28. When the Babylonians heard this, they were angry and turned against the king. “The king has become a Jew,” they said; “he has destroyed Bel, killed the dragon, and put the priests to death.”
29. They went to the king and demanded: “Hand Daniel over to us, or we will kill you and your family.”
30. When he saw himself threatened with violence, the king was forced to hand Daniel over to them.
31. They threw Daniel into a lions’ den, where he remained six days.
32. In the den were seven lions. Two carcasses and two sheep had been given to them daily, but now they were given nothing, so that they would devour Daniel.
33. The prophet Habakkuk was in Judea. He mixed some bread in a bowl with the stew he had boiled, and was going to bring it to the reapers in the field,
34. when an angel of the Lord told him, “Take the meal you have to Daniel in the lions’ den at Babylon.”
35. But Habakkuk answered, “Sir, I have never seen Babylon, and I do not know the den!”