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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.

31 When the period was over, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes to heaven and my power of reasoning was restored to me.

I blessed the Most High,
    and I praised and glorified him
    who lives forever.
32 All who dwell on earth count for nothing;
    he does as he pleases with the powers of heaven[a]
    and the inhabitants on earth.
No one can stay his hand
    or say to him, “What are you doing?”

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 4:32 The powers of heaven are the heavenly creatures.