27. So, O king, please accept my advice. Stop sinning and do what is right. Stop doing wicked things and be kind to the poor. Then you might continue to be successful.”
28. All these things happened to King Nebuchadnezzar.
29. Twelve months later as he was walking on the roof of his palace in Babylon,
30. he said, “I have built this great Babylon as my royal home. I built it by my power to show my glory and my majesty.”
31. The words were still in his mouth when a voice from heaven said, “King Nebuchadnezzar, these things will happen to you: Your royal power has been taken away from you.