Behold, a tree, &c.— Princes and great men are frequently represented in Scripture under the metaphor of fair and flourishing trees. See Ezekiel 31:3.Jeremiah 22:15.Psalms 37:35. The whole of this allegorical dream is explained in the subsequent part of the chapter.
Verse Daniel 4:10. _I SAW - A TREE_] This vision Nebuchadnezzar says _made him_ _afraid_. What a mercy it is that God has hidden futurity from us! Were he to show every man the lot that is before him,...
THUS WERE THE VISIONS OF MY HEAD IN MY BED - These are the things which I saw upon my bed. When he says that they were the “visions of his head,” he states a doctrine which was then doubtless regarded...
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...
I SAW. I was gazing. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6....
Nebuchadnezzar describes his dream, which, as the wise men of Babylon were unable to interpret it, he laid before Daniel....
Nebuchadnezzar's dream was of a mighty tree, the head of which towered to heaven, while its branches sheltered, and afforded nutriment for, the beasts and fowl of the earth: as he watched it, he heard...
b. RULER'S REVERIE RELATED, PART I TEXT: Daniel 4:7-12 7 Then came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make know...
Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great. I SAW ... A TREE - so the Assyrian is compared to a "cedar in Leb...
4:10 tree (b-16) Or 'a terebinth.'...
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...
A TREE. — For this symbol of majesty, comp. Ezekiel 31:3, &c. The dream of Cambyses (Herod. i. 108) was of a similar nature....
_[Daniel 4:7]_ וְ חֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשִׁ֖י עַֽל ־מִשְׁכְּבִ֑י...
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...
“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....
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...
Thus [were] the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a (f) tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof [was] great. (f) By the tree is signified the dignity of a king whom God...
_A watcher. A vigilant angel, perhaps the guardian of Israel. (Challoner) --- Chaldee: hir; (Haydock) whence Iris the messenger of the gods, is derived. (St. Jerome) --- Theodot. retains eir. See St....
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...
Here Nebuchadnezzar relates his dream, of which the interpretation will follow in its place. Yet because this narrative is cold and useless unless we should say something of the subject itself, it is...
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...
THUS WERE THE VISIONS OF MINE HEAD IN MY BED,.... So things appeared to my fancy thus; they ran in my head or brain in a dream in my bed, as if I saw them with my eyes, as follows; for so I thought,...
Thus [were] the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof [was] great. Ver. 10. _Thus were the visions of my head in my bed._] He read...
_I saw_, &c. The substance of what the king relates is, that he saw in a dream “a tree, strong and flourishing; [_ in the midst of the earth_, or of his empire;] its summit pierced the clouds, and its...
Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed, literally, "And regarding the visions of my head upon my bed," I SAW, AND BEHOLD A TREE IN THE MIDST OF THE EARTH, therefore evidently possessing great im...
THE KING TELLS DANIEL HIS DREAM...
I SAW: Cald. I was seeing...
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...
THE VISIONS OF MINE HEAD; because the fancy and imagination is in the head; and he calls them VISIONS or SEEINGS, because eyes and sight are attributed to the understanding, and the thing seemed visib...
Daniel 4:10 visions H2376 head H7217 on H5922 bed H4903 looking H1934 (H8754) H2370 (H8751) behold...
TREE Symbol of a great king. (Daniel 4:22); (Ezekiel 31:1)....
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. _...
_I saw and behold a tree in the midst of the earth._ THE FALL OF THE GREAT TREE I. UNDUE EXALTATION OF SPIRIT MAY BRING DEGRADATION OF THE FLESH. Rich men often look over a vast domain which they cal...
_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...
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 4:10 In this dream, Nebuchadnezzar saw an enormous TREE whose TOP touched the heavens. While Nebuchadnezzar was looking on, however, A WATCHER, A HOLY ONE,...
_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...
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...
Daniel 4:20; Ezekiel 31:3; Isaiah 10:33; Isaiah 10:34; Jeremiah 12:2
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...