Then the herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,
We have no certainty concerning the date of this story, only that if this image, which Nebuchadnezzar dedicated, had any relation to that which he dreamed of, it is probable that it happened not long after that; some reckon it to be about the seventh year of Nebuchadnezzar, a year before Jehoiachin's captivity, in which Ezekiel was carried away. Observe, I. A golden image set up to be worshipped.
Commenting on Daniel 3:1-7
Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, (d) These are the two dangerous weapons, which Satan used to fight against the children of God, the consent of the multitude, and the cruelty of the punishment.
The arguments of the persecutor are in brief, Turn or burn.