Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Daniel 4:13
By a watcher is meant an angel, a holy or good angel, the instruments of God, and his messengers to execute God's judgments, which they watch constantly to perform, Psalms 103:20,21.
By a watcher is meant an angel, a holy or good angel, the instruments of God, and his messengers to execute God's judgments, which they watch constantly to perform, Psalms 103:20,21.
Verse 13. _A WATCHER AND A HOLY ONE_] These are both _angels_; but, according to the Chaldean oracles, of _different orders_. They appear, according to their opinions, to be a kind of _judges_ of _hum...
I SAW IN THE VISIONS OF MY HEAD UPON MY BED - In the visions that passed before me as I lay upon my bed, Daniel 4:10. AND, BEHOLD, A WATCHER AND AN HOLY ONE - Or rather, perhaps, “even a holy one;” or...
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...
A WATCHER AND AN HOLY ONE. Figure of speech _Hendiadys_ (App-6). an holy angel. WATCHER. A Chaldee name (_'ir_) for an angelic being, watching over the affairs of men. Compare: Daniel 4:17; Daniel 4:2...
Nebuchadnezzar describes his dream, which, as the wise men of Babylon were unable to interpret it, he laid before Daniel....
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...
_a watcher_ i.e. not a _guardian_, but a WAKEFUL ONE (Aq., Symm., ἐγρήγορος, Vulg. _vigil_); so Daniel 4:17_; Daniel 4:23_. The term denotes an angel, or, possibly, a particular class of angels, so ca...
A WATCHER— Instead of _watcher,_ Houbigant reads, _an adversary,_ or _opponent;_ which he thinks answers much better to the character of the _angel_ here spoken of, as the avenger and punisher of Nebu...
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...
I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven; I SAW ... A WATCHER AND AN HOLY ONE CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN - rather, 'even an holy one.' On...
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...
A WATCHER AND AN HOLY ONE] Both terms refer to the same being. The name 'watcher' is first used for 'angel' in Daniel, and is common in the later apocalyptic books. 16. In this v. the figure of the t...
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...
A WATCHER AND A HOLY ONE — _i.e.,_ a holy one who is watchful; translated “angel” by the LXX., but simply transliterated into “Eir” by Theodotion. The word is used twice by the king, and once by Danie...
_[Daniel 4:10]_ חָזֵ֥ה הֲוֵ֛ית בְּ חֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשִׁ֖י...
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 rema...
I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a (g) watcher and an holy one came down from heaven; (g) Meaning the angel of God, who neither eats nor sleeps, but is always ready to do God...
Changed, &c. It does not appear, by Scripture, that Nabuchodonosor was changed from human shape, much less that he was changed into an ox, but only that he lost his reason, and became mad; and in this...
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...
The _second _part of the dream follows here. Hitherto Nebuchadnezzar has described the beauty and excellency of his state under the figure of a lofty tree which afforded shade to the beasts and on who...
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...
I SAW IN THE VISIONS OF MY HEAD UPON MY BED,.... The king goes on to relate what other things presented themselves to his imagination in his dream, concerning this tree which signified himself: AND,...
I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven; Ver. 13. _And, behold, a watcher and an holy one,_] _i.e., _ A holy angel, active and watchf...
_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...
I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one, that is, a holy watchman, an angel delegated by God to watch over the affairs of men, CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN;...
THE KING TELLS DANIEL HIS DREAM...
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...
Daniel 4:13 saw H1934 (H8754) H2370 (H8751) visions H2376 head H7217 on H5922 bed H4903 was...
‘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...
WATCHER (Daniel 4:17); (Daniel 4:23); plural in (Daniel 4:17)....
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. _...
_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...
_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...
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,...
_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...
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...
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 8:13; Daniel 4:10; Daniel 4:17; Daniel 4:23; Daniel 4:5;...
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...
A watcher — A holy angel, the instrument of God, to execute God's judgments which the angels watch constantly to perform....