"\+w*} toward|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" ram|strong="H0352" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H5704" had|strong="H1167" seen|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H6440"\+w*, \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w ram|strong="H0352"\+w*} that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H7161" standing|strong="H5975" alongside|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" canal|strong="H0180". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H6440" goat|strong="H5795" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H6440" ram|strong="H0352" furiously|strong="H7697" and|strong="H3027" broke|strong="H7665" off|strong="H7993" its|strong="H5975" two|strong="H8147" horns|strong="H7161", with|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" ram|strong="H0352" was|strong="H1961" unable|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w defend|strong="H5975"\+w* \+w itself|strong="H0905"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1961"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" goat|strong="H5795" knocked the|strong="H6440" ram|strong="H0352" down|strong="H5221" and|strong="H3027" trampled|strong="H7429" on|strong="H7200" it|strong="H7200". No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" could|strong="H5337" rescue|strong="H5337" the|strong="H6440" ram|strong="H0352" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" goat’s|strong="H5795" power|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H5704" goat|strong="H5795" became|strong="H1431" very|strong="H3966" powerful|strong="H6105". But|strong="H6105" when|strong="H5704" its|strong="H8478" power|strong="H6105" was|strong="H7307" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H1419", its|strong="H8478" horn|strong="H7161" was|strong="H7307" broken|strong="H7665" off|strong="H7665". But|strong="H6105" four|strong="H0702" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} large|strong="H1419" horns|strong="H7161" took|strong="H5927" its|strong="H8478" place|strong="H8478". They|strong="H5704" each|strong="H0376" pointed in|strong="H1419" a|strong="H5927" different|strong="H8133" direction|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H5704" ◄defied|strong="H2778"/considered|strong="H2803" himself|strong="H1431" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H7311" greater|strong="H1431" than|strong="H4480"► the|strong="H4480" leader|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H4480" army|strong="H6635" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H8269"\+w* \+w heaven|strong="H8064"\+w*}, and|strong="H8269" prevented|strong="H6923" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w from|strong="H4480"\+w*} offering|strong="H4480" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H4480". He|strong="H5704" also|strong="H8269" ◄defiled|strong="H2930" the|strong="H4480" temple|strong="H4720"/caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H4480" temple|strong="H4720" to|strong="H5704" become|strong="H1431" unholy|strong="H2455"►. 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H5414" God’s|strong="H0430" people|strong="H5971" allowed|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w man|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w who|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w was|strong="H6635"\+w* represented \+w by|strong="H5921"\+w*} that|strong="H5414" horn|strong="H7161" to|strong="H6213" control|strong="H3027"/rule|strong="H4910" them|strong="H5414", with|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H5414" they|strong="H5921" sinned|strong="H2398" by|strong="H5921" offering|strong="H6213" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H6213" him|strong="H5414". And|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" threw|strong="H7993" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w laws|strong="H8451"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w contained|strong="H3557"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w*} true|strong="H0571" religion. Everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" was|strong="H6635" successful|strong="H6743". 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1696" I|strong="H5414" heard|strong="H8085" two|strong="H8147" angels|strong="H4397" who|strong="H6635" were|strong="H5414" talking|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" each|strong="H5414" other|strong="H0312". One|strong="H6918" of|strong="H6918" them|strong="H5414" asked|strong="H1696", “How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H6635" the|strong="H8085" things|strong="H6944"/events|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085" were|strong="H5414" in|strong="H8085" this|strong="H5414" vision|strong="H2377" continue|strong="H1961"? How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H6635" the|strong="H8085" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H6635" rebels|strong="H4784" against|strong="H1696" God|strong="H5414" and|strong="H8085" causes|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} to|strong="H1696" be|strong="H5414" defiled|strong="H2930" be|strong="H5414" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H1696" prevent|strong="H6923" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w from|strong="H8085"\+w*} offering|strong="H4503" sacrifices|strong="H6944"? How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H6635" he|strong="H5704" trample|strong="H4823" on|strong="H1696" the|strong="H8085" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H8085" on|strong="H1696" the|strong="H8085" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H6918" heaven|strong="H8064"?” 