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+<crossway-bible translation="English Standard Version" revision="2006-10-26" xmlns="http://www.crosswaybibles.org" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="schema/crossway.bibles.xsd"> 
+<book title="Daniel" num="27">
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27001001"/>
+  <chapter num="1">
+    <heading>Daniel Taken to Babylon</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">In the third year of <crossref let="a" cid="c27001001.1"/>the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27001002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of <crossref let="b" cid="c27001002.1"/>the vessels of the house of God. And he brought them to <crossref let="c" cid="c27001002.2"/>the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, <crossref let="d" cid="c27001002.3"/>and placed the vessels in the treasury of his god.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27001003"/>
+    <verse num="3">Then the king commanded Ashpenaz, <crossref let="e" cid="c27001003.1"/>his chief eunuch, to bring some of the people of Israel, both of the royal family<note nid="n27001003.1"/> and of <crossref let="f" cid="c27001003.2"/>the nobility,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27001004"/>
+    <verse num="4">youths without <crossref let="g" cid="c27001004.1"/>blemish, of good appearance and <crossref let="h" cid="c27001004.2"/>skillful in all wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding learning, and competent to stand in the king&apos;s palace, and to <crossref let="i" cid="c27001004.3"/>teach them the literature and language of the <crossref let="j" cid="c27001004.4"/>Chaldeans.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27001005"/>
+    <verse num="5">The king assigned them a daily portion of <crossref let="k" cid="c27001005.1"/>the food that the king ate, and of <crossref let="l" cid="c27001005.2"/>the wine that he drank. They were to be educated for <crossref let="m" cid="c27001005.3"/>three years, and at the end of that time they were to <crossref let="n" cid="c27001005.4"/>stand before the king.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27001006"/>
+    <verse num="6">Among these were <crossref let="o" cid="c27001006.1"/>Daniel, <crossref let="p" cid="c27001006.2"/>Hananiah, <crossref let="p" cid="c27001006.3"/>Mishael, and <crossref let="p" cid="c27001006.4"/>Azariah of the tribe of Judah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27001007"/>
+    <verse num="7">And <crossref let="e" cid="c27001007.1"/>the chief of the eunuchs <crossref let="q" cid="c27001007.2"/>gave them names: <crossref let="r" cid="c27001007.3"/>Daniel he called Belteshazzar, Hananiah he called Shadrach, Mishael he called Meshach, and Azariah he called Abednego.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27001008"/>
+    <heading>Daniel&apos;s Faithfulness</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="8">But Daniel <crossref let="s" cid="c27001008.1"/>resolved that he would not <crossref let="t" cid="c27001008.2"/>defile himself with <crossref let="k" cid="c27001008.3"/>the king&apos;s food, or with <crossref let="l" cid="c27001008.4"/>the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to <crossref let="t" cid="c27001008.5"/>defile himself.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27001009"/>
+    <verse num="9"><crossref let="u" cid="c27001009.1"/>And God gave Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the chief of the eunuchs,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27001010"/>
+    <verse num="10">and the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, <q class="begin-double" qid="27001010.1" from="27001010.1" to="27001010.2"/>I fear my lord the king, who assigned your food and your drink; for why should he see that you were in worse condition than the youths who are of your own age? So you would endanger my head with the king.<q class="end-double" qid="27001010.2" from="27001010.1" to="27001010.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27001011"/>
+    <verse num="11">Then Daniel said to the steward whom the chief of the eunuchs had assigned over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27001012"/>
+    <verse num="12"><q class="begin-double" qid="27001012.1" from="27001012.1" to="27001013.1"/>Test your servants for <crossref let="v" cid="c27001012.1"/>ten days; let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27001013"/>
+    <verse num="13">Then let our appearance and the appearance of the youths who eat <crossref let="k" cid="c27001013.1"/>the king&apos;s food be observed by you, and deal with your servants according to what you see.<q class="end-double" qid="27001013.1" from="27001012.1" to="27001013.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27001014"/>
+    <verse num="14">So he listened to them in this matter, and tested them for ten days.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27001015"/>
+    <verse num="15">At the end of ten days it was seen that they were better in appearance and fatter in flesh than all the youths who ate <crossref let="k" cid="c27001015.1"/>the king&apos;s food.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27001016"/>
+    <verse num="16"><crossref let="w" cid="c27001016.1"/>So the steward took away their food and the wine they were to drink, and gave them <crossref let="x" cid="c27001016.2"/>vegetables.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27001017"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="17">As for these four youths, <crossref let="y" cid="c27001017.1"/>God gave them learning and <crossref let="z" cid="c27001017.2"/>skill in all literature and wisdom, and Daniel had <crossref let="a" cid="c27001017.3"/>understanding in all visions and dreams.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27001018"/>
+    <verse num="18">At the end of <crossref let="b" cid="c27001018.1"/>the time, when the king had commanded that they should be brought in, the chief of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27001019"/>
+    <verse num="19">And the king spoke with them, and among all of them none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Therefore <crossref let="c" cid="c27001019.1"/>they stood before the king.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27001020"/>
+    <verse num="20">And in every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all <crossref let="d" cid="c27001020.1"/>the magicians and <crossref let="e" cid="c27001020.2"/>enchanters that were in all his kingdom.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27001021"/>
+    <verse num="21">And Daniel <crossref let="f" cid="c27001021.1"/>was there until the first year of <crossref let="g" cid="c27001021.2"/>King Cyrus.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002001"/>
+  <chapter num="2">
+    <heading>Nebuchadnezzar&apos;s Dream</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; <crossref let="h" cid="c27002001.1"/>his spirit was troubled, and <crossref let="i" cid="c27002001.2"/>his sleep left him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002002"/>
+    <verse num="2">Then the king commanded that <crossref let="d" cid="c27002002.1"/>the magicians, <crossref let="e" cid="c27002002.2"/>the enchanters, the <crossref let="j" cid="c27002002.3"/>sorcerers, and <crossref let="k" cid="c27002002.4"/>the Chaldeans be summoned to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and <crossref let="l" cid="c27002002.5"/>stood before the king.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002003"/>
+    <verse num="3">And the king said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="27002003.1" from="27002003.1" to="27002003.2"/>I had a dream, and <crossref let="h" cid="c27002003.1"/>my spirit is troubled to know the dream.<q class="end-double" qid="27002003.2" from="27002003.1" to="27002003.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002004"/>
+    <verse num="4">Then <crossref let="k" cid="c27002004.1"/>the Chaldeans said to the king in Aramaic,<note nid="n27002004.1"/> <crossref let="m" cid="c27002004.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="27002004.1" from="27002004.1" to="27002004.2"/>O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.<q class="end-double" qid="27002004.2" from="27002004.1" to="27002004.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002005"/>
+    <verse num="5">The king answered and said to <crossref let="k" cid="c27002005.1"/>the Chaldeans, <q class="begin-double" qid="27002005.1" from="27002005.1" to="27002006.1"/>The word from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be <crossref let="n" cid="c27002005.2"/>torn limb from limb, <crossref let="n" cid="c27002005.3"/>and your <crossref let="o" cid="c27002005.4"/>houses shall be laid in ruins.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002006"/>
+    <verse num="6">But if you show the dream and its interpretation, <crossref let="p" cid="c27002006.1"/>you shall receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. <crossref let="q" cid="c27002006.2"/>Therefore show me the dream and its interpretation.<q class="end-double" qid="27002006.1" from="27002005.1" to="27002006.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002007"/>
+    <verse num="7">They answered a second time and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="27002007.1" from="27002007.1" to="27002007.2"/>Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show its interpretation.<q class="end-double" qid="27002007.2" from="27002007.1" to="27002007.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002008"/>
+    <verse num="8">The king answered and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="27002008.1" from="27002008.1" to="27002009.1"/>I know with certainty that you are trying to <crossref let="r" cid="c27002008.1"/>gain time, because you see that the word from me is firm&emdash;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002009"/>
+    <verse num="9">if you do not make the dream known to me, <crossref let="s" cid="c27002009.1"/>there is but one sentence for you. You have agreed to speak lying and corrupt words before me till <crossref let="t" cid="c27002009.2"/>the times change. <crossref let="u" cid="c27002009.3"/>Therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can show me its interpretation.<q class="end-double" qid="27002009.1" from="27002008.1" to="27002009.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002010"/>
+    <verse num="10"><crossref let="v" cid="c27002010.1"/>The Chaldeans answered the king and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="27002010.1" from="27002010.1" to="27002011.1"/>There is not a man on earth who can meet the king&apos;s demand, for no great and powerful king has asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or <crossref let="v" cid="c27002010.2"/>Chaldean.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002011"/>
+    <verse num="11">The thing that the king asks is difficult, and no one can show it to the king except <crossref let="w" cid="c27002011.1"/>the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.<q class="end-double" qid="27002011.1" from="27002010.1" to="27002011.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002012"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="12">Because of this the king was angry and <crossref let="x" cid="c27002012.1"/>very furious, and <crossref let="y" cid="c27002012.2"/>commanded that all <crossref let="z" cid="c27002012.3"/>the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002013"/>
+    <verse num="13">So the decree went out, and the wise men were about to be killed; and they sought <crossref let="a" cid="c27002013.1"/>Daniel and his companions, to kill them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002014"/>
+    <verse num="14">Then Daniel replied with prudence and discretion to <crossref let="b" cid="c27002014.1"/>Arioch, the <crossref let="c" cid="c27002014.2"/>captain of the king&apos;s guard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002015"/>
+    <verse num="15">He declared<note nid="n27002015.1"/> to Arioch, the king&apos;s captain, <q class="begin-double" qid="27002015.1" from="27002015.1" to="27002015.2"/>Why is the decree of the king <crossref let="d" cid="c27002015.1"/>so urgent?<q class="end-double" qid="27002015.2" from="27002015.1" to="27002015.2"/> Then Arioch made the matter known to Daniel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002016"/>
+    <verse num="16">And Daniel went in and requested the king to appoint him a time, that he might show the interpretation to the king.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002017"/>
+    <heading>God Reveals Nebuchadnezzar&apos;s Dream</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="17">Then Daniel went to his house and made the matter known to <crossref let="e" cid="c27002017.1"/>Hananiah, <crossref let="e" cid="c27002017.2"/>Mishael, and <crossref let="e" cid="c27002017.3"/>Azariah, his companions,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002018"/>
+    <verse num="18"><crossref let="f" cid="c27002018.1"/>and told them to seek mercy from the <crossref let="g" cid="c27002018.2"/>God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions might not <crossref let="h" cid="c27002018.3"/>be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002019"/>
+    <verse num="19">Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in <crossref let="i" cid="c27002019.1"/>a vision of the night. Then Daniel <crossref let="j" cid="c27002019.2"/>blessed the <crossref let="g" cid="c27002019.3"/>God of heaven.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002020"/>
+    <verse num="20">Daniel answered and said:
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="k" cid="c27002020.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="27002020.1" from="27002020.1" to="27002023.1"/>Blessed be the name of God forever and ever,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="l" cid="c27002020.2"/>to whom belong wisdom and might.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002021"/>
+    <verse num="21">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="m" cid="c27002021.1"/>He changes times and seasons;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="n" cid="c27002021.2"/>he removes kings and sets up kings;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="o" cid="c27002021.3"/>he gives wisdom to the wise<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="o" cid="c27002021.4"/>and knowledge to those who have understanding;<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002022"/>
+    <verse num="22">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="p" cid="c27002022.1"/>he reveals deep and hidden things;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="p" cid="c27002022.2"/>he knows what is in the darkness,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="q" cid="c27002022.3"/>and the light dwells with him.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002023"/>
+    <verse num="23">
+        <begin-line/>To you, O <crossref let="r" cid="c27002023.1"/>God of my fathers,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="s" cid="c27002023.2"/>I give thanks and praise,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>for <crossref let="t" cid="c27002023.3"/>you have given me wisdom and might,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and have now made known to me what <crossref let="u" cid="c27002023.4"/>we asked of you,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>for you have made known to us the king&apos;s matter.<q class="end-double" qid="27002023.1" from="27002020.1" to="27002023.1"/><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002024"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="24">Therefore Daniel went in to <crossref let="v" cid="c27002024.1"/>Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He went and said thus to him: <q class="begin-double" qid="27002024.1" from="27002024.1" to="27002024.2"/>Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will show the king the interpretation.<q class="end-double" qid="27002024.2" from="27002024.1" to="27002024.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002025"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="25">Then <crossref let="v" cid="c27002025.1"/>Arioch brought in Daniel before the king <crossref let="w" cid="c27002025.2"/>in haste and said thus to him: <q class="begin-double" qid="27002025.1" from="27002025.1" to="27002025.2"/>I have found <crossref let="x" cid="c27002025.3"/>among the exiles from Judah a man who will make known to the king the interpretation.<q class="end-double" qid="27002025.2" from="27002025.1" to="27002025.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002026"/>
