I will magnify<n id="1" /> my great name that has been profaned among the nations, that you have profaned among them. The nations will know that I am the <sc>Lord,sc> declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>, when I magnify myself among you in their sight.p>

Sheba and Dedan and the traders of Tarshish with all its young warriors<n id="1" /> will say to you, &#8220;Have you come to loot? Have you assembled your armies to plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to haul away a great amount of spoils?&#8221;&#8217;p>

From the base of the ground to the lower edge is 3½ feet,<n id="1" /> and the width 1¾ feet;<n id="2" /> and from the smaller ledge to the larger edge, 7 feet,<n id="3" /> and the width 1¾ feet;

Fishermen will stand beside it; from Engedi to En-eglaim they will spread nets. They will catch many kinds of fish, like the fish of the Great Sea.<n id="1" />

He has carried out his threats<n id="1" /> against us and our rulers<n id="2" /> who were over<n id="3" /> us by bringing great calamity on us &#8211; what has happened to Jerusalem has never been equaled under all heaven!

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">In the third<n id="2" /> year of King Cyrus of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel (who was also called Belteshazzar). This message was true and concerned a great war.<n id="3" /> He understood the message and gained insight by the vision.p>

<p class="bodytext">Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men who were with me did not see it.<n id="1" /> On the contrary, they were overcome with fright<n id="2" /> and ran away to hide.

I alone was left to see this great vision. My strength drained from<n id="1" /> me, and my vigor disappeared;<n id="2" /> I was without energy.<n id="3" />

Now I will tell you the truth.p><t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;Three<n id="1" /> more kings will arise for Persia. Then a fourth<n id="2" /> king will be unusually rich,<n id="3" /> more so than all who preceded him. When he has amassed power through his riches, he will stir up everyone against<n id="4" /> the kingdom of Greece.

<p class="poetry">&#8220;At that time Michael,p> <p class="poetry">the great prince who watches over your people,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">will arise.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">There will be a time of distressp> <p class="poetry">unlike any other from the nation&#8217;s beginning<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">up to that time.p> <p class="poetry">But at that time your own people,p> <p class="poetry">all those whose names are<n id="4" /> found written in the book,p> <p class="poetry">will escape.p>

<p class="poetry">The voice of the <sc>Lordsc> thunders<n id="1" /> as he leads his army.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Indeed, his warriors<n id="3" /> are innumerable;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Surely his command is carried out!<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">Yes, the day of the <sc>Lordsc> is awesome<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">and very terrifying &#8211; who can survive<n id="7" /> it?p>

Hearing this,<n id="1" /> the men became even more afraid<n id="2" /> and said to him, &#8220;What have you done?&#8221; (The men said this because they knew that he was trying to escape<n id="3" /> from the <sc>Lord,sc><n id="4" /> because he had previously told them.<n id="5" />)

He issued a proclamation and said,<n id="1" /> &#8220;In Nineveh, by the decree of the king and his nobles: No human or animal, cattle or sheep, is to taste anything; they must not eat and they must not drink water.

The <sc>Lordsc> God appointed<n id="1" /> a little plant<n id="2" /> and caused it to grow up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to rescue<n id="3" /> him from his misery.<n id="4" /> Now Jonah was very delighted<n id="5" /> about the little plant.p>

Should I<n id="1" /> not be even more<n id="2" /> concerned<n id="3" /> about Nineveh, this enormous city?<n id="4" /> There are more than one hundred twenty thousand people in it who do not know right from wrong,<n id="5" /> as well as many animals!&#8221;<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Yet she went into captivity as an exile;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">even her infants were smashed to pieces<n id="2" /> at the head of every street.p> <p class="poetry">They cast lots<n id="3" /> for her nobility;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">all her dignitaries were bound with chains.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">On the first day of the sixth month<n id="1" /> of King Darius&#8217;<n id="2" /> second year, the <sc>Lordsc> spoke this message through the prophet Haggai<n id="3" /> to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak:<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak,<n id="1" /> along with the whole remnant of the people,<n id="2" /> obeyed<n id="3" /> the <sc>Lordsc> their God. They responded favorably to the message of the prophet Haggai, who spoke just as the <sc>Lordsc> their God had instructed him,<n id="4" /> and the people began to respect the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="5" />

So the <sc>Lordsc> energized and encouraged<n id="1" /> Zerubbabel<n id="2" /> son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak,<n id="3" /> and the whole remnant of the people.<n id="4" /> They came and worked on the temple of their God, the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all.

Even so, take heart, Zerubbabel,&#8217; says the <sc>Lordsc>. &#8216;Take heart, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and<n id="1" /> all you citizens of the land,&#8217;<n id="2" /> says the <sc>Lordsc>, &#8216;and begin to work. For I am with you,&#8217; says the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all.