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And as the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly brittle.

As you saw the iron mixed with soft clay, so they will mix with one another in marriage, but they will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with clay.

Then Nebuchadnezzar in furious rage commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought. So they brought these men before the king.

If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

So I made a decree that all the wise men of Babylon should be brought before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.

The tree you saw, which grew and became strong, so that its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth,

But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him.

and over them three high officials, of whom Daniel was one, to whom these satraps should give account, so that the king might suffer no loss.

Now, O king, establish the injunction and sign the document, so that it cannot be changed, according to the law of the Medes and the Persians, which cannot be revoked."

Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that Daniel be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

So this Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

I approached one of those who stood there and asked him the truth concerning all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of the things.

So he came near where I stood. And when he came, I was frightened and fell on my face. But he said to me, "Understand, O son of man, that the vision is for the time of the end."

So I was left alone and saw this great vision, and no strength was left in me. My radiant appearance was fearfully changed, and I retained no strength.

and some of the wise shall stumble, so that they may be refined, purified, and made white, until the time of the end, for it still awaits the appointed time.

So he went and took Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.

Therefore I will hedge up her way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, so that she cannot find her paths.

So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.

And I said to her, "You must dwell as mine for many days. You shall not play the whore, or belong to another man; so will I also be to you."

As robbers lie in wait for a man, so the priests band together; they murder on the way to Shechem; they commit villainy.