Daniel 4
1 Nebuchadnezzar confesses God's kingdom,4 makes relation of his dreams, which the magicians could not interpret.8 Daniel hears the dream.19 He interprets it.28 The dream fulfilled. Nebuchadnezzar.This is a regular decree, and one of the most ancient extant; and no doubt contains the exact words of Nebuchadnezzar, copied out by Daniel from the state papers of Babylon, and preserved in the original language. unto all.3:4,29; 7:14; Es 3:12; 8:9; Zec 8:23; Ac 2:6Peace.6:25,27; 1Ch 12:18; Ezr 4:17; 5:7; Ro 1:7; Eph 1:2; 1Ti 1:2; 1Pe 1:2 I thought it good. Chal. It was seemly before me.Jos 7:19; Ps 51:14; 71:18; 92:1,2that.3:26; Ps 66:16; Ac 22:3-16; 26:9-16 great.6:27; De 4:34; Ps 71:19,20; 72:18; 77:19; 86:10; 92:5; 104:24; 105:27Isa 25:1; 28:29; Ro 11:33; Heb 2:4his kingdom.17,34,35; 2:44; 6:26; 7:14,27; Ps 66:7; 145:13; Isa 9:7; Jer 10:10Lu 1:32,33; 1Ti 1:17; Heb 1:8; Re 11:15is from.Job 25:2; 1Pe 4:11 I Nebuchadnezzar.After he had successfully finished his wars in Syria, Egypt, etc., and the immense improvements and buildings at Babylon, and in the enjoyment of uninterrupted peace and prosperity in his palace. was.Ps 30:6,7; Isa 47:7,8; 56:12; Jer 48:11; Eze 28:2-5,17; 29:3Zep 1:12; Lu 12:19,20; 1Th 5:2,3 a dream.2:1; 5:5,6,10; 7:28; Ge 41:1; Job 7:13,14and the thoughts.2:28,29 to bring.2:2; Ge 41:7,8; Isa 8:19; 47:12-14 Then came.2:1,2but.2:7; Isa 44:25; Jer 27:9,10; 2Ti 3:8,9 Belteshazzar.1:7; 5:12; Isa 46:1; Jer 50:2and in.9,18; 2:11; 5:11,14; Nu 11:17-30; Isa 63:11 master.1:20; 2:48; 5:11the spirit.8; Ge 41:38; 1Sa 4:8no secret.5; 2:3; Ge 11:6-8; Isa 33:18; 54:14; Eze 28:3tell.18; 2:4,5; Ge 40:9-19; 41:15-36; Jud 7:13-15 saw. Chal. was seeing. a tree.This represented his exceedingly prosperous condition, the height of his exaltation, the extent of his dominions and renown, the splendour of his kingdom, the multitude of his subjects who received protection from him, and the peace and plenty they enjoyed. 20-26; Ps 37:35,36; Isa 10:33,34; Jer 12:2; Eze 31:3-18 reached.21,22; Ge 11:4; De 9:1; Mt 11:23 the beasts.Jer 27:6,7; Eze 17:23; 31:6shadow.La 4:20the fowls.Mr 13:32; Lu 13:19 in the.5,10; 7:1a watcher. Either a holy angel, or a divine person, called a watcher, as watching over the affairs of men. 17,23; Ps 103:20an holy.8:13; De 33:2; Ps 89:7; Zec 14:5; Mt 25:31; Mr 1:24; Lu 4:34Jude 1:14; Re 14:10 aloud. Chal. with might.3:4; Re 10:3; 18:2Hew.23; 5:20; Mt 3:10; 7:19; Lu 3:9; 13:7-9let.12; Jer 51:6,9; Eze 31:12,13 leave.25-27; Job 14:7-9; Eze 29:14,15 Let his.Here a transition is made from the tree to Nebuchadnezzar, whom it represented; the tree being lost sight of, a person came in its stead. This person having lost the heart, or disposition of a man, and conceiving himself a beast, should act as such, and herd among them. be changed.32,33; Isa 6:10; Heb 1:11; Mr 5:4,5; Lu 8:27-29seven times.That is, seven years, a time in the prophetic language denoting a year. 23,25,31; 7:25; 11:13; 12:7; Re 12:14 by the.13,14; 1Ki 22:19,20; 1Ti 5:21the holy.8,9,13; Isa 6:3,8; Re 4:8that the living.Ps 9:16; 83:17,18; Eze 25:17the most High.25,32-35; 2:21; 5:18-21; Jer 27:5-7giveth.Ps 75:6,7the basest.25; 11:21; Ex 9:16; 1Sa 2:8; 1Ki 21:25; 2Ki 21:6-18; 2Ch 28:22Ps 12:8; 113:7,8; Eze 7:24; 1Co 1:28 forasmuch.7; 2:7; 5:8,15; Ge 41:8,15; Isa 19:3; 47:12-14but.8,9; 2:26-28; 1Ki 14:2,3; Am 3:7 Daniel.8; 1:7; 2:26; 5:12was astonished.He saw the design of the dream; and felt acutely for his prince and benefactor. Accordingly he expresses himself with the greatest delicacy and kindly feeling. 