Daniel 4:14-15
14 He called out loudly ▼
▼tn Aram “in strength.”
as follows: ▼▼tn Aram “and thus he was saying.”
‘Chop down the tree and lop off its branches!
Strip off its foliage
and scatter its fruit!
Let the animals flee from under it
and the birds from its branches.
15 But leave its taproot ▼ in the ground,
with a band of iron and bronze around it ▼
▼sn The function of the band of iron and bronze is not entirely clear, but it may have had to do with preventing the splitting or further deterioration of the portion of the tree that was left after being chopped down. By application it would then refer to the preservation of Nebuchadnezzar’s life during the time of his insanity.
surrounded by the grass of the field.
Let it become damp with the dew of the sky,
and let it live with ▼
▼tn Aram “its lot be.”
the animals in the grass of the land.
Copyright information for
NET2full