Ezr 1:2, 8:22, Isa 43:10, 12, Dan 2:28, 47, 3:16-28, 4:25, 5:23-30, 6:22 | TSK | STEP | Lord God. hath given. all the kingdoms.According to the testimony of ancient writers, Cyrus, at this time, reigned over the Medes, Persians, Hyrcanians, Syrians, Assyrians, Indians, etc., and all lesser Asia. he hath charged.

Ezra 1:2

Lord God.

1Ki 8:27; 2Ch 2:12; Isa 66:1; Jer 10:11; Da 2:21,28; 5:23

hath given.

Jer 27:6,7; Da 2:37,38; 4:25,32; 5:19-21

all the kingdoms.According to the testimony of ancient writers, Cyrus, at this time, reigned over the Medes, Persians, Hyrcanians, Syrians, Assyrians, Indians, etc., and all lesser Asia.

he hath charged.

Isa 44:26-28; 45:1,12,13

Ezra 8:22

I was ashamed.

1Co 9:15; 2Co 7:14

The hand.

7:6,9,28; 1Ch 28:9; 2Ch 16:9; Ps 33:18,19; 34:15,22; Isa 3:10,11

La 3:25; Ro 8:28; 1Pe 3:12

his power and his wrath.

Jos 23:16; 2Ch 15:2; Ps 21:8,9; 34:16; 90:11; Zep 1:2-6; Heb 10:38

1Pe 3:12

Isaiah 43:10

my witnesses.

12; 44:8; Joh 1:7,8; 15:27; Ac 1:8; 1Co 15:15

and my servant.

42:1; 55:4; Php 2:7; Col 1:7; Re 1:2,5; 3:14

that ye.

40:21,22; 41:20; 45:6; 46:8,9; Joh 20:31

I am he.

41:4; 44:6-8

no God formed. or, nothing formed of God.

Isaiah 43:12

declared.

37:7,35,36; 46:10; 48:4-7

no strange.

De 32:12; Ps 81:9,10

my witnesses.

10; 37:20; 44:8; 46:9

Daniel 2:28

a God.

Ps 115:3; Mt 6:9

that revealeth.

18,47; Ge 40:8; 41:16; Isa 41:22,23; Am 4:13

maketh known. Chal. hath made known. in the.

10:14; Ge 49:1; Nu 24:14; De 4:30; 31:19; Isa 2:2; Jer 30:24; 48:47

Eze 38:8,16; Ho 3:5; Mic 4:1,2; 2Ti 3:1; Heb 1:1; 2Pe 3:3

Daniel 2:47

a God.

11:36; De 10:17; Jos 22:22; Ps 136:2

a Lord.

37; 4:17,32; Job 12:19; Ps 2:10,11; 72:11; 82:1; Pr 8:15,16

1Ti 6:15; Re 1:5; 17:14; 19:16

a revealer.

19,28; 4:8,9; Ge 41:39; Am 3:7

Daniel 3:16-28

our God.

4:35; 6:20-22,27; Ge 17:1; 18:14; 1Sa 17:37,46; Job 5:19; 34:29

Ps 27:1,2; 62:1-6; 73:20; 115:3; 121:5-7; 18:10,11; Isa 12:2; 26:3,4

Isa 54:14; Lu 1:37; Ac 20:24; 21:13; 27:20-25; Ro 8:31; Heb 7:25

be it.

Job 13:15; Pr 28:1; Isa 51:12,13; Mt 10:28,32,33,39; 16:2

Lu 12:3-9; Ac 4:10-13,19; 5:29-32; Re 2:10,11; 12:11

that.

Ex 20:3-5; Le 19:4

was Nebuchadnezzar.

13; Pr 21:24; Isa 51:23; Lu 12:4,5; Ac 5:33; 7:54

full. Chal. filled. the form.

5:6; Ge 4:5,6; 31:2

he spake.

Ex 15:9,10; 1Ki 20:10,11; 2Ki 19:27,28; Ps 76:10; Pr 16:14; 27:3,4

one seven.

6:24; Le 26:18,21,24,28

than.

1Ki 18:33-35; Mt 27:63-66

most mighty men. Chal. mighty of strength. to bind.

15; Ac 12:4,5; 16:23,25

in their.Herodotus says the Babylonish dress was a linen tunic, another of woollen, a white short cloak, and a turban.

coats. or, mantles. hats. or, turbans.

commandment. Chal. word. urgent.

Ex 12:33

flame. or, spark. slew.

