Nebuchadnezzar's poetic gifts

After seeing the miracle that ocurred to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah , Nebuchadnezzar praised God; and he was so carried away by his songs that had he continued he would have surpassed David, but an angel forced him to desist (Sanh. 92b). Yet this did not prevent him from massacring all the 600,000 Jews who had obeyed his command and worshipedthe idol, and whom he reproached for not having followed the example of the three pious men and trusted in God (Pirḳe R. El. xxxiii.).

We can now understand this Chazal in contxt, for we have several examples of Nebuchadnezzzar's religious poetry.

1. Daniel (4.34)  And at the end of the time I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me; and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him Who lives forever: for His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom is from generation to generation. (4.35 ) All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; He does according to His will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth. No one can restrain His hand or say to Him, 'What have You done?'

2.Prayer to Marduk (The cylinder of Nebuchadnezzar):

Without you, lord what is existence? For the king you love, whose name you called and who pleases you-you advance his fame.I am a prince you favored, a creature of our hands. You made me and entrusted me the kinghsip over all men. By your grace, lord, who provides for them all, cause me to love your exalted rule. Let the fear of you be in my heart. Grant me what seems good to you; you will truly do what profits me.

One sees again how informed, or aware Chazal appear to be, how prescient about discoveries that came so much later. We see in this fragment the ability of the wicked Nebuchadnezzar to creat great poetry, so technically proficent, in fact, that an angel had to come and stop him.

 

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