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H5704" other|strong="H0312" angel|strong="H4397" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H1242"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w continue|strong="H1961"\+w*} for|strong="H5704" 1,150 days|strong="H6153". During|strong="H3117" all|strong="H5704" of|strong="H6944" that|strong="H5704" time|strong="H5704", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H6153"\+w* \+w will|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w not|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w be|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w permitted|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w offer|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H6944"\+w*} in|strong="H3967" the|strong="H5704" morning|strong="H1242" or|strong="H5704" in|strong="H3967" the|strong="H5704" evening|strong="H6153". After|strong="H1242" that|strong="H5704", the|strong="H5704" temple|strong="H1004" will|strong="H5704" be|strong="H6944" purified|strong="H2891".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Gabriel|strong="H1403" explained|strong="H0560" the|strong="H5704" vision|strong="H2377" }

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\verseNumber{15}While|strong="H1961" I|strong="H2009", Daniel|strong="H1840", was|strong="H1961" trying|strong="H1156" to|strong="H1961" understand|strong="H7200" what|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" vision|strong="H2377" meant|strong="H2803", suddenly|strong="H2009" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w an|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w angel|strong="H4397"\+w*} who|strong="H1397" resembled|strong="H1823" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H1397" stood|strong="H5975"/appeared|strong="H7200" in|strong="H5975" front|strong="H5048" of|strong="H4758" me|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H6963" I|strong="H8085" heard|strong="H8085" a|strong="H8085" man|strong="H0376" call|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w other|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w side|strong="H6285"\+w* \+w of|strong="H6963"\+w*} the|strong="H8085" Ulai|strong="H0195" Canal|strong="H0180", saying|strong="H6963", “Gabriel|strong="H1403", explain|strong="H5046" to|strong="H8085" him|strong="H7121" the|strong="H8085" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="H6963" the|strong="H8085" vision|strong="H4758" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w he|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H4758"\+w*}!” 
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\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H5975" Gabriel|strong="H1403" came|strong="H5307" and|strong="H1121" stood|strong="H5975" beside|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440". I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1121" very|strong="H3966" terrified|strong="H1204", with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" fell|strong="H5307" onto|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440". But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440", “You|strong="H3588" human|strong="H0120", it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H7093" necessary|strong="H2706" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5921" understand|strong="H0995" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w events|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" vision|strong="H2377" will|strong="H1121" occur|strong="H1961" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w near|strong="H6440"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w world|strong="H8398"\+w*} will|strong="H1121" end|strong="H7093".” 
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\verseNumber{18}While|strong="H5973" he|strong="H5921" was|strong="H6440" speaking|strong="H1696", I|strong="H5921" fainted|strong="H5968". I|strong="H5921" lay|strong="H7901" there|strong="H5975", unconscious, with|strong="H5973" my|strong="H5921" face|strong="H6440" still|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440". But|strong="H1696" Gabriel|strong="H1403" put|strong="H5414" his|strong="H6440" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440" and|strong="H6440" lifted|strong="H5375" me|strong="H6440" up|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5975" I|strong="H5921" could|strong="H3201" stand|strong="H5975" again|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w come|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w here|strong="H2005"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} tell|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" what|strong="H3045" will|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H7093" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*} being|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H2734". These|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" near|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3588" time|strong="H4150" when|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w world|strong="H8398"\+w*} will|strong="H1961" end|strong="H7093". 
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\verseNumber{27}Then|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3117", Daniel|strong="H1840", became|strong="H1961" weak|strong="H2470", and|strong="H6965" I|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" sick|strong="H2470" for|strong="H5921" several|strong="H2669" days|strong="H3117". Then|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3117" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w*} doing|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w given|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*}, but|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" perplexed|strong="H0943"/confused|strong="H1101" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" vision|strong="H4758", and|strong="H6965" I|strong="H3117" could|strong="H6965" not|strong="H6213" understand|strong="H0995" it|strong="H5921". 

