What does Daniel 4:14 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"He cried aloud,c and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:"
Verse 14. _HEW DOWN THE TREE_] As the tree was to be cut down, the beasts are commanded to _flee away from under his branches_. His courtiers, officers, c., all abandoned him as soon as his insanity a...
HE CRIED ALOUD - Margin, as in the Chaldee, “with might.” That is, he cried with a strong voice. HEW DOWN THE TREE - This command does not appear to have been addressed to any particular ones who wer...
CHAPTER 4 THE TREE VISION OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR _ 1. The king's proclamation (Daniel 4:1)_ 2. The king relates the tree vision (Daniel 4:4) 3. Daniel interprets the vision (Daniel 4:19) 4. The tree vi...
DANIEL 4. This chapter takes us again into the realm of Apocalyptic. Nebuchadnezzar dreams a fresh dream. This time he sees a gigantic tree, the top of which reached to heaven, full of leaves and frui...
Nebuchadnezzar describes his dream, which, as the wise men of Babylon were unable to interpret it, he laid before Daniel....
c. RULER'S REVERIE RELATED, PART II TEXT: Daniel 4:13-18 13 I saw in the visions of my head upon by bed, and, behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from heaven. 14 He cried aloud, and said t...
He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches: HEW...
NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S DREAM AND ITS FULFILMENT In the form of a proclamation Nebuchadnezzar records his experience of the power of the Most high God (Daniel 4:1). He had a dream which none of his wise men...
THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD DANIEL _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 4 V1 I, King Nebuchadnezzar, send this message to everyone in the world. I am writing to the people in every country who speak every la...
ALOUD — _i.e.,_ like a king’s herald. (Comp. Daniel 3:4.) HEW DOWN. — The plural is here used, implying that several persons are employed in carrying out the order....
_[Daniel 4:11]_ קָרֵ֨א בְ חַ֜יִל וְ כֵ֣ן אָמַ֗ר גֹּ֤דּוּ אִֽילָנָא֙ וְ קַצִּ֣צוּ עַנְפֹ֔והִי אַתַּ֥רוּ...
THE BABYLONIAN CEDAR, AND THE STRICKEN DESPOT THRICE already, in these magnificent stories, had Nebuchadrezzar been taught to recognise the existence and to reverence the power of God. In this chapte...
“THE DECREE OF THE WATCHERS” Daniel 4:1-18 Nebuchadnezzar was in the zenith of his fame and power. His wars were over; his prosperity was assured. But he attributed all to his own wisdom and prowess...
The last story connected with the reign of Nebuchadnezzar consisted of the king's own manifesto, setting forth the dealings of the Most High God with him. The opening ascription of praise is most rem...
_Over it. Kings are not always of the most noble dispositions. (Haydock) --- "All honour comes from Jove." (Homer, Iliad 17.) --- Let the greatest monarchs be humble, (Haydock) and cast their crowns a...
Observe several striking particulars in this man's account. First, he tells us, that he was at rest in his house, and flourishing. Yes! the word of God teacheth the people of God to be on the lookout...
He afterwards adds—_the angel cried with a loud voice, cut down the tree, strip off the leaves, cut off its boughs, scatter its fruits, _(or throw them away,) _and let the beasts flee from its shadow,...
In chapter 4 we see the manifestation of human pride; the king glories in the work of his hands, as though he had created his own greatness. This pride brings judgment. Power is reduced to the conditi...
HE CRIED ALOUD,.... Or, with strengths; l being a mighty angel, and that he might be heard far and near: AND SAID THUS, HEW DOWN THE TREE; remove this mighty monarch from his throne; take away his go...
He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches: Ver. 1...
_I saw_, &c. The substance of what the king relates is, that he saw in a dream “a tree, strong and flourishing; [_ in the midst of the earth_, or of his empire;] its summit pierced the clouds, and its...
THE KING TELLS DANIEL HIS DREAM...
ALOUD: Cald. with might...
1-18 The beginning and end of this chapter lead us to hope, that Nebuchadnezzar was a monument of the power of Divine grace, and of the riches of Divine mercy. After he was recovered from his madness...
HE CRIED ALOUD, AND SAID; whereby is shown the consent of the angels, when one stirs up another to cut down, i.e. to cast out and take away....
Daniel 4:14 cried H7123 (H8751) aloud H2429 said H560 (H8750) thus H3652 down H1414 tree H363 off H7113 (H8745) branches H6056 off H5426 (H8680) leaves H6074 scatter H921 (H8745) fruit H4 beasts H2423...
‘I saw in the visions of my head on my bed, and behold a watcher and a holy one came down from heaven. He cried aloud and said thus, “Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake of his leaves a...
Daniel 4 I. In this chapter we have a solemn and instructive warning against pride and vain-glory. II. A sad illustration of the proverb that pride goeth before a fall. III. A beautiful illustratio...
CONTENTS: Nebuchadnezzar's proclamation. The true vision and its interpretation. Vision fulfilled; the restoration of Nebuchadnezzar. CHARACTERS: God, Daniel, Nebuchadnezzar, Astrologers. CONCLUSION...
The three first verses of this chapter in Theodotian and the Vulgate, are appended to the third chapter; but seem to stand better as in the English, being the introduction to the dream. Daniel 4:5. _...
_Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people._ THE PROCLAMATION OF PEACE TO ALL NATIONS How changed the spirit and deportment of Nebuchadnezzar from what they were on the plains of Dura. Then, we saw hi...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 4:1 Nebuchadnezzar has another dream, and Daniel again is the only one of his officials able to interpret it. This dream concerns Nebuchadnezzar’s own need to acknowledge that th...
_HOMILETICS_ SECT. XV.—THE DREAM OF THE TREE AND ITS INTERPRETATION (Chap. Daniel 4:4) We come to the occasion of the royal proclamation. This was a dream and its remarkable fulfilment, the second p...
EXPOSITION DANIEL 4:1 THE MADNESS OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR. We follow here the division of chapters which we find in our English Version, and as, indeed, in all modern versions. The Aramaic concludes the...
Now Nebuchadnezzar the king, [a proclamation] unto all the people, nation, languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. I thought it good to show the signs and wonders that th...
Daniel 3:4; Daniel 4:12; Daniel 4:23; Daniel 5:20; Ezekiel 31:12; Ezekiel 31:13; Jeremiah 51:6; Jeremiah 51:9; Luke 13:7; Luke 3:9;...
NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S PROCLAMATION Daniel 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Nebuchadnezzar's kingdom. As we open our study we find King Nebuchadnezzar relating the story of God's dealings with himself: "Nebucha...