Status Updates From The Book of Daniel

Then Daniel took some pitch, fat, and hair; these he boiled together and made into cakes. He put them into the mouth of the dragon, and when the dragon ate them, he burst. “This,” he said, “is what you revered.

This is how you acted with the daughters of Israel, and in their fear they yielded to you; but a daughter of Judah did not tolerate your lawlessness

Here I am about to die, though I have done none of the things for which these men have condemned me

but those transgressors of the law ordered that she be exposed so as to sate themselves with her beauty

Then Susanna screamed

But both turned back and arrived at the same spot. When they asked each other the reason, they admitted their lust, and then they agreed to look for an occasion when they could find her alone.

He shall have no regard for the gods of his ancestors or for the one in whom women delight;* for no god shall he have regard, because he shall make himself greater than all.

and heeeere come the Romans!

and the sound of his voice was like the roar of a multitude

But the vision left me desolate, without understanding.

I, Daniel, was greatly terrified by my thoughts, and my face became pale, but I kept the matter to myself

The fourth beast shall be a fourth kingdom on earth,

different from all the others;

The whole earth it shall devour,

trample down and crush.

fter this I looked and saw another beast, like a leopard;* on its back were four wings like those of a bird, and it had four heads. To this beast dominion was given.

The king then ordered the men who had accused Daniel, along with their children and their wives, to be cast into the lions’ den. Before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

MENE TEKEL PERES

Let his mind be changed from a human one;

let the mind of a beast be given him,

till seven years pass over him.

Therefore I decree for nations and peoples of every language that whoever blasphemes the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be cut to pieces and his house made into a refuse heap. For there is no other God who can rescue like this.

But the angel of the Lord went down into the furnace with Azariah and his companions, drove the fiery flames out of the furnace,

And now we follow you with our whole heart,

we fear you and we seek your face.

They walked about in the flames, singing to God

To me also this mystery has been revealed; not that I am wiser than any other living person, but in order that its meaning may be made known to the king, that you may understand the thoughts of your own mind.

He reveals deep and hidden things

and knows what is in the darkness,

for the light dwells with him

So he ordered that the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and Chaldeans be summoned to interpret the dream for him.

“Please test your servants for ten days. Let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink.