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The city fell into the hands of Babylon
The captors of Jerusalem thought that they had won
The battle against the God of Jerusalem
Had God forsaken the people of His kingdom?

The kings of Judah had turned away from their Lord
Their heinous sins brought upon them God’s mighty sword
The people were unrepentant despite many warnings
Conveyed by God’s prophets to idolatrous kings

In the third year of King Jehoiakim’s evil reign
Under the mighty sword of God who was sovereign
The king of Judah was taken to Babylon
He rebelled and God punished him as he had sworn

Nebuchadnezzar, the great king of Babylon
Proudly brought back some spoils of war that he had won
The spoils were the king of Judah and the vessels
Valuable vessels plundered from the Lord’s temple

He placed the vessels in his god’s house in Shinar
He also brought some youths of Judah from afar
The youths were of royalty and nobility
Good looking, wise, smart and of high competency

In the palace, the youths were taught the literature
Language, mythologies, manners, ways and culture
Of the Chaldeans; the pagan ways of Babylon
The youths’ minds were to be influenced and ‘reborn’

Among the youths were Daniel and Azariah
As well as Mishael and Hananiah
They were given new names and new identities
Their new names were coined after pagan deities

Daniel, who was given the name, Belteshazzar
Resolved not to eat food from Nebuchadnezzar
He and his friends resolved not to be defiled
With the food and wine offered to idols so vile

He asked the chief of the eunuchs with God’s wisdom
To be given a trial of ten days and the freedom
To consume only vegetables and plain water
Their appearance was to be assessed thereafter

God granted him and his friends favour with the chief
Who, after the ten-day trial, felt utter relief
For compared to all the youths who ate the king’s food
They looked much better and fatter and very good

They honoured God as exiles in a foreign land
They possessed faith that the world could not understand
Their faith rested in God’s promise to Abraham
From their tribe would come the Christ, the Passover Lamb

As Christians, we are elect exiles in our land
We possess faith that the world cannot understand
So great is the temptation to conform
To the world and compromise our faith in the storm

But Christ has redeemed us as His holy people
His Spirit soothes and guides us in times of trouble
Let us resolve to live with sincere devotion
Set apart as people of God’s holy nation
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