Belfbazzar's impious feaft. A Chap. v. A band writing troubleth him. 691 read this writing, and fhew me the interpretation thereof, fhall be clothed with fcarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and fhall be the third ruler in the kingdom. oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like cagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws. 34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heav en, and mine understanding returned un. to me, and I bleffed the Moft High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whofe dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation : 8 Then came in all the king's wife men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof. 9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were aftonied. 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth 10 Now the queen by reafon of the are reputed as nothing: and he doeth ac- words of the king and his lords came incording to his will in the army of heaven, to the banquet houfe: and the queen and among the inhabitants of the earth:fpake and faid, O king, live for ever: let and none can ftay his hand, or fay unto not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy him, What doest thou? countenance be changed: 86 At the fame time my reafon return- 11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in ed unto me; and for the glory of my whom is the fpirit of the holy gods; and kingdom mine honour and brightness re-in the days of thy father light, and unturned unto me; and my counsellors and derftanding, and wifdom, like the wifmy lords fought unto me; and I was ef-dom of the gods, was found in him: whom tablished in my kingdom, and excellent majefty was added unto me. 57 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and thofe that walk in pride he is able to abase. CHAP. V. the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, Jay, thy father, made master of the magicians, aftrologers, Chaldeans, and foothfayers; 12 Forafmuch as an excellent fpirit,and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and fhewing of hard fentences, and diffolving of doubts, were 1 Belbazzar's impious feaft. 5 A band found in the fame Daniel, whom the king writing troubleib bim. 17 Daniel re-named Beltefhazzar: now let Daniel be proverb bim, 25 and interpreteth the writing. BELSHAZZAR the king made a great feait to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thoufand. called, and he will fhew the interpretation. 13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king fpake and faid unto Daniel, Are thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of Ju2 Belshazzar, whiles hetafted the wine, dah, whom the king my father brought commanded to bring the golden and fil-out of Jewry? ver veffels which his father Nebuchad- 14 I have even heard of thee, that the nezzar had taken out of the temple which fpirit of the gods is in thee, and that was in Jerufalem; that the king and his light and understanding, and excellent princes, his wives, and his concubines, wifdom is found in thee. night drink therein. Then they brought the golden veffels that were taken out of the temple of the houfe of God which was at Jerusalem ; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. 4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of filver, of brafs, of iron, of wood, and of ftone. 15 And now the wife men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not thew the interpretation of the thing: : 16 And I have heard of thee, that thou canft make interpretations, and diffolve doubts now if thou oanft read the writIn the fame hour came forth fin-ing, and make known to me the intergers of a man's hand, and wrote over a-pretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed gainst the candlestick upon tne plafter of with fcarlet, and have a chain of gold athe wall of the king's palace: and the king|bout thy neck, and shalt be the third rufaw the part of the hand that wrote. ler in the kingdom. 6 Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, fo that the joints of his loins were loofed, and his knees fmote one again another. 7 The king cried aloud to bring in the aftrologers, the Chaldeans, and the foothlayers. And the king spake, and said to the wife men of Babylon, Whofoever shall 17 Then Daniel anfwered and faid before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation. 18 O thou king, the moft high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom,and majesty, and glory, and honour: 692 The writing interpreted. DANIEL. Daniel caft into the lions' den. 19 And, for the majesty that he gave him, the prefidents and princes, because an exall people, nations, and languages, tiem-cellent fpirit was in him; and the king bled and feared before him whom he thought to fet him over the whole realm. would he flew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he fet up; and whom he would he put down. 20 But when lus heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was depofed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: : 21 And he was driven from the fons of men and his heart was made like the beafts, and his dwelling was with the wild affes they fed him with grafs like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomfoever he will. And thou his fon, O Belshazzar, haft not humbled thine heart, though thou kneweft all this; 23 But haft lifted up thyself against the LORD of heaven; and they have brought the vellels of his houfe before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou haft praised the gods of filver, and gold, of brafs, iron, wood, and ftone, which fee not, nor hear, nor know and the God in whofe hand thy breath is and whole are all thy ways, haft thou not glorified: : 4 Then the presidents and princesfought to find occafion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occafion nor fault; foralmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. 5 Then faid thefe men, We shall not find any occation against this Daniel, except we find it againit him concerning the law of his God. 6 Then thefe prefidents and princes affembled together to the king, and faid thus unto him, King Darius, live forever. 7 All the prefidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counfellors, and the captains, have confultei together to establish a royal ftatute, and to make a firm decree, that whofoever hall atk a petition of any God or man for thirty days, fave of thee, O king, he thall be caft into the den of lions. 8 Now, O king, eftablish the decree, and fign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Perfians, which altereth not. 9 Wherefore king Darius figned the writing and the decree. 10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was figned, he went into his houfe; and his windows being open in 24 Then was the part of the hand fent his chamber toward Jerufalem, he kneelfrom him; and this writing was written. Jed upon his knees three times a day. 25 And this the writing that was and prayed, and gave thanks before his written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, U.God, as he did aforetime. PHARSIN. 26 This is the interpretation of the thing MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. 27 TEKEL, thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. 