נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣ר מַלְכָּ֗א עֲבַד֙ צְלֵ֣ם דִּֽי־דְהַ֔ב רוּמֵהּ֙ אַמִּ֣ין שִׁתִּ֔ין פְּתָיֵ֖הּ אַמִּ֣ין שִׁ֑ת אֲקִימֵהּ֙ בְּבִקְעַ֣ת דּוּרָ֔א בִּמְדִינַ֖ת בָּבֶֽל׃
Si Haring Nabucodonosor ay gumawa ng isang larawang ginto, na ang taas ay animnapung siko at ang lapad ay anim na siko; itinayo niya ito sa kapatagan ng Dura, sa lalawigan ng Babilonia.
Rashi
made an image He had an urge to make an image of gold.
Chomat Anakh
"The image of gold" etc. Our Sages said that because Daniel interpreted the dream, which spoke of the Messiah, and Israel would inherit the kingdom forever, for this reason the image was made to cause Israel to stumble into idolatry, and the kingdom would be annulled from Israel, God forbid.
Ibn Ezra
[Daniel 3:1] Nebuchadnezzar... Its height (רוּמֵהּ - rumeh): This is its height (govho), this is its stature (komato).
Rashi
its width six cubits; he set it up etc. If its thickness was only six [cubits], how could it stand at a height of sixty cubits? Said Rav Bibi: They would set it up and it would fall, until they brought all the gold of Jerusalem and poured a base around its feet, to fulfill what was said (Ezek. 7:19): “and their gold will be for a repugnant thing.”