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Daniel's Counsel: A Call to Humble Repentance

Daniel 4:19-27

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Chapter 4
19 You are the king who has increased in strength, and your greatness has increased, and your kingdom reaches to the heavens, and your dominion to the end of the earth. 20 And what the king saw—a watcher and holy one came down from heaven and said, “Cut down the tree and destroy it; however, leave its root in the ground, bound with a band of iron and bronze in the grass of the field. Let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let its lot be with the beasts until seven times pass over it.” 21 This is the interpretation, O king, and it is a decree from above that has reached my lord the king. 22 And you, they will drive from mankind, and with beasts of the field your dwelling will be. From the path, and grass like oxen they will make you eat, and from the dew of the heavens they will wet you. And seven times will pass over you, until you know that the Most High Ruler has dominion in the kingdom of mankind, and to whom he appoints he will make it stand. 23 And they said to leave the stump of its roots in the tree; your kingdom is yours, standing, so that from that you shall know the dominion of the heavens. 24 Behold, O king, it shall be improved for you. Redeem your sin by righteousness and your iniquity by mercy to the poor; behold, prolongation shall be to your dominion. 25 It all came upon Nebuchadnezzar the king. 26 At the end of twelve months, upon the temple of the kingdom that is in Babel, the king was walking. 27 The king answered and said, "Is it not this great Babel, which I built for the house of his kingdom in the strength of my might and for the preciousness of my glory?"