28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Perfians. 29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with fcarlet, and pur a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he hould be the third ruler in the kingdom. 30 In that night was Belfhazzar the king of the Chaldeans flain. 31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about thicefcore and two years old. СНАР. VI. 11 Then these men affembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. 12 Then they came near, and fpake before the king concerningthe king's decrec; Halt thou not figned a decree, that every man that shall ask a perition of any God cr man within thirty days, fave of thee, O king, shall be caft into the den of lions? The king antwered and faid, I he thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Perfians, which altereth not. 18 Then answered they and faid before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah regard. eth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou haft figned, but maketh his petition three times a day. 14 Then the king, when he heard these 1 Daniel's preferment. 10 He is caft into words, was fore difpleated with himfeit, the den of lions, 18 and javed. and fet his hearton Daniel to deliver him IT pleafed Darius to fet over the king-and he laboured till the going down of dom an hundred and twenty princes, the fun to deliver him. which should be over the whole kingdom i 15 Then the fe men affembled unto the 2 And over thefe three prefidents; of king, and faid unto the king, Know, O whom Daniel was firit: that the princes king, that the law of the Medes and Permight give accounts unto them, and the fians is, That no decree nor fistute, which king fhould have no da nage. the king eftabliheth may be changed. 3 Then this Daniel was preferred above 16 Then the king commanded, and they God magnified. Chap. vii. Daniel's vifion, &c. 693 they brought Dariel, and caft bim into of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the den of lions. Now the king fake and the dream, and told the fumof the matters. faid unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou 2 Daniel fpake and faid, I faw in my ferveft continualy, he will deliver thee. vifion by night,and behold, the four winds 17 And a ftone was brought, and laid of the heaven ftrove upon the great fea. upon the mouth of the den; and the king 3 And four great beafts came up from fealed it with his own fignet, and with the fea, diverfe one from another. the fignet of his lords; that the purpofel 4 The first was like a lion, and had might not be changed concerning Daniel. eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings 18 ¶ Then the king went to his palace, |thereof were plucked, and it was lifted and paffed the night fatting neither up from the earth, and made stand upon were inftruments of mufick brought be-the feet as a man, and a man's heart was fore him and his fleep went from him.given to it. 19 Then the king arofe very early in 5 And behold another beaft, a fecond. the morning, and went in hafte unto the like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one den of lions. fide, and it bad three ribs in the mouth of : 20 And when he came to the den, he it between the teeth of it: and they faid cried with a lan. ntable voice unto Dan-thus unto it, Arile, devour much Hefh. iel and the king (pake and faid to Dan- 6 After this I beheld, and lo, another, jel, O Daniel, fervant of the living God, like a leopard, which had upon the back Is thy God, whom thou ferveft continual-of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had ly, able to deliver thee from the lions? alfo four heads; and dominion was given 21 Then faid Daniel unto the king, O to it. king live for ever. 7 After this I faw in the night visions, 22 My God hath fent his angel, and and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and hath hut the lions' mouths, that they terrible, and ftrong exceedingly; and it have not hurt me; forafmuch as before had great iron teeth it devoured and him innocency was found in me; and alfo brake in pieces, and ftamped the refidue before thes, king, have I done no hurt.with the feet of it: and it was diverfe 23 Then was the king exceeding glad from all the beasts that were before it ; for him, and commanded that they thould and it had ten horns. take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God. 24 And the king commanded,and they brought thofe menwhich hadaccufed Daniel, and they caft them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den. 25 Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. 26 1 make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God,and fleadfast for ever, and his kingdom that which fhall not be defroyed, and his dominion ball be even unto the end. 27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh ligns and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions. 28 So this Daniel profpered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Perfian. CHAP. VII. ↑ Daniel's vifion of the four beafts, of God's kingdom. 15 The interpretation thereof. IN the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and vilions 8 I confidered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the firft horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. 9 I beheld till the thrones were caft down, and the Ancient of Days did fit, whofe garment was white as foow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. : 10 A fiery ftreani iffued and came forth from before him thoufand thoufands miniftered unto him, and ten thoufand times ten thousand tood before him the judgment was fet, and the books were opened. 11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beaft was flain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. 12 As concerning the rest of the beafts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and tune. 13 I faw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came withthe clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought him near before him. 14 And there was given him dominion and glory,and a kingdom, that all people, nations, 694 The vision of God's kingdom. DANIEL. 15 Daniel was grieved in my fpirit in the midst of my body, and the vifions | of my head troubled me. 16 I came near unto one of them that food by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things. 17 Thefe great beafts, which are four, are four kings, which thall arife out of the earth. 18 But the faints of the Most High hall take the kingdom, and poffefs the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. 19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beaft, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whofe teeth were of iron, and his nails of brafs; which devoured, brake in pieces, and ftamped the refidue with his feet; 20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came mp, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that ipake very great things, whofe look was more ftout than his fellows. 21 I beheld, and the fame horn made. war with the faints, and prevailed against them ; 22 Until the Ancient of Days came,and dgment was given to the faints of the Molt High and the time came that the faints poffeffed the kingdom. : 23 Thus he faid, The fourth beaft fhall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which thall be diverse from all kingdoms, and thall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. 