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THE SAME HOUR WAS THE THING FULFILLED - On the word hour, see the note
at Daniel 4:19. The use of the word here would seem to confirm the
suggestion there made that it means a brief period of time. Th...
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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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_The same hour_ Daniel 3:6.
_the thing_ or, _the_ WORD, i.e. the announcement of Daniel 4:31.
_did eat … was wet_ The tenses express what was habitual (cf. Daniel
4:12).
_till his hairs were grown_,...
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The fulfilment of the dream....
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f. DESPOT'S DERANGEMENT
TEXT: Daniel 4:28-33
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All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.
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At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of
Babylon.
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The king spake and s...
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The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was
driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with
the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' f...
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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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THE THING FULFILLED. — The malady of Nebuchadnezzar has frequently
formed the subject of discussion, and it is now for the most part
agreed that it was a form of mania known as _lycanthropy._ The
pecu...
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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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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...
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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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_Shape. He had not assumed that of an ox, (Haydock) but had greatly
neglected his person, (Calmet) so that he was covered with hair, &c.
(ver. 30.) (Haydock)_...
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Reader! how truly affecting is this history! What an awful testimony
in confirmation, that the judgment of the enemies of God's Christ,
lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. Some curious...
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The Prophet concludes what he had said: As soon as the voice had come
down from heaven, Nebuchadnezzar was cast out from mankind! Some
occasion of expelling him might have preceded this; but since the...
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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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THE SAME HOUR WAS THE THING FULFILLED UPON NEBUCHADNEZZAR,.... Whence
it appears that this was a true history, and a matter of fact; and not
a parable or allegory, as Origen thought, describing the fa...
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The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was
driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with
the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' [f...
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_All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar_ With what admirable
propriety is the person changed here! the six following verses being
delivered in the third person. But in the 34th, Nebuchadnezzar, ha...
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THE INTERPRETATION AND THE FULFILLMENT OF THE DREAM...
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The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar, so that
there could be no doubt as to cause and effect; AND HE WAS DRIVEN FROM
MEN AND DID EAT GRASS AS OXEN, AND HIS BODY WAS WET WITH THE D...
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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...
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HE WAS DRIVEN FROM MEN; being bereft of his understanding, as a man
distracted, he fled, and betook himself to the woods; or was thrust
and driven out, either by popular tumults, or conspiracy of his...
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Daniel 4:33 hour H8160 word H4406 fulfilled H5487 (H8754) concerning
H5922 Nebuchadnezzar H5020 driven H2957 (H8752) f
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‘The same hour was the thing fulfilled on Nebuchadnezzar, and he was
driven from men, and ate grass like oxen, and his body was wet with
the dew of heaven, until his hair was grown like eagles' feathe...
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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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_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...
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_He was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen._
BROKEN PRIDE
This chapter, which is a rescript to all the provinces of his empire,
was written by king Nebuchadnezzar. It is a frank, affecting,...
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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”...
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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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DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 4:28 A year went by, but Nebuchadnezzar was
unchanged. The view from THE ROOF OF THE ROYAL PALACE OF BABYLON
included numerous ornate temples, the hanging gardens, and the outer...
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_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...
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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; Daniel 5:5; Daniel 4:25; Daniel 4:32; Isaiah
30:14
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Was driven from men — Being bereft of his understanding, as a man
distracted he fled, and betook himself to the woods....