Daniel 3:4

Then a herald loudly shouted, “You are commanded, peoples, nations, and languages,

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Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,

In Context

3Then the provincial governors, regional governors, and local governors, together with the counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the high officials of the provinces gathered together to the dedication of the statue that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. They stood before it.

5that at the time you hear the sound of the horns, flutes, zithers, lyres, harps, and pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and prostrate yourselves to the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.

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Cross References

Esther 8:9Then the king's scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month. A decree was written containing all that Mordecai was commanding concerning the Jews. It was written to the provincial governors, the governors and officials of the provinces that were located from India to Cush, 127 provinces, to every province written in their own writing, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing and language.

Isaiah 40:9Go up on a high mountain, Zion, bearer of good news. + 40:9 Instead of Go up on a high mountain, Zion, bearer of good news , some versions have You who are bearing good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain . 1 Shout out loud, Jerusalem. You who bring good news, raise your voice, do not be afraid. + 40:9 Instead of Jerusalem, proclaimer of good news , some versions have proclaim good news to Jerusalem . 1 Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!” 1

Daniel 4:1King Nebuchadnezzar sent this decree to all peoples, nations, and languages who lived on the earth: May your peace increase.

Daniel 6:25Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages that live in all the earth: 1 “May peace increase for you.

Micah 6:16The regulations made by Omri have been kept, 1 and all the deeds of the house of Ahab. 1 You walk by their advice. 1 So I will make you, city, a ruin, 1 and you inhabitants an object of hissing, 1 and you will bear the reproach of my people.” + 6:16 The Hebrew text has you will bear the reproach of my people , but an ancient Greek version has you will bear the scorn of the nations . Some modern versions follow this reading.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 3:2-8

Nebuchadnezzar's Golden Image. ( b. c. 587.) 1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. 2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. 3 Then the… Read the whole commentary →

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