This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree that the Most High has issued against my lord the king:
He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and a
Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.
The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself
The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away.
I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.
This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”
This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that th