Daniel 4:17
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The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones; to the intent that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whoever he will, and sets up over it the lowest of men.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageBabylon was the imperial capital on the Euphrates River in Mesopotamia, while Chaldea referred to the surrounding southern Babylonian region and, by extension, its ruling people. In Daniel 4, Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylonian court receives God’s warning that the Most High rules over every human kingdom.
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Daniel 4:17 mentions Babylon and Chaldea.
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