7:1
Sanḥeriv’s army prevailed over the Bavelian force, and the proud confidence of the city broke.
7:2
Treasuries were opened, military commands failed, and the servants of rival thrones changed allegiance.
7:3
Dani’el saw that kingdoms boasting permanence can be overturned in one appointed hour.
7:4
He did not call the conqueror righteous merely because the former ruler fell; conquest remained conquest, and the people remained exposed.