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Daniel 14:30-42 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

30. And they cast him into the den of lions, and he was there for six days.

31. Furthermore, in the den there were seven lions, and they had given to them two carcasses every day, and two sheep, but then they were not given to them, so that they would devour Daniel.

32. Now there was in Judea a prophet called Habakkuk, and he had cooked a small meal and had broken bread in a bowl, and he was going into the field, to bring it to the harvesters.

33. And the angel of the Lord said to Habakkuk, "Carry the meal that you have into Babylon, to Daniel, who is in the lions' den."

34. And Habakkuk said, "Lord, I have not seen Babylon, and I do not know the den."

35. And the angel of the Lord seized him by the top of his head, and carried him by the hair of his head, and set him in Babylon, over the den, by the force of his spirit.

36. And Habakkuk shouted, saying, "Daniel, servant of God, take the dinner that God has sent you."

37. And Daniel said, "You have remembered me, O God, and you have not abandoned those who love you."

38. And Daniel arose and ate. And then the angel of the Lord immediately returned Habakkuk to his place.

39. And so, on the seventh day, the king came to morn Daniel. And he came to the den, and gazed in, and behold, Daniel was sitting in the midst of the lions.

40. And the king cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Great are you, O Lord, the God of Daniel." And he pulled him out of the lions' den.

41. Furthermore, those who had been the cause of his downfall, he hurled into the den, and they were devoured in a moment before him.

42. Then the king said, "Let all the inhabitants of the whole earth fear the God of Daniel. For he is the Savior, working signs and miracles on earth, who has freed Daniel from the lions' den."

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