Daniel Chapter 4 Verses 34-35

34 At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored him who lives for ever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom endures from generation to generation; 35 all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing; and he does according to his will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, “What doest thou?”

For the third time in as many chapters, King Nebuchadnezzar seems to get the message. His reason returns to him and he realizes just how inappropriate his pride was.

Nebuchadnezzar says:

God deserves all of the glory and praise because he has an everlasting dominion and an eternal kingdom – unlike the king whose kingdom could be taken from him.

No one can stay God’s hand – as the king had tried to do.

No one can question God’s actions – the way that God had repeatedly questioned Nebuchadnezzar’s actions.

Nebuchadnezzar said “I blessed and praised the Most High.” Does it seem unreasonable that the pagan Nebuchadnezzar would use this Hebrew terminology?

Not at all. He knew Daniel, so he must have been familiar with the terminology that Daniel used to praise God.

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