Daniel 4:1-18
THE KING TELLS DANIEL HIS DREAM... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING TELLS DANIEL HIS DREAM... [ Continue Reading ]
Nebuchadnezzar, the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, this term, in a public proclamation or royal edict, including all the subjects of the empire, THAT DWELL IN ALL THE EARTH, for the Babylonian Empire embraced practically the entire world then explored: PEACE BE MULTIPLIED UNTO YOU, l... [ Continue Reading ]
I thought it good, it pleased the king, he regarded it as the right and seemly thing, TO SHOW THE SIGNS AND WONDERS THAT THE HIGH GOD HATH WROUGHT TOWARD ME, the reference here being to the true God, of whose omnipotent power Nebuchadnezzar had received further unmistakable evidence, as he relates i... [ Continue Reading ]
How great are His signs, and how mighty are His wonders! exceeding those of any so-called gods of the heathen. HIS KINGDOM IS AN EVERLASTING KINGDOM, AND HIS DOMINION IS FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. It is a doxology which gives due honor to the true God, even though it does not confess faith in Je... [ Continue Reading ]
I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in mine house, his wars victoriously concluded, his kingdom at peace, AND FLOURISHING IN MY PALACE, enjoying wonderful prosperity.... [ Continue Reading ]
I saw a dream which made me afraid, the suddenness of whose coming filled him with alarm, AND THE THOUGHTS UPON MY BED, which exercised him in connection with his dream, AND THE VISIONS OF MY HEAD, those which were presented to the eyes of his mind, TROUBLED ME, their fancies and images filling him... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore made I a decree, he issued the command, TO BRING IN ALL THE WISE MEN OF BABYLON BEFORE ME THAT THEY MIGHT MAKE KNOWN UNTO ME THE INTERPRETATION OF THE DREAM, the dream itself with all its details, in this instance, being very clear in the recollection of the king, so that he desired an exp... [ Continue Reading ]
Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers, Cf. Daniel 2:2, AND I TOLD THE DREAM BEFORE THEM; BUT THEY DID NOT MAKE KNOWN UNTO ME THE INTERPRETATION THEREOF, their merely human wisdom was unable to penetrate into the depths of the mysteries which God wanted to ma... [ Continue Reading ]
But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name, given him when he entered the king's service, WAS BELTESHAZZAR, ACCORDING TO THE NAME OF MY GOD, "the foremost of Bel," the chief god of Babylon, AND IN WHOM IS THE SPIRIT OF THE HOLY GODS, of whose eminent prophetic gifts the king had been given... [ Continue Reading ]
O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, whose comparatively independent position as the chief of all the wise men at Babylon made it possible for him to be absent from a large assembly of the officials of the royal court on this occasion, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE HOLY GODS IS IN THEE,... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed, literally, "And regarding the visions of my head upon my bed," I SAW, AND BEHOLD A TREE IN THE MIDST OF THE EARTH, therefore evidently possessing great importance for the whole earth, AND THE HEIGHT THEREOF WAS GREAT, it was of conspicuous size to begin... [ Continue Reading ]
The tree grew and was strong, became great and mighty, AND THE HEIGHT THEREOF REACHED UNTO HEAVEN AND THE SIGHT THEREOF TO THE END OF ALL THE EARTH, so that it extended far enough to be seen from the very ends of the world;... [ Continue Reading ]
the leaves thereof were fair, its branching, forming the crown, was very beautiful, AND THE FRUIT THEREOF MUCH, growing in large quantities, AND IN IT WAS MEAT FOR ALL, food for all who lived under its shelter being found on it; THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD HAD SHADOW UNDER IT, AND THE FOWLS OF THE HEAVE... [ Continue Reading ]
I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one, that is, a holy watchman, an angel delegated by God to watch over the affairs of men, CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN;... [ Continue Reading ]
he cried aloud and said thus, making announcement with a mighty voice, as the herald of almighty God, HEW DOWN THE TREE AND CUT OFF HIS BRANCHES, SHAKE OFF HIS LEAVES, causing them to fall quickly, AND SCATTER HIS FRUIT, in a contemptuous manner, as though possessing no value; LET THE BEASTS GET AWA... [ Continue Reading ]
nevertheless, leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, this description already indicating that the application must be made to an animate being, whose fetters were those of the mental and spiritual darkness brought on as the re... [ Continue Reading ]
let his heart be changed from man's, so that this center of intellectual life would lose its human aspect, AND LET A BEAST'S HEART BE GIVEN UNTO HIM, so that he would fully descend to the level of a brute; AND LET SEVEN TIMES PASS OVER HIM, the exact length of these periods not being given.... [ Continue Reading ]
This matter is by the decree of the watchers, according to their uniform judgment, AND THE DEMAND BY THE WORD OF THE HOLY ONES, the angels of God having reminded Him, as it were, of the requirements of His holiness and justice upon so flagrant a transgressor, TO THE INTENT THAT THE LIVING, all human... [ Continue Reading ]
This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen, all its details being clear before his eyes and set forth in the same manner. NOW, THOU, O BELTESHAZZAR, DECLARE THE INTERPRETATION THEREOF, setting forth its meaning, FORASMUCH AS ALL THE WISE MEN OF MY KINGDOM ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE KNOWN UNTO ME THE INT... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied, he stood aghast at the dream and its meaning, FOR ONE HOUR, for a long period of time, AND HIS THOUGHTS TROUBLED HIM, for he was overwhelmed with awe. THE KING, concluding from the appearance of his face that he had found the interpretation, SP... [ Continue Reading ]
THE INTERPRETATION AND THE FULFILLMENT OF THE DREAM... [ Continue Reading ]
The tree that thou sawest, rather, "of which thou sawest," WHICH GREW AND WAS STRONG, or, "that it was great and strong," WHOSE HEIGHT REACHED UNTO THE HEAVEN AND THE SIGHT THEREOF TO ALL THE EARTH, the power of the empire reaching to the uttermost boundaries of the known world,... [ Continue Reading ]
whose leaves were fair and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all, under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation, just as the king had described it in his account of his dream:... [ Continue Reading ]
it is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong; for thy greatness is grown and reacheth unto heaven, since his power exceeded that of any living monarch, AND THY DOMINION TO THE END OF THE EARTH, a real world-power. Note that Daniel, while filled with pity for the king, yet speaks with uncompr... [ Continue Reading ]
And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, one of God's holy angels delegated for this purpose, AND SAYING, HEW THE TREE DOWN AND DESTROY IT, YET LEAVE THE STUMP OF THE ROOTS THEREOF, the root-stock, IN THE EARTH, EVEN WITH A BAND OF IRON AND BRASS, IN THE TENDER GRA... [ Continue Reading ]
this is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the Most High which is come upon my lord, the king, being fully decided in God's counsel,... [ Continue Reading ]
that they, the subject being purposely indefinite, SHALL DRIVE THEE FROM MEN, casting him out from the society of human beings, AND THY DWELLING SHALL BE WITH THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD, entirely on a level with unreasonable brutes, AND THEY SHALL MAKE THEE TO EAT GRASS AS OXEN, AND THEY SHALL WET THEE... [ Continue Reading ]
And whereas they commanded, namely, the council of watchers speaking in the name of God, TO LEAVE THE STUMP OF THE TREE-ROOTS: THY KINGDOM SHALL BE SURE UNTO THEE, it would be preserved for him, so that he could reassume his rule after the interval, AFTER THAT THOU SHALT HAVE KNOWN THAT THE HEAVENS... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, for Daniel honestly had the welfare of his sovereign in mind, AND BREAK OFF THY SINS BY RIGHTEOUSNESS, repudiating all the transgressions for which Oriental monarchs were noted in favor of the exercise of true righteousness and justice, AND... [ Continue Reading ]
All this, exactly as it had been foretold by the prophet, CAME UPON THE KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR.... [ Continue Reading ]
At the end of twelve months, so soon after he had received his warning, HE WALKED IN THE PALACE OF THE KINGDOM OF BABYLON, upon its flat roof, from which he could look over the entire city and get a fitting impression of its splendor.... [ Continue Reading ]
The king spake and said, Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house of the kingdom, to be the seat or capital of his entire empire, BY THE MIGHT OF MY POWER AND FOR THE HONOR OF MY MAJESTY? It was a statement of inordinate pride, by which Nebuchadnezzar made himself the creator of the... [ Continue Reading ]
While the word was in the king's mouth, before he had finished his blasphemous utterance, THERE FELL A VOICE FROM HEAVEN, with great suddenness, which made the consequences stand out all the more by way of contrast, SAYING, O KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR, TO THEE IT IS SPOKEN, the emphasis being upon the pro... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall drive thee from man, away from the society of human beings, AND THY DWELLING SHALL BE WITH THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD, with the irrational brutes; they, the subject again impersonal, SHALL MAKE THEE TO EAT GRASS AS OXEN, AND SEVEN TIMES SHALL PASS OVER THEE, UNTIL THOU KNOW, being fully... [ Continue Reading ]
The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar, so that there could be no doubt as to cause and effect; AND HE WAS DRIVEN FROM MEN AND DID EAT GRASS AS OXEN, AND HIS BODY WAS WET WITH THE DEW OF HEAVEN, TILL HIS HAIRS WERE GROWN LIKE EAGLES' FEATHERS AND HIS NAILS LIKE BIRDS' CLAWS. This... [ Continue Reading ]
And at the end of the days, the time appointed for this punishment, I, NEBUCHADNEZZAR, LIFTED UP MINE EYES UNTO HEAVEN, in the gesture of one seeking help from there alone, AND MINE UNDERSTANDING RETURNED UNTO ME, so that he once more had the full use of his reason, AND I BLESSED THE MOST HIGH, ther... [ Continue Reading ]
and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing, they are helpless in comparison with His almighty majesty, AND HE DOETH ACCORDING TO HIS WILL IN THE ARMY OF HEAVEN, so that the companies of even the highest angels bow to His will, AND AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH; AND NONE CAN STA... [ Continue Reading ]
At the same time, namely, when Nebuchadnezzar thus gave all honor and glory to God alone, MY REASON RETURNED UNTO ME; AND FOR THE GLORY OF MY KINGDOM, MINE HONOR AND BRIGHTNESS RETURNED UNTO ME, so that his former dignity and power were restored to him; AND MY COUNSELORS AND MY LORDS, who had repudi... [ Continue Reading ]
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, in issuing this decree with its frank confession, PRAISE AND EXTOL AND HONOR THE KING OF HEAVEN, the heaping of synonyms showing the intensity of the king's convictions, ALL WHOSE WORKS ARE TRUTH, AND HIS WAYS JUDGMENT, so that Nebuchadnezzar freely acknowledged his punishment... [ Continue Reading ]