One night King Belshazzar invited a thousand noblemen to a great banquet, and they drank wine together.

"But you, his son, have not humbled yourself, even though you knew all this.

That same night Belshazzar, the king of Babylonia, was killed;

In the third year that Belshazzar was king, I saw a second vision.

All nations will serve him, and they will serve his son and his grandson until the time comes for his own nation to fall. Then his nation will serve powerful nations and great kings.

In the second year that Nebuchadnezzar was king, he had a dream. It worried him so much that he couldn't sleep,

But there is a God in heaven, who reveals mysteries. He has informed Your Majesty what will happen in the future. Now I will tell you the dream, the vision you had while you were asleep.

"While Your Majesty was sleeping, you dreamed about the future; and God, who reveals mysteries, showed you what is going to happen.

But I had a frightening dream and saw terrifying visions while I was asleep.

and the LORD said, "Now hear what I have to say! When there are prophets among you, I reveal myself to them in visions and speak to them in dreams.

Although God speaks again and again, no one pays attention to what he says.

He makes them listen to what he says, and they are frightened at his warnings.

The prophet who has had a dream should say it is only a dream, but the prophet who has heard my message should proclaim that message faithfully. What good is straw compared with wheat?

"Afterward I will pour out my Spirit on everyone: your sons and daughters will proclaim my message; your old people will have dreams, and your young people will see visions.

The Sovereign LORD never does anything without revealing his plan to his servants, the prophets.

'This is what I will do in the last days, God says: I will pour out my Spirit on everyone. Your sons and daughters will proclaim my message; your young men will see visions, and your old men will have dreams.

Yes, even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will proclaim my message.

As I was watching, a fourth beast appeared. It was powerful, horrible, terrifying. With its huge iron teeth it crushed its victims, and then it trampled on them. Unlike the other beasts, it had ten horns.

During this vision in the night, I saw what looked like a human being. He was approaching me, surrounded by clouds, and he went to the one who had been living forever and was presented to him.

The visions I saw alarmed me, and I was deeply disturbed.

After this, Abram had a vision and heard the LORD say to him, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I will shield you from danger and give you a great reward."

God spoke to him in a vision at night and called, "Jacob, Jacob!" "Yes, here I am," he answered.

Like a nightmare it disturbed my sleep.

On the fifth day of the fourth month of the thirtieth year, I, Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi, was living with the Jewish exiles by the Chebar River in Babylonia. The sky opened, and I saw a vision of God.

I have to boast, even though it doesn't do any good. But I will now talk about visions and revelations given me by the Lord.

The LORD said to me, "Take a large piece of writing material and write on it in large letters: 'Quick Loot, Fast Plunder.'

God told me to write down in a book what the people are like, so that there would be a permanent record of how evil they are.

The LORD gave me this answer: "Write down clearly on tablets what I reveal to you, so that it can be read at a glance.

Everything written in the Scriptures was written to teach us, in order that we might have hope through the patience and encouragement which the Scriptures give us.

Write, then, the things you see, both the things that are now and the things that will happen afterward.

As soon as they spoke, I was about to write. But I heard a voice speak from heaven, "Keep secret what the seven thunders have said; do not write it down!"