One night during the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had such disturbing dreams that he couldn’t sleep.

尼布甲尼撒在位第二年，他做了梦，心里烦乱，不能睡觉。

尼布甲尼撒在位第二年，他做了很多梦，心里烦乱，不能睡觉。

尼布甲尼撒在位第二年，他做了很多梦，心里烦乱，不能睡觉。

尼布甲尼撒在执政第二年做了梦，心里烦乱，无法入睡，

尼布甲尼撒在位第二年，他作了梦，因此心里烦乱，不能入睡。

尼布甲尼撒在位第二年，尼布甲尼撒做梦，灵里烦乱，睡不着觉。

尼布甲尼撒在位第二年，他做了夢，心裏煩亂，不能睡覺。

尼布甲尼撒在位第二年，他做了很多夢，心裏煩亂，不能睡覺。

尼布甲尼撒在位第二年，他做了很多夢，心裏煩亂，不能睡覺。

尼布甲尼撒在執政第二年做了夢，心裡煩亂，無法入睡，

尼布甲尼撒在位第二年，他作了夢，因此心裡煩亂，不能入睡。

尼布甲尼撒執掌國政之第二年，他作了個夢，心裏煩亂不安，使他睡不着覺。

尼布甲尼撒在位第二年，尼布甲尼撒做夢，靈裡煩亂，睡不著覺。

尼布甲尼撒二年、王得夢、心煩不得寢、

尼布甲尼撒二年、王獲夢、中必憂疑、不得寢、

尼布甲尼撒為王第二年、尼布甲尼撒獲夢、中心憂疑憂疑或作煩亂下同不得寢、

In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his mind was troubled and he could not sleep.

In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s rule, he had a dream. His mind was troubled. He couldn’t sleep.

In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his spirit was troubled, and his sleep left him.

In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled him, and sleep deserted him.

Now in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him.

Now in the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was so troubled that his sleep left him.

And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.

In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled him, and sleep deserted him.

And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.

In the second year of his reign Nebuchadnezzar had many dreams. His mind was disturbed and he suffered from insomnia.

In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.

That night the king had trouble sleeping, so he ordered an attendant to bring the book of the history of his reign so it could be read to him.

But one night I had a dream that frightened me; I saw visions that terrified me as I lay in my bed.

While they were in prison, Pharaoh’s cup bearer and baker each had a dream one night, and each dream had its own meaning.When Joseph saw them the next morning, he noticed that they both looked upset.“ Why do you look so worried today?” he asked them.And they replied,“ We both had dreams last night, but no one can tell us what they mean.”“ Interpreting dreams is God’s business,” Joseph replied.“ Go ahead and tell me your dreams.”

he said,“ I have had a dream that deeply troubles me, and I must know what it means.”

He speaks in dreams, in visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they lie in their beds.He whispers in their ears and terrifies them with warnings.He makes them turn from doing wrong; he keeps them from pride.

This message for all the people of Judah came to Jeremiah from the Lord during the fourth year of Jehoiakim’s reign over Judah. This was the year when King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon began his reign.

