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THE TREE GREW - Or the tree was “great” - רבה _r__e__bâh_. It
does not mean that the tree grew while he was looking at it so as to
reach to the heaven, but that it stood before him in all its glory,...
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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...
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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...
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Nebuchadnezzar's dream was of a mighty tree, the head of which towered
to heaven, while its branches sheltered, and afforded nutriment for,
the beasts and fowl of the earth: as he watched it, he heard...
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Nebuchadnezzar describes his dream, which, as the wise men of Babylon
were unable to interpret it, he laid before Daniel....
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_grew_ WAS GROWN....
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The thoughts expressed by the symbolism of the dream are the central
and commanding position taken in the world by Nebuchadnezzar's
kingdom, its power, splendour, and prosperity, and the protection an...
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b. RULER'S REVERIE RELATED, PART I
TEXT: Daniel 4:7-12
7
Then came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the
soothsayers; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make
know...
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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...
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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...
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THE TREE GREW. — It appeared in the vision to grow gradually larger
and larger. According to the LXX., “The sun and moon dwelled in it
and gave light to the whole earth.”
THE SIGHT THEREOF — _i.e.,_...
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_[Daniel 4:8]_ רְבָ֥ה אִֽילָנָ֖א וּ תְקִ֑ף
וְ...
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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...
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“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....
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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 rema...
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_Branches, to shew that all (Haydock) the king's subjects should
abandon him._...
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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...
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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...
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THE TREE GREW, AND WAS STRONG,.... Grew higher and broader, taller and
thicker, increased in boughs and branches, and became strong and
stable, that no winds nor storms could move it: this shows the
i...
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The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto
heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
Ver. 11. _The tree grew, and was strong._] See Ezekiel 17:12; Ezekiel
17:...
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_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...
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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...
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THE KING TELLS DANIEL HIS DREAM...
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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...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Daniel 4:11 tree H363 grew H7236 (H8754) strong H8631 (H8754) height
H7314 reached H4291 (H8748) heavens...
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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...
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CONTENTS: Nebuchadnezzar's proclamation. The true vision and its
interpretation. Vision fulfilled; the restoration of Nebuchadnezzar.
CHARACTERS: God, Daniel, Nebuchadnezzar, Astrologers.
CONCLUSION:...
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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. _...
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_I saw and behold a tree in the midst of the earth._
THE FALL OF THE GREAT TREE
I. UNDUE EXALTATION OF SPIRIT MAY BRING DEGRADATION OF THE FLESH. Rich
men often look over a vast domain which they cal...
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_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...
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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...
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DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 4:10 In this dream, Nebuchadnezzar saw an
enormous TREE whose TOP touched the heavens. While Nebuchadnezzar was
looking on, however, A WATCHER, A HOLY ONE,...
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_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 pr...
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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 t...
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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...
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Daniel 4:21; Daniel 4:22; Deuteronomy 9:1; Genesis 11:4; Matthew 11:23
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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:
"Nebuchad...