9; 7:28; 8:27; 10:16,17; Jer 4:19; Hab 3:10let.4,5; 1Sa 3:17My Lord.24; 10:16; Ge 31:35; 32:4,5,18; Ex 32:32; 1Sa 1:15; 24:8; 26:152Sa 18:31; 1Ki 18:7the dream.2Sa 18:32; Jer 29:7 10-12; Eze 31:3,16 21 thou.2:37,38; 2Sa 12:7; Mt 14:4thy greatness.5:18-23; Ge 11:4; 28:12; 2Ch 28:9; Ps 36:5; 108:4; Jer 27:6-8Re 18:5 saw.13-17and let his.15; 5:21 the decree.17; Job 20:29; *marg:Ps 2:7; 148:6; Isa 14:24-27; 23:9; 46:10,11come.Job 1:12-19; 40:11,12; Ps 107:40 drive.32,33; 5:21-31; Job 30:3-8; Mr 5:3,4and thy dwelling.All the circumstances of Nebuchadnezzar's case, says Dr. Mead, agree so well with a hypochondriasis, that to me it appears evident the Almighty God brought this dreadful distemper upon him, and under its influence he ran wild into the fields: then fancying himself transformed into an ox, he fed on grass, after the manner of cattle; and, through neglect of himself, his hair and nails grew to an excessive length, so that the latter became thick and crooked, resembling bird's claws. to eat.Ps 106:20till.17,32,34,35; 2:21; 5:21; Ps 75:7; 83:18; Jer 27:5 to leave.15the heavens.Mt 5:34; 21:20; Lu 15:18,21 let.Ge 41:33-37; Ps 119:46; Ac 24:25; 2Co 5:11break.Job 34:31,32; Pr 16:6; 28:13; Isa 55:6,7; Eze 18:21,27-32; Mt 3:8Ac 8:22; 26:20; Jas 4:8-10; 1Pe 4:8by shewing.Ps 41:1-3; Isa 58:5-7,10-12; Eze 18:7; Lu 11:41; Ac 10:2-4Ga 5:6,13,22; Eph 4:28if it.1Ki 21:29; Joe 2:14; Jon 3:9; Zep 2:2,3lengthening of thy tranquillity. or, healing of thine error. Nu 23:19; Pr 10:24; Zec 1:6; Mt 24:35 end.Ge 6:3; Ec 8:11; 1Pe 3:20; 2Pe 3:9,10,15; Re 2:21in. or, upon. Is not.5:20; Ps 73:8; Pr 16:18; Hab 1:15,16; 2:4,5; Lu 12:19,20; 14:111Pe 5:5great.Ge 10:10; 11:2-9; Re 16:19; 17:5; 18:10,21that.1Ch 29:12-14; 2Ch 2:5,6; Isa 10:8-15; 37:24,25; Eze 28:2-5; 29:3and for.5:18,19; Es 1:4; Ps 49:20; 104:1; 145:5-12; 1Co 10:31; Re 21:24-26 the word.5:4,5; Ex 15:9,10; Job 20:23; Lu 12:20; Ac 12:22,23; 1Th 5:3fell.24,34; Mt 3:17; Joh 12:28; Ac 9:3-5; Re 16:7The kingdom.5:28; 1Sa 13:14; 15:23 they shall drive.14-16,25,26; 5:21; Job 30:5-7until.17,25; Ex 8:10; 9:14,29; Jos 4:24; Job 12:18-21; Pr 8:15,16Isa 37:20; 45:3; Jer 27:5 same.5:5; Job 20:5; Isa 30:14; 1Th 5:2and he was.25,32 A.M. 3441. B.C. 563. at the end.16,26,32lifted.Ps 121:1; 123:1; 130:1,2; Jon 2:2-4; Lu 18:13I blessed.Job 1:21; Ps 50:14; 103:1-4; 107:8,15,22,31; Isa 24:15; La 3:19-23the most High.17,32; Ps 7:17; 9:2; 92:1; La 3:38him.12:7; Ps 90:2; 102:24; 146:10; Jer 10:10; Joh 5:26; 1Ti 1:17; 6:16Re 4:10; 10:6whose.3; 2:44; 7:14; Ps 10:16; 145:13; Isa 9:6,7; Jer 10:10; Mic 4:7Lu 1:33; Re 11:15is from.Ps 90:1 all.Job 34:14,15,19-24; Isa 40:15-17,22-24and he.1Sa 3:18; Job 23:13; Ps 33:9-11; 115:3; 135:6; Isa 14:24-27Isa 46:10,11; Mt 11:25,26; Ac 4:28; Eph 1:11; Php 2:10,11the inhabitants.Ps 33:8,14; 49:1; Isa 26:9none.Job 9:4,13; 34:29; 40:9-12; 42:2; Pr 21:30; Isa 43:13; Ac 5:39; 9:5Ac 11:17; 1Co 10:22What.Job 9:12; 33:12,13; 40:2; Isa 45:9-11; Ro 9:19,20; 11:33-361Co 2:16 my reason.Every thing was fulfilled that was exhibited in the dream and its interpretation; and God so ordered it in his providence, that Nebuchadnezzar's counsellors and lords sought for him and gladly reinstated him in his kingdom. It is confidently believed that he was a true convert, and died in the faith of the God of Israel. 34mine.15,16,32; 2Ch 33:12,13added.1Sa 2:30; Job 13:12; Pr 22:4; Mt 6:33; 2Co 4:17 I Nebuchadnezzar.3,34; 5:4,23; 1Pe 2:9,10the King.5:23; Mt 11:25; Ac 17:24all.De 32:4; 1Sa 2:3; Ps 33:4,5; 99:4; 119:75; 145:17,18; Isa 5:16Re 15:3; 16:7; 19:1,2those that walk.30,31; 5:20-24; Ex 18:11; 2Ch 33:11,12,19; Job 40:11,12Eze 16:56,63; Jas 4:6,7; 1Pe 5:5,6
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