Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
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Gill's Exposition
Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon,.... He restored them to their places of trust and profit, and increased their honours: or, "made them to prosper",…
Barnes' Notes
Therefore I make a decree - Margin, “A decree is made by me.” Chaldee, “And from me a decree is laid down,” or enacted. This Chaldee word (טעם ṭe‛êm) means, properly, “taste, flavor;” then…
Adam Clarke
Speak any thing amiss - Though by the decree the king does not oblige the people to worship the true God, yet he obliges them to treat him with reverence.
The strict observations that were made, super visum corporis - on inspecting their bodies, by the princes and governors, and all the great men who were present upon this public occasion, and who could…
Cambridge Bible
I make a decree the same phrase (lit. a decree is made by me), in Dan 4:6 (cf. Dan 6:26); Ezr 4:11 (at the end), 19, Dan 5:17; Dan 6:8; Dan 6:11; Dan 7:13; Dan 7:21.
people, nation, and language Dan…
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