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Daniel 4:33 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" This was fulfilled the same hour on Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from men, and ate grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky, until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws. "
Daniel 4:33
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31 While the word was in the king’s mouth, a voice came from the sky, saying, “O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: ‘The kingdom has departed from you.
32 You shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You shall be made to eat grass as oxen. Seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.’”
33 This was fulfilled the same hour on Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from men, and ate grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky, until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.
34 At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever. For his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation.
35 All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stop his hand, or ask him, “What are you doing?”
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Daniel 4:1
"Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you."
Daniel 4:2
"It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked toward me."
Daniel 4:3
"How great are his signs! How mighty are his wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. His dominion is from generation to generation."
Daniel 4:4
"I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace."
Daniel 4:5
"I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me."
Daniel 4:6
"Therefore I made a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream."
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