Daniel|2:1 And in the second year of the reign of
Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his
spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. |
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Daniel|2:2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians,
and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for
to show the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.
Daniel|2:3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a
dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
Daniel|2:4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in
Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream,
and we will show the interpretation. |
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Daniel|2:5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans,
The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me
the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in
pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
Daniel|2:6 But if ye show the dream, and the
interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and
rewards and great honour: therefore show me the dream, and the
interpretation thereof.
Daniel|2:7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell
his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation of it. |
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Daniel|2:8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty
that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone
from me.
Daniel|2:9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream,
[there is but] one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and
corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed:
therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can show me
the interpretation thereof.
Daniel|2:10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said,
There is not a man upon the earth that can show the king's
matter: therefore [there is] no king, lord, nor ruler, [that]
asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
Daniel|2:11 And [it is] a rare thing that the king requireth,
and there is none other that can show it before the king, except
the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh. |
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Daniel|2:12 For this cause the king was angry and very
furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise [men] of Babylon.
Daniel|2:13 And the decree went forth that the wise [men]
should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be
slain. |
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Daniel|2:14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom
to
Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to
slay the wise [men] of Babylon:
Daniel|2:15 He answered and said to Arioch the king's
captain, Why [is] the decree [so] hasty from the king? Then
Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
Daniel|2:16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that
he would give him time, and that he would show the king the
interpretation. |
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Daniel|2:17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made
the thing
known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: |
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Daniel|2:18 That they would desire mercies of the God
of
heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should
not perish with the rest of the wise [men] of Babylon.
Daniel|2:19 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a
night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. |
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Daniel|2:20 Daniel|answered and said, Blessed be the
name of
God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
Daniel|2:21 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he
removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the
wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
Daniel|2:22 He revealeth the deep and secret things: he
knoweth what [is] in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with
him. |
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Daniel|2:23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God
of my
fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known
unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast [now] made
known unto us the king's matter.
Daniel|2:24 Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the
king had ordained to destroy the wise [men] of Babylon: he went
and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise [men] of Babylon:
bring me in before the king, and I will show unto the king the
interpretation. |
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Daniel|2:25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the
king in
haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives
of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.
Daniel|2:26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name
[was] Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream
which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?
Daniel|2:27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and
said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise
[men], the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, show unto
the king; |
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Daniel|2:28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth
secrets, and maketh
known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall
be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head
upon thy bed, are these; |
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Daniel|2:29 As for thee, O king, thy
thoughts came [into thy
mind] upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he
that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.
Daniel|2:30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me
for [any] wisdom that I have more than any living, but for
[their] sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the
king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart. |
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Daniel|2:31 Thou, O king, sawest, and
behold a great image.
This great image, whose brightness [was] excellent, stood before
thee; and the form thereof [was] terrible.
Daniel|2:32 This image's head [was] of fine gold,
his breast
and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
Daniel|2:33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part
of clay.
Daniel|2:34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without
hands, which smote the image upon his feet [that were] of iron
and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Daniel|2:35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the
silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like
the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried
them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that
smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole
earth. |
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Daniel|2:36 This [is] the dream; and
we will tell the
interpretation thereof before the king. |
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Daniel|2:37 Thou, O king, [art] a king
of kings: for the God
of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and
glory.
Daniel|2:38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the
beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given
into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou
[art] this head of gold. |
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BABYLON
Daniel
7
1st Beast
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Daniel|2:39 And after thee shall arise
another kingdom
inferior to thee, |
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MEDO PERSIA
Daniel
7
2nd Beast
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and another third kingdom of brass,
which shall
bear rule over all the earth. |
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GREECE
Daniel
7
3rd Beast
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Daniel|2:40 And the fourth kingdom
shall be strong as iron:
forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all [things]:
and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and
bruise. |
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ROMAN
Daniel
7
4th Beast
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Daniel|2:41 And whereas thou sawest
the feet and toes, part
of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided;
but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch
as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
Daniel|2:42 And [as] the toes of the feet [were] part of
iron, and part of clay, [so] the kingdom shall be partly strong,
and partly broken.
Daniel|2:43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry
clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron
is not mixed with clay. |
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POLITICALLY
DIVIDED
WORLD
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Daniel|2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the
God of
heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, [but]
it shall break
in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. |
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The
Kingdom Of God
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Daniel|2:45 Forasmuch as thou sawest
that the stone was cut
out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces
the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the
great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream [is] certain, and the interpretation
thereof sure. |
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Daniel|2:46 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon
his face,
and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an
oblation and sweet odours unto him.
Daniel|2:47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a
truth [it is], that your God [is] a God of gods, and a Lord of
kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal
this secret.Daniel |2:48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave
him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province
of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise [men] of
Babylon.
Daniel|2:49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province
of Babylon: but Daniel [sat] in the gate of the king. |
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