and against the Lord of the heavens thou hast lifted up thyself; and the vessels of His house they have brought in before thee, and thou, and thy great men, thy wives, and thy concubines, are drinking wine with them, and gods of silver, and of gold, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone, that are not seeing, nor hearing, nor knowing, thou hast praised: and the God in whose hand is thy breath, and all thy ways, Him thou hast not honoured.

In whose hand is the breath of every living thing, And the spirit of all flesh of man.'

I have known, O Jehovah, that not of man is his way, Not of man the going and establishing of his step.

Doth not He see my ways, And all my steps number?

Their idols are silver and gold, work of man's hands,

Summon unto Babylon archers, all treading the bow, Encamp against her round about, Let her have no escape; Recompense to her according to her work, According to all that she did -- do to her, For unto Jehovah she hath been proud, Unto the Holy One of Israel.

Now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, am praising and exalting and honouring the King of the heavens, for all His works are truth, and His paths judgment, and those walking in pride He is able to humble.'

Thou hast certainly smitten Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up; be honoured, and abide in thy house; and why dost thou stir thyself up in evil, that thou hast fallen, thou, and Judah with thee?'

My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And with all my ways hast been acquainted.

From Jehovah are the steps of a man, And man -- how understandeth he his way?

For a day is to Jehovah of Hosts, For every proud and high one, And for every lifted up and low one,

so as to put their gods into fire -- for they are no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone -- and they destroy them.

Whom hast thou reproached and reviled? And against whom lifted up the voice? Yea, thou dost lift up on high thine eyes Against the Holy One of Israel.

What profit hath a graven image given That its former hath graven it? A molten image and teacher of falsehood, That trusted hath the former on his own formation -- to make dumb idols?

And Jehovah God formeth the man -- dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

and he blesseth him, and saith, 'Blessed is Abram to God Most High, possessing heaven and earth;

and the princes of the Philistines have been gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; and they say, 'Our god hath given into our hand Samson our enemy.'

And the Philistines have taken the ark of God, and bring it in from Eben-Ezer to Ashdod,

If He doth set on him His heart, His spirit and his breath unto Him He gathereth.

Thou hidest Thy face -- they are troubled, Thou gatherest their spirit -- they expire, And unto their dust they turn back.

The heavens -- the heavens are Jehovah's, And the earth He hath given to sons of men,

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, Work of the hands of man.

His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.

Now, do I arise, saith Jehovah, Now I am exalted, now I am lifted up.

Thus said God, Jehovah, preparing The heavens, and stretching them out, Spreading out the earth and its productions, Giving breath to the people on it, And spirit to those walking in it.

-- They are pouring out gold from a bag, And silver on the beam they weigh, They hire a refiner, and he maketh it a god, They fall down, yea, they bow themselves.

Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart hath been high, And thou dost say: A god I am, The habitation of God I have inhabited, In the heart of the seas, And thou art man, and not God, And thou givest out thy heart as the heart of God,

By the abundance of thy wisdom, Through thy merchandise, Thou hast multiplied thy wealth, And high is thy heart through thy wealth.

High hath been thy heart, because of thy beauty, Thou hast corrupted thy wisdom because of thy brightness, On the earth I have cast thee, Before kings I have set thee, to look on thee,

Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because that thou hast been high in stature, And he yieldeth his foliage between thickets, And high is his heart in his haughtiness,

Belshazzar hath said -- while tasting the wine -- to bring in the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple that is in Jerusalem, that drink with them may the king, and his great men, his wives, and his concubines.

Lo, a presumptuous one! Not upright is his soul within him, And the righteous by his stedfastness liveth.

neither by the hands of men is He served -- needing anything, He giving to all life, and breath, and all things;

for in Him we live, and move, and are; as also certain of your poets have said: For of Him also we are offspring.

because, having known God they did not glorify Him as God, nor gave thanks, but were made vain in their reasonings, and their unintelligent heart was darkened,

Concerning the eating then of the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one;

not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the devil;

and there is not a created thing not manifest before Him, but all things are naked and open to His eyes -- with whom is our reckoning.

And there was given to it a mouth speaking great things, and evil-speakings, and there was given to it authority to make war forty-two months,

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But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

Hast praised

Hast thou

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Now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, am praising and exalting and honouring the King of the heavens, for all His works are truth, and His paths judgment, and those walking in pride He is able to humble.'
and he blesseth him, and saith, 'Blessed is Abram to God Most High, possessing heaven and earth;
The heavens -- the heavens are Jehovah's, And the earth He hath given to sons of men,

Hast praised

and the princes of the Philistines have been gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; and they say, 'Our god hath given into our hand Samson our enemy.'

Which

Their idols are silver and gold, work of man's hands,
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, Work of the hands of man.
so as to put their gods into fire -- for they are no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone -- and they destroy them.
-- They are pouring out gold from a bag, And silver on the beam they weigh, They hire a refiner, and he maketh it a god, They fall down, yea, they bow themselves.
What profit hath a graven image given That its former hath graven it? A molten image and teacher of falsehood, That trusted hath the former on his own formation -- to make dumb idols?
Concerning the eating then of the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one;

In whose

And Jehovah God formeth the man -- dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.
In whose hand is the breath of every living thing, And the spirit of all flesh of man.'
If He doth set on him His heart, His spirit and his breath unto Him He gathereth.
Thou hidest Thy face -- they are troubled, Thou gatherest their spirit -- they expire, And unto their dust they turn back.
His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.
Thus said God, Jehovah, preparing The heavens, and stretching them out, Spreading out the earth and its productions, Giving breath to the people on it, And spirit to those walking in it.
neither by the hands of men is He served -- needing anything, He giving to all life, and breath, and all things;

And whose

Doth not He see my ways, And all my steps number?
My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And with all my ways hast been acquainted.
From Jehovah are the steps of a man, And man -- how understandeth he his way?
I have known, O Jehovah, that not of man is his way, Not of man the going and establishing of his step.
and there is not a created thing not manifest before Him, but all things are naked and open to His eyes -- with whom is our reckoning.

Hast thou

because, having known God they did not glorify Him as God, nor gave thanks, but were made vain in their reasonings, and their unintelligent heart was darkened,

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ye do not make with Me gods of silver, even gods of gold ye do not make to yourselves.
and the chief priests took counsel, that also Lazarus they may kill,
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