EZEKIEL

16 Hamath, Berothab, Sibraim, which is be- the south five and twenty thousand in length tween the border of Damascus, and the border and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the of Hamath; Hazar-hatticon, which is by the midst thereof. coast of Hauran.

18 And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the 13 And over against the border of the east side. priests the Levites shall have five and twenty 19 And the south side southward, from Ta-thousand in length, and ten thousand ia mar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the breadth: all the length shall be five and river to the great sea. And this is the south twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thouside southward. sand.

18 And the residue in length over against From the north end to the coast of the the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, thousand eastward, and ten thousand westHazar-enan, the border of Damascus north-ward: and it shall be over against the oblation ward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his of the holy portion; and the increase theresides east and west, a portion for Dan. of shall be for food unto them that serve the city.

8 And by the border of Judah, from the 22 Moreover, from the possession of the east side unto the west side, shall be the offer-Levites, and from the possession of the city, ing which ye shall offer of five and twenty being in the midst of that which is the thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as prince's, between the border of Judah one of the other parts, from the east side unto and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the the west side and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.

10 And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward 25 And by the border of Simeon, from the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east side unto the west side, Issachar a the east ten thousand in breadtb, and toward portion.

Jehoiakim's captivity.

Chap. i, ii.

The king's meat refused.

26 And by the border of Issachar, from the the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates east side unto the west side, Zebulun a por-northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of tion. Judah, one gate of Levi.

27 And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a portion. 23 And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.

29 This is the land which ye shall divide by Jot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance. and these are their portions, saith the Lord GOD.

30 And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures.

31 And the gates of the city shall be after

32 And at the east side four thousand and five hundred and three gates; one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.

33 And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.

34 At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.

35 It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.

CHAP. I.

The Book of DANIEL.

for why should he see your faces worse liking 1 Jehoiakim's captivity 3 Ashpenaz taketh than the children which are of your sort Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: then shall ye make me endanger my head 8 they, refusing the king's portion, do pres-to the king. per with pulse and water: 17 their excellency in wisdom.

Nthe third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

11 Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hanapiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

12 Prove thy servants, 1 beseech thee, te days: and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

2 And the LORD gave Jehoiakim king of 13 Then let our countenances be looked Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels upon before thee, and the countenances of of the house of Gou: which he carried into the children that eat of the portion of the the land of Shinar to the Louse of his god: king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy and he brought the vessels into the treasure-servants.

house of his god.

14 So he consented to them in this matter, 3 And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the and proved them ten days. master of his eunuchs, that he should brinz] 15 And at the end of ten days their countecertain of the children of Israel, and of the jhances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than king's seed, and of the princes; all the children which did eat the portion of

4 Children in whom was no blemish, but the king's meat. well-favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and 16 Thus Melzar took away the portion of cunning in knowledge, and understanding their meat, and the wine that they should science, and such as had ability in them to stand drink; and gave them pulse.

in the king's palace, and whom they might 17 As for these four children, God gave teach the learning and the tongue of the Chal-them knowledge and skill in all learning and deans. wis cm: and Daniel had understanding in all

5 And the king appointed them a daily provisions and dreams. vision of the king's meat, and of the wine] 18 Now at the end of the days that the king which he drank: so nourishing them three had said he should bring them in, then the years, that at the end thereof they might stand prince of the eunuchs brought them in before before the king. Nebuchadnezzar.

6 Now among these were of the children of 19 And the king communed with them; and Judah, Daniel, Hazaniah, Mishael, and Aza-among them all was found none like Daniel, riah: Hananiah, Mishael,, and Azariah: therefore

7 Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs stood they before the king. gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name 20 And in all matters of wisdom and underof Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Sha-standing that the king inquired of them, he drach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to found them ten times better than all the magiAzariah, of Abed-nego. cians and astrologers that were in all his realm.

8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion 21 And Daniel continued even unto the of the king's meat, nor with the wine which first year of king Cyrus. he drank; therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not deâle himself.

9 Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.

CHAP. II.

1 Nebuchadnezzar forgetteth his dream. 14 Daniel findeth it. 31 The dream, 36 and interpretation thereof.

ND in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dream10 And the prince of the eunuchs saidled dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who and his sleep brake from him.

hath appointed your meat and your drink: 2 Then the king commanded to call the

Nebuchadnezzar forgellelh his dream. DANIEL.

magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dream. So they came and stood before the king.

3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.

Daniel findeth il.

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 understand. ing

22 He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack O'king, live for ever: tell thy ser- 23 1 thank thee, and praise thee, O thou vants the dream, and we will shew the inter- God of my fathers, who hast given me wispretation. dom and might, and hast made known unto 5 The king answered and said to the Chal-me now what we desired of thee: for deans, The thing is gone from me if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be eut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.

24 T Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said 6 But if ye shew the dream, and the inter- thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men pretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and rewards and great honour therefore and I will shew unto the king the intershew me the dream, and the interpretation pretation. thereof.

