5 I had a terrifying dream. My thoughts while I was lying in bed and the vision in my mind overwhelmed me.
6 I ordered all Babylon’s sages to come before me, so they might tell me the dream’s meaning.
7 So the dream interpreters, enchanters, Chaldeans, and diviners came. I told them the dream, but they couldn’t interpret it for me.
8 Daniel, who is called Belteshazzar after the name of my god, was the last to come before me. In him is the breath of the holy gods! I told Daniel the dream:
9 “Belteshazzar, chief of the dream interpreters, I know the breath of the holy gods is in you, and no mystery is too difficult for you. Tell me the meaning of the visions I had in my dream.
10 In my mind, as I lay in bed, I saw a vision:At the center of the earth was a towering tree.
11 The tree grew in size and strength;it was as high as the sky;it could be seen from every corner of the earth.