Text 640, 330 rader
Skriven 2005-09-27 18:34:46 av Bob Hoffman (8:8/2)
Ärende: Bible Reading for September 27
======================================
From: "Bob Hoffman" <bhoffman@fmlynet.org>

CHAPTER 4
Daniel 4:1
1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell
in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. Daniel 4:2
2 I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath
wrought toward me.
Daniel 4:3
3 How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an
everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation  to generation. Daniel
4:4
4 I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace:
Daniel 4:5
5 I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the
visions of my head troubled me.
Daniel 4:6
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. Daniel 4:7
7 Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the
soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto
me the interpretation  thereof. Daniel 4:8
8 But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar,
according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods:
and before  him I told  the dream,  saying, Daniel 4:9
9 O 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 visions of
my dream  that I have seen,  and the interpretation  thereof. Daniel 4:10
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. Daniel 4:11
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: Daniel 4:12
12 The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat
for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the
heaven dwelt  in the boughs  thereof, and all  flesh  was fed  of it. Daniel
4:13
13 I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an
holy one came down from heaven;
Daniel 4:14
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: Daniel 4:15
15 Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of
iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the
dew of heaven,  and let his portion  be with  the beasts  in the grass of the
earth:
Daniel 4:16
16 Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto
him; and let seven times pass over him. Daniel 4:17
17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of
the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth
in the kingdom  of men,  and giveth  it to whomsoever  he will,  and setteth up
 over  it the basest  of men. Daniel 4:18
18 This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar,
declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise  men of my
kingdom  are not  able  to make known  unto me the interpretation:  but thou
art able;  for the spirit  of the holy  gods  is in thee. Daniel 4:19
19 Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his
thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar,  let not the
dream,  or the interpretation  thereof, trouble  thee. Belteshazzar answered 
and said,  My lord,  the dream  be to them that hate  thee, and the
interpretation  thereof to thine enemies. Daniel 4:20
20 The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached
unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth; Daniel 4:21
21 Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for
all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the
fowls of the heaven  had their habitation: Daniel 4:22
22 It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is
grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
Daniel 4:23
23 And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven,
and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet  leave  the stump of the
roots  thereof in the earth,  even with a band  of iron  and brass, in the
tender grass  of the field;  and let it be wet  with the dew  of heaven,  and
let his portion  be with  the beasts  of the field,  till seven # times # pass
# over # him;
Daniel 4:24
24 This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High,
which is come upon my lord the king: Daniel 4:25
25 That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the
beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they
shall wet thee with the dew  of heaven,  and seven  times  shall pass  over
thee, till  thou know  that the most High  ruleth  in the kingdom  of men, and
giveth  it to whomsoever  he will. Daniel 4:26
26 And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom
shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do
rule.
Daniel 4:27
27 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy
sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it
may be  a lengthening  of thy tranquillity. Daniel 4:28
28 All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel 4:29
29 At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of
Babylon.
Daniel 4:30
30 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for
the house of the kingdom by the might of my power,  and for the honour of my
majesty?
Daniel 4:31
31 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven,
saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed
from  thee.
Daniel 4:32
32 And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the
beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times
shall pass  over  thee, until  thou know  that the most High  ruleth in the
kingdom  of men,  and giveth  it to whomsoever  he will. Daniel 4:33
33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven
from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet  with the dew  of
heaven,  till  his hairs  were grown  like eagles'  feathers, and his nails 
like birds'  claws.
Daniel 4:34
34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven,
and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I
praised  and honoured  him that liveth  for ever,  whose dominion  is an
everlasting  dominion,  and his kingdom  is from  generation to generation:
Daniel 4:35
35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth
according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the
earth: and none can  stay  his hand,  or say  unto him, What  doest thou?
Daniel 4:36
36 At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my
kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my
lords sought  unto me;  and I was established  in my kingdom,  and excellent 
majesty  was added  unto me. Daniel 4:37
37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all
whose works are truth, and his ways judgment:  and those that walk  in pride he
is able  to abase.
CHAPTER 5
Daniel 5:1
1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank
wine before the thousand.
Daniel 5:2
2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and
silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple
which was in Jerusalem;  that the king,  and his princes,  his wives,  and his
concubines,  might drink  therein. Daniel 5:3
3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the
house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, 
and his concubines,  drank  in them. Daniel 5:4
4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of
iron, of wood, and of stone.
Daniel 5:5
5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against
the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the
king  saw  the part  of the hand  that wrote. Daniel 5:6
6 Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so
that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against
another.
Daniel 5:7
7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the
soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever
 shall read  this  writing,  and shew  me the interpretation thereof, shall be
clothed  with scarlet,  and have a chain  of gold  about his neck,  and shall
be the third  ruler  in the kingdom. Daniel 5:8
8 Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing,
nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof. Daniel 5:9
9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in
him, and his lords were astonied. Daniel 5:10
10 Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into
the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live  for ever:  let
not  thy thoughts  trouble  thee, nor let thy countenance  be changed:
Daniel 5:11
11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and
in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom
of the gods,  was found  in him; whom the king  Nebuchadnezzar  thy father, 
the king,  I say, thy father,  made  master  of the magicians, astrologers, 
Chaldeans,  and soothsayers; Daniel 5:12
12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding,
interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of
doubts, were found in the same Daniel,  whom the king  named  Belteshazzar: now
 let Daniel  be called,  and he will shew  the interpretation. Daniel 5:13
13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake and said unto
Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of  the children  of the captivity  of
Judah,  whom the king  my father  brought  out of  Jewry? Daniel 5:14
14 I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that
light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee. Daniel 5:15
15 And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that
they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation
thereof: but they could not shew  the interpretation  of the thing:
Daniel 5:16
16 And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve
doubts: now if thou canst read the writing,  and make known  to me the
interpretation  thereof, thou shalt be clothed  with scarlet,  and have a chain
 of gold  about  thy neck,  and shalt be the third  ruler  in the kingdom.
Daniel 5:17
17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself,
and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read  the writing  unto the king, 
and make known  to him the interpretation. Daniel 5:18
18 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and
majesty, and glory, and honour: Daniel 5:19
19 And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages,
trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew;  and whom he would he
kept alive;  and whom he would  he set up;  and whom he would  he put down.
Daniel 5:20
20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was
deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: Daniel 5:21
21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the
beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like
oxen,  and his body  was wet  with the dew  of heaven;  till  he knew that the
most high  God  ruled  in the kingdom  of men,  and that he appointeth  over 
it whomsoever  he will. Daniel 5:22
22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou
knewest all this;
Daniel 5:23
23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought
the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and
thy concubines, have drunk  wine  in them; and thou hast praised the gods  of
silver,  and gold,  of brass,  iron,  wood,  and stone,  which see  not,  nor 
hear,  nor  know:  and the God  in whose hand  thy breath # is, and whose are
all # thy ways, # hast thou not # glorified: # Daniel 5:24
24 Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
Daniel 5:25
25 And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
Daniel 5:26
26 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy
kingdom, and finished it.
Daniel 5:27
27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. Daniel 5:28
28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. Daniel
5:29
29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a
chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he
should be  the third  ruler  in the kingdom. Daniel 5:30
30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. Daniel 5:31
31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years
old.
CHAPTER 6
Daniel 6:1
1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes,
which should be over the whole kingdom; Daniel 6:2
2 And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes
might give accounts unto them, and the king  should have  no damage.
Daniel 6:3
3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an
excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought  to set  him over  the whole 
realm.
Daniel 6:4
4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel
concerning the kingdom; but they could find none  occasion  nor  fault;
forasmuch  as he was faithful,  neither  was there any  error  or fault found 
in him.
Daniel 6:5
5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel,
except we find  it against him concerning the law  of his God. Daniel 6:6
6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said
thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. Daniel 6:7
7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the
counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal
statute, and to make a firm decree,  that whosoever shall ask  a petition of 
any  God  or man  for  thirty  days,  save  of thee,  O king,  he shall be cast
 into the den  of lions.
Daniel 6:8
8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not
changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
Daniel 6:9
9 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. Daniel 6:10
10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house;
and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his
knees  three  times  a day,  and prayed,  and gave thanks  before  his God,  as
 he did  aforetime.
Daniel 6:11
11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication
before his God.
Daniel 6:12
12 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree;
Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man  that shall ask  a petition of 
any  God  or man  within  thirty  days,  save  of thee,  O king,  shall be cast
 into the den  of lions?  The king  answered  and said, The thing # is true, #
according to the law # of the Medes # and Persians, # which altereth # not. #
Daniel 6:13
13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the
children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee,  O king,  nor the
decree  that thou hast signed,  but maketh  his petition  three  times  a day.
Daniel 6:14
14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself,
and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down
 of the sun  to deliver  him. Daniel 6:15
15 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O
king, that the law of the Medes and Persians  is, That no  decree  nor statute 
which the king  establisheth  may be changed. Daniel 6:16
16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den
of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God  whom thou servest 
continually,  he will deliver  thee. Daniel 6:17
17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king
sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the
purpose  might not  be changed  concerning Daniel. Daniel 6:18
18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were
instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him. Daniel
6:19
19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the
den of lions.
Daniel 6:20
20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel:
and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living  God, 
is thy God,  whom thou servest  continually,  able  to deliver thee from  the
lions?
Daniel 6:21
21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. Daniel 6:22
22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have
not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also 
before  thee, O king,  have I done  no  hurt. Daniel 6:23
23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should
take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up  out of  the den,  and no
 manner  of hurt  was found  upon him, because he believed  in his God. Daniel
6:24
24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel,
and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their
wives;  and the lions  had the mastery  of them, and brake  all  their bones 
in pieces  or ever  they came  at the bottom  of the den. Daniel 6:25
25 Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell
in all the earth; Peace be multiplied  unto you. Daniel 6:26
26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear
before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God,  and stedfast  for ever, 
and his kingdom  that which shall not  be destroyed,  and his dominion  shall
be even unto  the end. Daniel 6:27
27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and
in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions. Daniel 6:28
28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus
the Persian.


--
http://www.family-bbs.net - web based bbs nntp://nntp.family-bbs.net -
FamilyNet News Server http://www.fmlynet.org - BBS resource center
http://www.christian-wellness.net - dedicated to your physical, spiritual, and
financial well being.

--- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5
 * Origin: FamilyNet Sponsored by http://www.christian-wellness.net (8:8/2)