Pride and abasement

25All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar.

26At the end of twelve months, he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon.

27The king answered and said, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”

28While the word was still in the king’s mouth, a voice fell from heaven: “To you it is said, King Nebuchadnezzar, the kingdom has departed from you.”

29And you will be driven away from men, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will be made to eat grass like oxen, and seven times will pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men and gives it to whomever he wills.

30At that moment the word was fulfilled against Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven away from among men, and he ate grass like oxen, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.