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

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

Yahweh, the God Most High. This letter shows an unexpectedly humble side of Neby,

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. Neby 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 Neby 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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh 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, Neby is walking on his roof

writing a praise song to himself, when a voice from heaven yells, Timber! So, if he did repent,

it wasn't for long. His pride has come back full force. Then, after seven years of eating grass,

he's sufficiently humbled. and just like God said through

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