28All this came upon Nebuchadnezzar the king.29At the end of twelve months he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon.30The king answered and said, "Is not this the great Babylon that I built for a royal house by the strength of my power and for the glory of my honor?"31While the word was still in the mouth of the king, a voice from the heavens fell to him, saying, "Nebuchadnezzar the king, the kingdom has passed from you."32And you are driven from men, and your dwelling is with the beast of the field; they feed you grass like oxen, and seven times shall pass over you until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men and gives it to whomever he wills.33In that hour the word was completed upon Nebuchadnezzar, and he was driven from men, and he ate grass like oxen, and his body was drenched with the dew of the heavens until his hair had grown long like eagles' feathers and his nails like birds' claws.34At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to the heavens, and my knowledge returned to me; I blessed the Most High and praised and honored the living eternal, whose dominion is an eternal dominion and whose kingdom endures from generation to generation.35All the dwellers of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does according to his will among the host of the heavens and the dwellers of the earth; there is none who can strike against his hand and say to him, "What have you done?"36At that time my knowledge returned to me, and the glory of my kingdom, my honor, and my splendor returned to me; my counsellors and my lords sought me, my kingdom was established, and great greatness was added to me.37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and honor the king of the heavens, for all his works are truth and his ways are judgment, and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.