Daniel 4:32-37

32 You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like the ox. Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes.”
33 Immediately what had been said about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from people and ate grass like the ox. His body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.
34 At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever. His dominion is an eternal dominion; his kingdom endures from generation to generation.
35 All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: “What have you done?”
36 At the same time that my sanity was restored, my honor and splendor were returned to me for the glory of my kingdom. My advisers and nobles sought me out, and I was restored to my throne and became even greater than before.
37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble.

Cross References 18

  • 1. S Job 9:12
  • 2. S Job 24:8
  • 3. Daniel 5:20-21
  • 4. S Job 12:20
  • 5. Daniel 12:7; Revelation 4:10
  • 6. Isaiah 37:16
  • 7. Psalms 145:13; S Daniel 2:44; Daniel 5:21; Daniel 6:26; Luke 1:33
  • 8. S Isaiah 40:17
  • 9. Deuteronomy 21:8; Psalms 115:3; S Psalms 135:6; John 1:14
  • 10. S Isaiah 14:27
  • 11. S Deuteronomy 32:39
  • 12. S Job 9:4; S Isaiah 14:24; S Isaiah 45:9; Daniel 5:21; Romans 9:20
  • 13. S Proverbs 22:4; Daniel 5:18
  • 14. S Exodus 15:2
  • 15. S Psalms 34:3
  • 16. Deuteronomy 32:4; Psalms 33:4-5
  • 17. Psalms 18:27; S Psalms 119:21
  • 18. Exodus 18:11; S Job 31:4; Job 40:11-12; S Isaiah 13:11; Daniel 5:20,23; Matthew 23:12
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