+    <verse num="26">The king declared to Daniel, <crossref let="y" cid="c27002026.1"/>whose name was Belteshazzar, <crossref let="z" cid="c27002026.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="27002026.1" from="27002026.1" to="27002026.2"/>Are you able to make known to me the dream that I have seen and its interpretation?<q class="end-double" qid="27002026.2" from="27002026.1" to="27002026.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002027"/>
+    <verse num="27">Daniel answered the king and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="27002027.1" from="27002027.1" to="27002045.1"/>No wise men, <crossref let="a" cid="c27002027.1"/>enchanters, <crossref let="a" cid="c27002027.2"/>magicians, or <crossref let="b" cid="c27002027.3"/>astrologers can show to the king the mystery that the king has asked,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002028"/>
+    <verse num="28">but <crossref let="c" cid="c27002028.1"/>there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar <crossref let="d" cid="c27002028.2"/>what will be in the latter days. Your dream and <crossref let="e" cid="c27002028.3"/>the visions of your head as you lay in bed are these:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002029"/>
+    <verse num="29">To you, O king, as you lay in bed came thoughts of what would be after this, <crossref let="f" cid="c27002029.1"/>and he who reveals mysteries made known to you what is to be.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002030"/>
+    <verse num="30">But <crossref let="g" cid="c27002030.1"/>as for me, this mystery has been revealed to me, not because of any wisdom that I have more than all the living, but in order that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that <crossref let="h" cid="c27002030.2"/>you may know the thoughts of your mind.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002031"/>
+    <heading>Daniel Interprets the Dream</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="31"><q class="continue-double" qid="27002031.1" from="27002027.1" to="27002045.1"/>You saw, O king, and behold, a great image. This image, mighty and of exceeding brightness, stood before you, and its appearance was frightening.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002032"/>
+    <verse num="32"><crossref let="i" cid="c27002032.1"/>The head of this image was of fine gold, <crossref let="j" cid="c27002032.2"/>its chest and arms of silver, its middle and <crossref let="j" cid="c27002032.3"/>thighs of bronze,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002033"/>
+    <verse num="33"><crossref let="k" cid="c27002033.1"/>its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002034"/>
+    <verse num="34">As you looked, a stone was cut out <crossref let="l" cid="c27002034.1"/>by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and <crossref let="m" cid="c27002034.2"/>broke them in pieces.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002035"/>
+    <verse num="35">Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, all together were broken in pieces, and became <crossref let="n" cid="c27002035.1"/>like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that <crossref let="o" cid="c27002035.2"/>not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the image became <crossref let="p" cid="c27002035.3"/>a great mountain <crossref let="q" cid="c27002035.4"/>and filled the whole earth.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002036"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="36"><q class="continue-double" qid="27002036.1" from="27002027.1" to="27002045.1"/>This was the dream. Now we will tell the king its interpretation.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002037"/>
+    <verse num="37">You, O king, <crossref let="r" cid="c27002037.1"/>the king of kings, to whom <crossref let="s" cid="c27002037.2"/>the God of heaven <crossref let="t" cid="c27002037.3"/>has given the kingdom, the power, and the might, and the glory,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002038"/>
+    <verse num="38">and into whose hand he has given, wherever they dwell, the children of man, <crossref let="u" cid="c27002038.1"/>the beasts of the field, and the birds of the heavens, making you rule over them all&emdash;you are <crossref let="v" cid="c27002038.2"/>the head of gold.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002039"/>
+    <verse num="39"><crossref let="w" cid="c27002039.1"/>Another kingdom inferior to you shall arise after you, and yet a third kingdom <crossref let="v" cid="c27002039.2"/>of bronze, <crossref let="x" cid="c27002039.3"/>which shall rule over all the earth.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002040"/>
+    <verse num="40">And <crossref let="y" cid="c27002040.1"/>there shall be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron, because iron <crossref let="z" cid="c27002040.2"/>breaks to pieces and shatters all things. And like iron that crushes, it shall <crossref let="z" cid="c27002040.3"/>break and crush all these.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002041"/>
+    <verse num="41">And as you saw <crossref let="a" cid="c27002041.1"/>the feet and toes, partly of potter&apos;s clay and partly of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom, but some of the <crossref let="y" cid="c27002041.2"/>firmness of iron shall be in it, just as you saw iron mixed with the soft clay.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002042"/>
+    <verse num="42">And as the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly brittle.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002043"/>
+    <verse num="43">As you saw the iron mixed with soft clay, so they will mix with one another in marriage,<note nid="n27002043.1"/> but they will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with clay.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002044"/>
+    <verse num="44">And in the days of those kings <crossref let="b" cid="c27002044.1"/>the God of heaven will set up <crossref let="c" cid="c27002044.2"/>a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. <crossref let="d" cid="c27002044.3"/>It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and <crossref let="c" cid="c27002044.4"/>it shall stand forever,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002045"/>
+    <verse num="45">just as <crossref let="e" cid="c27002045.1"/>you saw that <crossref let="f" cid="c27002045.2"/>a stone was cut from a mountain by no human hand, and that <crossref let="d" cid="c27002045.3"/>it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. A <crossref let="g" cid="c27002045.4"/>great God has made known to the king what shall be after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.<q class="end-double" qid="27002045.1" from="27002027.1" to="27002045.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002046"/>
+    <heading>Daniel Is Promoted</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="46">Then King Nebuchadnezzar <crossref let="h" cid="c27002046.1"/>fell upon his face and <crossref let="i" cid="c27002046.2"/>paid homage to Daniel, and commanded that <crossref let="j" cid="c27002046.3"/>an offering and <crossref let="k" cid="c27002046.4"/>incense be offered up to him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002047"/>
+    <verse num="47">The king answered and said to Daniel, <q class="begin-double" qid="27002047.1" from="27002047.1" to="27002047.2"/>Truly, your <crossref let="l" cid="c27002047.1"/>God is God of gods and <crossref let="m" cid="c27002047.2"/>Lord of kings, and <crossref let="n" cid="c27002047.3"/>a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this mystery.<q class="end-double" qid="27002047.2" from="27002047.1" to="27002047.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002048"/>
+    <verse num="48">Then the king gave Daniel high honors and many great <crossref let="o" cid="c27002048.1"/>gifts, and made him ruler over the whole <crossref let="p" cid="c27002048.2"/>province of Babylon and <crossref let="q" cid="c27002048.3"/>chief prefect over all the wise men of Babylon.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27002049"/>
+    <verse num="49">Daniel made a request of the king, and he <crossref let="r" cid="c27002049.1"/>appointed <crossref let="s" cid="c27002049.2"/>Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of <crossref let="p" cid="c27002049.3"/>the province of Babylon. But Daniel <crossref let="t" cid="c27002049.4"/>remained at the king&apos;s court.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003001"/>
+  <chapter num="3">
+    <heading>Nebuchadnezzar&apos;s Golden Image</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits<note nid="n27003001.1"/> and its breadth six cubits. He set it up on <crossref let="u" cid="c27003001.1"/>the plain of Dura, in <crossref let="v" cid="c27003001.2"/>the province of Babylon.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003002"/>
+    <verse num="2">Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather <crossref let="w" cid="c27003002.1"/>the satraps, the prefects, and <crossref let="x" cid="c27003002.2"/>the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003003"/>
+    <verse num="3">Then <crossref let="w" cid="c27003003.1"/>the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces gathered for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. And they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And the herald <crossref let="y" cid="c27003004.1"/>proclaimed aloud, <q class="begin-double" qid="27003004.1" from="27003004.1" to="27003006.1"/>You are commanded, O <crossref let="z" cid="c27003004.2"/>peoples, nations, and languages,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003005"/>
+    <verse num="5">that when you hear the <crossref let="a" cid="c27003005.1"/>sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, you <crossref let="b" cid="c27003005.2"/>are to fall down and worship the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003006"/>
+    <verse num="6">And whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately <crossref let="c" cid="c27003006.1"/>be cast into a burning fiery furnace.<q class="end-double" qid="27003006.1" from="27003004.1" to="27003006.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003007"/>
+    <verse num="7">Therefore, as soon as all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, all <crossref let="z" cid="c27003007.1"/>the peoples, nations, and languages fell down and worshiped the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003008"/>
+    <heading>The Fiery Furnace</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="8">Therefore at that time certain <crossref let="d" cid="c27003008.1"/>Chaldeans <crossref let="e" cid="c27003008.2"/>came forward and maliciously accused the Jews.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003009"/>
+    <verse num="9">They declared<note nid="n27003009.1"/> to King Nebuchadnezzar, <q class="begin-double" qid="27003009.1" from="27003009.1" to="27003012.1"/>O king, live forever!</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003010"/>
+    <verse num="10">You, O king, <crossref let="f" cid="c27003010.1"/>have made a decree, that every man who <crossref let="g" cid="c27003010.2"/>hears the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, <crossref let="g" cid="c27003010.3"/>shall fall down and worship the golden image.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003011"/>
+    <verse num="11">And whoever does not fall down and worship <crossref let="c" cid="c27003011.1"/>shall be cast into a burning fiery furnace.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003012"/>
+    <verse num="12">There are certain Jews whom you have <crossref let="h" cid="c27003012.1"/>appointed over the affairs of <crossref let="v" cid="c27003012.2"/>the province of Babylon: <crossref let="i" cid="c27003012.3"/>Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, <crossref let="j" cid="c27003012.4"/>pay no attention to you; they do not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.<q class="end-double" qid="27003012.1" from="27003009.1" to="27003012.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003013"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13">Then Nebuchadnezzar <crossref let="k" cid="c27003013.1"/>in furious rage commanded that <crossref let="i" cid="c27003013.2"/>Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought. So they brought these men before the king.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003014"/>
+    <verse num="14">Nebuchadnezzar answered and said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="27003014.1" from="27003014.1" to="27003015.1"/>Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden image that I have set up?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003015"/>
+    <verse num="15">Now if you are ready when <crossref let="l" cid="c27003015.1"/>you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, well and good.<note nid="n27003015.1"/> But if you do not worship, <crossref let="c" cid="c27003015.2"/>you shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace. And <crossref let="m" cid="c27003015.3"/>who is the god who will deliver you out of my hands?<q class="end-double" qid="27003015.1" from="27003014.1" to="27003015.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003016"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16"><crossref let="i" cid="c27003016.1"/>Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, <q class="begin-double" qid="27003016.1" from="27003016.1" to="27003018.1"/>O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003017"/>
+    <verse num="17">If this be so, <crossref let="n" cid="c27003017.1"/>our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.<note nid="n27003017.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003018"/>
+    <verse num="18">But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.<q class="end-double" qid="27003018.1" from="27003016.1" to="27003018.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003019"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="19">Then Nebuchadnezzar was <crossref let="o" cid="c27003019.1"/>filled with fury, and the expression of his face <crossref let="p" cid="c27003019.2"/>was changed against <crossref let="i" cid="c27003019.3"/>Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was usually heated.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003020"/>
+    <verse num="20">And he ordered some of the mighty men of his army <crossref let="q" cid="c27003020.1"/>to bind <crossref let="i" cid="c27003020.2"/>Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003021"/>
+    <verse num="21">Then these men were <crossref let="q" cid="c27003021.1"/>bound in their cloaks, their tunics,<note nid="n27003021.1"/> their hats, and their other garments, and they were thrown into the burning fiery furnace.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003022"/>
+    <verse num="22">Because the king&apos;s order was <crossref let="r" cid="c27003022.1"/>urgent and the furnace overheated, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up <crossref let="s" cid="c27003022.2"/>Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003023"/>
+    <verse num="23">And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell <crossref let="q" cid="c27003023.1"/>bound into the burning fiery furnace.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003024"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="24">Then King Nebuchadnezzar was <crossref let="t" cid="c27003024.1"/>astonished and rose up <crossref let="u" cid="c27003024.2"/>in haste. He declared to his <crossref let="v" cid="c27003024.3"/>counselors, <q class="begin-double" qid="27003024.1" from="27003024.1" to="27003024.2"/>Did we not cast three men <crossref let="w" cid="c27003024.4"/>bound into the fire?<q class="end-double" qid="27003024.2" from="27003024.1" to="27003024.2"/> They answered and said to the king, <q class="begin-double" qid="27003024.3" from="27003024.3" to="27003024.4"/>True, O king.<q class="end-double" qid="27003024.4" from="27003024.3" to="27003024.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003025"/>
+    <verse num="25">He answered and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="27003025.1" from="27003025.1" to="27003025.2"/>But I see four men unbound, <crossref let="x" cid="c27003025.1"/>walking in the midst of the fire, and they <crossref let="y" cid="c27003025.2"/>are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like <crossref let="z" cid="c27003025.3"/>a son of the gods.<q class="end-double" qid="27003025.2" from="27003025.1" to="27003025.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003026"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="26">Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the burning fiery furnace; he declared, <crossref let="s" cid="c27003026.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="27003026.1" from="27003026.1" to="27003026.2"/>Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the <crossref let="a" cid="c27003026.2"/>Most High God, come out, and come here!<q class="end-double" qid="27003026.2" from="27003026.1" to="27003026.2"/> Then <crossref let="s" cid="c27003026.3"/>Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the fire.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003027"/>
+    <verse num="27">And the <crossref let="b" cid="c27003027.1"/>satraps, the prefects, the governors, and <crossref let="v" cid="c27003027.2"/>the king&apos;s counselors gathered together and saw that <crossref let="c" cid="c27003027.3"/>the fire had not had any power over the bodies of those men. The hair of their heads was not singed, their <crossref let="d" cid="c27003027.4"/>cloaks were not harmed, and no smell of fire had come upon them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003028"/>
+    <verse num="28">Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="27003028.1" from="27003028.1" to="27003029.1"/>Blessed be the God of <crossref let="s" cid="c27003028.1"/>Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who <crossref let="e" cid="c27003028.2"/>has sent his angel and <crossref let="f" cid="c27003028.3"/>delivered his servants, who <crossref let="g" cid="c27003028.4"/>trusted in him, and set aside<note nid="n27003028.1"/> the king&apos;s command, and yielded up their bodies rather than <crossref let="h" cid="c27003028.5"/>serve and worship any god except their own God.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003029"/>
+    <verse num="29">Therefore <crossref let="i" cid="c27003029.1"/>I make a decree: Any <crossref let="j" cid="c27003029.2"/>people, nation, or language that speaks anything against the God of <crossref let="s" cid="c27003029.3"/>Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego <crossref let="k" cid="c27003029.4"/>shall be torn limb from limb, and their houses laid in ruins, for there is no other god who is able to rescue in this way.<q class="end-double" qid="27003029.1" from="27003028.1" to="27003029.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27003030"/>
+    <verse num="30">Then the king promoted <crossref let="s" cid="c27003030.1"/>Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in <crossref let="l" cid="c27003030.2"/>the province of Babylon.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004001"/>
+  <chapter num="4">
+    <heading>Nebuchadnezzar Praises God</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><note nid="n27004001.1"/> King Nebuchadnezzar to all <crossref let="m" cid="c27004001.1"/>peoples, nations, and languages, <crossref let="n" cid="c27004001.2"/>that dwell in all the earth: <crossref let="o" cid="c27004001.3"/>Peace be multiplied to you!</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004002"/>
+    <verse num="2">It has seemed good to me to show the <crossref let="p" cid="c27004002.1"/>signs and wonders that the <crossref let="q" cid="c27004002.2"/>Most High God has done for me.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004003"/>
+    <begin-block-indent/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+    <verse num="3">
+        <begin-line/>How great are <crossref let="p" cid="c27004003.1"/>his signs,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>how mighty his <crossref let="p" cid="c27004003.2"/>wonders!<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="r" cid="c27004003.3"/>His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="r" cid="c27004003.4"/>and his dominion endures from generation to generation.<end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004004"/>
+    <heading>Nebuchadnezzar&apos;s Second Dream</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="4"><note nid="n27004004.1"/> I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and prospering in my palace.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004005"/>
+    <verse num="5">I saw a dream that made me afraid. As I lay in bed the fancies and <crossref let="s" cid="c27004005.1"/>the visions of my head alarmed me.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004006"/>
+    <verse num="6">So <crossref let="t" cid="c27004006.1"/>I made a decree that <crossref let="u" cid="c27004006.2"/>all the wise men of Babylon should be brought before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004007"/>
+    <verse num="7">Then <crossref let="v" cid="c27004007.1"/>the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers came in, and I told them the dream, but <crossref let="w" cid="c27004007.2"/>they could not make known to me its interpretation.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004008"/>
+    <verse num="8">At last Daniel came in before me&emdash;he who was named <crossref let="x" cid="c27004008.1"/>Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom is <crossref let="y" cid="c27004008.2"/>the spirit of the holy gods<note nid="n27004008.1"/>&emdash;and I told him the dream, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004009"/>
+    <verse num="9"><q class="begin-double" qid="27004009.1" from="27004009.1" to="27004018.1"/>O Belteshazzar, <crossref let="z" cid="c27004009.1"/>chief of the magicians, because I know that <crossref let="y" cid="c27004009.2"/>the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no <crossref let="a" cid="c27004009.3"/>mystery is too difficult for you, tell me <crossref let="s" cid="c27004009.4"/>the visions of my dream that I saw and their interpretation.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004010"/>
+    <verse num="10"><crossref let="s" cid="c27004010.1"/>The visions of my head as I lay in bed were these: I saw, and <crossref let="b" cid="c27004010.2"/>behold, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004011"/>
+    <verse num="11"><crossref let="c" cid="c27004011.1"/>The tree grew and became strong, and its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004012"/>
+    <verse num="12"><crossref let="d" cid="c27004012.1"/>Its leaves were beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all. <crossref let="e" cid="c27004012.2"/>The beasts of the field found shade under it, and <crossref let="e" cid="c27004012.3"/>the birds of the heavens lived in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004013"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13"><q class="continue-double" qid="27004013.1" from="27004009.1" to="27004018.1"/>I saw in <crossref let="s" cid="c27004013.1"/>the visions of my head as I lay in bed, and behold, <crossref let="f" cid="c27004013.2"/>a watcher, <crossref let="g" cid="c27004013.3"/>a holy one, came down from heaven.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004014"/>
+    <verse num="14">He <crossref let="h" cid="c27004014.1"/>proclaimed aloud and said thus: <crossref let="i" cid="c27004014.2"/><q class="begin-single" qid="27004014.1" from="27004014.1" to="27004017.1"/>Chop down the tree and <crossref let="j" cid="c27004014.3"/>lop off its branches, <crossref let="j" cid="c27004014.4"/>strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. <crossref let="j" cid="c27004014.5"/>Let the beasts flee from under it and the birds from its branches.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004015"/>
+    <verse num="15">But leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, amid the tender grass of the field. Let him be wet with the dew of heaven. Let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004016"/>
+    <verse num="16">Let his mind be changed from a man&apos;s, and let a beast&apos;s mind be given to him; <crossref let="k" cid="c27004016.1"/>and let seven periods of time <crossref let="l" cid="c27004016.2"/>pass over him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004017"/>
+    <verse num="17">The sentence is by the decree of <crossref let="f" cid="c27004017.1"/>the watchers, the decision by the word of <crossref let="g" cid="c27004017.2"/>the holy ones, to the end that the living may know that the Most High <crossref let="m" cid="c27004017.3"/>rules the kingdom of men <crossref let="n" cid="c27004017.4"/>and gives it to whom he will and <crossref let="o" cid="c27004017.5"/>sets over it the lowliest of men.<q class="end-single" qid="27004017.1" from="27004014.1" to="27004017.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004018"/>
+    <verse num="18">This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. And you, O <crossref let="p" cid="c27004018.1"/>Belteshazzar, tell me the interpretation, because <crossref let="q" cid="c27004018.2"/>all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation, but you are able, for <crossref let="r" cid="c27004018.3"/>the spirit of the holy gods is in you.<q class="end-double" qid="27004018.1" from="27004009.1" to="27004018.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004019"/>
+    <heading>Daniel Interprets the Second Dream</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="19">Then Daniel, whose name was <crossref let="p" cid="c27004019.1"/>Belteshazzar, was <crossref let="s" cid="c27004019.2"/>dismayed for a while, and <crossref let="t" cid="c27004019.3"/>his thoughts alarmed him. The king answered and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="27004019.1" from="27004019.1" to="27004019.2"/>Belteshazzar, let not the dream or the interpretation alarm you.<q class="end-double" qid="27004019.2" from="27004019.1" to="27004019.2"/> Belteshazzar answered and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="27004019.3" from="27004019.3" to="27004027.1"/>My lord, <crossref let="u" cid="c27004019.4"/>may the dream be for those who hate you <crossref let="u" cid="c27004019.5"/>and its interpretation for your enemies!</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004020"/>
+    <verse num="20"><crossref let="v" cid="c27004020.1"/>The tree you saw, which grew and became strong, so that its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004021"/>
+    <verse num="21"><crossref let="w" cid="c27004021.1"/>whose leaves were beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in which was food for all, under which beasts of the field found shade, and in whose branches the birds of the heavens lived&emdash;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004022"/>
+    <verse num="22"><crossref let="x" cid="c27004022.1"/>it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong. <crossref let="y" cid="c27004022.2"/>Your greatness has grown and reaches to heaven, <crossref let="y" cid="c27004022.3"/>and your dominion to the ends of the earth.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004023"/>
+    <verse num="23">And because the king saw <crossref let="z" cid="c27004023.1"/>a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, <crossref let="a" cid="c27004023.2"/><q class="begin-single" qid="27004023.1" from="27004023.1" to="27004023.2"/>Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field, and let him be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till <crossref let="b" cid="c27004023.3"/>seven periods of time pass over him,<q class="end-single" qid="27004023.2" from="27004023.1" to="27004023.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004024"/>
+    <verse num="24">this is the interpretation, O king: It is a decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004025"/>
+    <verse num="25"><crossref let="c" cid="c27004025.1"/>that you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. You shall be made <crossref let="d" cid="c27004025.2"/>to eat grass like an ox, and you shall be wet with the dew of heaven, and <crossref let="b" cid="c27004025.3"/>seven periods of time shall pass over you, till <crossref let="e" cid="c27004025.4"/>you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004026"/>
+    <verse num="26">And as it was commanded <crossref let="f" cid="c27004026.1"/>to leave the stump of the roots of the tree, your kingdom shall be confirmed for you from the time that you know that Heaven rules.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004027"/>
+    <verse num="27">Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by <crossref let="g" cid="c27004027.1"/>practicing righteousness, <crossref let="h" cid="c27004027.2"/>and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, <crossref let="i" cid="c27004027.3"/>that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.<q class="end-double" qid="27004027.1" from="27004019.3" to="27004027.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004028"/>
+    <heading>Nebuchadnezzar&apos;s Humiliation</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="28">All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004029"/>
+    <verse num="29">At the end of twelve months he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004030"/>
+    <verse num="30">and the king answered and said, <crossref let="j" cid="c27004030.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="27004030.1" from="27004030.1" to="27004030.2"/>Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by <crossref let="k" cid="c27004030.2"/>my mighty power as a royal residence and for <crossref let="k" cid="c27004030.3"/>the glory of my majesty?<q class="end-double" qid="27004030.2" from="27004030.1" to="27004030.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004031"/>
+    <verse num="31"><crossref let="l" cid="c27004031.1"/>While the words were still in the king&apos;s mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, <q class="begin-double" qid="27004031.1" from="27004031.1" to="27004032.1"/>O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom has departed from you,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004032"/>
+    <verse num="32"><crossref let="m" cid="c27004032.1"/>and you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. And you shall be made to eat grass like an ox, and seven periods of time shall pass over you, <crossref let="m" cid="c27004032.2"/>until you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.<q class="end-double" qid="27004032.1" from="27004031.1" to="27004032.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004033"/>
+    <verse num="33">Immediately the word was fulfilled against Nebuchadnezzar. <crossref let="m" cid="c27004033.1"/>He was driven from among men and ate grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven till his hair grew as long as eagles&apos; feathers, and his nails were like birds&apos; claws.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004034"/>
+    <heading>Nebuchadnezzar Restored</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="34"><crossref let="n" cid="c27004034.1"/>At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and <crossref let="o" cid="c27004034.2"/>my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored <crossref let="p" cid="c27004034.3"/>him who lives forever,
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="q" cid="c27004034.4"/>for his dominion is an everlasting dominion,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="q" cid="c27004034.5"/>his kingdom endures from generation to generation;<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004035"/>
+    <verse num="35">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="r" cid="c27004035.1"/>all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="s" cid="c27004035.2"/>he does according to his will among the host of heaven<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and among the inhabitants of the earth;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="t" cid="c27004035.3"/>and none can stay his hand<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>or <crossref let="u" cid="c27004035.4"/>say to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="27004035.1" from="27004035.1" to="27004035.2"/>What have you done?<q class="end-double" qid="27004035.2" from="27004035.1" to="27004035.2"/><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004036"/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>
+    <verse num="36">At the same time <crossref let="v" cid="c27004036.1"/>my reason returned to me, and for <crossref let="w" cid="c27004036.2"/>the glory of my kingdom, <crossref let="w" cid="c27004036.3"/>my majesty and splendor returned to me. <crossref let="x" cid="c27004036.4"/>My counselors and <crossref let="y" cid="c27004036.5"/>my lords sought me, and I was established in my kingdom, and still more greatness was <crossref let="z" cid="c27004036.6"/>added to me.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27004037"/>
+    <verse num="37">Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, <crossref let="a" cid="c27004037.1"/>praise and extol and honor the <crossref let="b" cid="c27004037.2"/>King of heaven, <crossref let="c" cid="c27004037.3"/>for all his works are right and his ways are just; and <crossref let="d" cid="c27004037.4"/>those who walk in pride he is able to humble.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005001"/>
+  <chapter num="5">
+    <heading>The Handwriting on the Wall</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="e" cid="c27005001.1"/>King Belshazzar <crossref let="f" cid="c27005001.2"/>made a great feast for a thousand of his <crossref let="g" cid="c27005001.3"/>lords and drank wine in front of the thousand.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005002"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="e" cid="c27005002.1"/>Belshazzar, when he tasted the wine, commanded that <crossref let="h" cid="c27005002.2"/>the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father<note nid="n27005002.1"/> had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem be brought, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005003"/>
+    <verse num="3">Then they brought in <crossref let="h" cid="c27005003.1"/>the golden vessels that had been taken out of the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005004"/>
+    <verse num="4">They drank wine and <crossref let="i" cid="c27005004.1"/>praised the <crossref let="j" cid="c27005004.2"/>gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005005"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5"><crossref let="k" cid="c27005005.1"/>Immediately <crossref let="l" cid="c27005005.2"/>the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king&apos;s palace, opposite the lampstand. And the king saw <crossref let="m" cid="c27005005.3"/>the hand as it wrote.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005006"/>
+    <verse num="6"><crossref let="n" cid="c27005006.1"/>Then the king&apos;s color changed, <crossref let="o" cid="c27005006.2"/>and his thoughts alarmed him; <crossref let="p" cid="c27005006.3"/>his limbs gave way, and <crossref let="q" cid="c27005006.4"/>his knees knocked together.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005007"/>
+    <verse num="7"><crossref let="r" cid="c27005007.1"/>The king called loudly to bring in <crossref let="r" cid="c27005007.2"/>the enchanters, the <crossref let="s" cid="c27005007.3"/>Chaldeans, and <crossref let="t" cid="c27005007.4"/>the astrologers. The king declared<note nid="n27005007.1"/> to the wise men of Babylon, <crossref let="u" cid="c27005007.5"/><q class="begin-double" qid="27005007.1" from="27005007.1" to="27005007.2"/>Whoever reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck and <crossref let="v" cid="c27005007.6"/>shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.<q class="end-double" qid="27005007.2" from="27005007.1" to="27005007.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005008"/>
+    <verse num="8">Then all the king&apos;s wise men came in, but <crossref let="w" cid="c27005008.1"/>they could not read the writing or make known to the king the interpretation.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005009"/>
+    <verse num="9">Then King Belshazzar was greatly <crossref let="x" cid="c27005009.1"/>alarmed, and his <crossref let="n" cid="c27005009.2"/>color changed, and his <crossref let="y" cid="c27005009.3"/>lords were perplexed.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005010"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="10">The queen,<note nid="n27005010.1"/> because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banqueting hall, and the queen declared, <crossref let="z" cid="c27005010.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="27005010.1" from="27005010.1" to="27005012.1"/>O king, live forever! Let not your thoughts alarm you <crossref let="a" cid="c27005010.2"/>or your color change.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005011"/>
+    <verse num="11">There is a man in your kingdom <crossref let="b" cid="c27005011.1"/>in whom is the spirit of the holy gods.<note nid="n27005011.1"/> In the days of your father, <crossref let="c" cid="c27005011.2"/>light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him, and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father&emdash;your father the king&emdash;<crossref let="d" cid="c27005011.3"/>made him chief of the magicians, <crossref let="r" cid="c27005011.4"/>enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005012"/>
+    <verse num="12"><crossref let="e" cid="c27005012.1"/>because an excellent spirit, knowledge, and <crossref let="f" cid="c27005012.2"/>understanding <crossref let="f" cid="c27005012.3"/>to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and <crossref let="g" cid="c27005012.4"/>solve problems were found in this Daniel, <crossref let="h" cid="c27005012.5"/>whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.<q class="end-double" qid="27005012.1" from="27005010.1" to="27005012.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005013"/>
+    <heading>Daniel Interprets the Handwriting</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13">Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king answered and said to Daniel, <q class="begin-double" qid="27005013.1" from="27005013.1" to="27005016.1"/>You are that Daniel, one of <crossref let="i" cid="c27005013.1"/>the exiles of Judah, whom the king my father brought from Judah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005014"/>
+    <verse num="14">I have heard of you that <crossref let="b" cid="c27005014.1"/>the spirit of the gods<note nid="n27005014.1"/> is in you, and that <crossref let="c" cid="c27005014.2"/>light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005015"/>
+    <verse num="15">Now <crossref let="j" cid="c27005015.1"/>the wise men, the <crossref let="k" cid="c27005015.2"/>enchanters, have been brought in before me to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation, but <crossref let="l" cid="c27005015.3"/>they could not show the interpretation of the matter.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005016"/>
+    <verse num="16"><crossref let="m" cid="c27005016.1"/>But I have heard that you can give interpretations and <crossref let="n" cid="c27005016.2"/>solve problems. <crossref let="o" cid="c27005016.3"/>Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, <crossref let="o" cid="c27005016.4"/>you shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around your neck and <crossref let="p" cid="c27005016.5"/>shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.<q class="end-double" qid="27005016.1" from="27005013.1" to="27005016.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005017"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="17">Then Daniel answered and said before the king, <crossref let="q" cid="c27005017.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="27005017.1" from="27005017.1" to="27005028.1"/>Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another. Nevertheless, I will read the writing to the king and make known to him the interpretation.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005018"/>
+    <verse num="18">O king, the <crossref let="r" cid="c27005018.1"/>Most High God <crossref let="s" cid="c27005018.2"/>gave <crossref let="t" cid="c27005018.3"/>Nebuchadnezzar your father <crossref let="u" cid="c27005018.4"/>kingship and greatness and glory and majesty.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005019"/>
+    <verse num="19">And because of the greatness that he gave him, <crossref let="v" cid="c27005019.1"/>all peoples, nations, and languages <crossref let="w" cid="c27005019.2"/>trembled and feared before him. Whom he would, he killed, and whom he would, he kept alive; whom he would, he raised up, and whom he would, he humbled.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005020"/>
+    <verse num="20">But <crossref let="x" cid="c27005020.1"/>when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, <crossref let="y" cid="c27005020.2"/>he was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005021"/>
+    <verse num="21"><crossref let="z" cid="c27005021.1"/>He was driven from among the children of mankind, and his mind was made like that of a beast, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, <crossref let="z" cid="c27005021.2"/>until he knew that the <crossref let="r" cid="c27005021.3"/>Most High God rules the kingdom of mankind and sets over it whom he will.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005022"/>
+    <verse num="22">And you his son,<note nid="n27005022.1"/> <crossref let="a" cid="c27005022.1"/>Belshazzar, <crossref let="b" cid="c27005022.2"/>have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005023"/>
+    <verse num="23">but you have lifted up yourself against <crossref let="c" cid="c27005023.1"/>the Lord of heaven. And <crossref let="d" cid="c27005023.2"/>the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. <crossref let="e" cid="c27005023.3"/>And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, <crossref let="f" cid="c27005023.4"/>but the God in whose hand is your breath, and <crossref let="g" cid="c27005023.5"/>whose are all your ways, <crossref let="h" cid="c27005023.6"/>you have not honored.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005024"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="24"><q class="continue-double" qid="27005024.1" from="27005017.1" to="27005028.1"/>Then from his presence <crossref let="i" cid="c27005024.1"/>the hand was sent, and this writing was inscribed.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005025"/>
+    <verse num="25">And this is the writing that was inscribed: <span class="small-caps">Mene</span>, <span class="small-caps">Mene</span>, <span class="small-caps">Tekel</span>, and <span class="small-caps">Parsin</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005026"/>
+    <verse num="26">This is the interpretation of the matter: <span class="small-caps">Mene</span>, God has numbered<note nid="n27005026.1"/> the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005027"/>
+    <verse num="27"><span class="small-caps">Tekel</span>, <crossref let="j" cid="c27005027.1"/>you have been weighed<note nid="n27005027.1"/> in the balances and found wanting;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005028"/>
+    <verse num="28"><span class="small-caps">Peres</span>, your kingdom is divided and given to <crossref let="k" cid="c27005028.1"/>the Medes and <crossref let="l" cid="c27005028.2"/>Persians.<q class="end-double" qid="27005028.1" from="27005017.1" to="27005028.1"/><note nid="n27005028.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005029"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="29">Then <crossref let="a" cid="c27005029.1"/>Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel <crossref let="m" cid="c27005029.2"/>was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005030"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="30"><crossref let="n" cid="c27005030.1"/>That very night <crossref let="a" cid="c27005030.2"/>Belshazzar the <crossref let="o" cid="c27005030.3"/>Chaldean king was killed.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27005031"/>
+    <verse num="31"><note nid="n27005031.1"/> And <crossref let="p" cid="c27005031.1"/>Darius <crossref let="k" cid="c27005031.2"/>the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27006001"/>
+  <chapter num="6">
+    <heading>Daniel and the Lions&apos; Den</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom <crossref let="q" cid="c27006001.1"/>120 <crossref let="r" cid="c27006001.2"/>satraps, to be throughout the whole kingdom;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27006002"/>
+    <verse num="2">and over them <crossref let="s" cid="c27006002.1"/>three high officials, of whom Daniel was one, to whom these <crossref let="r" cid="c27006002.2"/>satraps should give account, so that the king might suffer no loss.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27006003"/>
+    <verse num="3">Then this Daniel became <crossref let="t" cid="c27006003.1"/>distinguished above all <crossref let="s" cid="c27006003.2"/>the other high officials and <crossref let="r" cid="c27006003.3"/>satraps, because <crossref let="u" cid="c27006003.4"/>an excellent spirit was in him. And the king planned <crossref let="v" cid="c27006003.5"/>to set him over the whole kingdom.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27006004"/>
+    <verse num="4">Then <crossref let="s" cid="c27006004.1"/>the high officials and <crossref let="r" cid="c27006004.2"/>the satraps <crossref let="w" cid="c27006004.3"/>sought to find a ground for complaint against Daniel with regard to the kingdom, <crossref let="x" cid="c27006004.4"/>but they could find no ground for complaint or any fault, because he was faithful, <crossref let="x" cid="c27006004.5"/>and no error or fault was found in him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27006005"/>
+    <verse num="5">Then these men said, <q class="begin-double" qid="27006005.1" from="27006005.1" to="27006005.2"/>We shall not find any ground for complaint against this Daniel unless we find it in connection with the law of his God.<q class="end-double" qid="27006005.2" from="27006005.1" to="27006005.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27006006"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="6">Then these <crossref let="s" cid="c27006006.1"/>high officials and <crossref let="r" cid="c27006006.2"/>satraps came by agreement<note nid="n27006006.1"/> to the king and said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="27006006.1" from="27006006.1" to="27006008.1"/>O <crossref let="y" cid="c27006006.3"/>King Darius, live forever!</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27006007"/>
+    <verse num="7">All the <crossref let="s" cid="c27006007.1"/>high officials of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the <crossref let="z" cid="c27006007.2"/>counselors and the governors are agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an <crossref let="a" cid="c27006007.3"/>injunction, that whoever makes petition to any god or man for thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27006008"/>
+    <verse num="8">Now, O king, establish <crossref let="a" cid="c27006008.1"/>the injunction and sign the document, so that it cannot be changed, according to <crossref let="b" cid="c27006008.2"/>the law of <crossref let="c" cid="c27006008.3"/>the Medes and the Persians, <crossref let="d" cid="c27006008.4"/>which cannot be revoked.<q class="end-double" qid="27006008.1" from="27006006.1" to="27006008.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27006009"/>
+    <verse num="9">Therefore King Darius signed the document and <crossref let="a" cid="c27006009.1"/>injunction.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27006010"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="10">When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where <crossref let="e" cid="c27006010.1"/>he had windows in his upper chamber open <crossref let="f" cid="c27006010.2"/>toward Jerusalem. He got down on his knees <crossref let="g" cid="c27006010.3"/>three times a day and prayed and <crossref let="h" cid="c27006010.4"/>gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27006011"/>
+    <verse num="11">Then these men came by agreement and found Daniel making petition and plea before his God.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27006012"/>
+    <verse num="12">Then they <crossref let="i" cid="c27006012.1"/>came near and said before the king, concerning the injunction, <q class="begin-double" qid="27006012.1" from="27006012.1" to="27006012.2"/>O king! Did you not sign <crossref let="j" cid="c27006012.2"/>an injunction, that anyone who makes petition to any god or man within thirty days except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?<q class="end-double" qid="27006012.2" from="27006012.1" to="27006012.2"/> The king answered and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="27006012.3" from="27006012.3" to="27006012.4"/>The thing stands fast, according to the law of <crossref let="c" cid="c27006012.3"/>the Medes and Persians, <crossref let="d" cid="c27006012.4"/>which cannot be revoked.<q class="end-double" qid="27006012.4" from="27006012.3" to="27006012.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27006013"/>
+    <verse num="13">Then they answered and said before the king, <crossref let="k" cid="c27006013.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="27006013.1" from="27006013.1" to="27006013.2"/>Daniel, who is one <crossref let="l" cid="c27006013.2"/>of the exiles <crossref let="k" cid="c27006013.3"/>from Judah, <crossref let="m" cid="c27006013.4"/>pays no attention to you, O king, or <crossref let="j" cid="c27006013.5"/>the injunction you have signed, but makes his petition <crossref let="g" cid="c27006013.6"/>three times a day.<q class="end-double" qid="27006013.2" from="27006013.1" to="27006013.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27006014"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="14">Then <crossref let="n" cid="c27006014.1"/>the king, when he heard these words, <crossref let="n" cid="c27006014.2"/>was much distressed and set his mind to deliver Daniel. And he labored till the sun went down to rescue him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27006015"/>
