Daniel 3:1 King Nebuchadnezzar built a gold statue, ninety feet high and nine feet thick. He set it up on the Dura plain in the province of Babylon. He then ordered all...

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The Message - King Nebuchadnezzar built a gold statue, ninety feet high and nine feet thick. He set it up on the Dura plain in the province of Babylon. He then ordered all the important leaders in the province, everybody who was anybody, to the dedication ceremony of the statue. They all came for the dedication, all the important people, and took their places before the statue that Nebuchadnezzar had erected.
新标点和合本 - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一个金像，高六十肘，宽六肘，立在巴比伦省杜拉平原。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一个金像，高六十肘，宽六肘，立在巴比伦省的杜拉平原。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一个金像，高六十肘，宽六肘，立在巴比伦省的杜拉平原。
当代译本 - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一尊高二十七米、宽两米七的金像，立在巴比伦省的杜拉平原。
圣经新译本 - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一座金像，高二十七公尺，宽三公尺，竖立在巴比伦省的杜拉平原上。
中文标准译本 - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一座金像，高六十肘，宽六肘；他把这像立在巴比伦省的杜拉平原上。
现代标点和合本 - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一个金像，高六十肘，宽六肘，立在巴比伦省杜拉平原。
和合本（拼音版） - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一个金像，高六十肘，宽六肘，立在巴比伦省杜拉平原。
New International Version - King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
New International Reader's Version - King Nebuchadnezzar made a gold statue. It was 90 feet tall and 9 feet wide. He set it up on the plain of Dura near the city of Babylon.
English Standard Version - King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits and its breadth six cubits. He set it up on the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
New Living Translation - King Nebuchadnezzar made a gold statue ninety feet tall and nine feet wide and set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
Christian Standard Bible - King Nebuchadnezzar made a gold statue, ninety feet high and nine feet wide. He set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
New American Standard Bible - Nebuchadnezzar the king made a statue of gold, the height of which was sixty cubits, and its width six cubits; he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
New King James Version - Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits and its width six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
Amplified Bible - Nebuchadnezzar the king made a gold [-plated] image, whose height [including the pedestal] was sixty cubits (ninety feet) and its width six cubits (nine feet). He set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
American Standard Version - 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.
King James Version - 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.
New English Translation - King Nebuchadnezzar had a golden statue made. It was ninety feet tall and nine feet wide. He erected it on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
World English Bible - Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits, and its width six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
新標點和合本 - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一個金像，高六十肘，寬六肘，立在巴比倫省杜拉平原。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一個金像，高六十肘，寬六肘，立在巴比倫省的杜拉平原。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一個金像，高六十肘，寬六肘，立在巴比倫省的杜拉平原。
當代譯本 - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一尊高二十七米、寬兩米七的金像，立在巴比倫省的杜拉平原。
聖經新譯本 - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一座金像，高二十七公尺，寬三公尺，豎立在巴比倫省的杜拉平原上。
呂振中譯本 - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一座金像，高六十肘，寬六肘；立在巴比倫省杜拉平原上。
中文標準譯本 - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一座金像，高六十肘，寬六肘；他把這像立在巴比倫省的杜拉平原上。
現代標點和合本 - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一個金像，高六十肘，寬六肘，立在巴比倫省杜拉平原。
文理和合譯本 - 尼布甲尼撒王製金像、高六十肘、廣六肘、立於巴比倫州杜拉平原、
文理委辦譯本 - 尼布甲尼撒王銷金鑄像、高六丈、廣六尺、立於巴比倫土喇平原之所、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 尼布甲尼撒王作一金像、高六十尺、尺原文作肘因古以肘為度下同廣六尺、立於巴比倫州杜拉平原、
Nueva Versión Internacional - El rey Nabucodonosor mandó hacer una estatua de oro, de veintisiete metros de alto por dos metros y medio de ancho, y mandó que la colocaran en los llanos de Dura, en la provincia de Babilonia.
