Nebuchadnezzar II

"O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom and majesty, glory and honor. And because of the majesty that He gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. Whomever he wished, he executed; whomever he wished, he kept alive; whomever he wished, he set up; and whomever he wished, he put down. But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him."

"Therefore, O king, let my advice be acceptable to you; break off your sins by being righteous, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your prosperity.” All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of the twelve months he was walking about the royal palace of Babylon. The king spoke, saying, “Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal dwelling by my mighty power and for the honor of my majesty?”"

"Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon / Has devoured me, he has crushed me; / He has made me an empty vessel, / He has swallowed me up like a monster; / He has filled his stomach with my delicacies, / He has spit me out. Let the violence done to me and my flesh be upon Babylon,” / The inhabitant of Zion will say; / “And my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea!” / Jerusalem will say."