+    <verse num="15">Then these men came by agreement to the king and said to the king, <q class="begin-double" qid="27006015.1" from="27006015.1" to="27006015.2"/>Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no <crossref let="j" cid="c27006015.1"/>injunction or ordinance that the king establishes can be changed.<q class="end-double" qid="27006015.2" from="27006015.1" to="27006015.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27006016"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16">Then the king commanded, and Daniel was brought and cast into the den of lions. The king declared<note nid="n27006016.1"/> to Daniel, <q class="begin-double" qid="27006016.1" from="27006016.1" to="27006016.2"/>May <crossref let="o" cid="c27006016.1"/>your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!<q class="end-double" qid="27006016.2" from="27006016.1" to="27006016.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27006017"/>
+    <verse num="17"><crossref let="p" cid="c27006017.1"/>And a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, <crossref let="q" cid="c27006017.2"/>and the king sealed it <crossref let="r" cid="c27006017.3"/>with his own signet and with the signet of his <crossref let="s" cid="c27006017.4"/>lords, that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27006018"/>
+    <verse num="18">Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; <crossref let="t" cid="c27006018.1"/>no diversions were brought to him, and <crossref let="u" cid="c27006018.2"/>sleep fled from him.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27006019"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="19">Then, at break of day, the king arose and went in haste to the den of lions.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27006020"/>
+    <verse num="20">As he came near to the den where Daniel was, he cried out in a tone of anguish. The king declared to Daniel, <q class="begin-double" qid="27006020.1" from="27006020.1" to="27006020.2"/>O Daniel, servant of <crossref let="v" cid="c27006020.1"/>the living God, <crossref let="o" cid="c27006020.2"/>has your God, whom you serve continually, <crossref let="w" cid="c27006020.3"/>been able to deliver you from the lions?<q class="end-double" qid="27006020.2" from="27006020.1" to="27006020.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27006021"/>
+    <verse num="21">Then Daniel said to the king, <crossref let="x" cid="c27006021.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="27006021.1" from="27006021.1" to="27006022.1"/>O king, live forever!</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27006022"/>
+    <verse num="22">My God <crossref let="y" cid="c27006022.1"/>sent his angel <crossref let="z" cid="c27006022.2"/>and shut the lions&apos; mouths, and they have not harmed me, because I was found blameless <crossref let="a" cid="c27006022.3"/>before him; <crossref let="a" cid="c27006022.4"/>and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.<q class="end-double" qid="27006022.1" from="27006021.1" to="27006022.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27006023"/>
+    <verse num="23">Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that Daniel be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and <crossref let="b" cid="c27006023.1"/>no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27006024"/>
+    <verse num="24">And the king commanded, and <crossref let="c" cid="c27006024.1"/>those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of lions&emdash;they, their children, and their wives. And before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27006025"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="25">Then King Darius wrote to all <crossref let="d" cid="c27006025.1"/>the peoples, nations, and languages <crossref let="e" cid="c27006025.2"/>that dwell in all the earth: <crossref let="f" cid="c27006025.3"/><q class="begin-double" qid="27006025.1" from="27006025.1" to="27006027.1"/>Peace be multiplied to you.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27006026"/>
+    <verse num="26"><crossref let="g" cid="c27006026.1"/>I make a decree, that in all my royal dominion <crossref let="h" cid="c27006026.2"/>people are to tremble and fear before the God of Daniel,
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+        <begin-line/>for <crossref let="i" cid="c27006026.3"/>he is <crossref let="j" cid="c27006026.4"/>the living God,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>enduring forever;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>his kingdom shall never be destroyed,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="j" cid="c27006026.5"/>and his dominion shall be <crossref let="k" cid="c27006026.6"/>to the end.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27006027"/>
+    <verse num="27">
+        <begin-line/>He delivers and rescues;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>he works <crossref let="l" cid="c27006027.1"/>signs and wonders<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>in heaven and on earth,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>he who has <crossref let="m" cid="c27006027.2"/>saved Daniel<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>from the power of the lions.<q class="end-double" qid="27006027.1" from="27006025.1" to="27006027.1"/><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27006028"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="28">So this Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and <crossref let="n" cid="c27006028.1"/>the reign of <crossref let="o" cid="c27006028.2"/>Cyrus the Persian.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27007001"/>
+  <chapter num="7">
+    <heading>Daniel&apos;s Vision of the Four Beasts</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">In the first year of <crossref let="p" cid="c27007001.1"/>Belshazzar king of Babylon, <crossref let="q" cid="c27007001.2"/>Daniel saw a dream and <crossref let="r" cid="c27007001.3"/>visions of his head as he lay in his bed. Then he wrote down the dream and told the sum of the matter.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27007002"/>
+    <verse num="2">Daniel declared,<note nid="n27007002.1"/> <q class="begin-double" qid="27007002.1" from="27007002.1" to="27007028.2"/>I saw in my vision by night, and behold, <crossref let="s" cid="c27007002.1"/>the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27007003"/>
+    <verse num="3">And four great beasts <crossref let="t" cid="c27007003.1"/>came up out of the sea, different from one another.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27007004"/>
+    <verse num="4">The first was like a lion and had eagles&apos; wings. Then as I looked its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and the mind of a man was given to it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27007005"/>
+    <verse num="5">And behold, <crossref let="u" cid="c27007005.1"/>another beast, a second one, like a bear. It was raised up on one side. It had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and it was told, <q class="begin-single" qid="27007005.1" from="27007005.1" to="27007005.2"/>Arise, devour much flesh.<q class="end-single" qid="27007005.2" from="27007005.1" to="27007005.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27007006"/>
+    <verse num="6">After this I looked, and behold, another, like a <crossref let="v" cid="c27007006.1"/>leopard, with four wings of a bird on its back. And the beast had four heads, and <crossref let="w" cid="c27007006.2"/>dominion was given to it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27007007"/>
+    <verse num="7">After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, <crossref let="x" cid="c27007007.1"/>terrifying and dreadful and exceedingly strong. It had great iron teeth; <crossref let="x" cid="c27007007.2"/>it devoured and broke in pieces <crossref let="x" cid="c27007007.3"/>and stamped what was left with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, and <crossref let="y" cid="c27007007.4"/>it had ten horns.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27007008"/>
+    <verse num="8">I considered the horns, and behold, <crossref let="z" cid="c27007008.1"/>there came up among them another horn, a little one, <crossref let="z" cid="c27007008.2"/>before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots. And behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and <crossref let="a" cid="c27007008.3"/>a mouth speaking great things.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27007009"/>
+    <heading>The Ancient of Days Reigns</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="9"><q class="continue-double" qid="27007009.1" from="27007002.1" to="27007028.2"/>As I looked,
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="b" cid="c27007009.1"/>thrones were placed,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and the <crossref let="c" cid="c27007009.2"/>Ancient of Days took his seat;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="d" cid="c27007009.3"/>his clothing was white as snow,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="e" cid="c27007009.4"/>the hair of his head like pure wool;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>his throne was fiery flames;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="f" cid="c27007009.5"/>its wheels were burning fire.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27007010"/>
+    <verse num="10">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="g" cid="c27007010.1"/>A stream of fire issued<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and came out from before him;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="h" cid="c27007010.2"/>a thousand thousands <crossref let="i" cid="c27007010.3"/>served him,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="h" cid="c27007010.4"/>and ten thousand times ten thousand <crossref let="j" cid="c27007010.5"/>stood before him;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>the <crossref let="k" cid="c27007010.6"/>court sat in judgment,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="l" cid="c27007010.7"/>the books were opened.<end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27007011"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="11"><q class="continue-double" qid="27007011.1" from="27007002.1" to="27007028.2"/>I looked then because of the sound of <crossref let="a" cid="c27007011.1"/>the great words that the horn was speaking. And as I looked, <crossref let="m" cid="c27007011.2"/>the beast was killed, and its body destroyed <crossref let="m" cid="c27007011.3"/>and given over to be burned with fire.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27007012"/>
+    <verse num="12">As for the rest of the beasts, <crossref let="n" cid="c27007012.1"/>their dominion was taken away, but their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27007013"/>
+    <heading>The Son of Man Is Given Dominion</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13"><q class="continue-double" qid="27007013.1" from="27007002.1" to="27007028.2"/>I saw in the night visions,
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+        <begin-line/>and <crossref let="o" cid="c27007013.1"/>behold, with the clouds of heaven<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>there came one like a son of man,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>and he came to the <crossref let="c" cid="c27007013.2"/>Ancient of Days<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and was presented before him.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27007014"/>
+    <verse num="14">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="p" cid="c27007014.1"/>And to him was given dominion<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and glory and a kingdom,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>that all <crossref let="q" cid="c27007014.2"/>peoples, nations, and languages<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>should serve him;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="r" cid="c27007014.3"/>his dominion is an everlasting dominion,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>which shall not pass away,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>and his kingdom one<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>that shall not be destroyed.<end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27007015"/>
+    <heading>Daniel&apos;s Vision Interpreted</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="15"><q class="continue-double" qid="27007015.1" from="27007002.1" to="27007028.2"/>As for me, Daniel, my spirit within me<note nid="n27007015.1"/> was anxious, and <crossref let="s" cid="c27007015.1"/>the visions of my head alarmed me.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27007016"/>
+    <verse num="16">I approached one of those who stood there and asked him the truth concerning all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of the things.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27007017"/>
+    <verse num="17"><crossref let="t" cid="c27007017.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="27007017.1" from="27007017.1" to="27007018.1"/>These four great beasts are four kings who shall arise out of the earth.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27007018"/>
+    <verse num="18">But <crossref let="u" cid="c27007018.1"/>the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, forever and ever.<q class="end-single" qid="27007018.1" from="27007017.1" to="27007018.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27007019"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="19"><q class="continue-double" qid="27007019.1" from="27007002.1" to="27007028.2"/>Then I desired to know the truth about <crossref let="v" cid="c27007019.1"/>the fourth beast, which was different from all the rest, exceedingly terrifying, with its teeth of iron and claws of bronze, and which devoured and broke in pieces and stamped what was left with its feet,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27007020"/>
+    <verse num="20"><crossref let="w" cid="c27007020.1"/>and about the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn that came up and before which three of them fell, the horn that had eyes and a mouth that spoke great things, and that seemed greater than its companions.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27007021"/>
+    <verse num="21">As I looked, this horn <crossref let="x" cid="c27007021.1"/>made war with the saints and prevailed over them,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27007022"/>
+    <verse num="22">until the <crossref let="y" cid="c27007022.1"/>Ancient of Days came, and <crossref let="u" cid="c27007022.2"/>judgment was given for the saints of the Most High, and the time came when <crossref let="u" cid="c27007022.3"/>the saints possessed the kingdom.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27007023"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="23"><q class="continue-double" qid="27007023.1" from="27007002.1" to="27007028.2"/>Thus he said: <q class="begin-single" qid="27007023.2" from="27007023.2" to="27007027.1"/>As for <crossref let="v" cid="c27007023.1"/>the fourth beast,
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+        <begin-line/>there shall be a fourth kingdom on earth,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>which shall be different from all the kingdoms,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>and it shall devour the whole earth,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and trample it down, and break it to pieces.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27007024"/>
+    <verse num="24">
+        <begin-line/>As for the ten horns,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>out of this kingdom ten kings shall arise,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and another shall arise after them;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>he shall be different from the former ones,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and shall put down three kings.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27007025"/>
+    <verse num="25">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="z" cid="c27007025.1"/>He shall speak words against the Most High,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and shall wear out the saints of the Most High,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and shall think to <crossref let="a" cid="c27007025.2"/>change the times and the law;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>and they shall be given into his hand<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>for <crossref let="b" cid="c27007025.3"/>a time, times, and half a time.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27007026"/>
