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Verse 16. _LET HIS HEART BE CHANGED_] Let him conceive himself to be a
_beast_, and act as such, herding among the beasts of the field.
_LET SEVEN TIMES PASS OVER HIM._] Let him continue in this sta...
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LET HIS HEART BE CHANGED FROM MAN’S, AND LET A BEAST’S HEART BE
GIVEN UNTO HIM - Here the same thing occurs in a more marked form,
showing that some man was represented by the vision, and indicating
s...
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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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LET HIS HEART, &C. The figure here changes from. tree to that of.
beast, mentioned in Daniel 4:15.
MAN'S. Chaldee. _'anasha'._ App-14.
SEVEN TIMES. The inscriptions state that there were several yea...
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_his heart_ i.e. his intelligence: let him receive the understanding
of a beast (imagine himself an animal). The heart, in Hebrew
psychology, is the seat not (as commonly with us) of tender feeling (a...
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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...
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Nebuchadnezzar describes his dream, which, as the wise men of Babylon
were unable to interpret it, he laid before Daniel....
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LET HIS HEART BE CHANGED FROM MAN'S— It can only be hence collected,
that the king's mind was so changed, that he now appeared to himself
no longer as a man, but as an animal; and therefore, of his ow...
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c. RULER'S REVERIE RELATED, PART II
TEXT: Daniel 4:13-18
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I saw in the visions of my head upon by bed, and, behold, a watcher
and a holy one came down from heaven.
14
He cried aloud, and said t...
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Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given
unto him; and let seven times pass over him.
LET HIS HEART BE CHANGED FROM MAN'S - "heart," understanding (, "Make
the heart o...
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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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Here the metaphor of Daniel 4:15 is entirely discontinued, and a man
is mentioned.
SEVEN TIMES. — On the use of the number “seven” see Note on
Daniel 3:19. The period intended by “time” is very uncert...
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_[Daniel 4:13]_ לִבְבֵהּ֙ מִן־_אֲנָשָׁ֣א_†
יְשַׁנֹּ֔ון וּ...
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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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“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....
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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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Hour. Chaldee: shaha, (Haydock) implies "a little while;" (Grotius)
yet of some duration, not precisely like one of the modern hours. The
prophet was silent, being troubled by the divine spirit, (Chap...
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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...
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The reason for this punishment follows, when it is added, _seven times
shall pass over him; _and then, _do not cut off its lowest root, but
let the rain of heaven water it; _and next; _his portion sha...
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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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LET HIS HEART BE CHANGED FROM MAN'S,.... Not as to the substance, but
as to the quality:
AND LET A BEAST'S HEART BE GIVEN UNTO HIM; from a human heart, let it
be changed into a brutal one; let him be...
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_Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given
unto him; and let seven times pass over him._
Ver. 16. _Let his heart be changed,_] _i.e., _ _Obbrutescat, nihil
humanum sapiat;...
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_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...
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let his heart be changed from man's, so that this center of
intellectual life would lose its human aspect, AND LET A BEAST'S HEART
BE GIVEN UNTO HIM, so that he would fully descend to the level of a
b...
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THE KING TELLS DANIEL HIS DREAM...
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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...
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Let him live seven years as a beast in man's shape, among beasts of
the field, let him become brutish, without human sense and
understanding: and this appeared much also in his outward shape; nails
li...
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Daniel 4:16 heart H3825 changed H8133 (H8741) from H4481 man H606
given H3052 (H8725) heart H3825 beast...
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‘I saw in the visions of my head on my bed, and behold a watcher and
a holy one came down from heaven. He cried aloud and said thus, “Hew
down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake of his leaves a...
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SEVEN
The number of completeness....
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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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_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...
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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 4:10 In this dream, Nebuchadnezzar saw an
enormous TREE whose TOP touched the heavens. While Nebuchadnezzar was
looking on, however, A WATCHER, A HOLY ONE,...
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_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...
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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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Daniel 11:13; Daniel 12:7; Daniel 4:23; Daniel 4:25; Daniel 4:31;...
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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...