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20 “As for you, a you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about 1 this present result, to preserve many people alive.

15 for it was a turn of events from the L ORD , b that He might establish His word, which the L ORD spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

33 a Teach me, O L ORD , the way of Your statutes, And I shall observe it to the end.

23 a man’s way is not in himself, † b Nor is it in a man who walks to direct his steps.

23 but you have a exalted yourself against the b Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines have been drinking wine from them; and you have praised the c gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which do not see, hear or understand. But the God d in whose hand are your life-breath and all your e ways, you have not glorified. 24 “Then the a 1 hand was sent from Him and this

inscription was written out. 25 “Now this is the inscription that was written out: ‘ 1 MENĒ , 1 MENĒ , 2 TEKĒL , 3 UPHARSIN .’ † 26 “This is the interpretation of the 1 message: ‘ MENĒ ’—God has numbered your kingdom and a put an end to it. 27 “ ‘ TEKĒL ’—you have been a weighed on the scales and found deficient. 28 “ ‘ PERĒS ’—your kingdom has been divided and given over to the a Medes and 1 Persians.” 29 Then Belshazzar gave orders, and they a clothed Daniel with purple and put a necklace of gold around his neck, and issued a proclamation concerning him that he now had authority as the 1 third ruler in the kingdom. 30 That same night a Belshazzar the Chaldean king was b slain.

19 – 21 For a the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, “ He is b THE ONE WHO CATCHES THE WISE IN THEIR CRAFTINESS ”; † 20 and again, “ a T HE L ORD KNOWS THE REASONINGS of the wise, THAT THEY ARE USELESS .”