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Among these young men were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.

So the steward continued to withhold their choice food and the wine they were to drink, and he gave them vegetables instead.

And Daniel remained there until the first year of King Cyrus.

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

And in the vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa, in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.

As I was contemplating all this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between his eyes came out of the west, crossing the surface of the entire earth without touching the ground.

I saw him approach the ram in a rage against him, and he struck the ram and shattered his two horns. The ram was powerless to stand against him, and the goat threw him to the ground and trampled him, and no one could deliver the ram from his power.

While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.

…and said, “Behold, I will make known to you what will happen in the latter time of wrath, because it concerns the appointed time of the end.

I, Daniel, was exhausted and lay ill for days. Then I got up and went about the king’s business. I was confounded by the vision; it was beyond understanding.

…in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.

In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three full weeks.

On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris,

Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men with me did not see it, but a great terror fell upon them, and they ran and hid themselves.

I heard the sound of his words, and as I listened, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground.

He will resolve to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and will reach an agreement with the king of the South. He will give him a daughter in marriage in order to overthrow the kingdom, but his plan will not succeed or help him.

At the appointed time he will invade the South again, but this time will not be like the first.

He will extend his power over many countries, and not even the land of Egypt will escape.

“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.

This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.

And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”

And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.

Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’

In that day,” declares the LORD, “you will call Me ‘my Husband,’ and no longer call Me ‘my Master.’

“On that day I will respond—” declares the LORD—“I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth.

Then I said to her, “You must live with me for many days; you must not be promiscuous or belong to another, and I will do the same for you.”

And it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.

“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.

Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.

The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water.

But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.

Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.

So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.

They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.

For this thing is from Israel—a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.

Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.

Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.

My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them.

Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.

Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.

So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.