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\chapterNumber{10}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7121" third|strong="H7969" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H1697" Cyrus|strong="H3566" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H7121" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539", I|strong="H1697" Daniel|strong="H1840", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w given|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7121"\+w*} name|strong="H8034" Belteshazzar|strong="H1095", received|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="H0312"\+w*} message|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1540"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}. The|strong="H7121" message|strong="H1697" was|strong="H8034" true|strong="H0571", but|strong="H4428" it|strong="H7121" was|strong="H8034" very|strong="H1419" difficult|strong="H1419" for|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7121" to|strong="H4428" understand|strong="H0995" it|strong="H7121". But|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*} I|strong="H1697" understood|strong="H0995" the|strong="H7121" message|strong="H1697" because|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7121" vision|strong="H4758" that|strong="H1697" I|strong="H1697" had|strong="H4428" seen|strong="H7200". 
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\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w those|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w three|strong="H7969"\+w* \+w weeks|strong="H7620"\+w* \+w ended|strong="H1961"\+w*,} on|strong="H5921" April 23, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w companions|strong="H2270"\+w* \+w and|strong="H6242"\+w*} I|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" standing|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" bank|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" great|strong="H1419" Tigris|strong="H2313" River|strong="H5104". 
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\verseNumber{7}I|strong="H5921", Daniel|strong="H1840", was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" only|strong="H5307" one|strong="H3808" who|strong="H3808" saw|strong="H7200" this|strong="H7200" vision|strong="H4759". The|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1419" who|strong="H3808" were|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H7200" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" anything|strong="H3808", but|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3808"\+w* sensed \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w someone|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w there|strong="H1961"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1419"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3808"\+w*} became|strong="H1961" terrified|strong="H0926". They|strong="H3808" ran|strong="H1272" away|strong="H1272" and|strong="H1419" hid|strong="H2244" themselves|strong="H2244". 
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\verseNumber{10}Suddenly|strong="H2009" someone’s|strong="H0376" hand|strong="H3027" took|strong="H3027" hold|strong="H2388" of|strong="H3027" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3027" lifted|strong="H5375" me|strong="H5921", with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H3027" I|strong="H2009" was|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" knees|strong="H1290", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w but|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w I|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w still|strong="H5750"\+w*} trembling|strong="H5128". 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H5414" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414", “Daniel|strong="H1840", do|strong="H1697" not|strong="H5414" be|strong="H1697" afraid|strong="H3372". God|strong="H5414" has|strong="H3820" heard|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1697" prayed|strong="H6419" ever|strong="H3117" since|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" first|strong="H7223" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" determined|strong="H3820" to|strong="H5414" humble|strong="H6031" yourself|strong="H6031" in|strong="H8085" order|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5414" understand|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w vision|strong="H2377"\+w*}. I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1697" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3117" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" prayed|strong="H6419". 
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\verseNumber{15}While|strong="H5973" he|strong="H5414" was|strong="H1697" saying|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697", I|strong="H5414" stared at|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H6440" and|strong="H6440" was|strong="H1697" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696" anything|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w afraid|strong="H3372"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{17}I|strong="H6258" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" [RHQ] to|strong="H1696" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" you|strong="H5973", my|strong="H1696" master|strong="H0113". I|strong="H6258" have|strong="H5650" no|strong="H3808" strength|strong="H3581" left|strong="H7604", and|strong="H5650" it|strong="H1696" is|strong="H2088" very|strong="H2088" difficult|strong="H6381" for|strong="H5650" me|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" breathe|strong="H5397".” 
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\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H2388" he|strong="H3254" took|strong="H2388" hold|strong="H2388" of|strong="H4758" me|strong="H3254" again|strong="H3254", and|strong="H2388" enabled|strong="H5414" me|strong="H3254" to|strong="H3254" become|strong="H1961" stronger|strong="H2388" again|strong="H3254". 
