Yea, before the day [was] I [am] he; and [there is] none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
Ver. 13. Yea, before the day was I am he.] The "Ancient of days," yea, the eternal The God of Israel was long before Israel was in being.
And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.] So Nebuchadnezzar vainly vaunted, but was soon confuted. Daniel 3:15 ; Daniel 3:17 ; Dan 3:29
I will work, and who shall let it?] Angels may be hindered. God can come between their essence and their executive power, and so keep them from doing what they would. In fire there is the substance and the quality of heat; between these God can separate, as he did in the Babylonish fire. Dan 3:22-25 But who shall hinder the Most High?