<p class="bodytext">&#8220;As I was contemplating the horns, another horn &#8211; a small one &#8211; came up between them, and three of the former horns were torn out by the roots to make room for it.<n id="1" /> This horn had eyes resembling human eyes and a mouth speaking arrogant<n id="2" /> things.p>

I also wanted to know<n id="1" /> the meaning of the ten horns on its head, and of that other horn which came up and before which three others fell. This was the horn that had eyes<n id="2" /> and a mouth speaking arrogant things, whose appearance was more formidable than the others.<n id="3" />

Now give orders that these men cease their work and that this city not be rebuilt until such time as I so instruct.<n id="1" />

Then this Sheshbazzar went and laid the foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem. From that time to the present moment<n id="1" /> it has been in the process of being rebuilt, although it is not yet finished.&#8217;p>

with three layers of large stones<n id="1" /> and one<n id="2" /> layer of timber. The expense is to be subsidized<n id="3" /> by the royal treasury.<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Now Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar Bozenai, and their colleagues, the officials of Trans-Euphrates &#8211; all of you stay far away from there!

You are authorized<n id="1" /> by the king and his seven advisers to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your possession,<n id="2" />

The rest of the needs for the temple of your God that you may have to supply,<n id="1" /> you may do so from the royal treasury.p>

<p class="poetry">You people of Israel should tell those nations this:p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;These gods did not make heaven and earth.p> <p class="poetry">They will disappear<n id="1" /> from the earth and from under the heavens.&#8217;<n id="2" />p>

The king replied<n id="1" /> to the wise men, &#8220;My decision is firm.<n id="2" /> If you do not inform me of both the dream and its interpretation, you will be dismembered<n id="3" /> and your homes reduced to rubble!

But if you can disclose the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts, a reward, and considerable honor. So disclose to me the dream and its interpretation!&#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.

He asked them to pray for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery so that he<n id="1" /> and his friends would not be destroyed along with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

saying,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Let the name of God<n id="2" /> be praised<n id="3" /> forever and ever,p> <p class="poetry">for wisdom and power belong to him.p>

Now after you another kingdom<n id="1" /> will arise, one inferior to yours. Then a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule in all the earth.

And at Daniel&#8217;s request, the king<n id="1" /> appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the administration of the province of Babylon. Daniel himself served in the king&#8217;s court.<n id="2" />p>

So I issued an order<n id="1" /> for all the wise men of Babylon to be brought<n id="2" /> before me so that they could make known to me the interpretation of the dream.

<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>

<p class="poetry">Let his mind<n id="1" /> be altered from that of a human being,p> <p class="poetry">and let an animal&#8217;s mind be given to him,p> <p class="poetry">and let seven periods of time<n id="2" /> go by for<n id="3" /> him.p>

They said to leave the taproot of the tree, for your kingdom will be restored to you when you come to understand that heaven<n id="1" /> rules.