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\verseNumber{20-21}Then|strong="H0227" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “◄Do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H0859" know|strong="H3045" why|strong="H4100" I|strong="H0589" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859"?/I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H0859" why|strong="H4100" I|strong="H0589" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859".► [RHQ] It|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0369" to|strong="H0413" reveal|strong="H1540" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H0369" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" which|strong="H0834" reveals|strong="H1540"/contains|strong="H4393" God’s|strong="H0430" truth|strong="H0571". But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" I|strong="H0589" must|strong="H4191" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w evil|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w spirit|strong="H7307"\+w*} who|strong="H0834" rules|strong="H4910" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4467" of|strong="H1121" Persia|strong="H6539". After|strong="H0310" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H1961" defeated|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5414", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w evil|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w angel|strong="H4397"\+w*} who|strong="H0834" guards|strong="H7323" Greece|strong="H3120" will|strong="H3068" appear|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w must|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w defeat|strong="H5221"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w*}. Michael|strong="H4317", who|strong="H0834" guards|strong="H7323" you|strong="H0859" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}, will|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5826" me|strong="H0413", but|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" else|strong="H5750" to|strong="H0413" help|strong="H5826" me|strong="H0413".” 
\chapterNumber{11}“As|strong="H8141" for|strong="H5975" me|strong="H2388", during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H2388" first|strong="H7223" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H8141" Darius|strong="H1867" was|strong="H8141" king|strong="H4428", I|strong="H8141" helped|strong="H2388" and|strong="H2388" encouraged|strong="H2388" Michael|strong="H4317".” 

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\verseNumber{32}By|strong="H6213" deceiving|strong="H8267" those|strong="H2388" who|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" abandoned|strong="H5800" the|strong="H6213" Jewish|strong="H3064" religion, he|strong="H6213" will|strong="H5971" persuade|strong="H6601" them|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" ◄become|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3045" supporters|strong="H0310"/help|strong="H2388" him|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H3045" he|strong="H6213" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213"►. But|strong="H2388" those|strong="H2388" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" devoted|strong="H8003" to|strong="H6213" their|strong="H2388" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H5971" firmly|strong="H2388" oppose|strong="H7853" them|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{33}And|strong="H3117" wise|strong="H7919" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} leaders|strong="H7218" will|strong="H5971" teach|strong="H3925" others|strong="H5971" also|strong="H3117". But|strong="H5971" for|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" while|strong="H3117", some|strong="H7227" of|strong="H3117" those|strong="H3782" wise|strong="H7919" leaders|strong="H7218" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H2719" in|strong="H3117" battles|strong="H4421", and|strong="H3117" some|strong="H7227" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H3117" burned|strong="H3852" to|strong="H3117" death|strong="H4194", and|strong="H3117" some|strong="H7227" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H3117" robbed|strong="H1497", and|strong="H3117" some|strong="H7227" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H3117" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3117" prison|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{34}While|strong="H4592" God’s|strong="H0430" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H7227" being|strong="H1961" persecuted|strong="H7291", some|strong="H4592" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H7227" help|strong="H5826" them|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" little|strong="H4592" bit|strong="H5391", although|strong="H5921" some|strong="H4592" of|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H7227" help|strong="H5826" them|strong="H5921" will|strong="H7227" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H5826" it|strong="H5921" sincerely|strong="H8549". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4480" Syria|strong="H0758" who|strong="H3588" praises|strong="H2167" himself|strong="H7919" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4480" Syria|strong="H0758" who|strong="H3588" praises|strong="H2167" himself|strong="H7919" }
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\verseNumber{40}But|strong="H4428" when|strong="H6256" his|strong="H5921" time|strong="H6256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w rule|strong="H4428"\+w*} is|strong="H7093" almost|strong="H4592" ended|strong="H1961", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H4428" attack|strong="H5221" his|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w*}. The|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w army|strong="H2428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w*} King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Syria|strong="H0758" will|strong="H4428" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" furiously|strong="H7697" [SIM]. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w His|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w be|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w driving|strong="H4491"\+w*} chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w riding|strong="H7392"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w*} horses|strong="H6571" and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w traveling|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} many|strong="H7227" ships|strong="H0591". His|strong="H5921" army|strong="H2428" will|strong="H4428" invade|strong="H0935" many|strong="H7227" countries|strong="H0776" and|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w spread|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w all|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w over|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w those|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w countries|strong="H0776"\+w*} like|strong="H5973" a|strong="H5921" flood|strong="H5674" [MET|strong="H6298"]. 
