Charles Ellicott Commentary Daniel 2:5

"The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye make not known unto me the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill." — Daniel 2:5 (ASV)

Is gone from me.— This difficult word, whose etymology is very uncertain, appears only here and in Daniel 2:8. It seems to mean, “The order has been published by me (Isaiah 45:23), and therefore cannot be recalled.”

Cut in pieces.— This was by no means an uncommon form of punishment (See Smith’s Assurbanipal, pp. 137, 245).