⁸ Then some ·Babylonians [^LChaldeans] came up to the king and ·began speaking against [denounced; ^Late pieces of] the men of Judah. ⁹ They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live forever! ¹⁰ O king, you ·gave a command [^Lset a decree] that everyone who heard the horns, lyres, zithers [v. 5], harps, pipes, and all the other musical instruments would have to ·bow [^Lfall] down and worship the gold statue.