\verseNumber{41}They|strong="H3027" will|strong="H1121" invade|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3027" glorious|strong="H6643" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" kill|strong="H2026" [EUP] tens|strong="H6235" of|strong="H1121" thousands|strong="H0505" of|strong="H1121" people|strong="H1121". But|strong="H7227" the|strong="H3027" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3027" Edom|strong="H0112" people-group and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3027" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3027" Moab|strong="H4124" people-group and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3027" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3027" Ammon|strong="H5983" people-group who|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416" will|strong="H1121" escape|strong="H4422". 
\verseNumber{42}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7971" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H3027" Syria|strong="H0758" invades|strong="H0935" other|strong="H0312" countries|strong="H0776", even|strong="H3808" the|strong="H7971" people|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3027" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" defeated|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{43}The|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H3605" Syria|strong="H0758" will|strong="H4714" take|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3605" from|strong="H2091" Egypt|strong="H4714" gold|strong="H2091", silver|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3701" other|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" items|strong="H3627". The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3605" Libya|strong="H3864" and|strong="H3701" Ethiopia|strong="H3569" will|strong="H4714" allow|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w*} to|strong="H4714" rule|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{44}But|strong="H7227" he|strong="H3318" will|strong="H7227" become|strong="H3318" very|strong="H1419" frightened|strong="H3372"/alarmed|strong="H0927" when|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3318" hears|strong="H8085" reports|strong="H1697" about|strong="H3318" what|strong="H8052" is|strong="H2534" happening in|strong="H7227" the|strong="H3318" east|strong="H4217" and|strong="H1419" in|strong="H7227" the|strong="H3318" north|strong="H6828". So|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3318" will|strong="H7227" become|strong="H3318" very|strong="H1419" angry|strong="H2534", and|strong="H1419" send|strong="H3318" his|strong="H3318" army|strong="H2428" to|strong="H3318" fight|strong="H3898" furiously|strong="H2534" and|strong="H1419" kill|strong="H2026" many|strong="H7227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{45}The|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w Syria|strong="H0758"\+w*} will|strong="H2022" set|strong="H6944" up|strong="H5704" his|strong="H5704" royal|strong="H6944" tents|strong="H0168" in|strong="H3220" the|strong="H5704" area|strong="H2022" between|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Mediterranean} Sea|strong="H3220" and|strong="H2022" the|strong="H5704" hill|strong="H2022" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3220"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} on|strong="H3220" which|strong="H2022" the|strong="H5704" temple|strong="H1004" ◄exists|strong="H1961"/was|strong="H3220" built|strong="H1129"►. But|strong="H5826" he|strong="H5704" will|strong="H2022" be|strong="H2022" killed|strong="H2026" there|strong="H2022", because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H2022" will|strong="H2022" be|strong="H2022" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" to|strong="H5704" help|strong="H5826" him|strong="H5826".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{When this world will end }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{When this world will end }
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\chapterNumber{12}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w angel|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w also|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*,} “After|strong="H5921" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1419" happen|strong="H1961", the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" angel|strong="H4397" Michael|strong="H4317", who|strong="H3605" protects|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} people|strong="H5971", will|strong="H1961" appear|strong="H7200". Then|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" time|strong="H6256" when|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" troubles|strong="H6869"/suffering|strong="H6040". The|strong="H3605" troubles|strong="H6869" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" greater|strong="H1419" than|strong="H3808" any|strong="H3605" troubles|strong="H6869"/suffering|strong="H6040" since|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" began|strong="H1961". At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H5971" time|strong="H6256", all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" whose|strong="H1471" names|strong="H8034" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w containing|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w names|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w eternal|strong="H5769"\+w* \+w life|strong="H3605"\+w*} will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" saved|strong="H4422". 
