The king replied to Daniel, “Certainly your God is a God of gods and Lord of kings and revealer of mysteries, for you were able to reveal this mystery!”

He will not respect the gods of his fathers – not even the god loved by women. He will not respect any god; he will elevate himself above them all.

Then God made the overseer of the court officials sympathetic to Daniel.

What he will honor is a god of fortresses – a god his fathers did not acknowledge he will honor with gold, silver, valuable stones, and treasured commodities.

Yet the Lord our God is compassionate and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him.

As he approached the den, he called out to Daniel in a worried voice, “Daniel, servant of the living God, was your God whom you continually serve able to rescue you from the lions?”

I prayed to the LORD my God, confessing in this way: “O Lord, great and awesome God who is faithful to his covenant with those who love him and keep his commandments,

Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed, “Praised be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent forth his angel and has rescued his servants who trusted in him, ignoring the edict of the king and giving up their bodies rather than serve or pay homage to any god other than their God!

Later Daniel entered (whose name is Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom there is a spirit of the holy gods). I recounted the dream for him as well,

Now the Lord delivered King Jehoiakim of Judah into his power, along with some of the vessels of the temple of God. He brought them to the land of Babylonia to the temple of his god and put the vessels in the treasury of his god.

Then in a night vision the mystery was revealed to Daniel. So Daniel praised the God of heaven,

saying, “Let the name of God be praised forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to him.

“You, O king, are the king of kings. The God of heaven has granted you sovereignty, power, strength, and honor.

I am delighted to tell you about the signs and wonders that the most high God has done for me.

As for you, O king, the most high God bestowed on your father Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, greatness, honor, and majesty.

As they drank wine, they praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

I hereby decree that any people, nation, or language group that blasphemes the god of Shadrach, Meshach, or Abednego will be dismembered and his home reduced to rubble! For there exists no other god who can deliver in this way.”

“Then the king will do as he pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself above every deity and he will utter presumptuous things against the God of gods. He will succeed until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must occur.

This is the interpretation of the words: As for mene – God has numbered your kingdom’s days and brought it to an end.

So I turned my attention to the Lord God to implore him by prayer and requests, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.