Lev 23:2, 4, 2Ch 24:9, 36:22, Dan 4:1-33 | ESV | STEP | Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, These are the appointed feasts of the Lord that you shall proclaim as holy convocations ; they are my appointed feasts .

2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, ^aThese are the appointed feasts of the Lord that you shall ^bproclaim as ^choly convocations; they are my appointed feasts.

Leviticus 23:4

The Passover

4 ^d“These are the appointed feasts of the Lord, the ^eholy convocations, which you shall proclaim at the time appointed for them.

2 Chronicles 24:9

9 And ^fproclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem to bring in for the Lord ^gthe tax that Moses the servant of God laid on Israel in the wilderness.

2 Chronicles 36:22

The Proclamation of Cyrus

22 ^hNow in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, ⁱthat the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, ^jthe Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:

Daniel 4:1-33

Nebuchadnezzar Praises God

1 ^{▼▼Ch 3:31 in Aramaic} King Nebuchadnezzar to all ^lpeoples, nations, and languages, ^mthat dwell in all the earth: ⁿPeace be multiplied to you! 2 It has seemed good to me to show the ^osigns and wonders that the ^pMost High God has done for me.

3 How great are ^qhis signs,
how mighty his ^rwonders!
^sHis kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
^tand his dominion endures from generation to generation.

Nebuchadnezzar’s Second Dream

4 ^{▼▼Ch 4:1 in Aramaic} I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and prospering in my palace. 5 I saw a dream that made me afraid. As I lay in bed the fancies and ^vthe visions of my head alarmed me. 6 So ^wI made a decree that ^xall the wise men of Babylon should be brought before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream. 7 Then ^ythe magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers came in, and I told them the dream, but ^zthey could not make known to me its interpretation. 8 At last Daniel came in before me—he who was named ^aaBelteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom is ^abthe spirit of the holy gods ^{▼▼Or Spirit of the holy God; also verses 9, 18}—and I told him the dream, saying, 9 “O Belteshazzar, ^adchief of the magicians, because I know that ^aethe spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no ^afmystery is too difficult for you, tell me ^agthe visions of my dream that I saw and their interpretation. 10 ^ahThe visions of my head as I lay in bed were these: I saw, and ^aibehold, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great. 11 ^ajThe tree grew and became strong, and its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth. 12 ^akIts leaves were beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all. ^alThe beasts of the field found shade under it, and ^amthe birds of the heavens lived in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.

13 “I saw in ^anthe visions of my head as I lay in bed, and behold, ^aoa watcher, ^apa holy one, came down from heaven. 14 He ^aqproclaimed aloud and said thus: ^ar‘Chop down the tree and ^aslop off its branches, ^atstrip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. ^auLet the beasts flee from under it and the birds from its branches. 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. 16 Let his mind be changed from a man’s, and let a beast’s mind be given to him; ^avand let seven periods of time ^awpass over him. 17 The sentence is by the decree of ^axthe watchers, the decision by the word of ^aythe holy ones, to the end that the living may know that the Most High ^azrules the kingdom of men ^baand gives it to whom he will and ^bbsets over it the lowliest of men.’ 18 This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. And you, O ^bcBelteshazzar, tell me the interpretation, because ^bdall the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation, but you are able, for ^bethe spirit of the holy gods is in you.”

Daniel Interprets the Second Dream

19 Then Daniel, whose name was ^bfBelteshazzar, was ^bgdismayed for a while, and ^bhhis thoughts alarmed him. The king answered and said, “Belteshazzar, let not the dream or the interpretation alarm you.” Belteshazzar answered and said, “My lord, ^bimay the dream be for those who hate you ^bjand its interpretation for your enemies! 20 ^bkThe 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, 21 ^blwhose 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— 22 ^bmit is you, O king, who have grown and become strong. ^bnYour greatness has grown and reaches to heaven, ^boand your dominion to the ends of the earth. 23 And because the king saw ^bpa watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, ^bq‘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 ^brseven periods of time pass over him,’ 24 this is the interpretation, O king: It is a decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king, 25 ^bsthat you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. You shall be made ^btto eat grass like an ox, and you shall be wet with the dew of heaven, and ^buseven periods of time shall pass over you, till ^bvyou know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will. 26 And as it was commanded ^bwto 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. 27 Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by ^bxpracticing righteousness, ^byand your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, ^bzthat there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.”

Nebuchadnezzar’s Humiliation

28 All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar. 29 At the end of twelve months he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon, 30 and the king answered and said, ^ca“Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by ^cbmy mighty power as a royal residence and for ^ccthe glory of my majesty?” 31 ^cdWhile the words were still in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, “O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom has departed from you, 32 ^ceand 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, ^cfuntil you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.” 33 Immediately the word was fulfilled against Nebuchadnezzar. ^cgHe 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’ feathers, and his nails were like birds’ claws.