²⁴ this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which is come on my lord the king:

⁴⁰ He pours contempt on princes, And causes them to wander in a trackless waste.

¹⁰ declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not [yet] done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;

¹¹ calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country; yes, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it.

¹¹ Pour forth the fury of your anger. Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low.

¹² Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.

¹⁷ The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones; to the intent that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whoever he will, and sets up over it the lowest of men.

⁹ Yahweh of hosts has purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

²⁴ Yahweh of Hosts has sworn, saying, Surely, as I have thought, so shall it happen; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:

²⁵ that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and on my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulder.

²⁶ This is the purpose that is purposed on the whole earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out on all the nations.

²⁷ For Yahweh of Hosts has purposed, and who shall annul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

⁶ He has also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which will not pass away.

⁷ I will tell of the decree. Yahweh said to me, "You are my son. Today I have become your father.

²⁹ This is the portion of a wicked man from God, The heritage appointed to him by God."

¹² Yahweh said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don't put forth your hand." So Satan went forth from the presence of Yahweh.

¹³ It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,

¹⁴ that there came a messenger to Job, and said, "The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,

¹⁵ and the Sabeans attacked, and took them away. Yes, they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you."

¹⁶ While he was still speaking, there also came another, and said, "The fire of God has fallen from the sky, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you."

¹⁷ While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, "The Chaldeans made three bands, and swept down on the camels, and have taken them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you."

¹⁸ While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, "Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,

¹⁹ and, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead. I alone have escaped to tell you."