This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which has come upon my lord the king:
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Jerome
AD 420
Daniel moderates the severity of the sentence by complimentary language, so that (variant: and) after he has first set forth the harsher aspects, he may moderate the king's alarm by assurances of the kindlier treatment to follow. He draws the final inference:
