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28 These words were not completely out of his mouth when a voice came from heaven:

“To you, King Nebuchadnezzar, it is decreed:
    your kingdom has been taken from you.
29 You shall be banished from human society
    as you are forced to dwell with wild beasts
    and feed on grass as the oxen do.
Seven years shall pass over you
    until you have learned
that the Most High rules over the kingdom of men
    and gives it to whomever he wishes.”

30 This sentence was immediately fulfilled. Nebuchadnezzar was cast out from human society, and he ate grass as oxen do. His body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails became like a bird’s talons.

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