Nebuchadnezzar's Humiliation
The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? Dan. 4:30
Is not this... Question 7. Next, Dan. 4:35.
that I have... It was a great city, the walls of the square city were 14 miles long on each side, making 56 miles around an area of 196 square miles. Around the city was a deep and broad moat full of water, and beyond that the wall about 108 feet thick and about 417 feet high. There were 100 brazen gates. The houses were 3 and 4 stories high. Roads crisscrossed the city as in modern times.
The city was built on both sides of the Euphrates, the sections being known as the East and West districts. They were joined by a bridge 3,240 feet long. At each end was a royal palace, the eastern one being defended by 3 walls, the outermost being 7 miles in circuit, the second one 4.5 miles, and the third 2.5 miles. There was also a tunnel under the river.
The hanging gardens were 400 feet square rising in terraces planted with trees of various kinds. The temple of Bel and other large buildings made Babylon the greatest city in the world.
by the might... Claiming all glory to himself and not giving any glory to God was the downfall of Nebuchadnezzar. It was God who had chosen him and given him his great kingdom (Dan. 2:19, 2:38). It was God who had warned him 12 months before (Dan. 4:17, 4:26-27).
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