24 “This is the meaning, Your Majesty. The Most High has decided to apply it to you, Your Majesty.
25 You will be forced away from people and live with the wild animals. You will eat grass like cattle. The dew from the sky will make you wet. And seven time periods will pass until you realize that the Most High has power over human kingdoms and that he gives them to whomever he wishes.
26 Since I said that the stump and the tree’s roots were to be left, your kingdom will be restored to you as soon as you realize that heaven rules.
27 “That is why, Your Majesty, my best advice is that you stop sinning, and do what is right. Stop committing the same errors, and have pity on the poor. Maybe you can prolong your prosperity.”
28 All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar.
29 Twelve months later, he was walking around the royal palace in Babylon.
30 The king thought, “Look how great Babylon is! I built the royal palace by my own impressive power and for my glorious honor.”