Nebuchadnezzar

A poem

Daniel, Chapter 4:

1. Preamble

Verses more or less as written. (commentary in parentheses. Happy to provide sources on request. Primarily Mikraos Gedolos.)

(Dear World,)

(The letter begins with 3:31-33:)

A message from King Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon and now of the world, to every human in the world, in every language and country:

From the King personally,

I wish you the best economically,

The Most High G-d has done with me,

Signs and Miracles so wonderfully,

How great they are! (He’s even greater than me!)

I will concede, appropriately,

That the Most High G-d rules eternally,

and in every generation of humanity.

(Poetic interlude, in the name of King Nebuchadnezzar, to introduce the themes in chapter 4:

King Nebuchadnezzar is my name,

From Babylon, of post-diluvian fame,

In the tradition of the Tower of Babel I came,

We took on G-d and accepted the blame.

Since I won every military game,

To Rule The Entire World I claim,

Our national idol is the flame,

Our symbol, a winged lion, none can tame.

No other king can say the same. )