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Daniel 4:30

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Hippolytus of Rome

For if the glory of those who lie in prominence is like dry leaves, which blossom for a little while but immediately waste away, how does it aid Nebuchadnezzar the king when he says this immoderate statement, "Is this Babylon not great, which I myself built as a house for my kingdom, for the rule of my strength, for the honor of my glory?" [Daniel 4:30] When after he was banished, he ate vegetation with the beasts in the mountains? …

Commentary on Daniel 3.7.1-3 ↗