In the first year of Belshazzar, king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head on his bed. Then he related the dream, giving the sum of the matters.
For as many things as were written before were written for our instruction, that through the patience and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
Now, then, write this song for you, and teach it to the sons of Israel. Put it in their mouths, so that this song shall be for a witness for Me against the sons of Israel.
And I heard a voice out of Heaven saying to me, Write: Blessed are the dead ones, the ones dying in the Lord from now. Yes, says the Spirit, they shall rest from their labors, and their works follow with them.
And he says to me, Write: Blessed are the ones having been called to the supper of the marriage of the Lamb. And he says to me, These are the true words of God.