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Verse Daniel 4:4. _I - WAS AT REST_] I had returned to my palace in
Babylon after having subdued Syria, Phoenicia, Judea, Egypt, and
Arabia. It was probably these great conquests that puffed him up wi...
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I NEBUCHADNEZZAR WAS AT REST - Some manuscripts in the Greek add here,
“In the eighteenth year of his reign Nebuchadnezzar said.” These
words, however, are not in the Hebrew, and are of no authority....
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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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_at rest_ or _at ease, prosperous_. The word suggests the idea of
contentment and security, in a good or a bad sense, according to the
context (Job 16:12; Psalms 122:6; Job 12:6;...
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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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I NEBUCHADNEZZAR WAS AT REST, &C.— Nebuchadnezzar, after having
subjected to his empire Syria, Phoenicia, Judaea, Egypt, and Arabia,
returned to Babylon, full of glory; and, inflated with this
prosper...
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CHAPTER FOUR
I. DESPOT'S DISGRACEDaniel 4:1-37
a. EMPEROR'S EPHEMERAL EXCURSION AND EDICT
TEXT: Daniel 4:1-6
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Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all the peoples, nations, and languages,
that dwell in...
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I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my
palace:
I NEBUCHADNEZZAR WAS AT REST - my wars over, my kingdom at peace.
AND FLOURISHING - `green.' Image from a tree "planted b...
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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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FLOURISHING. — A word generally employed to signify the growth of
trees. Here, no doubt, it is suggested by the dream which follows, and
is for that reason selected by Daniel. It may be observed that...
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_[Daniel 4:1]_ אֲנָ֣ה נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֗ר
שְׁלֵ֤ה הֲוֵית֙ בְּ...
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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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Fury (d) [is] not in me: who would set the briers [and] thorns against
me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
(d) Therefore he will destroy the kingdom of Satan, because h...
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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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Nebuchadnezzar here explains how he acknowledged the Supreme God. He
does not relate the proofs which he had previously received; but since
his pride was subdued in this last dream, he makes a passing...
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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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I NEBUCHADNEZZAR WAS AT REST IN MINE HOUSE,.... Being returned from
his wars, and having obtained victory over the Egyptians, and other
nations, and made himself an universal monarch; and now was in e...
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_I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest_, &c. Nebuchadnezzar, “for the extent
of his dominion, and the great revenues it supplied; for his
unrivalled success in war; for the magnificence and splendour of his
co...
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THE KING TELLS DANIEL HIS DREAM...
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I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in mine house, his wars victoriously
concluded, his kingdom at peace, AND FLOURISHING IN MY PALACE,
enjoying wonderful prosperity....
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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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At rest when his wars were over, which were great, and he victorious.
Then I sat down quiet, enjoying the spoils of my enemies. IN MY
PALACE; which was most magnificent, there I lived in all delights...
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Daniel 4:4 I H576 Nebuchadnezzar H5020 was H1934 (H8754) rest H7954
(H8752) house H1005 flourishing H7487 palace...
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CONCERNS ABOUT HIS DREAM.
‘I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in my house and flourishing in my
palace. I saw a dream which made me afraid. And the imaginings on my
bed, and the visions of my head, trouble...
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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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_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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_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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1 Thessalonians 5:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Ezekiel 28:17; Ezekiel 28:2;...
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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...
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Was at rest — When my wars were over, I sat down quiet, enjoying the
spoils of my enemies....