\verseNumber{2}Many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H2781" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H7227" have|strong="H1961" died|strong="H4191" [EUP] will|strong="H7227" become|strong="H1961" alive|strong="H2416" again|strong="H7725". Some|strong="H7227" of|strong="H2781" them|strong="H5414" will|strong="H7227" live|strong="H2416" eternally|strong="H5331" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}, and|strong="H5769" some|strong="H7227" will|strong="H7227" be|strong="H5769" eternally|strong="H5331" shamed|strong="H0954"/disgraced|strong="H0954" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w hell|strong="H7585"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}Those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H7227" were|strong="H7227" wise|strong="H7919" will|strong="H7227" shine|strong="H2094" as|strong="H7919" brightly|strong="H2094" as|strong="H7919" the|strong="H6663" sky|strong="H8064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w is|strong="H7549"\+w* \+w bright|strong="H0934"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6663"\+w* \+w sun|strong="H8121"\+w* \+w is|strong="H7549"\+w* \+w shining|strong="H5051"\+w*}. And|strong="H5769" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H7227" have|strong="H7919" shown|strong="H7200" to|strong="H5769" others|strong="H7227" the|strong="H6663" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="H5769" live|strong="H3427" righteously|strong="H6664" will|strong="H7227" shine|strong="H2094" forever|strong="H5769", like|strong="H7227" the|strong="H6663" stars|strong="H3556" [SIM]. 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H7227" as|strong="H5704" for|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704", Daniel|strong="H1840", close|strong="H5640" up|strong="H2856" the|strong="H5704" scroll|strong="H5612" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w which|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w writing|strong="H3791"\+w*}, and|strong="H1697" seal|strong="H2856" it|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w order|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w no|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w one|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w can|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w open|strong="H6605"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5704"\+w*} until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" end|strong="H7093" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w world|strong="H8398"\+w*} is|strong="H1697" near|strong="H5704". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Before|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w happens|strong="H1961"\+w*,} many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H1697" travel|strong="H1980" rapidly|strong="H6873" here|strong="H5704" and|strong="H1697" there|strong="H5704", learning|strong="H5612" more|strong="H7235" and|strong="H1697" more|strong="H7235" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w things|strong="H1697"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w angel|strong="H4397"\+w* \+w finished|strong="H3615"\+w* \+w speaking|strong="H1696"\+w*}, I|strong="H2009", Daniel|strong="H1840", looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5975", and|strong="H7200" suddenly|strong="H2009" I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H7200" two|strong="H8147" other|strong="H8147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w angels|strong="H4397"\+w*}. One|strong="H7200" was|strong="H8193" standing|strong="H5975" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" side|strong="H8147" of|strong="H8147" the|strong="H7200" river|strong="H2975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w I|strong="H2009"\+w* \+w was|strong="H8193"\+w*}, and|strong="H7200" one|strong="H7200" was|strong="H8193" standing|strong="H5975" on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" other|strong="H8147" side|strong="H8147". 
