Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Daniel 4:27
If it may be — Daniel was not certain of pardon for him, nor did he altogether despair of it. With what wisdom and tenderness does he speak: and yet with what plainness?
If it may be — Daniel was not certain of pardon for him, nor did he altogether despair of it. With what wisdom and tenderness does he speak: and yet with what plainness?
Verse 27. _BREAK OFF THY SINS BY RIGHTEOUSNESS_] Do _justice_. Thou hast been an _oppressive_ man; _show mercy to the poor_, many of whom have been made such by thyself: witness the whole nation of th...
WHEREFORE, O KING, LET MY COUNSEL BE ACCEPTABLE UNTO THEE - Daniel was permitted to see not only the fact that this calamity impended over the king, but the cause of it, and as that cause was his prou...
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...
COUNSEL. advice. Not the same word as in Daniel 3:24; Daniel 3:27; Daniel 4:36; Daniel 6:7. BREAK OFF. This is rendered in the Vulgate (the Authoriz
Daniel closes with a piece of practical advice addressed to the king. _break off_ R.V. _marg._-Or, _redeem_"; LXX., Theod., λύτρωσαι. The word (_p-raḳ_,) meaning properly to _tear away_, is common in...
Daniel's interpretation of the dream....
TEXT: Daniel 4:24-27 24 this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which is come upon my lord the king: 25 that thou shalt be driven from men, and thy dwelling shall...
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity....
4:27 righteousness, (a-17) The LXX reads 'alms.' see Note, Matthew 6:1 ....
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...
IF IT MAY BE] RV 'if there may be.' 28-33. In these vv. the narrative, which has hitherto been in the terms of Nebuchadnezzar's proclamation, passes into the third person. The first person is resumed...
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...
BREAK OFF. — The metaphor is taken from a refractory beast casting off the yoke. (Comp. Genesis 27:40, where it is foretold that Esau’s posterity shall “break off” the yoke of Jacob.) In Chaldee the w...
_[Daniel 4:24]_ לָהֵ֣ן מַלְכָּ֗א מִלְכִּי֙ יִשְׁפַּ֣ר _עֲלָ֔ךְ_† _וַ_
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...
NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S HUMILIATION Daniel 4:19-37 Beyond doubt Nebuchadnezzar was one of the most illustrious princes the world has ever seen. The discoveries which Layard commenced among the mounds of the...
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...
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and (o) break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a (p) lengthening of thy tranqui...
_Answered his own vain thoughts. (Haydock) --- He was admiring the city, (Calmet) which he had greatly enlarged and beautified. (Berosus &c.)_...
I have reserved this verse to be read by itself, on purpose to call the Reader's more particular attention to it. Though Daniel knew that he was an enemy to God and his Christ; and though Daniel's zea...
Since interpreters do not agree about the sense of these words, and as the doctrine to be derived from them depends partly upon that, we must remark, in the _first _place, that מלכי _, meleki, _means...
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...
WHEREFORE, O KING, LET MY COUNSEL BE ACCEPTABLE TO THEE,.... Since this is the true interpretation of the dream, and such evils are like to befall thee according to it, permit me, though thou art a ki...
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity....
_Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee_ These words Daniel adds out of love to the king, if perhaps his complying with the advice given might turn away this dreadful stroke from hi...
THE INTERPRETATION AND THE FULFILLMENT OF THE DREAM...
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, for Daniel honestly had the welfare of his sovereign in mind, AND BREAK OFF THY SINS BY RIGHTEOUSNESS, repudiating all the transgressions for...
A LENGTHENING OF THY TRANQUILITY: Or, an healing of thine error...
19-27 Daniel was struck with amazement and terror at so heavy a judgment coming upon so great a prince, and gives advice with tenderness and respect. It is necessary, in repentance, that we not only c...
LET MY COUNSEL BE ACCEPTABLE UNTO THEE: these words Daniel adds out of his good will to the king, if perhaps it might turn away this dreadful stroke from him, and give the king some hopes of mitigatio...
Daniel 4:27 Therefore H3861 king H4430 advice H4431 acceptable H8232 (H8748) you H5922 off H6562 (H8747) sins...
DANIEL'S ADVICE CONSEQUENT ON THE DREAM. “Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by practising righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor...
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. _...
_Wherefore, O King, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee._ DANIEL’S COUNSEL Daniel gives counsel to the king like a man of God, directing him to break off his sins by righteousness, and his iniqui...
MOMENTS, OF ASTONISHMENT “Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him.” There are moments of astonishment in all true ministries. The word “hour”...
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 4:27 THEREFORE, O KING... BREAK OFF YOUR SINS BY PRACTICING RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND... SHOWING MERCY TO THE OPPRESSED. This appeal for repentance implied that the outcome shown to Neb...
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...
1 Kings 21:29; 1 Peter 4:8; 2 Corinthians 5:11; Acts 10:2; Acts 24:25
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...