They drank wine and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, and of bronze, of iron, wood, and stone.

At that moment fingers of a man's hand came out and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace across from the lampstand. And the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoils; my desire shall be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty waters.

When he is about to fill his stomach, God will cast upon him the fury of His wrath, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

But God said to him, Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have prepared?

And the people kept shouting, The voice of a god and not of a man!

And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and died.

For when they say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall by no means escape.

This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king:

And at the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to the heavens, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High. And I praised and honored Him who lives forever, whose dominion is an eternal dominion, and His rule from generation to generation.

And behold a voice out of heaven, saying, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Father, glorify Your name. Then a voice came from Heaven, saying, I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.

But as he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from Heaven.

And he said, Who are You, Sir? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you persecute. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.

And I heard another out of the altar saying, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are Your judgments.

PERES: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.

But now your kingdom shall not stand. Jehovah has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and Jehovah has ordained him to be ruler over His people, because you have not kept what Jehovah has commanded you.

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the Word of Jehovah, He also has rejected you from being king.