\verseNumber{6}One|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4325" them|strong="H5704" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w called|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w*} the|strong="H5704" other|strong="H0312" one|strong="H0259", who|strong="H4605" was|strong="H4325" wearing|strong="H2296" linen|strong="H8336"/white|strong="H3836" clothes|strong="H3847", who|strong="H4605" was|strong="H4325" now|strong="H3847" standing|strong="H5975" further|strong="H5750" up|strong="H5704" (OR|strong="H5704", above|strong="H4605") the|strong="H5704" river|strong="H2975", “How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H4325" it|strong="H5704" be|strong="H6382" until|strong="H5704" these|strong="H4605" amazing|strong="H6382"/frightening events|strong="H1697" end|strong="H7093"?” 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H3605" angel|strong="H4397" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H3027" on|strong="H3847" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" side|strong="H3225" of|strong="H3027" (OR|strong="H8085", above|strong="H4605") the|strong="H3605" river|strong="H2975" raised|strong="H7311" his|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" toward|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" sky|strong="H8064", and|strong="H8064" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650", with|strong="H3847" the|strong="H3605" authority|strong="H3027" [MTY] of|strong="H3027" God|strong="H3027", who|strong="H3605" lives|strong="H2416" forever|strong="H5769", “It|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H3027" three|strong="H7969" and|strong="H8064" a|strong="H3588" half|strong="H2677" years|strong="H8141". All|strong="H3605" these|strong="H8085" things|strong="H6944" will|strong="H5971" end|strong="H3615" after|strong="H3588" God’s|strong="H0430" people|strong="H5971" stop|strong="H7311" fighting|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3027" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" ◄persecute|strong="H7291"/cause|strong="H5971" trouble|strong="H6869" for|strong="H3588"/cause|strong="H5971" suffering|strong="H6040" for|strong="H3588"► them|strong="H3027".” 
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\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H3808" heard|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w said|strong="H8085"\+w*}, but|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" did|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" understand|strong="H8085" it|strong="H3808". So|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" asked|strong="H4100", “Sir|strong="H0113", what|strong="H4100" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H8085" result|strong="H6903" when|strong="H8085" these|strong="H8085" things|strong="H3808" end|strong="H4100"?” 
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\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H3588" replied|strong="H0559", “Daniel|strong="H1840", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" leave|strong="H5800" now|strong="H3588". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w cannot|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w answer|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w question|strong="H1697"\+w*} because|strong="H3588" what|strong="H1697" it|strong="H3588" means|strong="H3027" must|strong="H4191" ◄be|strong="H1697" kept|strong="H8104" secret|strong="H5640"/not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1697" revealed|strong="H1540"► [DOU] until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256" when|strong="H3588" everything|strong="H3605" ends|strong="H5704". 
\verseNumber{10}Many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H7563" thoroughly|strong="H3190" purify|strong="H1305" their|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H6442" beings|strong="H2421" [DOU]. But|strong="H3808" wicked|strong="H7563" people|strong="H3808" will|strong="H7563" not|strong="H3808" understand|strong="H7919" these|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605". They|strong="H3808" will|strong="H7563" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" wicked|strong="H7563". Only|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H7563" wise|strong="H7919" will|strong="H7563" understand|strong="H7919" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w these|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w can|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w before|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w everything|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w ends|strong="H7098"\+w*,} there|strong="H3117" will|strong="H5414" be|strong="H3117" 1,290 days|strong="H3117", from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5414" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H3117" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H3117" prevented|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" offering|strong="H4503" sacrifices|strong="H2077" each|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117", from|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5414" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" abominable|strong="H8251"/disgusting|strong="H8441" thing|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3117" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{12}God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3117" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H3117" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" remain|strong="H3427" faithful|strong="H0539" until|strong="H3117" 1,335 days|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" ended|strong="H1961". 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H5975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w now|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w*} to|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3117", continue|strong="H5975" to|strong="H3212" faithfully|strong="H0571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w trust|strong="H0982"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*} until|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w your|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w life|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w on|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w earth|strong="H0776"\+w*} ends|strong="H7098". You|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" die|strong="H4191" [EUP], but|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" everything|strong="H3605" ends|strong="H7098", you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" receive|strong="H3947" your|strong="H5117" reward|strong="H7939" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w*}.” 
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