현대인의 성경 - 느부갓네살왕은 높이 27미터, 너비 2.7미터의 금 신상을 만들었다. 왕은 그 신상 을 바빌론도의 두라 평야에 세우고
Новый Русский Перевод - Царь Навуходоносор сделал из золота статую шестидесяти локтей в вышину и шести локтей в ширину и поставил ее на равнине Дура, что в провинции Вавилон.
Восточный перевод - Царь Навуходоносор сделал из золота истукан двадцати семи метров в высоту и двух метров семидесяти сантиметров в ширину и поставил его на равнине Дура́, что в провинции Вавилон.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Царь Навуходоносор сделал из золота истукан двадцати семи метров в высоту и двух метров семидесяти сантиметров в ширину и поставил его на равнине Дура́, что в провинции Вавилон.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Царь Навуходоносор сделал из золота истукан двадцати семи метров в высоту и двух метров семидесяти сантиметров в ширину и поставил его на равнине Дура́, что в провинции Вавилон.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Le roi Nabuchodonosor fit faire une statue d’or de trente mètres de haut et de trois mètres de large. Il la fit ériger dans la plaine de Doura, dans la province de Babylone.
リビングバイブル - ネブカデネザル王は、高さ三十メートル、幅三メートルある金の像を造って、バビロン州のドラの平野に立てました。
Nova Versão Internacional - O rei Nabucodonosor fez uma imagem de ouro de vinte e sete metros de altura e dois metros e setenta centímetros de largura , e a ergueu na planície de Dura, na província da Babilônia.
Hoffnung für alle - König Nebukadnezar ließ eine goldene Statue von 30 Metern Höhe und 3 Metern Breite anfertigen und in der Ebene Dura in der Provinz Babylon aufstellen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Vua Nê-bu-cát-nết-sa cho đúc một pho tượng bằng vàng, cao hai mươi bảy mét, ngang hai mét bảy mươi, dựng trong đồng bằng Đu-ra thuộc tỉnh Ba-by-lôn.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - กษัตริย์เนบูคัดเนสซาร์ ทรงสร้างเทวรูปทองคำสูงถึง 60 ศอก กว้าง 6 ศอก ตั้งไว้ในที่ราบดูราในมณฑลบาบิโลน
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - กษัตริย์เนบูคัดเนสซาร์บัญชาให้หล่อรูปเคารพทองคำ ซึ่งสูง 60 ศอก และกว้าง 6 ศอก และให้ตั้งไว้ที่ที่ราบดูรา ในแคว้นบาบิโลน

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2 Kings 19:17 - The facts are true, O God: The kings of Assyria have laid waste countries and kingdoms.
2 Kings 19:18 - Huge bonfires they made of their gods, their no-gods hand-made from wood and stone.
Esther 1:1 - This is the story of something that happened in the time of Xerxes, the Xerxes who ruled from India to Ethiopia—127 provinces in all. King Xerxes ruled from his royal throne in the palace complex of Susa. In the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his officials and ministers. The military brass of Persia and Media were also there, along with the princes and governors of the provinces.
Exodus 32:2 - So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold rings from the ears of your wives and sons and daughters and bring them to me.” They all did it; they removed the gold rings from their ears and brought them to Aaron. He took the gold from their hands and cast it in the form of a calf, shaping it with an engraving tool. The people responded with enthusiasm: “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up from Egypt!”
Daniel 3:30 - Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.
Judges 8:27 - Gideon made the gold into a sacred ephod and put it on display in his hometown, Ophrah. All Israel prostituted itself there. Gideon and his family, too, were seduced by it.
Revelation 9:20 - The remaining men and women who weren’t killed by these weapons went on their merry way—didn’t change their way of life, didn’t quit worshiping demons, didn’t quit centering their lives around lumps of gold and silver and brass, hunks of stone and wood that couldn’t see or hear or move. There wasn’t a sign of a change of heart. They plunged right on in their murderous, occult, promiscuous, and thieving ways. * * *
Daniel 2:31 - “What you saw, O king, was a huge statue standing before you, striking in appearance. And terrifying. The head of the statue was pure gold, the chest and arms were silver, the belly and hips were bronze, the legs were iron, and the feet were an iron-ceramic mixture. While you were looking at this statue, a stone cut out of a mountain by an invisible hand hit the statue, smashing its iron-ceramic feet. Then the whole thing fell to pieces—iron, tile, bronze, silver, and gold, smashed to bits. It was like scraps of old newspapers in a vacant lot in a hot dry summer, blown every which way by the wind, scattered to oblivion. But the stone that hit the statue became a huge mountain, dominating the horizon. This was your dream.