7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.

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.

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.

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?

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, shew unto the king:

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 shew me the interpretation thereof. 10 T The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: there- 28 But there is a God in heaven that revealfore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that ask-cth secrets, and maketh known to the king ed such things at any magician, or astrologer, | Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter or Chaldean. days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head

11 And it is a rare thing that the king re-upon thy bed, are these; quireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

13 And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

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:

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.

16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.

17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah his companions:

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.

19 Then was the secret revealed unto Dabiel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed

the God of heaven.

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.

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;)

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.

32 This iraage's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of siiver, his belly and bis thighs of brass.

33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.

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,

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 threshing floors; 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

20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the earth. same of God for ever and ever; for wisdom and might are bis :

36 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.

His interpretation.

Chap. iii.

The golden image set up.

37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, of the provinces, to come to the dedication of power, and strength, and glory. the image which Neduchadnezzar the king had set up.

38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of 3 Then the princes, the governors, and the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counhath made thee ruler over them all. Thou sellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of art this head of gold. the provinces, were gathered together unto 39 And after thee shall arise another king-the dedication of the image that Nebuchaddom inferior to thee, and another third king-nezzar the king had set up; and they stood dom of brass, which shall bear rule over all before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set the earth. up.

40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong 4 Then an herald cried aloud, To you it as iron forasmuch as iron breaketh in is commanded, O people, nations, and lanpieces and subdueth all things: and as iron guages, that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.

41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potter's 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 the miry clay.

42 And as the toes of the feet were past of iron and part of clay; so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

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.

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 ail these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

5 That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up.

6 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

7 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

8 Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews. 9 They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, Oking, live for ever.

10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree; that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image:

11 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

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 12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream set over the affairs of the province of Baby is certain, and the interprctation thereof lon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they 46 T Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell up-serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden on his face, and worshipped Daniel, and com-image which thou hast set up. manded that they should offer an oblation and 13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and sweet odours unto him. fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach. and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king.

Sure

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.

48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him raler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.

49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.

CHAP. III.

1 Nebuchadnezzar dedicateth a golden image in Dura. 8 Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego are accused.

14 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?

15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be east the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace: and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?

16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered, and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in

NEBUCHADNEZZAR the king made an this matter

image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof. cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers,

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

18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou bast set up.

Nebuchadnezzar's dream.

DANIEL.

Daniel's interpretation.

19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, lasting kingdom, and his dominion is from and the form of his visage was changed against generation to generation. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

20 And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

4 TI Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace:

5 I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed, and the visions of my head troubled me.

6 Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.

7 Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did 22 Therefore, because the king's command-not make known unto me the interpretation ment was urgent, and the furnace exceed thereof.

ing hot, the name of the fire slew those men 8 But at the last Daniel came in before that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according Dezo. to the name of my god, and in whom is the

23 And these three men, Shadrach, Me-spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told shach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the dream, saying, the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire! They answered and said unto the king, True. O king.

25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose. walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.

9 0 Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visious of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.

10 Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.

11 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.

26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and 12 The leaves thereof were fair, and the spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for nego, ye servants of the most high God, come all the beasts of the field had shadow unforth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Me-der it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in shach, and Abed-nego, came forth of the midst the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of of the fire.

it.

27 And the princes, governors, and cap- 13 I saw in the visions of my head upon my tains, and the king's counsellors, being ga-bed, and behold, a watcher and an holy one thered together, saw these men, upon whose came down from heaven; bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed On thera.

14 He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches.

23 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, 15 Nevertheless, leave the stump of his and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and delivered his servants that trusted in and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and him, and have changed the king's word, let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let and yielded their bodies, that they might his portion be with the beasts in the grass of not serve nor worship any god, except their the earth. Own God.

16 Let his heart be changed from man's, 29 Therefore I make a decree, That every and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and people, nation, and language, which speak any let seven times pass over him. thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, 17 This matter is by the decree of the Meshach, and Abed-nezo, shall be cut in pie-watchers, and the demand by the word of ces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill; the holy ones: to the intent that the living because there is no other God that can deliver may know that the Most High ruleth in the after this sort. kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever 30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, he will, and setteth up over it the basest Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of of men. Babylon.

CHAP. IV.

18 This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare 4 Nebuchadnezzar's dream: 19 Daniel inter- the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all preteth it: 28 the story of the event. the wise men of my kingdom are not able to

NEBUCHADNEZZAR the king, unto all make known unto me the interpretation: but

people, nations, and languages that dwell thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is

in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. inte.

2 I thought it good to shew the signs and 19 Then Daniel, whose name was Belwonders that the high God hath wrought to teshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and ward me. his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, 3 How great are his signs! and how mighty and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, are his wonders! bis kingdom is an ever- or the interpretation thereof trouble thes. ever-¡or