I listened to his voice, and as I did so I fell into a trance-like sleep with my face to the ground.

While he was saying this to me, I was flat on the ground and unable to speak.

He will then turn his attention to the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall, not to be found again.

Armies will be suddenly swept away in defeat before him; both they and a covenant leader will be destroyed.

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

When the time appointed by the king arrived, the overseer of the court officials brought them into Nebuchadnezzar’s presence.

As he spoke with me, I fell into a trance with my face to the ground. But he touched me and stood me upright.

Toward the end of their rule, when rebellious acts are complete, a rash and deceitful king will arise.

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

O LORD, we have been humiliated – our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors – because we have sinned against you.

The one advancing against him will do as he pleases, and no one will be able to stand before him. He will prevail in the beautiful land, and its annihilation will be within his power.

So the king assigned them a daily ration from his royal delicacies and from the wine he himself drank. They were to be trained for the next three years. At the end of that time they were to enter the king’s service.

Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who are eating the royal delicacies; deal with us in light of what you see.”

When the king spoke with them, he did not find among the entire group anyone like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, or Azariah. So they entered the king’s service.

The king issued an order to summon the magicians, astrologers, sorcerers, and wise men in order to explain his dreams to him. So they came and awaited the king’s instructions.

I saw that the ram was butting westward, northward, and southward. No animal was able to stand before it, and there was none who could deliver from its power. It did as it pleased and acted arrogantly.

It came to the two-horned ram that I had seen standing beside the canal and rushed against it with raging strength.

So he approached the place where I was standing. As he came, I felt terrified and fell flat on the ground. Then he said to me, “Understand, son of man, that the vision pertains to the time of the end.”

We have not obeyed the LORD our God by living according to his laws that he set before us through his servants the prophets.

“So now, our God, accept the prayer and requests of your servant, and show favor to your devastated sanctuary for your own sake.