The Book of Daniel (4)

The Canonical Significance As to Isaiah, his specific task was to prepare Israel for the crisis of the exile. His comforting message was that the Lord's anointed was at hand (Is. 44:28), and that the days of bondage had its limit. Though he prophesied before the exile, he speaks of the bondage as a thing accomplished. He declared first that the king of Babylon and his golden city to which Israel was to be transported would soon become a proverb in the mouths of them whom he had oppressed (Is....