⁸ Therefore^[a] at this time^[b] some astrologers^[c] came forward and they denounced the Jews.^{[d] 9} They responded and said^[e] to Nebuchadnezzar the king, “O king, may you live forever!^{[f] 10} You, O king, have made a decree that everyone^[g] who hears the sound of the horn, the flute, the lyre, the trigon, the harp and the drum and all kinds of music, he shall fall down and shall worship the statue of gold.^[h]