²⁰But when^x his heart became arrogant and his spirit became hard so as to act proudly, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom and the^y glory was taken away from him.^z ²¹And he was driven away from human society^a and his mind was made like the animals^b and his dwelling was with the wild asses; and he was given^c grass like oxen to eat, and with^d the dew of heaven his body was bathed, until he acknowledged that the Most High God is sovereign over the kingdom of humankind, and whoever^e he wants he sets over it.

²²“But you his successor,^f Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart even though^g you knew all this. ²³And now you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven, and the vessels of his temple you have brought in before you, and you and your lords,^h your wives and your concubines, have been drinking wine fromⁱ them, and you have praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone^j that do not see and do not hear and do not know, but the God who holds your life in his hand^k and all of your ways come from him,^l you have not honored.

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Footnotes

xLiterally “as that”
yOr “his”
zLiterally “they took away”
aLiterally “from the sons of the humankind”
bAramaic “with the animals”
cLiterally “they gave him”
dAramaic “from”
eLiterally “to from that”
fLiterally “son”
gLiterally “all of because that”
hOr “nobles”
iAramaic “with”
jAll the materials in this list have the definite article that does not have to be translated into English
kLiterally “who your breath is in his hand”
lLiterally “belong to him”