pp. 122–23 above). Seow calls attention to Nebuchadnezzar’s confessional praise of God both at the beginning (4:2–3) and end of this chapter (4:34–37). He concludes, “Indeed, by this framing, the key theological issue in this chapter is identified as the sovereignty of God over against human kingship, and for this reason the terms for sovereignty and kingship … are reiterated throughout the chapter (vv. 3, 17, 18, 22, 25, 26, 31, 32, 34, 36).”39 We might, therefore, formulate the theme as, “The Most
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