<p class="bodytext">&#8220;As for you, O king, while you were in your bed your thoughts turned to future things.<n id="1" /> The revealer of mysteries has made known to you what will take place.

<p class="poetry">he reveals deep and hidden things.p> <p class="poetry">He knows what is in the darkness,p> <p class="poetry">and light resides with him.p>

<p class="bodytext">I heard, but I did not understand. So I said, &#8220;Sir,<n id="1" /> what will happen after these things?&#8221;

He inquired of Arioch the king&#8217;s deputy, &#8220;Why is the decree from the king so urgent?&#8221;<n id="1" /> Then Arioch informed Daniel about the matter.

However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries,<n id="1" /> and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the times to come.<n id="2" /> The dream and the visions you had while lying on your bed<n id="3" /> are as follows.p>

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="poetry">All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He does as he wishes with the army of heavenp> <p class="poetry">and with those who inhabit the earth.p> <p class="poetry">No one slaps<n id="2" /> his handp> <p class="poetry">and says to him, &#8216;What have you done?&#8217;p>