“How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.”
The king continues: I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and flourishing in my palace. I saw a dream that made me afraid; as I lay in my bed, the phantoms and visions of my head terrified me. He introduces the specific circumstance: at the height of prosperity (at ease in my house and flourishing in my palace), when he has no apparent reason for anxiety, a disturbing dream comes. The dream's terror increases Nebuchadnezzar's fear; he has already learned (from chapter 2) that his dreams carry prophetic significance. The contrast between his physical ease and his mental disturbance suggests that the dream's content troubles something deeper than circumstantial worry; it addresses a cosmic or spiritual reality that shakes even the mighty king. The dream's appearance precisely when Nebuchadnezzar seems most secure foreshadows that his security is illusory; divine judgment will soon overtake him.
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