And King Belshazzar was troubled, and his countenance changed upon him, and his nobles were troubled with him.

In the second year of [his] reign Nebuchadnezzar dreamed a dream, and his spirit was amazed, and his sleep departed from him.

Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with wrath, and the form of his countenance was changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. And he gave orders to heat the furnace seven times [more than usual], until it should burn to the uttermost.

All the life of the ungodly [is spent] in care, and the years granted to the oppressor are numbered.

Let him not trust that he shall return from darkness, for he has been already made over to the power of the sword.

Distress also and anguish shall come upon him: he shall fall as a captain in the first rank.

And he has run against Him with insolence, on the thickness of the back of his shield.

For he has broken down the houses of many mighty men, and he has plundered a house, though he built it not.

There is nothing remaining of his provisions, therefore his goods shall not flourish.

If by any means he would fill his belly, let [God] send upon him the fury of wrath; let Him bring a torrent of pains upon him.

And let the arrow pierce through his body; and let the stars be against his dwelling-place: let terrors come upon him.

And let the heavens reveal his iniquities, and the earth rise up against him.

Surely You have appointed [judgments] to them because of their crafty dealings; You have cast them down when they were lifted up.

As the dream of one awakening, O Lord, in Your city You will despise their image.

[so] a fearful and a grievous vision was declared to me; he that is treacherous deals treacherously, the transgressor transgresses. The Elamites are upon me, and the ambassadors of the Persians come against me; now will I groan and comfort myself.

My heart wanders, and transgression overwhelms me; my soul is occupied with fear.

Then the queen came into the banquet house, and said, O king, live forever. Let not your thoughts trouble you, and let not your countenance be changed.

I saw a vision and it terrified me, and I was troubled on my bed, and the visions of my head troubled me.

Then Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar, was amazed about one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. And Belteshazzar answered and said, [My] lord, let the dream concern those that hate you, and the interpretation of it to your enemies.

This is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts greatly troubled me, and my countenance was changed: but I kept the matter in my heart.

Let their eyes be darkened that they should not see; and bow down their back continually.

Therefore every hand shall become powerless, and every soul of man shall be dismayed.

The elders shall be troubled, and pangs shall seize them, as of a woman in labor; and they shall mourn one to another, and shall be amazed, and shall change their countenance as a flame.

Therefore are my loins filled with feebleness, and pangs have seized me as a travailing woman; I dealt wrongfully that I might not hear; I hastened that I might not see.

My heart wanders, and transgression overwhelms me; my soul is occupied with fear.

They shall not hunger nor be weary, neither shall they slumber nor sleep; neither shall they loose their sashes from their loins, neither shall their sandal straps be broken.

Be strong, you relaxed hands and feeble knees.

All hands shall be completely weakened, and all thighs shall be defiled with moisture.

And it shall come to pass, if they shall say to you, Why do you groan? That you shall say, For the report; because it comes: and every heart shall break, and all hands shall become feeble, and all flesh and every spirit shall faint, and all thighs shall be defiled with moisture: behold, it comes, says the Lord.

[There is] thrusting forth, and shaking, and tumult, and heart breaking, and loosing of knees, and pangs on all loins; and the faces of all are as the blackening of a pot.

Therefore strengthen the hands which are weakened, and the feeble knees,