Or G1535 to governors, G2232 as to them that are sent G3992 by him for the punishment G1557 of evildoers, G2555 and for the praise G1868 of them that do G17 well. G17

As free, G1658 and not using G2192 your G3588 liberty G1657 for a cloak G1942 of maliciousness, G2549 but as the servants G1401 of God. G2316

And now H6258 have I given H5414 all H3605 these H428 lands H776 into H413 the hand H3027 of Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon, H894 my servant; H5650 and the beasts H2416 of the field H7704 have I given H5414 him also H1571 to serve H5647 him.

And it shall come H1961 to pass, that the nation H1471 and kingdom H4467 which H834 will not serve H5647 the same Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon, H894 and that will not put H5414 their neck H6677 under the yoke H5923 of the king H4428 of Babylon, H894 that nation H1471 will I punish, H6485 said H5002 the LORD, H3068 with the sword, H2719 and with the famine, H7458 and with the pestilence, H1698 until H5704 I have consumed H8552 them by his hand. H3027

And for the majesty H7238 that he gave H3052 him, all H3606 people, H5972 nations, H524 and languages, H3961 trembled H2112 and feared H1763 before H4481 H6925 him: whom H1768 he would H6634 he slew; H6992 and whom H1768 he would H6634 he kept alive; H2418 and whom H1768 he would H6634 he set H7313 up; and whom he would H6634 he put H8214 down. H8214

And he was driven H2957 from the sons H1123 of men; H606 and his heart H3825 was made H7737 like H5974 the beasts, H2423 and his dwelling H4070 was with the wild H6167 asses: H6167 they fed H2939 him with grass H6211 like oxen, H8450 and his body H1655 was wet H6647 with the dew H2920 of heaven; H8065 till H5704 he knew H3046 that the most H5943 high H5943 God H426 ruled H7990 in the kingdom H4437 of men, H606 and that he appoints H6966 over H5922 it whomsoever H4479 H1768 he will. H6634

But have lifted H7313 up yourself against H5922 the Lord H4756 of heaven; H8065 and they have brought H858 the vessels H3984 of his house H1005 before H6925 you, and you, and your lords, H7261 your wives, H7695 and your concubines, H3904 have drunk H8355 wine H2562 in them; and you have praised H7624 the gods H426 of silver, H3702 and gold, H1722 of brass, H5174 iron, H6523 wood, H636 and stone, H69 which H1768 see H2370 not, nor H3809 hear, H8086 nor H3809 know: H3046 and the God H426 in whose H1768 hand H3028 your breath H5396 is, and whose are all H3606 your ways, H735 have you not glorified: H1922