+    <verse num="26">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="c" cid="c27007026.1"/>But the court shall sit in judgment,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="d" cid="c27007026.2"/>his dominion shall be taken away,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>to be consumed and destroyed <crossref let="e" cid="c27007026.3"/>to the end.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27007027"/>
+    <verse num="27">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="f" cid="c27007027.1"/>And the kingdom and the dominion<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>shall be given to the people of <crossref let="f" cid="c27007027.2"/>the saints of the Most High;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="g" cid="c27007027.3"/>his kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and all dominions shall serve and obey him.<q class="end-single" qid="27007027.1" from="27007023.2" to="27007027.1"/><note nid="n27007027.1"/><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27007028"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="28"><q class="continue-double" qid="27007028.1" from="27007002.1" to="27007028.2"/>Here is the end of the matter. <crossref let="h" cid="c27007028.1"/>As for me, Daniel, my <crossref let="i" cid="c27007028.2"/>thoughts greatly alarmed me, <crossref let="j" cid="c27007028.3"/>and my color changed, but <crossref let="k" cid="c27007028.4"/>I kept the matter in my heart.<q class="end-double" qid="27007028.2" from="27007002.1" to="27007028.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27008001"/>
+  <chapter num="8">
+    <heading>Daniel&apos;s Vision of the Ram and the Goat</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">In the third year of the reign of <crossref let="l" cid="c27008001.1"/>King Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, Daniel, <crossref let="m" cid="c27008001.2"/>after that which appeared to me <crossref let="m" cid="c27008001.3"/>at the first.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27008002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And I saw in the vision; and when I saw, I was in <crossref let="n" cid="c27008002.1"/>Susa the citadel, which is in the province of <crossref let="o" cid="c27008002.2"/>Elam. And <crossref let="p" cid="c27008002.3"/>I saw in the vision, <crossref let="p" cid="c27008002.4"/>and I was at the <crossref let="q" cid="c27008002.5"/>Ulai canal.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27008003"/>
+    <verse num="3">I raised my eyes and saw, and behold, <crossref let="r" cid="c27008003.1"/>a ram standing on the bank of the canal. It had two horns, and both horns were high, but one was higher than the other, and the higher one came up last.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27008004"/>
+    <verse num="4">I saw <crossref let="s" cid="c27008004.1"/>the ram charging westward and northward and southward. No <crossref let="t" cid="c27008004.2"/>beast <crossref let="u" cid="c27008004.3"/>could stand before him, <crossref let="v" cid="c27008004.4"/>and there was no one who could rescue from his power. <crossref let="w" cid="c27008004.5"/>He did as he pleased and <crossref let="x" cid="c27008004.6"/>became great.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27008005"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5">As I was considering, behold, a <crossref let="y" cid="c27008005.1"/>male goat came from the west across the face of the whole earth, without touching the ground. And the goat had <crossref let="y" cid="c27008005.2"/>a conspicuous horn between his eyes.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27008006"/>
+    <verse num="6">He came to <crossref let="z" cid="c27008006.1"/>the ram with the two horns, which I had seen standing on the bank of the canal, <crossref let="a" cid="c27008006.2"/>and he ran at him in his powerful wrath.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27008007"/>
+    <verse num="7">I saw him come close to the ram, <crossref let="b" cid="c27008007.1"/>and he was enraged against him and struck the ram and broke his two horns. <crossref let="c" cid="c27008007.2"/>And the ram had no power to stand before him, but he <crossref let="d" cid="c27008007.3"/>cast him down to the ground and trampled on him. And there was no one who could rescue the ram from his power.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27008008"/>
+    <verse num="8">Then <crossref let="y" cid="c27008008.1"/>the goat <crossref let="e" cid="c27008008.2"/>became exceedingly great, but when he was strong, the great horn was broken, and instead of it there came up four <crossref let="f" cid="c27008008.3"/>conspicuous horns toward <crossref let="f" cid="c27008008.4"/>the four winds of heaven.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27008009"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="9">Out of one of them came <crossref let="g" cid="c27008009.1"/>a little horn, which grew exceedingly great toward <crossref let="h" cid="c27008009.2"/>the south, toward the east, and toward <crossref let="i" cid="c27008009.3"/>the glorious land.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27008010"/>
+    <verse num="10"><crossref let="j" cid="c27008010.1"/>It grew great, <crossref let="k" cid="c27008010.2"/>even to the host of heaven. And some of the host <crossref let="k" cid="c27008010.3"/>and some<note nid="n27008010.1"/> of <crossref let="l" cid="c27008010.4"/>the stars it threw down to the ground and <crossref let="m" cid="c27008010.5"/>trampled on them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27008011"/>
+    <verse num="11"><crossref let="n" cid="c27008011.1"/>It became great, even as great as <crossref let="o" cid="c27008011.2"/>the Prince of the host. <crossref let="p" cid="c27008011.3"/>And the regular burnt offering was taken away from him, and the place of his sanctuary was overthrown.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27008012"/>
+    <verse num="12">And a host will be given over to it together with the regular burnt offering because of transgression,<note nid="n27008012.1"/> and it will throw truth to the ground, and <crossref let="q" cid="c27008012.1"/>it will act and prosper.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27008013"/>
+    <verse num="13">Then I heard <crossref let="r" cid="c27008013.1"/>a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to the one who spoke, <crossref let="s" cid="c27008013.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="27008013.1" from="27008013.1" to="27008013.2"/>For how long is the vision concerning the regular burnt offering, <crossref let="t" cid="c27008013.3"/>the transgression that makes desolate, and the giving over of the sanctuary and host to be trampled underfoot?<q class="end-double" qid="27008013.2" from="27008013.1" to="27008013.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27008014"/>
+    <verse num="14">And he said to me,<note nid="n27008014.1"/> <q class="begin-double" qid="27008014.1" from="27008014.1" to="27008014.2"/>For 2,300 <crossref let="u" cid="c27008014.1"/>evenings and mornings. Then the sanctuary shall be restored to its rightful state.<q class="end-double" qid="27008014.2" from="27008014.1" to="27008014.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27008015"/>
+    <heading>The Interpretation of the Vision</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="15">When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I <crossref let="v" cid="c27008015.1"/>sought to understand it. And behold, there stood before me one having <crossref let="w" cid="c27008015.2"/>the appearance of a man.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27008016"/>
+    <verse num="16"><crossref let="x" cid="c27008016.1"/>And I heard a man&apos;s voice <crossref let="x" cid="c27008016.2"/>between the banks of the <crossref let="y" cid="c27008016.3"/>Ulai, and it called, <crossref let="z" cid="c27008016.4"/><q class="begin-double" qid="27008016.1" from="27008016.1" to="27008016.2"/>Gabriel, make this man understand the vision.<q class="end-double" qid="27008016.2" from="27008016.1" to="27008016.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27008017"/>
+    <verse num="17">So he came near where I stood. And when he came, <crossref let="a" cid="c27008017.1"/>I was frightened <crossref let="b" cid="c27008017.2"/>and fell on my face. But he said to me, <q class="begin-double" qid="27008017.1" from="27008017.1" to="27008017.2"/>Understand, <crossref let="c" cid="c27008017.3"/>O son of man, that the vision is for <crossref let="d" cid="c27008017.4"/>the time of the end.<q class="end-double" qid="27008017.2" from="27008017.1" to="27008017.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27008018"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="18">And when he had spoken to me, <crossref let="e" cid="c27008018.1"/>I fell into a deep sleep with my face to the ground. But <crossref let="f" cid="c27008018.2"/>he touched me and made me stand up.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27008019"/>
+    <verse num="19">He said, <q class="begin-double" qid="27008019.1" from="27008019.1" to="27008026.1"/>Behold, I will make known to you what shall be at the latter end of <crossref let="g" cid="c27008019.1"/>the indignation, for it refers to <crossref let="h" cid="c27008019.2"/>the appointed time of the end.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27008020"/>
+    <verse num="20">As for <crossref let="i" cid="c27008020.1"/>the ram that you saw with the two horns, these are the kings of <crossref let="j" cid="c27008020.2"/>Media and Persia.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27008021"/>
+    <verse num="21">And <crossref let="k" cid="c27008021.1"/>the goat<note nid="n27008021.1"/> is the king of Greece. And <crossref let="k" cid="c27008021.2"/>the great horn between his eyes is <crossref let="l" cid="c27008021.3"/>the first king.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27008022"/>
+    <verse num="22"><crossref let="m" cid="c27008022.1"/>As for the horn that was broken, in place of which four others arose, four kingdoms shall arise from his<note nid="n27008022.1"/> nation, <crossref let="n" cid="c27008022.2"/>but not with his power.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27008023"/>
+    <verse num="23">And at the latter end of their kingdom, when the transgressors have reached their limit, a king of bold face, one who understands riddles, shall arise.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27008024"/>
+    <verse num="24">His power shall be great&emdash;<crossref let="o" cid="c27008024.1"/>but not by his own power; and he shall cause fearful destruction <crossref let="p" cid="c27008024.2"/>and shall succeed in what he does, <crossref let="q" cid="c27008024.3"/>and destroy mighty men and the people who are the saints.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27008025"/>
+    <verse num="25"><crossref let="r" cid="c27008025.1"/>By his cunning he shall make deceit prosper under his hand, and in his own mind <crossref let="s" cid="c27008025.2"/>he shall become great. <crossref let="t" cid="c27008025.3"/>Without warning he shall destroy many. And he <crossref let="s" cid="c27008025.4"/>shall even rise up against the Prince of princes, and he shall be broken&emdash;but <crossref let="u" cid="c27008025.5"/>by no human hand.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27008026"/>
+    <verse num="26">The vision of <crossref let="v" cid="c27008026.1"/>the evenings and the mornings that has been told <crossref let="w" cid="c27008026.2"/>is true, but <crossref let="x" cid="c27008026.3"/>seal up the vision, <crossref let="y" cid="c27008026.4"/>for it refers to many days from now.<q class="end-double" qid="27008026.1" from="27008019.1" to="27008026.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27008027"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="27">And <crossref let="z" cid="c27008027.1"/>I, Daniel, was overcome and lay sick for some days. Then I rose and went about the king&apos;s business, but I was appalled by the vision <crossref let="a" cid="c27008027.2"/>and did not understand it.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27009001"/>
+  <chapter num="9">
+    <heading>Daniel&apos;s Prayer for His People</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="b" cid="c27009001.1"/>In the first year of <crossref let="c" cid="c27009001.2"/>Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a <crossref let="d" cid="c27009001.3"/>Mede, who was made king over the realm of the <crossref let="e" cid="c27009001.4"/>Chaldeans&emdash;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27009002"/>
+    <verse num="2">in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to <crossref let="f" cid="c27009002.1"/>the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27009003"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="3">Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by <crossref let="g" cid="c27009003.1"/>prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27009004"/>
+    <verse num="4">I prayed to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> my God and <crossref let="h" cid="c27009004.1"/>made confession, saying, <crossref let="i" cid="c27009004.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="27009004.1" from="27009004.1" to="27009019.1"/>O Lord, the <crossref let="i" cid="c27009004.3"/>great and awesome God, who <crossref let="j" cid="c27009004.4"/>keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27009005"/>
+    <verse num="5"><crossref let="k" cid="c27009005.1"/>we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly <crossref let="l" cid="c27009005.2"/>and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27009006"/>
+    <verse num="6"><crossref let="m" cid="c27009006.1"/>We have not listened to <crossref let="n" cid="c27009006.2"/>your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to <crossref let="o" cid="c27009006.3"/>our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27009007"/>
+    <verse num="7">To you, <crossref let="p" cid="c27009007.1"/>O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, <crossref let="q" cid="c27009007.2"/>those who are near and <crossref let="q" cid="c27009007.3"/>those who are far away, in <crossref let="r" cid="c27009007.4"/>all the lands to which you have driven them, because of <crossref let="s" cid="c27009007.5"/>the treachery that they have committed against you.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27009008"/>
+    <verse num="8">To us, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because <crossref let="k" cid="c27009008.1"/>we have sinned against you.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27009009"/>
+    <verse num="9"><crossref let="t" cid="c27009009.1"/>To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27009010"/>
+    <verse num="10"><crossref let="m" cid="c27009010.1"/>and have not obeyed the voice of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> our God by walking in his laws, which he set before us by <crossref let="n" cid="c27009010.2"/>his servants the prophets.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27009011"/>
+    <verse num="11"><crossref let="u" cid="c27009011.1"/>All Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside, <crossref let="v" cid="c27009011.2"/>refusing to obey your voice. <crossref let="w" cid="c27009011.3"/>And the curse and oath <crossref let="x" cid="c27009011.4"/>that are written in the Law of <crossref let="y" cid="c27009011.5"/>Moses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because <crossref let="k" cid="c27009011.6"/>we have sinned against him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27009012"/>
+    <verse num="12">He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against <crossref let="z" cid="c27009012.1"/>our rulers who ruled us,<note nid="n27009012.1"/> by <crossref let="a" cid="c27009012.2"/>bringing upon us a great calamity. <crossref let="b" cid="c27009012.3"/>For under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27009013"/>
+    <verse num="13"><crossref let="x" cid="c27009013.1"/>As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us; yet we have not entreated the favor of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> our God, <crossref let="c" cid="c27009013.2"/>turning from our iniquities and gaining insight by your truth.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27009014"/>
+    <verse num="14"><crossref let="d" cid="c27009014.1"/>Therefore the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us, <crossref let="e" cid="c27009014.2"/>for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> our God is righteous in all the works that he has done, and <crossref let="f" cid="c27009014.3"/>we have not obeyed his voice.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27009015"/>
