doubled … twice This is a literal rendering. The repetition of the dream shewed emphatically that the thing was "established," i.e. made fixed and sure, by the decree of God. Cf. Psalms 93:2, "Thy throne is established"; Hosea 6:3, "sure as the morning."

will shortly bring it to pass Lit. "hasteneth to do it." Hence there is urgent need to take measures in good time to meet the crisis which is bound to come.

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