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33 The decree was fulfilled against Nebuchadnezzar immediately. He was driven away from people to eat grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with dew from the sky, until his hair grew like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.

The King’s Sanity Returns

34 “When that period of time was over, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven and my sanity returned to me. I blessed the Most High, praising and honoring the one who lives forever:

For his sovereignty is eternal,
    and his kingdom continues from generation to generation.
35 All who live on the earth
    are nothing compared to him.
He does what he wishes
    with the heavenly armies
        and with those who live on earth.
No one can hold back his power
    or say to him, ‘What did you do?’

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