Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
thou shalt have known, etc.--a promise of spiritual grace to him, causing the judgment to humble, not harden, his heart.
heavens do rule--The plural is used, as addressed to Nebuchadnezzar, the head of an organized earthly kingdom, with various principalities under the supreme ruler. So "the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 4:17; Greek, "kingdom of the heavens") is a manifold organization, composed of various orders of angels, under the Most High (Ephesians 1:20-21; Ephesians 3:10; Colossians 1:16).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Revelation 12:6
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