Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

King Nebbby of Babylon kicks us off today with a letter he's written to his people

praising Yaway the God Most High.

This letter shows an unexpectedly humble side of Nebby, because if you think of all he had

lined up yesterday with the statue and the calling in all the foreign dignitaries,

he's actually praising God for thwarting his plans.

Nebby goes on to talk about another perplexing dream he's had.

He calls in the dream team, but no one can interpret it until Daniel shows up.

Why didn't Nebi just go to Daniel first?

Some commentators think he was testing the others on the dream team,

and others say that this is a sign he isn't fully committed to Yawe

because he's still seeking help from his familiar wicked resources. In his dream a tree grows big and strong and its impact which is mostly positive in this dream reaches the whole earth.

Then a messenger of Yawe shows up and commands that the tree be chopped down

and stripped of its branches and fruit, but that its stump, which represents a man,

should be left to soak in the ground for seven years.

Daniel is like, yikes, I wish this dream were for your enemies,

but it's not.

So buckle up.

This isn't going to be easy to hear.

You and Babylon are the tree. Your rain is going to get chopped down, and you're going to be relegated to living in the fields for seven years among the beasts.

This dream is definitely going to happen and you can't avoid it, but if you want my advice on how to delay getting stumped, turn from your sins and show mercy to the oppressed, because God might postpone the chopping for a later date.

A year later, Nebby is walking on his roof writing a praise song to himself,

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