1 The vifion of the ram and gost. Daniel's vifion of the ram and be goat. IN the third year of the reign of king Belthazzar a vifion appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first. 2 And I faw in a vifion; and it came to pafs when I faw, that I was at Shuthan In the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I faw in a vifion, and I was by the river of Ulai. 8 Then I lifted up mine eyes,and faw, and, behold, there flood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the rwe horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up laft. I faw the ram pufhing weftward, and northward, and fouthward; so that no beaft might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great. 5 And as I was confidering, behold, an he goat came from the weft on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat bad a notable horn between his eyes. 6 And he came to the ram that had wo horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. 7 And I faw him come clofe unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and fmote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he caft him down to the ground, and itamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand. 24 And the ten horns out of this king- 8 Therefore the he goat waxed very dom are ten kings that thall arife and great and when he was ftrong,the great another hall life after them; and he mall horn was broken: and for it came up be diverfe from the firft, and he fhall fub-four notable ones toward the four winds due three kings. of heaven. 25 And he hall fpeak great words against the Molt High, and thall wear out the faints of the Molt High, and think to change times and laws and they fhall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. 26 But the judgment fhall fit, and they fhall take away his dominion, to confume and to deftroy it unto the end. 9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the fouth, and toward the eat, and toward the pleafant land. 10 And it waxed great,even to the hoft of heaven and it caft down some of the hoft and of the stars to the ground, and itamped upon them. 11 Yea, he magnified himself even to 27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the prince of the hott, and by him the the greatness of the kingdom under the daily jacrifice was taken away, and the whole heaven, thall be given to the peo-place of his fanctuary was caft down. ple of the faints of the Moft High, whofe 12 And an hoft was given him against kingdom is an everlafting kingdom, and the daily facrifice by reafon of tranfgref ail dominion thail ferve and obey him. fion, and it caft down the truth to the 28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. ground; and it practifed, and profpered. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me but I kept the matter in my heart. : 13 Then I heard one faint fpeaking, and another faint faid unto that certain faint which fpake, How long ball be the vilion concerning the daily facrifice, and the The vision interpreted. Chap. ix. Daniel's confession and prayer. 695 the tranfgreffion of defolation, to give both the fanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? 14 And he faid unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then thall the fanctuary be cleansed. 15 And it came to pafs, when I, even I Daniel had feen the vifion, and fought for the meaning, then, behold, there flood before me as the appearance of a man. 16 And heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and faid, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vifion. 17 So he came near where I ftood; and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he faid unto me, Understand, O fon of man; for at the time of the end ball be the vision. 18 Now as he was fpeaking with me, I was in a deep fleep on my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and fet me upright. 19 And he faid, Behold, I will make thee know what fhall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end ball be. 20 The ram which thou faweft having wo horns are the kings of Media and Perfia. 21 And the rough goat is the king of Grecia; and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. 2 In the firft year of his reign, I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish feventy years in the defolations of Jerufalem. 3 And I fet my face unto the Lord GoD, to feek by prayer and fupplications, with fafting, and fackcloth, and ashes. 4 And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O LORD, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments. 5 We have finned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: 6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy fervants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 70 LORD, righteoufnefs belongerbunto thee, but unto us confufion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerufalem, and unto all Ifrael, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou haft driven them, becaufe of their trefpass that they have trefpaffed against thee. 8 O LORD, to us belongeth confusion of 22 Now that being broken whereas four face, to our kings, to our princes, and food up for it, four kingdoms thall ftand to our fathers, because we have finned up out of the nation, but not in his power. against thee. 23 And in the latter time of their king- 9 To the LORD our God belong merdom when the tranfgreffors are cometothe cies and forgiveneffes, though we have full, a king of fierce countenance, and un-rebelled against him; derstanding dark fentences, fhall ftand up. 10 Neither have we obeyed the voice 24 And his power shall be mighty, but of the LORD our God, to walk in his not by his own power: and he fhall de-laws, which he fet before us by his ferftroy wonderfully, and fhall profper, and vants the prophets. practife, and shall deftroy the mighty and the holy people. 25 And through his policy alfo he fhall caufe craft to profper in his hand; and he hall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace hall deftroy many: he thall alfo ftand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. 26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore fhut thou up the vifion; for it ball be for many days. 27 And I Daniel fainted, and was fick certain days; afterward I rofe up, and did the king's bufinefs; and I was aftonished at the vision, but none understood it. CHAP. IX. 3 Daniel confefsseth bis fins, 16 prayeth for 11 Yea, all Ifrael have tranfgreffed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curfe is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Mofes the fervant of God, because we have finned against him. 12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he fpake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerufalem. 13 As it is written in the law of Mofes, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth. 14 Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us : for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth : for we obeyed not his voice. 15 And now, O LORD our God, that haft brought thy people forth out of the land of |