Daniel 2:48 - Then the king promoted Daniel to a high position in the kingdom, lavished him with gifts, and made him governor over the entire province of Babylon and the chief in charge of all the Babylonian wise men. At Daniel’s request the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to administrative posts throughout Babylon, while Daniel governed from the royal headquarters.
Deuteronomy 7:25 - Make sure you set fire to their carved gods. Don’t get greedy for the veneer of silver and gold on them and take it for yourselves—you’ll get trapped by it for sure. God hates it; it’s an abomination to God, your God. And don’t dare bring one of these abominations home or you’ll end up just like it, burned up as a holy destruction. No: It is forbidden! Hate it. Abominate it. Destroy it and preserve God’s holiness. * * *
Exodus 32:31 - Moses went back to God and said, “This is terrible. This people has sinned—it’s an enormous sin! They made gods of gold for themselves. And now, if you will only forgive their sin. . . . But if not, erase me out of the book you’ve written.”
Isaiah 40:21 - Have you not been paying attention? Have you not been listening? Haven’t you heard these stories all your life? Don’t you understand the foundation of all things? God sits high above the round ball of earth. The people look like mere ants. He stretches out the skies like a canvas— yes, like a tent canvas to live under. He ignores what all the princes say and do. The rulers of the earth count for nothing. Princes and rulers don’t amount to much. Like seeds barely rooted, just sprouted, They shrivel when God blows on them. Like flecks of chaff, they’re gone with the wind.
Isaiah 40:25 - “So—who is like me? Who holds a candle to me?” says The Holy. Look at the night skies: Who do you think made all this? Who marches this army of stars out each night, counts them off, calls each by name —so magnificent! so powerful!— and never overlooks a single one?
Isaiah 40:27 - Why would you ever complain, O Jacob, or, whine, Israel, saying, “God has lost track of me. He doesn’t care what happens to me”? Don’t you know anything? Haven’t you been listening? God doesn’t come and go. God lasts. He’s Creator of all you can see or imagine. He doesn’t get tired out, doesn’t pause to catch his breath. And he knows everything, inside and out. He energizes those who get tired, gives fresh strength to dropouts. For even young people tire and drop out, young folk in their prime stumble and fall. But those who wait upon God get fresh strength. They spread their wings and soar like eagles, They run and don’t get tired, they walk and don’t lag behind.
Isaiah 2:20 - On that Day men and women will take the sticks and stones They’ve decked out in gold and silver to look like gods and then worshiped, And they will dump them in any ditch or gully, Then run for rock caves and cliff hideouts To hide from the terror of God, from his dazzling presence, When he assumes his full stature on earth, towering and terrifying.
1 Kings 12:28 - So the king came up with a plan: He made two golden calves. Then he announced, “It’s too much trouble for you to go to Jerusalem to worship. Look at these—the gods who brought you out of Egypt!” He put one calf in Bethel; the other he placed in Dan. This was blatant sin. Think of it—people traveling all the way to Dan to worship a calf!
Hosea 8:4 - “They crown kings, but without asking me. They set up princes but don’t let me in on it. Instead, they make idols, using silver and gold, idols that will be their ruin. Throw that gold calf-god on the trash heap, Samaria! I’m seething with anger against that rubbish! How long before they shape up? And they’re Israelites! A sculptor made that thing— it’s not God. That Samaritan calf will be broken to bits. Look at them! Planting wind-seeds, they’ll harvest tornadoes. Wheat with no head produces no flour. And even if it did, strangers would gulp it down. Israel is swallowed up and spit out. Among the pagans they’re a piece of junk. They trotted off to Assyria: Why, even wild donkeys stick to their own kind, but donkey-Ephraim goes out and pays to get lovers. Now, because of their whoring life among the pagans, I’m going to gather them together and confront them. They’re going to reap the consequences soon, feel what it’s like to be oppressed by the big king.

