Is gone from me. — This difficult word, the etymology of which is very uncertain, appears only here and Daniel 2:8. It seems to mean, “The order has been published by me (comp. Esther 7:7; Isaiah 45:23), and therefore cannot be recalled.”
Cut in pieces. — This was by no means an uncommon form of punishment: (See Smith’s Assurbanipal, pp. 137, 245.)
Verse Daniel 2:5. _YE SHALL BE CUT IN PIECES_] This was arbitrary and tyrannical in the extreme; but, in the order of God's providence, it was overruled to serve the most important purpose....
THE KING ANSWERED AND SAID TO THE CHALDEANS, THE THING IS GONE FROM ME - The Vulgate renders this, “Sermo recessit a me” - “The word is departed from me.” So the Greek, Ὁ λόγος ἀπ ̓ ἐμοῦ ἀπέστη...
CHAPTER 2 NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S DREAM AND ITS INTERPRETATION _ 1. The forgotten dream (Daniel 2:1)_ 2. The prayer meeting in Babylon and the answer (Daniel 2:14) 3. Daniel before the king (Daniel 2:24)...
THE FORGOTTEN DREAM. Nebuchadnezzar, troubled by a dream which had escaped him, calls his magicians and orders them to recover it and explain its meaning. When they declare their inability, he issues...
THING. The dream. GONE FROM ME. Referring to the forgotten dream. CUT... MADE. DUNGHILL. Compare Daniel 3:29; Ezra 6:11. A further mode of punishment, from the Medo-Persians, in Daniel 6:7....
Nebuchadnezzar, being troubled by a dream, summons the wise men of Babylon before him, and bids them both tell him what his dream had been, and also interpret it to him....
_The thing is gone from me_ THE WORD SPOKEN BY ME lit. (_proceeding) from me_ IS SURE. The king means that the threat which follows is fully resolved upon by him. _Azda_is a Persian word, meaning _sur...
IF YE WILL NOT— _If ye do not._ Instead of, _made a dunghill,_ Houbigant reads, shall be _confiscated,_ or _sold by public sale._...
Part TwoDaniel's FortitudeChapter s 2-6 CHAPTER TWO I. DESPOT'S DREAMDaniel 2:1-16 a. CHALLENGE TO CHALDEANS TEXT: Daniel 2:1-6 1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadne...
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall...
2:5 command (b-10) Or 'word,' as vers. 8,9; 'matter,' ver. 10; 'thing,' ver 11....
NEBUCHANDEZZAR'S DREAM-IMAGE Nebuchadnezzar in his second year had a dream, which he required the wise men of his court to describe and interpret on pain of death. They said this was beyond their powe...
THE THING IS GONE] RM 'the word is gone forth.' Nebuchadnezzar had not actually forgotten the dream, but he was resolved to test the wise men's power by insisting that they should describe as well as...
THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD DANIEL _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 2 V1 When Nebuchadnezzar had been king for almost two years, he had dreams. His mind was anxious and he could not sleep. Verse 1 Nebuc...
עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְ אָמַ֣ר _לְ_†_כַשְׂדָּאֵ֔י_† מִלְּתָ֖א...
THE DREAM-IMAGE OF RUINED EMPIRES "With thee will I break in pieces rulers and captains." - Jeremiah 51:23 THE Book of Daniel is constructed with consummate skill to teach the mighty lessons which it...
THE FORGOTTEN DREAM Daniel 2:1-13 This was the second year of Nebuchadnezzar's sole reign. At first he was joint-governor with his father. From Daniel 2:4 b to Daniel 7:28 the Syriac language is empl...
In the second year of his reign Nebuchadnezzar, troubled by dreams and unable to sleep, called together his enchanters and sorcerers to explain his dreams one of which troubled him especially. Their d...
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye (g) shall be cut in pieces, and your houses sha...
_Put. Chaldee: "torn to pieces, and your house become infamous places;" (Calmet) Protestant, "a dunghill" (Haydock) --- Such cruel punishments were not uncommon. (1 Esdras vi. 11.) (Calmet) --- Bessus...
No doubt, but that the Lord in his over-ruling providence, while impressing the mind of the King with the importance of the dream itself; yet made him so totally to forget the particulars of it by way...
Here the king requires from the Chaldeans more than they professed to afford him; for although their boasting, as we have said, was foolish in promising to interpret any dream, yet they never claimed...
On the other hand, we see in the second chapter the mighty king of the Gentiles made the depositary of the history of the Gentiles, and of God's entire plan, as the recipient of these divine communica...
THE KING ANSWERED AND SAID TO THE CHALDEANS,.... In the same language they spoke to him: THE THING IS GONE FROM ME; either the dream was gone from him; it was out of his mind, he had forgot it, and c...
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall b...
_The king said, The thing is gone from me_ That is, he could not recollect the substance, much less all the particulars of it; some traces of it, however, must have remained in his mind, by which he t...
THE DREAM OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR...
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me, that is, the statement of what he required from them had gone forth from him, he had stated his purpose of having called them; I...
CUT IN PIECES: Cald. made pieces...
1-13 The greatest men are most open to cares and troubles of mind, which disturb their repose in the night, while the sleep of the labouring man is sweet and sound. We know not the uneasiness of many...
THE THING IS GONE FROM ME: this was of God, that these impostors should be made infamous, by detecting their ignorance and their arrogance, and that this should be a step to Daniel's honour, for knowi...
Daniel 2:5 king H4430 answered H6032 (H8750) said H560 (H8750) Chaldeans H3779 decision H4406 firm H230 ...
“The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “The word has gone forth from me (or ‘the thing is certain'). If you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut in pieces a...
Daniel 2:1 I. The narrative sets before us the value of united prayer. II. We have an illustration here of the power of gratitude. III. We have an illustration of the devout humility of genuine pie...
CONTENTS: Visions of Nebuchadnezzar and their results. The forgotten dream and the failure of the astrologers. Daniel's interpretation after prayer for wisdom. CHARACTERS: Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel, Sha...
Daniel 2:1. _In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar,_ after he ascended the throne, according to the Chaldaic account, which was the fourth according to the Hebrew account. Nebuchadnezzar is thought by...
_The thing is gone from me._ NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S DREAM The “thing” is considered by many to be the dream, and so they also understand the same phrase in the eighth verse. There is nothing in the Chaldee...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 2:1 Nebuchadnezzar expects his own interpreters to tell him the content of his dream, perhaps to prove that they are genuinely qualified to interpret it (vv. Daniel 2:1). Daniel’...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 2:5 Contrary to normal procedure, the king demanded that his interpreters recount the DREAM itself as well as ITS INTERPRETATION. If the interpreters succeeded, they would be giv...
_HOMILETICS_ SECT. V.—THE ANSWERED PRAYER (_Chap_. Daniel 2:1). We come to the first of the visions given to Daniel. The occasion of it was a dream of Nebuchadnezzar, of which it was required to give...
EXPOSITION DANIEL 2:1 DANIEL FIRST BECOMES DISTINGUISHED. DANIEL 2:1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was trou
Now in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep was taken from him. Then the king commanded to call the magicians...
1 Samuel 15:33; 2 Kings 10:27; Daniel 3:29; Deuteronomy 13:16; Ezra