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"Belteshazzar," cried the king, "thy request is granted. Go! and may thy
God give thee the knowledge of the vision."
Daniel left the presence of the king and hastened to join his comrades at
their apartments.
"What now, fair cousin?" said Azariah. "What am I to learn from such a
countenance? Nothing of a joyful nature, I fear!"
"Alas, comrades!" answered Daniel, "unless Jehovah interfere with a
miraculous hand, we are undone. The decree has already gone forth from
royal lips that all the wise men of Babylon must perish by the sword."
He then gave his companions a full history of the thing, as he had
received it from the mouth of Arioch, the captain of the guard.
"In all our trials hitherto," said Hananiah, "we have found Jehovah to be
our sure refuge. In him we trust, and he will surely open to us a way of
escape."
"Already I feel the strange assurance that from this conflict we shall
come forth triumphant," said Daniel.
"Most humbly will we all bow before our God, and pray that a clear
revelation of the lost dream may be made on the mind of our beloved
Daniel," said Azariah.
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