6:24; Pr 11:8; 21:18; Zec 12:2,3; Mt 27:5; Ac 12:19

fell.

6:16,17; Ps 34:19; 66:11,12; 124:1-5; Jer 38:6; La 3:52-54

2Co 1:8-10; 4:17; 1Pe 4:12,13

astonished.

5:6; Ac 5:23-25; 9:6; 12:13

counsellors. or, governors.

2,3

O king.

9,10,17; 4:22,27; 5:18; 6:7,22; 1Sa 17:55; Ac 26:13,27

walking.

Isa 43:2

they have no hurt. Chal. there is no hurt in them.

Ps 91:3-9; Mr 16:18; Ac 28:5; 1Pe 3:13

the Son of God.Or, as {bar elahin} may be rendered, "a son of the gods," i.e., a divine person or angel.

18,28; Job 1:6; 38:7; Ps 34:7; Pr 30:4; Lu 1:35; Joh 19:7,8

Ro 1:4

mouth. Chal. door. ye servants.

17; 2:47; 6:20; Ezr 5:11; Ac 16:17; 27:23; Ga 1:10; Re 19:5

the most.

Ge 14:18

come forth.

Jos 3:17; 4:10,16-18; Isa 28:16; 52:12; Ac 16:37

the princes.

2,3; 1Sa 17:46,47; 2Ki 19:19; Ps 83:18; 96:7-9; Isa 26:11

Ac 2:6-12; 26:26

upon.

Isa 43:2; Heb 11:34

nor was.This miraculous manifestation of Divine power was witnessed by the court and the nation, and was felt as a just punishment on the transgressors, and a signal display of mercy to Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, which should operate on all believers to similar acts of faith and confidence in the Lord.

Mt 10:30; Lu 21:17,18; Ac 27:34

Blessed.

2:47; 4:34; 6:26; Ge 9:26; Ezr 1:3; 7:23-28

hath sent.

25; 6:22,23; Ge 19:15,16; 2Ch 32:21; Ps 34:7,8; 103:20; Isa 37:36

Ac 5:19; 12:7-11; Heb 1:14

that trusted.

1Ch 5:20; 2Ch 20:20; Ps 22:4,5; 33:18,21; 34:22; 62:8; 84:11,12

Ps 146:5,6; 147:11; Isa 26:3,4; Jer 17:7,8; 2Co 1:9,10

Eph 1:12,13; 1Pe 1:21

and have.

Ezr 6:11; Ac 4:19

yielded.

Ro 12:1; 14:7,8; Php 1:20; Heb 11:37; Re 12:11

serve.

16-18; Ex 20:5; Mt 4:10

Daniel 4:25

drive.

32,33; 5:21-31; Job 30:3-8; Mr 5:3,4

and 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 106:20

till.

17,32,34,35; 2:21; 5:21; Ps 75:7; 83:18; Jer 27:5

Daniel 5:23-30

lifted.

3,4; 2Ki 14:10; Isa 2:12; 33:10; 37:23; Jer 50:29; Eze 28:2,5,17

Eze 31:10; Hab 2:4; 1Ti 3:6; Re 13:5,6

the Lord.

4:37; Ge 14:19; Ps 115:16

and they.

2-4; 1Sa 5:1-9

hast praised.

Jud 16:23

which.

Ps 115:4-8; 135:15-17; Isa 37:19; 46:6,7; Hab 2:18,19; 1Co 8:4

in whose.

Ge 2:7; Job 12:10; 34:14,15; Ps 104:29; 146:4; Isa 42:5

Ac 17:25,28,29

and whose.

Job 31:4; Ps 139:3; Pr 20:24; Jer 10:23; Heb 4:13

hast thou.

Ro 1:21-23

MENE.Had these words been written in the Chaldean character, every one who knew the alphabet of the language could at least have read them: they are pure Chaldee, and literally denote "He is numbered, he is numbered; he is weighed; they are divided."

God.

9:2; Job 14:14; Isa 13:1-14:32; 21:1-10; 47:1-15; Jer 25:11,12

Jer 27:7; 50:1-51:64; Ac 15:18

Thou.

Job 31:6; Ps 62:9; Jer 6:30; Eze 22:18-20

art.

Mt 22:11,12; 1Co 3:13

PERES.Peres,"he was divided," pronounced paras, denoted Persians, who seem evidently referred to.

Thy.

31; 6:28; 8:3,4,20; 9:1; Isa 13:17; 21:2; 45:1,2

they clothed.

7,16