I saw a dream that<n id="1" /> frightened me badly. The things I imagined while lying on my bed &#8211; these visions of my mind &#8211; were terrifying me.

While I was watching, that horn began to wage war against the holy ones and was defeating<n id="1" /> them,

In that you were seeing feet and toes<n id="1" /> partly of wet clay<n id="2" /> and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom. Some of the strength of iron will be in it, for you saw iron mixed with wet clay.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Then I kept on watching because of the arrogant words of the horn that was speaking. I was watching<n id="1" /> until the beast was killed and its body destroyed and thrown into<n id="2" /> the flaming fire.

In light of the fact that we are loyal to the king,<n id="1" /> and since it does not seem appropriate to us that the king should sustain damage,<n id="2" /> we are sending the king this information<n id="3" />

The king then asked Daniel (whose name was also Belteshazzar), &#8220;Are you able to make known to me the dream that I saw, as well as its interpretation?&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;You, O king, were watching as a great statue &#8211; one<n id="1" /> of impressive size and extraordinary brightness &#8211; was standing before you. Its appearance caused alarm.

You were watching as<n id="1" /> a stone was cut out,<n id="2" /> but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its iron and clay feet, breaking them in pieces.

Here are the visions of my mind<n id="1" /> while I was on my bed.p> <p class="poetry">While I was watching,p> <p class="poetry">there was a tree in the middle of the land.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">It was enormously tall.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">While I was watching in my mind&#8217;s visions<n id="1" /> on my bed,p> <p class="poetry">a holy sentinel<n id="2" /> came down from heaven.p>

The tree that you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached to the sky, and which could be seen<n id="1" /> in all the land,

<t /><p class="bodytext">In the first<n id="1" /> year of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had<n id="2" /> a dream filled with visions<n id="3" /> while he was lying on his bed. Then he wrote down the dream in summary fashion.<n id="4" />

Daniel explained:<n id="1" /> &#8220;I was watching in my vision during the night as<n id="2" /> the four winds of the sky<n id="3" /> were stirring up the great sea.<n id="4" />

I was watching in the night visions,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;And with<n id="1" /> the clouds of the sky<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">one like a son of man<n id="3" /> was approaching.p> <p class="poetry">He went up to the Ancient of Daysp> <p class="poetry">and was escorted<n id="4" /> before him.p>

The king replied, &#8220;I know for sure that you are attempting to gain time, because you see that my decision is firm.

And<n id="1" /> in that you saw iron mixed with wet clay, so people will be mixed<n id="2" /> with one another<n id="3" /> without adhering to one another, just as<n id="4" /> iron does not mix with clay.

You saw that a stone was cut from a mountain, but not by human hands; it smashed the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold into pieces. The great God has made known to the king what will occur in the future.<n id="1" /> The dream is certain, and its interpretation is reliable.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and his disposition changed<n id="1" /> toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders<n id="2" /> to heat the furnace seven times hotter than it was normally heated.

He answered, &#8220;But I see four men, untied and walking around in the midst of the fire! No harm has come to them! And the appearance of the fourth is like that of a god!&#8221;<n id="1" />

Once the satraps, prefects, governors, and ministers of the king had gathered around, they saw that those men were physically<n id="1" /> unharmed by the fire.<n id="2" /> The hair of their heads was not singed, nor were their trousers damaged. Not even the smell of fire was to be found on them!p>