Two full years later, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing on the bank of the Nile River.In his dream he saw seven fat, healthy cows come up out of the river and begin grazing in the marsh grass.Then he saw seven more cows come up behind them from the Nile, but these were scrawny and thin. These cows stood beside the fat cows on the riverbank.Then the scrawny, thin cows ate the seven healthy, fat cows! At this point in the dream, Pharaoh woke up.But he fell asleep again and had a second dream. This time he saw seven heads of grain, plump and beautiful, growing on a single stalk.Then seven more heads of grain appeared, but these were shriveled and withered by the east wind.And these thin heads swallowed up the seven plump, well formed heads! Then Pharaoh woke up again and realized it was a dream.The next morning Pharaoh was very disturbed by the dreams. So he called for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. When Pharaoh told them his dreams, not one of them could tell him what they meant.Finally, the king’s chief cup bearer spoke up.“ Today I have been reminded of my failure,” he told Pharaoh.“ Some time ago, you were angry with the chief baker and me, and you imprisoned us in the palace of the captain of the guard.One night the chief baker and I each had a dream, and each dream had its own meaning.There was a young Hebrew man with us in the prison who was a slave of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams, and he told us what each of our dreams meant.And everything happened just as he had predicted. I was restored to my position as cup bearer, and the chief baker was executed and impaled on a pole.”Pharaoh sent for Joseph at once, and he was quickly brought from the prison. After he shaved and changed his clothes, he went in and stood before Pharaoh.Then Pharaoh said to Joseph,“ I had a dream last night, and no one here can tell me what it means. But I have heard that when you hear about a dream you can interpret it.”“ It is beyond my power to do this,” Joseph replied.“ But God can tell you what it means and set you at ease.”So Pharaoh told Joseph his dream.“ In my dream,” he said,“ I was standing on the bank of the Nile River,and I saw seven fat, healthy cows come up out of the river and begin grazing in the marsh grass.But then I saw seven sick looking cows, scrawny and thin, come up after them. I’ve never seen such sorry looking animals in all the land of Egypt.These thin, scrawny cows ate the seven fat cows.But afterward you wouldn’t have known it, for they were still as thin and scrawny as before! Then I woke up.“ In my dream I also saw seven heads of grain, full and beautiful, growing on a single stalk.Then seven more heads of grain appeared, but these were blighted, shriveled, and withered by the east wind.And the shriveled heads swallowed the seven healthy heads. I told these dreams to the magicians, but no one could tell me what they mean.”Joseph responded,“ Both of Pharaoh’s dreams mean the same thing. God is telling Pharaoh in advance what he is about to do.The seven healthy cows and the seven healthy heads of grain both represent seven years of prosperity.The seven thin, scrawny cows that came up later and the seven thin heads of grain, withered by the east wind, represent seven years of famine.“ This will happen just as I have described it, for God has revealed to Pharaoh in advance what he is about to do.The next seven years will be a period of great prosperity throughout the land of Egypt.But afterward there will be seven years of famine so great that all the prosperity will be forgotten in Egypt. Famine will destroy the land.This famine will be so severe that even the memory of the good years will be erased.As for having two similar dreams, it means that these events have been decreed by God, and he will soon make them happen.“ Therefore, Pharaoh should find an intelligent and wise man and put him in charge of the entire land of Egypt.Then Pharaoh should appoint supervisors over the land and let them collect one fifth of all the crops during the seven good years.Have them gather all the food produced in the good years that are just ahead and bring it to Pharaoh’s storehouses. Store it away, and guard it so there will be food in the cities.That way there will be enough to eat when the seven years of famine come to the land of Egypt. Otherwise this famine will destroy the land.”

Jehoiakim was twenty five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God.Then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to Jerusalem and captured it, and he bound Jehoiakim in bronze chains and led him away to Babylon.Nebuchadnezzar also took some of the treasures from the Temple of the Lord, and he placed them in his palace in Babylon.

During the third year of King Jehoiakim’s reign in Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.The Lord gave him victory over King Jehoiakim of Judah and permitted him to take some of the sacred objects from the Temple of God. So Nebuchadnezzar took them back to the land of Babylonia and placed them in the treasure house of his god.Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, his chief of staff, to bring to the palace some of the young men of Judah’s royal family and other noble families, who had been brought to Babylon as captives.“ Select only strong, healthy, and good looking young men,” he said.“ Make sure they are well versed in every branch of learning, are gifted with knowledge and good judgment, and are suited to serve in the royal palace. Train these young men in the language and literature of Babylon.”The king assigned them a daily ration of food and wine from his own kitchens. They were to be trained for three years, and then they would enter the royal service.

Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night fasting. He refused his usual entertainment and couldn’t sleep at all that night.