+    <verse num="15">And now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt <crossref let="g" cid="c27009015.1"/>with a mighty hand, and <crossref let="h" cid="c27009015.2"/>have made a name for yourself, as at this day, <crossref let="i" cid="c27009015.3"/>we have sinned, we have done wickedly.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27009016"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16"><q class="continue-double" qid="27009016.1" from="27009004.1" to="27009019.1"/>O Lord, <crossref let="j" cid="c27009016.1"/>according to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem, <crossref let="k" cid="c27009016.2"/>your holy hill, <crossref let="l" cid="c27009016.3"/>because for our sins, and for <crossref let="m" cid="c27009016.4"/>the iniquities of our fathers, <crossref let="n" cid="c27009016.5"/>Jerusalem and your people have become <crossref let="o" cid="c27009016.6"/>a byword among all who are around us.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27009017"/>
+    <verse num="17">Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord,<note nid="n27009017.1"/> <crossref let="p" cid="c27009017.1"/>make your face to shine upon <crossref let="q" cid="c27009017.2"/>your sanctuary, which is desolate.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27009018"/>
+    <verse num="18"><crossref let="r" cid="c27009018.1"/>O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see <crossref let="s" cid="c27009018.2"/>our desolations, and <crossref let="t" cid="c27009018.3"/>the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27009019"/>
+    <verse num="19">O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. <crossref let="u" cid="c27009019.1"/>Delay not, <crossref let="v" cid="c27009019.2"/>for your own sake, O my God, because <crossref let="t" cid="c27009019.3"/>your city and <crossref let="w" cid="c27009019.4"/>your people are called by your name.<q class="end-double" qid="27009019.1" from="27009004.1" to="27009019.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27009020"/>
+    <heading>Gabriel Brings an Answer</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="20"><crossref let="x" cid="c27009020.1"/>While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my plea before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> my God for <crossref let="y" cid="c27009020.2"/>the holy hill of my God,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27009021"/>
+    <verse num="21">while I was speaking in prayer, the man <crossref let="z" cid="c27009021.1"/>Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the first, <crossref let="a" cid="c27009021.2"/>came to me in swift flight at <crossref let="b" cid="c27009021.3"/>the time of the evening sacrifice.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27009022"/>
+    <verse num="22"><crossref let="c" cid="c27009022.1"/>He made me understand, speaking with me and saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="27009022.1" from="27009022.1" to="27009027.1"/>O Daniel, I have now come out to give you <crossref let="d" cid="c27009022.2"/>insight and understanding.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27009023"/>
+    <verse num="23"><crossref let="e" cid="c27009023.1"/>At the beginning of your pleas for mercy a word went out, <crossref let="f" cid="c27009023.2"/>and I have come to tell it to you, for <crossref let="g" cid="c27009023.3"/>you are greatly loved. Therefore consider the word <crossref let="h" cid="c27009023.4"/>and understand the vision.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27009024"/>
+    <heading>The Seventy Weeks</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="24"><crossref let="i" cid="c27009024.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="27009024.1" from="27009022.1" to="27009027.1"/>Seventy weeks<note nid="n27009024.1"/> are decreed about your people and <crossref let="j" cid="c27009024.2"/>your holy city, to finish <crossref let="k" cid="c27009024.3"/>the transgression, to put an end to sin, <crossref let="l" cid="c27009024.4"/>and to atone for iniquity, <crossref let="m" cid="c27009024.5"/>to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and <crossref let="n" cid="c27009024.6"/>to anoint a most holy place.<note nid="n27009024.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27009025"/>
+    <verse num="25"><crossref let="o" cid="c27009025.1"/>Know therefore and understand that <crossref let="p" cid="c27009025.2"/>from the going out of the word to restore and <crossref let="q" cid="c27009025.3"/>build Jerusalem to the coming of an <crossref let="r" cid="c27009025.4"/>anointed one, a <crossref let="s" cid="c27009025.5"/>prince, there shall be seven weeks. Then for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again<note nid="n27009025.1"/> with squares and moat, <crossref let="t" cid="c27009025.6"/>but in a troubled time.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27009026"/>
+    <verse num="26">And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall <crossref let="u" cid="c27009026.1"/>be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come <crossref let="v" cid="c27009026.2"/>shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. <crossref let="w" cid="c27009026.3"/>Its<note nid="n27009026.1"/> end shall come with a flood, <crossref let="x" cid="c27009026.4"/>and to the end there shall be war. <crossref let="y" cid="c27009026.5"/>Desolations are decreed.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27009027"/>
+    <verse num="27">And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week,<note nid="n27009027.1"/> and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. <crossref let="z" cid="c27009027.1"/>And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until <crossref let="a" cid="c27009027.2"/>the decreed end is poured out on the desolator.<q class="end-double" qid="27009027.1" from="27009022.1" to="27009027.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27010001"/>
+  <chapter num="10">
+    <heading>Daniel&apos;s Terrifying Vision of a Man</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="b" cid="c27010001.1"/>In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a word was revealed to Daniel, <crossref let="c" cid="c27010001.2"/>who was named Belteshazzar. And <crossref let="d" cid="c27010001.3"/>the word was true, and it was a great conflict.<note nid="n27010001.1"/> And <crossref let="e" cid="c27010001.4"/>he understood the word and <crossref let="e" cid="c27010001.5"/>had understanding of the vision.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27010002"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="2">In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for <crossref let="f" cid="c27010002.1"/>three weeks.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27010003"/>
+    <verse num="3">I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I <crossref let="g" cid="c27010003.1"/>anoint myself at all, for <crossref let="f" cid="c27010003.2"/>the full three weeks.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27010004"/>
+    <verse num="4">On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing <crossref let="h" cid="c27010004.1"/>on the bank of the great river (<crossref let="i" cid="c27010004.2"/>that is, the Tigris)</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27010005"/>
+    <verse num="5"><crossref let="j" cid="c27010005.1"/>I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, <crossref let="k" cid="c27010005.2"/>a man clothed in linen, <crossref let="l" cid="c27010005.3"/>with a belt of fine <crossref let="m" cid="c27010005.4"/>gold from Uphaz around his waist.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27010006"/>
+    <verse num="6">His body was like <crossref let="n" cid="c27010006.1"/>beryl, his face <crossref let="o" cid="c27010006.2"/>like the appearance of lightning, <crossref let="p" cid="c27010006.3"/>his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and <crossref let="q" cid="c27010006.4"/>legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and <crossref let="q" cid="c27010006.5"/>the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27010007"/>
+    <verse num="7"><crossref let="r" cid="c27010007.1"/>And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see the vision, but a great trembling fell upon them, and they fled to hide themselves.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27010008"/>
+    <verse num="8">So I was left alone and saw this great vision, and <crossref let="s" cid="c27010008.1"/>no strength was left in me. My radiant appearance was fearfully changed,<note nid="n27010008.1"/> <crossref let="t" cid="c27010008.2"/>and I retained no strength.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27010009"/>
+    <verse num="9">Then I heard the sound of his words, <crossref let="u" cid="c27010009.1"/>and as I heard the sound of his words, I fell on my face in deep sleep <crossref let="u" cid="c27010009.2"/>with my face to the ground.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27010010"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="10">And behold, <crossref let="v" cid="c27010010.1"/>a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27010011"/>
+    <verse num="11">And he said to me, <q class="begin-double" qid="27010011.1" from="27010011.1" to="27010011.2"/>O Daniel, <crossref let="w" cid="c27010011.1"/>man greatly loved, <crossref let="x" cid="c27010011.2"/>understand the words that I speak to you, and <crossref let="y" cid="c27010011.3"/>stand upright, for <crossref let="z" cid="c27010011.4"/>now I have been sent to you.<q class="end-double" qid="27010011.2" from="27010011.1" to="27010011.2"/> And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood up trembling.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27010012"/>
+    <verse num="12">Then he said to me, <crossref let="a" cid="c27010012.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="27010012.1" from="27010012.1" to="27010014.1"/>Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you <crossref let="b" cid="c27010012.2"/>set your heart to understand and <crossref let="b" cid="c27010012.3"/>humbled yourself before your God, <crossref let="c" cid="c27010012.4"/>your words have been heard, <crossref let="d" cid="c27010012.5"/>and I have come because of your words.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27010013"/>
+    <verse num="13"><crossref let="e" cid="c27010013.1"/>The prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me <crossref let="f" cid="c27010013.2"/>twenty-one days, but <crossref let="g" cid="c27010013.3"/>Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I was left there with the kings of Persia,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27010014"/>
+    <verse num="14"><crossref let="d" cid="c27010014.1"/>and came to make you understand what is to happen to your people <crossref let="h" cid="c27010014.2"/>in the latter days. For <crossref let="i" cid="c27010014.3"/>the vision is for days yet to come.<q class="end-double" qid="27010014.1" from="27010012.1" to="27010014.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27010015"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="15">When he had spoken to me according to these words, <crossref let="j" cid="c27010015.1"/>I turned my face toward the ground <crossref let="k" cid="c27010015.2"/>and was mute.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27010016"/>
+    <verse num="16">And behold, <crossref let="l" cid="c27010016.1"/>one in the likeness of the children of man <crossref let="m" cid="c27010016.2"/>touched my lips. Then I opened my mouth and spoke. I said to him who stood before me, <q class="begin-double" qid="27010016.1" from="27010016.1" to="27010017.1"/>O my lord, by reason of the vision pains have come upon me, and <crossref let="n" cid="c27010016.3"/>I retain no strength.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27010017"/>
+    <verse num="17">How can my lord&apos;s servant talk with my lord? For now no strength remains in me, and no breath is left in me.<q class="end-double" qid="27010017.1" from="27010016.1" to="27010017.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27010018"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="18">Again <crossref let="l" cid="c27010018.1"/>one having the appearance of a man <crossref let="m" cid="c27010018.2"/>touched me and strengthened me.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27010019"/>
+    <verse num="19">And he said, <crossref let="o" cid="c27010019.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="27010019.1" from="27010019.1" to="27010019.2"/>O man greatly loved, <crossref let="p" cid="c27010019.2"/>fear not, peace be with you; be strong and of good courage.<q class="end-double" qid="27010019.2" from="27010019.1" to="27010019.2"/> And as he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="27010019.3" from="27010019.3" to="27010019.4"/>Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.<q class="end-double" qid="27010019.4" from="27010019.3" to="27010019.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27010020"/>
+    <verse num="20">Then he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="27010020.1" from="27010020.1" to="27012004.1"/>Do you know why I have come to you? But now I will return to fight against the <crossref let="q" cid="c27010020.1"/>prince of Persia; and when I go out, behold, the prince of <crossref let="r" cid="c27010020.2"/>Greece will come.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27010021"/>
+    <verse num="21">But I will tell you <crossref let="s" cid="c27010021.1"/>what is inscribed in the book of truth: there is none who contends by my side against these except <crossref let="t" cid="c27010021.2"/>Michael, your prince.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011001"/>
+  <chapter num="11">
+    <heading>The Kings of the South and the North</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><q class="continue-double" qid="27011001.1" from="27010020.1" to="27012004.1"/>And as for me, <crossref let="u" cid="c27011001.1"/>in the first year of <crossref let="u" cid="c27011001.2"/>Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011002"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="2"><q class="continue-double" qid="27011002.1" from="27010020.1" to="27012004.1"/>And now I will show you <crossref let="v" cid="c27011002.1"/>the truth. Behold, three more kings shall arise in Persia, and a fourth shall be far richer than all of them. And when he has become strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the kingdom of Greece.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011003"/>
+    <verse num="3">Then <crossref let="w" cid="c27011003.1"/>a mighty king shall arise, who shall rule with great dominion and <crossref let="x" cid="c27011003.2"/>do as he wills.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And as soon as he has arisen, <crossref let="y" cid="c27011004.1"/>his kingdom shall be broken and divided <crossref let="y" cid="c27011004.2"/>toward the <crossref let="z" cid="c27011004.3"/>four winds of heaven, but <crossref let="a" cid="c27011004.4"/>not to his posterity, nor according to the authority with which he ruled, for his kingdom shall be plucked up and go to others besides these.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011005"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5"><q class="continue-double" qid="27011005.1" from="27010020.1" to="27012004.1"/>Then the king of the south shall be strong, but one of his princes shall be stronger than he <crossref let="b" cid="c27011005.1"/>and shall rule, and his authority shall be a great authority.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011006"/>
+    <verse num="6">After some years <crossref let="c" cid="c27011006.1"/>they shall make an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement. But she shall not retain the strength of her arm, and he and his arm shall not endure, but she shall be given up, and her attendants, he who fathered her, and he who supported<note nid="n27011006.1"/> her in those times.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011007"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="7"><q class="continue-double" qid="27011007.1" from="27010020.1" to="27012004.1"/>And from a branch from her roots one shall arise in his place. He shall come against the army and enter the <crossref let="d" cid="c27011007.1"/>fortress of the king of the north, and he shall deal with them and shall prevail.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011008"/>
+    <verse num="8">He shall also carry off to Egypt their gods with their metal images and their precious <crossref let="e" cid="c27011008.1"/>vessels of silver and gold, and for some years he shall refrain from attacking the king of the north.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011009"/>
