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Daniel 4

Nebuchadnezzar recounts a dream of a vast tree cut down and bound with iron and brass. Daniel warns that the dream announces the king’s humiliation; after twelve months of pride, Nebuchadnezzar loses his royal sanity until he lifts his eyes to heaven and acknowledges the Most High’s everlasting rule.

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Nebuchadnezzar recounts a dream of a vast tree cut down and bound with iron and brass. Daniel warns that the dream announces the king’s humiliation; after twelve months of pride, Nebuchadnezzar loses his royal sanity until he lifts his eyes to heaven and acknowledges the Most High’s everlasting rule.

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Verses 1–3Nebuchadnezzar announces the signs and wonders of the Most High and his everlasting kingdomVerses 4–18The king tells his dream of a great tree cut down at the command of a heavenly watcherVerses 19–27Daniel explains that the tree represents the king, who will be humbled until he knows heaven rulesVerses 28–33Nebuchadnezzar boasts in Babylon and is immediately driven from men as the dream is fulfilledVerses 34–37The king’s understanding and kingdom return, and he praises the King of heaven for his righteous rule
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1Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that…2I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders…3How great are his signs! and how mighty are his…4I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing…5I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the…6Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the…7Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and…8But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose…9O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that…10Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed;…11The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof…12The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much,…13I saw in the visions of my head upon my…14He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree,…15Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth,…16Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a…17This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and…18This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O…19Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one…20The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong,…21Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and…22It is thou, O king, that art grown and become…23And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy…24This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the…25That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling…26And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the…27Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee,…28All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.29At the end of twelve months he walked in the…30The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon,…31While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell…32And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling…33The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and…34And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted…35And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as…36At the same time my reason returned unto me; and…37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King…