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Verse 29. _SPEAK ANY THING AMISS_] Though by the decree the king does
not oblige the people to worship the true God, yet he obliges them to
treat him with reverence....
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THEREFORE I MAKE A DECREE - Margin, “A decree is made by me.”
Chaldee, “And from me a decree is laid down,” or enacted. This
Chaldee word (טעם _ṭ__e__‛êm_) means, properly, “taste,
flavor;” then “ju...
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CHAPTER 3 THE IMAGE OF GOLD
_ 1. The image of gold (Daniel 3:1)_
2. The faithful three (Daniel 3:8)
3. The miraculous deliverance (Daniel 3:19)
4. The worshipping king ...
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DANIEL 3. THE GOLDEN IMAGE AND THE FIERY FURNACE. Nebuchadnezzar made
a colossal image of gold and commanded the people to worship it. The
three friends of Daniel refused to comply with the order. The...
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SPEAK, &C. = charge any fault or error.
AMISS: or, rash. Compare 2 Samuel 6:7, as Nebuchadnezzar himself had
done.
CUT IN PIECES, &C See note on Daniel 2:5.
DELIVER. rescue....
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Nebuchadnezzar's doxology, and edict of toleration....
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_I make a decree_ the same phrase (lit. _a decree is made by me_), in
Daniel 4:6 (cf. Daniel 6:26); Ezra 4:11 (at the end), 19, Daniel 5:17;...
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e.
PHILANTHROPIC DECREE
TEXT: Daniel 3:26-30
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Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery
furnace: he spake and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye
servants of the Mos...
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Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language,
which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be m...
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THE GOLDEN IMAGE AND THE FIERY FURNACE
Nebuchadnezzar sets up a colossal golden image, and summons to its
dedication all the officials of his empire, who are commanded to fall
down and worship the ima...
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THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD
DANIEL
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 3
V1 King Nebuchadnezzar set up a gold image. It was 30 metres high and
3 metres wide. He set it up on the plain called Dura, in the d...
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_(_29_)_ ANYTHING AMISS. — The marginal version is to be preferred....
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וּ מִנִּי֮ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵם֒ דִּי֩ כָל
־עַ֨ם
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THE IDOL OF GOLD, AND THE FAITHFUL THREE
REGARDED as an instance of the use of historic fiction to inculcate
the noblest truths, the third chapter of Daniel is not only superb in
its imaginative gran...
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LOYALTY REWARDED
Daniel 3:19-30
It is only when we reach the fire that we become aware of the presence
of the divine Companion, walking beside us as if treading the
dew-besprinkled glades of Paradise...
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The next story is of the pride of Nebuchadnezzar in setting up in the
plain of Dura a great golden image. This may have been connected with
the interpretation of the dream Daniel had given. The head o...
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Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language,
which speak (n) any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall b...
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Reader! pray observe what is here said. Nebuchadnezzar is astonished,
and so are his courtiers. But is this all? Yes! for had there been
more than astonishment and any grace wrought in the heart, the...
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Here Nebuchadnezzar is urged further forward — for we must use this
phrase — since he does not take up the worship of one God from his
heart, and bid his errors finally farewell. Hence it is as if God...
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After this general picture, we have, historically, the characteristic
features of these empires, marking the condition into which they fall,
through their departure from God-primarily and principally...
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THEREFORE I MAKE A DECREE,.... Or, a "decree is made by me" w; which
is as follows:
THAT EVERY PEOPLE, NATION, AND LANGUAGE, WHICH SPEAK ANYTHING AMISS
AGAINST THE GOD OF SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDN...
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Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language,
which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be ma...
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_Therefore, I make a decree_, &c. He issues a royal edict, strictly
forbidding any to speak evil of the God of Israel. We have reason to
think that both the sins and the troubles of Israel had given g...
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The Miraculous Preservation of God's Servants...
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Therefore I make a decree, literally, "And from me is set forth a
decree," THAT EVERY PEOPLE, NATION, AND LANGUAGE WHICH SPEAK ANYTHING
AMISS AGAINST THE GOD OF SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABED-NEGO SHALL...
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I MAKE A DECREE:
Cald. a decree is made by me
ANYTHING AMISS:
Cald. error...
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28-30 What God did for these his servants, would help to keep the Jews
to their religion while in captivity, and to cure them of idolatry.
The miracle brought deep convictions on Nebuchadnezzar. But n...
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Observe here, that though he doth not resolve to worship the true God,
nor command others to do it, yet he would not allow the God of the
Jews to be evil spoken of; this was all that he came up to. He...
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‘Therefore I make a decree that every people, nation and language
who speak anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and
Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a
d...
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Daniel 3
I. We have here a specimen of religious intolerance.
II. We see here how religious intolerance is to be met. These three
young men simply refused to do what Nebuchadnezzar commanded, or, in...
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CONTENTS: Pride of Nebuchadnezzar and his punishment. The image of
gold. The three Jews refuse to worship the image. Fiery furnace proven
harmless. The king convinced.
CHARACTERS: God, Nebuchadnezzar...
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Daniel 3:1. _An image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits._ As
the breadth of this image was only six cubits, which is four short of
the human proportion, it is conjectured that the pedestal w...
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_There is no other God that can deliver after this sort._
THE GREAT DELIVERER
These are the words of a heathen king. They are not the less welcome
to us on that account, but perhaps the more so. The...
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DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 3:1 Nebuchadnezzar commands all peoples under
his rule to worship a golden image. Daniel’s friends refuse, out of
loyalty to their God. When God delivers them from the fiery furn...
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EXPOSITION
DANIEL 3:1
THE GOLDEN IMAGE, AND THE FIERY FURNACE.
DANIEL 3:1
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose heigh
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Now in chapter 3 we find Nebuchadnezzar defying the revelation of God.
Remember in his dream he saw the image with the head of gold, "thou
art the head of gold," but it had a chest of silver for the B...
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Daniel 2:5; Daniel 6:26; Daniel 6:27; Daniel 3:15; Daniel 3:17;...
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NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S IMAGE OF GOLD
Daniel 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. Daniel in Babylon.
(1) How Daniel came to be in Babylon. When Jerusalem was taken captive
by Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel and the three Heb...