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Emily: welcome to immerse: the
daily bible reading experience.

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day 300 and 62.

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King Nebuchadnezzar sent this message
to the people of every race and

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nation and language throughout the
world, peace and prosperity to you.

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I want you all to know about the
miraculous signs and wonders the

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most high God has performed for me.

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How great are his signs?

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How powerful His wonders his
kingdom will last forever.

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His rule through all generations.

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I, Nebuchadnezzar was living in my palace
and comfort and prosperity, but one

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night I had a dream that frightened me.

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I saw visions that terrified
me as I lay in my bed.

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So I issued an order calling in
all the wise men of Babylon so they

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could tell me what my dream meant.

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When all the magicians, enchanters
astrologers, and fortune tellers

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came in, I told them the dream, but
they could not tell me what it meant.

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At last.

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Daniel came in before me
and I told him the dream.

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He was named beta shazer after my God and
the spirit of the holy gods is in him.

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I said to him, belt Shazer,
chief of the Magicians.

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I know that the spirit of the holy
gods is in you and that no mystery

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is too great for you to solve.

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Now tell me what my dream means.

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While I was lying in my
bed, this is what I dreamed.

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I saw a large tree in
the middle of the earth.

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The tree grew very tall and
strong, reaching high into the

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heavens for all the world to see.

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It had fresh green leaves and it was
loaded with fruit for all to eat.

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Wild animals lived in its shade
and birds nested in its branches.

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All the world was fed from this tree.

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Then as I lay there
dreaming, I saw a messenger.

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A holy one coming down from heaven.

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The messenger shouted, cut down the
tree and lop off its branches, shake

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off its leaves and scatter its fruit.

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Chase the wild animals from its shade
and the birds from its branches, but

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leave the stump and the roots in the
ground bound with a band of iron and

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bronze and surrounded by tender grass.

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Now, let him be drenched with the
dew of heaven and let him live with

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the wild animals among the plants of
the field for seven periods of time.

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Let him have the mind of a wild
animal instead of the mind of a human.

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For this has been decreed
by the messengers.

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It is commanded by the holy
ones so that everyone may know.

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That the most high rules over the
kingdoms of the world, he gives them

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to anyone he chooses, even to the
lowliest of people, beta shazer.

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That was the dream that I
King Nebuchadnezzar had.

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Now tell me what it means for none
of the wise men of my kingdom can do

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so, but you can tell me because the
spirit of the holy gods is in you.

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Upon hearing this, Daniel also known
as Belt Shaza was overcome for a time

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frightened by the meaning of the dream.

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Then the king said to him, belt Shaza.

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Don't be alarmed by the
dream and what it means.

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Belt Shaza replied, I wish the events
foreshadowed in this dream would happen

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to your enemies, my Lord, and not to you.

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The tree you saw was growing very
tall and strong, reaching high into

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the heavens for all the world to see.

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It had fresh green leaves and was
loaded with fruit for all to eat

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while the animals lived in its shade
and birds nested in its branches.

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That tree, your majesty is you.

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For you have grown strong and great.

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Your greatness reaches up to heaven
and your rule to the ends of the earth.

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Then you saw a messenger, a holy one
coming down from heaven and saying,

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cut down the tree and destroy it.

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But leave the stump and the roots and
the ground bound with a band of iron and

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bronze and surrounded by tender grass.

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Let him be drenched
with the dew of heaven.

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Let him live with the animals of
the field for seven periods of time.

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This is what the dream means.

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Your majesty and what the most high has
declared will happen to my Lord the king.

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You'll be driven from human
society and you will live in the

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fields with the wild animals.

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You will eat grass like a cow, and you
will be drenched with the dew of heaven.

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Seven periods of time will
pass while you live this way.

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Until you learn that the most high
rules over the kingdoms of the

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world and gives them to anyone he
chooses, but the stump and roots of

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the tree were left in the ground.

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This means that you will
receive your kingdom back again

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when you have learned that.

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Heaven rules King Nebuchadnezzar.

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Please accept my advice.

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Stop sinning and do what is right,
break from your wicked past and

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be merciful to the poor, perhaps,
then you will continue to prosper.

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But all these things did
happen to King Nebuchadnezzar.

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12 months later, he was taking
a walk on the flat roof of

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the Royal Palace in Babylon.

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As he looked out across the city, he
said, look at this great city of Babylon.

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By my own Mighty Power, I have built
this beautiful city as my royal residence

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to display my majestic splendor.

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While these words were still in his
mouth, a voice called down from heaven.

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Oh, king Nebuchadnezzar,
this message is for you.

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You are no longer ruler of this kingdom.

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You will be driven from human society.

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You will live in the fields with the wild
animals and you will eat grass like a cow.

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Seven periods of time will
pass while you live this way.

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Until you learn that the most high rules
over the kingdoms of the world and gives

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them to anyone he chooses that same hour.

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The judgment was fulfilled.

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A Nebuchadnezzar was
driven from human society.

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He ate grass like a cow, and he was
drenched with the dew of heaven.

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He lived this way until his hair
was as long as eagle's feathers and

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his nails were like bird's claws.

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After this time had passed, I
Nebuchadnezzar looked up to heaven.

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My sanity returned and I praised
and worshiped the most high and

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honored the one who lives forever.

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His rule is everlasting
and his kingdom is eternal.

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All the people of the earth
are nothing compared to him.

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He does as he pleases among the angels of
heaven and among the people of the earth.

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No one can stop him or say to him,
what do you mean by doing these things?

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When my sanity returned to me, so
did my honor and glory and kingdom.

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My advisors and nobles sought me out
and I was restored as head of my kingdom

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with even greater honor than before.

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Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and
glorify and honor the king of heaven.

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All his acts are just and true and
he is able to humble the proud.