+    <verse num="9">Then the latter shall come into the realm of the king of the south but shall return to his own land.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011010"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="10"><q class="continue-double" qid="27011010.1" from="27010020.1" to="27012004.1"/>His sons shall wage war and assemble a multitude of great forces, which shall keep coming <crossref let="f" cid="c27011010.1"/>and overflow and pass through, and again shall carry the war as far as his <crossref let="d" cid="c27011010.2"/>fortress.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011011"/>
+    <verse num="11">Then the king of the south, <crossref let="g" cid="c27011011.1"/>moved with rage, shall come out and fight against the king of the north. <crossref let="h" cid="c27011011.2"/>And he shall raise a great multitude, but it shall be given into his hand.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011012"/>
+    <verse num="12">And when the multitude is taken away, his heart shall be exalted, and he shall cast down tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011013"/>
+    <verse num="13">For the king of the north shall again <crossref let="i" cid="c27011013.1"/>raise a multitude, greater than the first. And <crossref let="j" cid="c27011013.2"/>after some years<note nid="n27011013.1"/> he shall come on with a great army and abundant supplies.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011014"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="14"><q class="continue-double" qid="27011014.1" from="27010020.1" to="27012004.1"/>In those times many shall rise against the king of the south, and the violent among your own people shall lift themselves up in order to fulfill the vision, but <crossref let="k" cid="c27011014.1"/>they shall fail.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011015"/>
+    <verse num="15">Then the king of the north shall come and <crossref let="l" cid="c27011015.1"/>throw up siegeworks and take a well-fortified city. And the forces of the south shall not stand, or even his best troops, for there shall be no strength to stand.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011016"/>
+    <verse num="16">But he who comes against him shall <crossref let="m" cid="c27011016.1"/>do as he wills, and <crossref let="n" cid="c27011016.2"/>none shall stand before him. And he shall stand in <crossref let="o" cid="c27011016.3"/>the glorious land, with destruction in his hand.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011017"/>
+    <verse num="17">He shall <crossref let="p" cid="c27011017.1"/>set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and he shall bring terms of an agreement and perform them. He shall give him the daughter of women to destroy the kingdom,<note nid="n27011017.1"/> but it shall not stand or be to his advantage.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011018"/>
+    <verse num="18">Afterward he shall turn his face to the coastlands and shall capture many of them, but a commander shall put an end to his insolence. Indeed,<note nid="n27011018.1"/> he <crossref let="q" cid="c27011018.1"/>shall turn his insolence back upon him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011019"/>
+    <verse num="19">Then he shall turn his face back toward the <crossref let="r" cid="c27011019.1"/>fortresses of his own land, but he shall <crossref let="s" cid="c27011019.2"/>stumble and fall, <crossref let="t" cid="c27011019.3"/>and shall not be found.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011020"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="20"><q class="continue-double" qid="27011020.1" from="27010020.1" to="27012004.1"/>Then shall arise in his place one who shall send an <crossref let="u" cid="c27011020.1"/>exactor of tribute for the glory of the kingdom. But within a few days he shall be broken, neither in anger nor in battle.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011021"/>
+    <verse num="21">In his place shall arise a contemptible person to whom royal majesty has not been given. <crossref let="v" cid="c27011021.1"/>He shall come in without warning and obtain the kingdom <crossref let="w" cid="c27011021.2"/>by flatteries.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011022"/>
+    <verse num="22">Armies shall be <crossref let="x" cid="c27011022.1"/>utterly swept away before him and broken, even the prince of the covenant.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011023"/>
+    <verse num="23">And from the time that an alliance is made with him he shall act deceitfully, and he shall become strong with a small people.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011024"/>
+    <verse num="24"><crossref let="y" cid="c27011024.1"/>Without warning he shall come into <crossref let="z" cid="c27011024.2"/>the richest parts<note nid="n27011024.1"/> of the province, and he shall do what neither his fathers nor his fathers&apos; fathers have done, scattering among them plunder, spoil, and goods. He shall devise plans against strongholds, but only for a time.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011025"/>
+    <verse num="25">And he shall stir up his power and his heart against <crossref let="a" cid="c27011025.1"/>the king of the south with a great army. And the king of the south shall wage war with an exceedingly great and mighty army, but he shall not stand, for plots shall be devised against him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011026"/>
+    <verse num="26">Even those who eat his food shall break him. His army shall be <crossref let="b" cid="c27011026.1"/>swept away, and many shall fall down slain.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011027"/>
+    <verse num="27">And as for the two kings, their hearts shall be bent on doing evil. They shall speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for <crossref let="c" cid="c27011027.1"/>the end is yet to be at the time appointed.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011028"/>
+    <verse num="28">And he shall return to his land with great wealth, but his heart shall be set against the holy covenant. And he shall work his will and return to his own land.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011029"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="29"><q class="continue-double" qid="27011029.1" from="27010020.1" to="27012004.1"/>At the time appointed he shall return and come into the south, but it shall not be this time as it was before.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011030"/>
+    <verse num="30">For ships of <crossref let="d" cid="c27011030.1"/>Kittim shall come against him, and he shall be afraid and withdraw, and shall turn back and <crossref let="e" cid="c27011030.2"/>be enraged and <crossref let="e" cid="c27011030.3"/>take action against the holy covenant. He shall turn back and pay attention to those who forsake the holy covenant.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011031"/>
+    <verse num="31">Forces from him shall appear and <crossref let="f" cid="c27011031.1"/>profane the temple and fortress, and shall take away the regular burnt offering. And <crossref let="g" cid="c27011031.2"/>they shall set up the abomination that makes desolate.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011032"/>
+    <verse num="32">He shall seduce with flattery those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God shall stand firm and take action.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011033"/>
+    <verse num="33"><crossref let="h" cid="c27011033.1"/>And the wise among the people shall make many understand, though for some days they shall stumble by sword and flame, by captivity and plunder.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011034"/>
+    <verse num="34">When they stumble, they shall receive a little help. And many shall join themselves to them with flattery,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011035"/>
+    <verse num="35">and some of the wise shall stumble, so that they may be refined, <crossref let="i" cid="c27011035.1"/>purified, and <crossref let="j" cid="c27011035.2"/>made white, until <crossref let="k" cid="c27011035.3"/>the time of the end, <crossref let="k" cid="c27011035.4"/>for it still awaits the appointed time.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011036"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="36"><q class="continue-double" qid="27011036.1" from="27010020.1" to="27012004.1"/>And the king shall <crossref let="l" cid="c27011036.1"/>do as he wills. <crossref let="m" cid="c27011036.2"/>He shall exalt himself and magnify himself above every god, <crossref let="n" cid="c27011036.3"/>and shall speak astonishing things against <crossref let="o" cid="c27011036.4"/>the God of gods. <crossref let="p" cid="c27011036.5"/>He shall prosper <crossref let="q" cid="c27011036.6"/>till the indignation is accomplished; for what is decreed shall be done.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011037"/>
+    <verse num="37">He shall pay no attention to the gods of his fathers, or to the one beloved by women. He shall not pay attention to any other god, for <crossref let="m" cid="c27011037.1"/>he shall magnify himself above all.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011038"/>
+    <verse num="38">He shall honor the god of fortresses instead of these. A god whom his fathers did not know he shall honor <crossref let="r" cid="c27011038.1"/>with gold and silver, with precious stones and costly gifts.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011039"/>
+    <verse num="39">He shall deal with the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god. Those who acknowledge him he shall load with honor. He shall make them rulers over many and <crossref let="s" cid="c27011039.1"/>shall divide the land for a price.<note nid="n27011039.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011040"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="40"><crossref let="t" cid="c27011040.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="27011040.1" from="27010020.1" to="27012004.1"/>At the time of the end, the king of the south shall attack<note nid="n27011040.1"/> him, but the king of the north shall rush upon him <crossref let="u" cid="c27011040.2"/>like a whirlwind, with chariots and horsemen, and with many ships. And he shall come into countries and <crossref let="v" cid="c27011040.3"/>shall overflow and pass through.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011041"/>
+    <verse num="41">He shall come into <crossref let="w" cid="c27011041.1"/>the glorious land. And tens of thousands shall fall, but these shall be delivered out of his hand: <crossref let="x" cid="c27011041.2"/>Edom and <crossref let="x" cid="c27011041.3"/>Moab and the main part of the <crossref let="x" cid="c27011041.4"/>Ammonites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011042"/>
+    <verse num="42">He shall stretch out his hand against the countries, and the land of Egypt shall not escape.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011043"/>
+    <verse num="43">He shall become ruler of the treasures of gold and of silver, and all the precious things of Egypt, and the <crossref let="y" cid="c27011043.1"/>Libyans and the <crossref let="z" cid="c27011043.2"/>Cushites shall follow in his train.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011044"/>
+    <verse num="44">But news from the east and the north shall alarm him, and he shall go out with great fury to destroy and devote many to destruction.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27011045"/>
+    <verse num="45">And he shall pitch his palatial tents between the sea and the glorious holy mountain. Yet he shall come to his end, with none to help him.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27012001"/>
+  <chapter num="12">
+    <heading>The Time of the End</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><q class="continue-double" qid="27012001.1" from="27010020.1" to="27012004.1"/>At that time shall arise <crossref let="a" cid="c27012001.1"/>Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And <crossref let="b" cid="c27012001.2"/>there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. But at that time your people shall be delivered, <crossref let="c" cid="c27012001.3"/>everyone whose name shall be found written in the book.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27012002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And many of those who <crossref let="d" cid="c27012002.1"/>sleep in <crossref let="e" cid="c27012002.2"/>the dust of the earth shall <crossref let="e" cid="c27012002.3"/>awake, <crossref let="f" cid="c27012002.4"/>some to everlasting life, and <crossref let="f" cid="c27012002.5"/>some to shame and everlasting contempt.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27012003"/>
+    <verse num="3"><crossref let="g" cid="c27012003.1"/>And those who are wise <crossref let="h" cid="c27012003.2"/>shall shine like the brightness of the sky above;<note nid="n27012003.1"/> and <crossref let="i" cid="c27012003.3"/>those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27012004"/>
+    <verse num="4">But you, Daniel, <crossref let="j" cid="c27012004.1"/>shut up the words and <crossref let="k" cid="c27012004.2"/>seal the book, until <crossref let="l" cid="c27012004.3"/>the time of the end. <crossref let="m" cid="c27012004.4"/>Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.<q class="end-double" qid="27012004.1" from="27010020.1" to="27012004.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27012005"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5">Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, two others stood, one on <crossref let="n" cid="c27012005.1"/>this bank of the stream and one on that bank of the stream.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27012006"/>
+    <verse num="6">And someone said to <crossref let="o" cid="c27012006.1"/>the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream,<note nid="n27012006.1"/> <crossref let="p" cid="c27012006.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="27012006.1" from="27012006.1" to="27012006.2"/>How long shall it be till the end of these wonders?<q class="end-double" qid="27012006.2" from="27012006.1" to="27012006.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27012007"/>
+    <verse num="7">And I heard <crossref let="o" cid="c27012007.1"/>the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream; <crossref let="q" cid="c27012007.2"/>he raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven and <crossref let="r" cid="c27012007.3"/>swore by him who lives forever that it would be for a <crossref let="s" cid="c27012007.4"/>time, times, and half a time, and that when the shattering of <crossref let="t" cid="c27012007.5"/>the power of <crossref let="t" cid="c27012007.6"/>the holy people comes to an end all these things would be finished.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27012008"/>
+    <verse num="8">I heard, <crossref let="u" cid="c27012008.1"/>but I did not understand. Then I said, <q class="begin-double" qid="27012008.1" from="27012008.1" to="27012008.2"/>O my lord, what shall be the outcome of these things?<q class="end-double" qid="27012008.2" from="27012008.1" to="27012008.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27012009"/>
+    <verse num="9">He said, <crossref let="v" cid="c27012009.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="27012009.1" from="27012009.1" to="27012013.1"/>Go your way, Daniel, <crossref let="w" cid="c27012009.2"/>for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27012010"/>
+    <verse num="10"><crossref let="x" cid="c27012010.1"/>Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but <crossref let="y" cid="c27012010.2"/>the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, <crossref let="g" cid="c27012010.3"/>but those who are wise shall understand.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27012011"/>
+    <verse num="11">And from the time that <crossref let="z" cid="c27012011.1"/>the regular burnt offering is taken away and <crossref let="a" cid="c27012011.2"/>the abomination that makes desolate is set up, there shall be 1,290 days.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27012012"/>
+    <verse num="12"><crossref let="b" cid="c27012012.1"/>Blessed is he who waits and arrives at the 1,335 days.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v27012013"/>
+    <verse num="13"><crossref let="c" cid="c27012013.1"/>But go your way till the end. <crossref let="d" cid="c27012013.2"/>And you shall rest and shall stand in your allotted place at <crossref let="e" cid="c27012013.3"/>the end of the days.<q class="end-double" qid="27012013.1" from="27012009.1" to="27012013.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+</book>
+</crossway-bible>