He said to me, “This chamber which faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple,

The wise men replied to the king: [What follows is in Aramaic] “O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will disclose its interpretation.”

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

He spoke with me, instructing me as follows: “Daniel, I have now come to impart understanding to you.

However, in the future I will allure her; I will lead her back into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.

They utter empty words, taking false oaths and making empty agreements. Therefore legal disputes sprout up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a plowed field.

I spoke to the prophets; I myself revealed many visions; I spoke in parables through the prophets.”

When Ephraim spoke, there was terror; he was exalted in Israel, but he became guilty by worshiping Baal and died.

A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? The sovereign Lord has spoken! Who can refuse to prophesy?

The city’s rich men think nothing of resorting to violence; her inhabitants lie, their tongues speak deceptive words.

The Lord then addressed good, comforting words to the angelic messenger who was speaking to me.

At this point the angelic messenger who spoke to me went out, and another messenger came to meet him

The angelic messenger who had been speaking with me then returned and woke me, as a person is wakened from sleep.

Then I asked the messenger who spoke with me, “What are these, sir?”

I asked the messenger who was speaking to me, “Where are they taking the basket?”

Then I asked the angelic messenger who was speaking with me, “What are these, sir?”

“You have criticized me sharply,” says the Lord, “but you ask, ‘How have we criticized you?’

But when they related to him everything Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to transport him, their father Jacob’s spirit revived.

When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s royal court, “If I have found favor in your sight, please say to Pharaoh,

Then the Lord became angry with Moses, and he said, “What about your brother Aaron the Levite? I know that he can speak very well. Moreover, he is coming to meet you, and when he sees you he will be glad in his heart.