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Daniel 7:1

Holman Christian Standard Bible

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream with visions in his mind as he was lying in his bed. He wrote down the dream, and here is the summary of his account.

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After these events, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield; your reward will be very great.

That night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob! ” He said. And Jacob replied, “Here I am.”

Among unsettling thoughts from visions in the night, when deep sleep descends on men,

Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the future, forever and ever.

Then the Lord said to me, “Take a large piece of parchment and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

The prophet who has only a dream should recount the dream, but the one who has My word should speak My word truthfully, for what is straw compared to grain? ” — this is the Lord’s declaration.

All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until the time for his own land comes, and then many nations and great kings will enslave him.

Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch son of Neriah, the scribe, and he wrote on it at Jeremiah’s dictation all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim, Judah’s king, had burned in the fire. And many other words like them were added.

So Jeremiah summoned Baruch son of Neriah. At Jeremiah’s dictation, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words the Lord had spoken to Jeremiah.

In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, while I was among the exiles by the Chebar Canal, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.

In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mountain. On its southern slope was a structure resembling a city.

God gave these four young men knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. Daniel also understood visions and dreams of every kind.

In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled him, and sleep deserted him.

The king said in reply to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to tell me the dream I had and its interpretation? ”

“As I was lying in my bed, I also saw in the visions of my mind an observer, a holy one, coming down from heaven.

I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.

King Belshazzar held a great feast for 1,000 of his nobles and drank wine in their presence.

“But you his successor, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.

That very night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was killed,

I continued watching in the night visions, and I saw One like a son of man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was escorted before Him.

“As for me, Daniel, my spirit was deeply distressed within me, and the visions in my mind terrified me.

“While I was watching in the night visions, a fourth beast appeared, frightening and dreadful, and incredibly strong, with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and it trampled with its feet whatever was left. It was different from all the beasts before it, and it had 10 horns.

In the third year of King Belshazzar’s reign, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that had appeared to me earlier.

After this I will pour out My Spirit on all humanity; then your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your old men will have dreams, and your young men will see visions.

Indeed, the Lord God does nothing without revealing His counsel to His servants the prophets.

The Lord answered me: Write down this vision; clearly inscribe it on tablets so one may easily read it.

He said: “Listen to what I say: If there is a prophet among you from the Lord, I make Myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream.

For whatever was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that we may have hope through endurance and through the encouragement from the Scriptures.

Boasting is necessary. It is not profitable, but I will move on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

Therefore write what you have seen, what is, and what will take place after this.

And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write. Then I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders said, and do not write it down! ”




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