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The Message - King Nebuchadnezzar built a gold statue, ninety feet high and nine feet thick. He set it up on the Dura plain in the province of Babylon. He then ordered all the important leaders in the province, everybody who was anybody, to the dedication ceremony of the statue. They all came for the dedication, all the important people, and took their places before the statue that Nebuchadnezzar had erected.
新标点和合本 - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一个金像，高六十肘，宽六肘，立在巴比伦省杜拉平原。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一个金像，高六十肘，宽六肘，立在巴比伦省的杜拉平原。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一个金像，高六十肘，宽六肘，立在巴比伦省的杜拉平原。
当代译本 - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一尊高二十七米、宽两米七的金像，立在巴比伦省的杜拉平原。
圣经新译本 - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一座金像，高二十七公尺，宽三公尺，竖立在巴比伦省的杜拉平原上。
中文标准译本 - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一座金像，高六十肘，宽六肘；他把这像立在巴比伦省的杜拉平原上。
现代标点和合本 - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一个金像，高六十肘，宽六肘，立在巴比伦省杜拉平原。
和合本（拼音版） - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一个金像，高六十肘，宽六肘，立在巴比伦省杜拉平原。
New International Version - King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
New International Reader's Version - King Nebuchadnezzar made a gold statue. It was 90 feet tall and 9 feet wide. He set it up on the plain of Dura near the city of Babylon.
English Standard Version - King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits and its breadth six cubits. He set it up on the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
New Living Translation - King Nebuchadnezzar made a gold statue ninety feet tall and nine feet wide and set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
Christian Standard Bible - King Nebuchadnezzar made a gold statue, ninety feet high and nine feet wide. He set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
New American Standard Bible - Nebuchadnezzar the king made a statue of gold, the height of which was sixty cubits, and its width six cubits; he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
New King James Version - Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits and its width six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
Amplified Bible - Nebuchadnezzar the king made a gold [-plated] image, whose height [including the pedestal] was sixty cubits (ninety feet) and its width six cubits (nine feet). He set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
American Standard Version - 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.
King James Version - 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.
New English Translation - King Nebuchadnezzar had a golden statue made. It was ninety feet tall and nine feet wide. He erected it on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
World English Bible - Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits, and its width six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
新標點和合本 - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一個金像，高六十肘，寬六肘，立在巴比倫省杜拉平原。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一個金像，高六十肘，寬六肘，立在巴比倫省的杜拉平原。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一個金像，高六十肘，寬六肘，立在巴比倫省的杜拉平原。
當代譯本 - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一尊高二十七米、寬兩米七的金像，立在巴比倫省的杜拉平原。
聖經新譯本 - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一座金像，高二十七公尺，寬三公尺，豎立在巴比倫省的杜拉平原上。
呂振中譯本 - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一座金像，高六十肘，寬六肘；立在巴比倫省杜拉平原上。
中文標準譯本 - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一座金像，高六十肘，寬六肘；他把這像立在巴比倫省的杜拉平原上。
現代標點和合本 - 尼布甲尼撒王造了一個金像，高六十肘，寬六肘，立在巴比倫省杜拉平原。
文理和合譯本 - 尼布甲尼撒王製金像、高六十肘、廣六肘、立於巴比倫州杜拉平原、
文理委辦譯本 - 尼布甲尼撒王銷金鑄像、高六丈、廣六尺、立於巴比倫土喇平原之所、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 尼布甲尼撒王作一金像、高六十尺、尺原文作肘因古以肘為度下同廣六尺、立於巴比倫州杜拉平原、
Nueva Versión Internacional - El rey Nabucodonosor mandó hacer una estatua de oro, de veintisiete metros de alto por dos metros y medio de ancho, y mandó que la colocaran en los llanos de Dura, en la provincia de Babilonia.
현대인의 성경 - 느부갓네살왕은 높이 27미터, 너비 2.7미터의 금 신상을 만들었다. 왕은 그 신상 을 바빌론도의 두라 평야에 세우고
Новый Русский Перевод - Царь Навуходоносор сделал из золота статую шестидесяти локтей в вышину и шести локтей в ширину и поставил ее на равнине Дура, что в провинции Вавилон.
