³²and you will be driven away from human society^z and your dwelling will be with the animals^a of the field and they will cause you to graze the grass like oxen, and seven times will pass over you, until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdom of humankind and that he gives it to whom he wills.’ ³³Immediately^b the word was fulfilled concerning^c Nebuchadnezzar, and he was expelled from human society^d and he ate grass like oxen, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven until his hair was like the hair of an eagle and his nails grew like a bird’s claws.

The King Praises and Extols the Most High God

³⁴“But at the end of that period,^e I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and then my reason returned to me; and I blessed the Most High and the one who lives forever^f I praised and I honored.

“For his sovereignty is an everlasting sovereignty,

and his kingdom continues from generation to generation.

³⁵And all the dwellers of the earth

are regarded as nothing,

and he does according to^g his desire

in the host of heaven and among the dwellers of earth,

and there is not one who can hold back his hand,

or ask him,^h ‘What are you doing?’

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Footnotes

zLiterally “the humankind”
aAramaic “animal”
bLiterally “In that hour”
cLiterally “over”
dLiterally “the humankind”
eLiterally “the day”
fLiterally “the one living forever”
gLiterally “as”
hLiterally “or asks to him”