Brightness — I had again the majesty of a king in my countenance. I was established — In wonted power and place, owned and obeyed, by all. Majesty was added — He was the most august and magnificient prince on earth, much more so than before.
Verse Daniel 4:36. _MY REASON RETURNED_] Every thing was fulfilled that was exhibited by the _dream_ and its _interpretation_. It is very likely that this unfortunate king had so concealed himself th...
AT THE SAME TIME MY REASON RETURNED UNTO ME - Showing that he regarded himself as having been insane. AND FOR THE GLORY OF MY KINGDOM - That is, his restoration to the exercise of his reason contribut...
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...
COUNSELLERS. See note on Daniel 3:24. LORDS. See note on Daniel 5:1, and "princes", Daniel 5:2....
At the end of the appointed time, Nebuchadnezzar's reason returned to him: he owned the sovereignty of the Most High, and was restored to his kingdom; and now, in thankful acknowledgement of His power...
_reason_ The word is the same as that which in Daniel 4:34 is rendered _understanding_. _mine honour my_ MAJESTY (R.V.), as the word is rendered in A.V. in Daniel 4:30. In Heb. the word is regularly u...
DISCOURSE: 1125 NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S DREAM VERIFIED AND IMPROVED Daniel 4:34. And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me: and I bl...
BRIGHTNESS— _Grandeur._...
g. SOVEREIGN'S SURRENDER TEXT: Daniel 4:34-37 34 And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High,...
At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my...
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...
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...
FOR THE GLORY. — He means that the splendour returned, so as to increase the honour and glory of his reign....
_[Daniel 4:33]_ בֵּהּ ־זִמְנָ֞א מַנְדְּעִ֣י ׀ יְת֣וּב עֲלַ֗י...
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...
At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and (t) my lords sought unto me; and I was established in...
What a wonderful train of providences passed upon this man! What language is here for such a man as Nebuchadnezzar to utter! One might be almost led to hope, that grace was given to him, seeing he exp...
Here Nebuchadnezzar explains at length what he had previously touched upon but shortly; for he had recovered his soundness of mind, and thus commends God’s mercy in being content with a moderate and t...
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...
AT THE SAME TIME MY REASON RETURNED UNTO ME,.... Or, "my understanding" q; this he repeats, not only to express the certainty of it, but the sense he had of the greatness of the favour, and of which w...
_At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my...
_And for the glory_ Or _rather, And the glory of my kingdom, and mine honour and brightness_ Or _countenance_, (as the word זיוי, here used, is translated, Daniel 5:6; Daniel 7:28,) _returned to me_ I...
At the same time, namely, when Nebuchadnezzar thus gave all honor and glory to God alone, MY REASON RETURNED UNTO ME; AND FOR THE GLORY OF MY KINGDOM, MINE HONOR AND BRIGHTNESS RETURNED UNTO ME, so th...
THE INTERPRETATION AND THE FULFILLMENT OF THE DREAM...
28-37 Pride and self-conceit are sins that beset great men. They are apt to take that glory to themselves which is due to God only. While the proud word was in the king's mouth, the powerful word cam...
MY REASON RETURNED UNTO ME: what is a magistrate, yea, or a man, without reason? A brute; as a ship without a pilot, as an army without a commander, as a flock or herd without a shepherd. MINE HONOUR...
Daniel 4:36 time H2166 reason H4486 returned H8421 (H8748) me H5922 glory H3367 kingdom H4437 honor H1923 splendor...
‘At the same time my understanding returned to me, and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and brightness returned to me, and my counsellors and my lords sought me, and I was established in my kin...
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...
_At the same time my reason returned unto me._ HUMAN REASON I. PERVERTED. 1. In his practical atheism. This man has no God, no being higher than himself. In all the achievements in which he glories...
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 4:34 At the end of God’s appointed time of judgment, Nebuchadnezzar raised his EYES TO HEAVEN and his REASON was restored. Once brought low by God, he was restored to control of...
_HOMILETICS_ SECT. XVI.—NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S MADNESS (Chap. Daniel 4:28) “Riches are not for ever; and doth the crown endure to all generations?” History presents us with many and great contrasts occurri...
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 Samuel 2:30; 2 Chronicles 33:12; 2 Chronicles 33:13; 2 Corinthians 4:17;...