A year from the time he had received the warning, Nebuchadnezzar, walking in his palace and thinking with pride of his power as a ruler and of his success as a builder, exclaimed, "Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?"

Et år efter at advarslen var givet, spadserede Nebukadnezar i sit palads og tænkte stolt på sin store magt og på sin succes som bygmester. Mens han gik her, udbrød han: "Er dette ikke det store Babel, som jeg byggede til kongesæde ved min vældige magt, min herlighed til ære?"