Восточный перевод - Царь Навуходоносор сделал из золота истукан двадцати семи метров в высоту и двух метров семидесяти сантиметров в ширину и поставил его на равнине Дура́, что в провинции Вавилон.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Царь Навуходоносор сделал из золота истукан двадцати семи метров в высоту и двух метров семидесяти сантиметров в ширину и поставил его на равнине Дура́, что в провинции Вавилон.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Царь Навуходоносор сделал из золота истукан двадцати семи метров в высоту и двух метров семидесяти сантиметров в ширину и поставил его на равнине Дура́, что в провинции Вавилон.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Le roi Nabuchodonosor fit faire une statue d’or de trente mètres de haut et de trois mètres de large. Il la fit ériger dans la plaine de Doura, dans la province de Babylone.
リビングバイブル - ネブカデネザル王は、高さ三十メートル、幅三メートルある金の像を造って、バビロン州のドラの平野に立てました。
Nova Versão Internacional - O rei Nabucodonosor fez uma imagem de ouro de vinte e sete metros de altura e dois metros e setenta centímetros de largura , e a ergueu na planície de Dura, na província da Babilônia.
Hoffnung für alle - König Nebukadnezar ließ eine goldene Statue von 30 Metern Höhe und 3 Metern Breite anfertigen und in der Ebene Dura in der Provinz Babylon aufstellen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Vua Nê-bu-cát-nết-sa cho đúc một pho tượng bằng vàng, cao hai mươi bảy mét, ngang hai mét bảy mươi, dựng trong đồng bằng Đu-ra thuộc tỉnh Ba-by-lôn.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - กษัตริย์เนบูคัดเนสซาร์ ทรงสร้างเทวรูปทองคำสูงถึง 60 ศอก กว้าง 6 ศอก ตั้งไว้ในที่ราบดูราในมณฑลบาบิโลน
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - กษัตริย์เนบูคัดเนสซาร์บัญชาให้หล่อรูปเคารพทองคำ ซึ่งสูง 60 ศอก และกว้าง 6 ศอก และให้ตั้งไว้ที่ที่ราบดูรา ในแคว้นบาบิโลน

2 Kings 19:17 - The facts are true, O God: The kings of Assyria have laid waste countries and kingdoms.
2 Kings 19:18 - Huge bonfires they made of their gods, their no-gods hand-made from wood and stone.
Esther 1:1 - This is the story of something that happened in the time of Xerxes, the Xerxes who ruled from India to Ethiopia—127 provinces in all. King Xerxes ruled from his royal throne in the palace complex of Susa. In the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his officials and ministers. The military brass of Persia and Media were also there, along with the princes and governors of the provinces.
Exodus 32:2 - So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold rings from the ears of your wives and sons and daughters and bring them to me.” They all did it; they removed the gold rings from their ears and brought them to Aaron. He took the gold from their hands and cast it in the form of a calf, shaping it with an engraving tool. The people responded with enthusiasm: “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up from Egypt!”
Daniel 3:30 - Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.
Judges 8:27 - Gideon made the gold into a sacred ephod and put it on display in his hometown, Ophrah. All Israel prostituted itself there. Gideon and his family, too, were seduced by it.
Revelation 9:20 - The remaining men and women who weren’t killed by these weapons went on their merry way—didn’t change their way of life, didn’t quit worshiping demons, didn’t quit centering their lives around lumps of gold and silver and brass, hunks of stone and wood that couldn’t see or hear or move. There wasn’t a sign of a change of heart. They plunged right on in their murderous, occult, promiscuous, and thieving ways. * * *
Daniel 2:31 - “What you saw, O king, was a huge statue standing before you, striking in appearance. And terrifying. The head of the statue was pure gold, the chest and arms were silver, the belly and hips were bronze, the legs were iron, and the feet were an iron-ceramic mixture. While you were looking at this statue, a stone cut out of a mountain by an invisible hand hit the statue, smashing its iron-ceramic feet. Then the whole thing fell to pieces—iron, tile, bronze, silver, and gold, smashed to bits. It was like scraps of old newspapers in a vacant lot in a hot dry summer, blown every which way by the wind, scattered to oblivion. But the stone that hit the statue became a huge mountain, dominating the horizon. This was your dream.
Daniel 2:48 - Then the king promoted Daniel to a high position in the kingdom, lavished him with gifts, and made him governor over the entire province of Babylon and the chief in charge of all the Babylonian wise men. At Daniel’s request the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to administrative posts throughout Babylon, while Daniel governed from the royal headquarters.
Deuteronomy 7:25 - Make sure you set fire to their carved gods. Don’t get greedy for the veneer of silver and gold on them and take it for yourselves—you’ll get trapped by it for sure. God hates it; it’s an abomination to God, your God. And don’t dare bring one of these abominations home or you’ll end up just like it, burned up as a holy destruction. No: It is forbidden! Hate it. Abominate it. Destroy it and preserve God’s holiness. * * *
Exodus 32:31 - Moses went back to God and said, “This is terrible. This people has sinned—it’s an enormous sin! They made gods of gold for themselves. And now, if you will only forgive their sin. . . . But if not, erase me out of the book you’ve written.”
Isaiah 40:21 - Have you not been paying attention? Have you not been listening? Haven’t you heard these stories all your life? Don’t you understand the foundation of all things? God sits high above the round ball of earth. The people look like mere ants. He stretches out the skies like a canvas— yes, like a tent canvas to live under. He ignores what all the princes say and do. The rulers of the earth count for nothing. Princes and rulers don’t amount to much. Like seeds barely rooted, just sprouted, They shrivel when God blows on them. Like flecks of chaff, they’re gone with the wind.
Isaiah 40:25 - “So—who is like me? Who holds a candle to me?” says The Holy. Look at the night skies: Who do you think made all this? Who marches this army of stars out each night, counts them off, calls each by name —so magnificent! so powerful!— and never overlooks a single one?
Isaiah 40:27 - Why would you ever complain, O Jacob, or, whine, Israel, saying, “God has lost track of me. He doesn’t care what happens to me”? Don’t you know anything? Haven’t you been listening? God doesn’t come and go. God lasts. He’s Creator of all you can see or imagine. He doesn’t get tired out, doesn’t pause to catch his breath. And he knows everything, inside and out. He energizes those who get tired, gives fresh strength to dropouts. For even young people tire and drop out, young folk in their prime stumble and fall. But those who wait upon God get fresh strength. They spread their wings and soar like eagles, They run and don’t get tired, they walk and don’t lag behind.
Isaiah 2:20 - On that Day men and women will take the sticks and stones They’ve decked out in gold and silver to look like gods and then worshiped, And they will dump them in any ditch or gully, Then run for rock caves and cliff hideouts To hide from the terror of God, from his dazzling presence, When he assumes his full stature on earth, towering and terrifying.
1 Kings 12:28 - So the king came up with a plan: He made two golden calves. Then he announced, “It’s too much trouble for you to go to Jerusalem to worship. Look at these—the gods who brought you out of Egypt!” He put one calf in Bethel; the other he placed in Dan. This was blatant sin. Think of it—people traveling all the way to Dan to worship a calf!
Hosea 8:4 - “They crown kings, but without asking me. They set up princes but don’t let me in on it. Instead, they make idols, using silver and gold, idols that will be their ruin. Throw that gold calf-god on the trash heap, Samaria! I’m seething with anger against that rubbish! How long before they shape up? And they’re Israelites! A sculptor made that thing— it’s not God. That Samaritan calf will be broken to bits. Look at them! Planting wind-seeds, they’ll harvest tornadoes. Wheat with no head produces no flour. And even if it did, strangers would gulp it down. Israel is swallowed up and spit out. Among the pagans they’re a piece of junk. They trotted off to Assyria: Why, even wild donkeys stick to their own kind, but donkey-Ephraim goes out and pays to get lovers. Now, because of their whoring life among the pagans, I’m going to gather them together and confront them. They’re going to reap the consequences soon, feel what it’s like to be oppressed by the big king.