Daniel 4:17 References

17 "This sentence is by the decree of the angelic watchers And the decision is a command of the holy ones, In order that the living may aknow That the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind, And bbestows it on whom He wishes And sets over it the clowliest of men."

b Jeremiah 27:5-7, Daniel 4:25, Daniel 5:18, Daniel 5:19


Jeremiah 27

5 "aI have made the earth, the men and the beasts which are on the face of the earth bby My great power and by My outstretched arm, and I will cgive it to the one who is pleasing in My sight.
6 "Now I ahave given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, bMy servant, and I have given him also the cwild animals of the field to serve him.
7 "aAll the nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson buntil the time of his own land comes; then cmany nations and great kings will make him their servant.

Daniel 4

25 that you be adriven away from mankind and your dwelling place be with the beasts of the field, and you be given grass to eat like cattle and be drenched with the dew of heaven; and seven periods of time will pass over you, until you recognize that the bMost High is ruler over the realm of mankind and cbestows it on whomever He wishes.

Daniel 5

18 "O king, the aMost High God bgranted sovereignty, cgrandeur, glory and majesty to Nebuchadnezzar your father.

Daniel 5

19 "Because of the grandeur which He bestowed on him, all the peoples, nations and men of every language feared and trembled before him; awhomever he wished he killed and whomever he wished he spared alive; and whomever he wished he elevated and whomever he wished he humbled.