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Daniel 5:22

Good News Translation

“But you, his son, have not humbled yourself, even though you knew all this.

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But unlike his father, he did not become humble and turn to the Lord; he was even more sinful than his father had been.

He sinned against the Lord and did not listen humbly to the prophet Jeremiah, who spoke the word of the Lord.

I will announce your commands to kings and I will not be ashamed.

So Moses and Aaron went to the king and said to him, “The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says, ‘How much longer will you refuse to submit to me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me.

The Lord says, “I will bring disaster on the earth and punish all wicked people for their sins. I will humble everyone who is proud and punish everyone who is arrogant and cruel.

You were determined to climb up to heaven and to place your throne above the highest stars. You thought you would sit like a king on that mountain in the north where the gods assemble.

Even though you are kind to the wicked, they never learn to do what is right. Even here in a land of righteous people they still do wrong; they refuse to recognize your greatness.

“The Supreme God made your father Nebuchadnezzar a great king and gave him dignity and majesty.

For some time John the Baptist had told Herod, “It isn't right for you to be married to Herodias!”

For John the Baptist came to you showing you the right path to take, and you would not believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. Even when you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

“The servant who knows what his master wants him to do, but does not get himself ready and do it, will be punished with a heavy whipping.

Now that you know this truth, how happy you will be if you put it into practice!

So then, if we do not do the good we know we should do, we are guilty of sin.

But the grace that God gives is even stronger. As the scripture says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”




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