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Verse Daniel 4:10. _I SAW - A TREE_] This vision Nebuchadnezzar says
_made him_ _afraid_. What a mercy it is that God has hidden futurity
from us! Were he to show every man the lot that is before him,...
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THUS WERE THE VISIONS OF MY HEAD IN MY BED - These are the things
which I saw upon my bed. When he says that they were the “visions of
his head,” he states a doctrine which was then doubtless regarded...
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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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I SAW. I was gazing.
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6....
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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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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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BEHOLD, A TREE, &C.— Princes and great men are frequently
represented in Scripture under the metaphor of fair and flourishing
trees. See Ezekiel 31:3.Jeremiah 22:15.Psalms 37:35. The whole of this
all...
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b. RULER'S REVERIE RELATED, PART I
TEXT: Daniel 4:7-12
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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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Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a
tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.
I SAW ... A TREE - so the Assyrian is compared to a "cedar in
Leb...
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4:10 tree (b-16) Or 'a terebinth.'...
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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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A TREE. — For this symbol of majesty, comp. Ezekiel 31:3, &c. The
dream of Cambyses (Herod. i. 108) was of a similar nature....
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_[Daniel 4:7]_ וְ חֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשִׁ֖י עַֽל
־מִשְׁכְּבִ֑י...
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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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Thus [were] the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a
(f) tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof [was]
great.
(f) By the tree is signified the dignity of a king whom God...
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_A watcher. A vigilant angel, perhaps the guardian of Israel.
(Challoner) --- Chaldee: hir; (Haydock) whence Iris the messenger of
the gods, is derived. (St. Jerome) --- Theodot. retains eir. See St....
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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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Here Nebuchadnezzar relates his dream, of which the interpretation
will follow in its place. Yet because this narrative is cold and
useless unless we should say something of the subject itself, it is...
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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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THUS WERE THE VISIONS OF MINE HEAD IN MY BED,.... So things appeared
to my fancy thus; they ran in my head or brain in a dream in my bed,
as if I saw them with my eyes, as follows; for so I thought,...
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Thus [were] the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a
tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof [was] great.
Ver. 10. _Thus were the visions of my head in my bed._] He read...
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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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I SAW:
Cald. I was seeing...
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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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THE VISIONS OF MINE HEAD; because the fancy and imagination is in the
head; and he calls them VISIONS or SEEINGS, because eyes and sight are
attributed to the understanding, and the thing seemed visib...
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Daniel 4:10 visions H2376 head H7217 on H5922 bed H4903 looking H1934
(H8754) H2370 (H8751) behold...
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TREE
Symbol of a great king. (Daniel 4:22); (Ezekiel 31:1)....
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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 4:20; Ezekiel 31:3; Isaiah 10:33; Isaiah 10:34; Jeremiah 12:2
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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...