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Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Daniel 4:28-37

HOMILETICSSECT. XVI.—NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S MADNESS (Chap. Daniel 4:28-37)“Riches are not for ever; and doth the crown endure to all generations?” History presents us with many and great contrasts occurring in the experience of individuals, even in the course of a single day. The monarch who in the morning has swayed the sceptre over millions of his fellow-men, in the evening has been a solitary exile or a dishonoured corpse. Herod Agrippa, in the height of his prosperity, receives in the morning the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Daniel 4:1-37

Daniel 4:0 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 illustration of fidelity in the proclamation of God's truth. IV. A loud call to thank God for the continuance of our reason. V. A reminder that the Most High ruleth in the kingdoms of men. W. M. Taylor, Daniel the Beloved, p. 77. References: 4 R. Payne-Smith, Homiletic Magazine, vol. ix., p. 171; J. G.... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Daniel 4:1-37

Chapter 4Now 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 the high God hath wrought towards me. How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation ( Daniel 4:1-3 ).Listen to these words of Nebuchadnezzar. Sounds like a convert. And I personally believe he... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 4:1-37

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 . The visions of my head troubled me. The king believed that his dream was portentous of future events. Daniel 4:7 . The magicians, as in Daniel 2:2. Daniel 4:10 . I saw a tree. See the dream of Cambyses, in the note on Isaiah 4:2. Daniel 4:13 . A watcher and a holy one came down from... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Daniel 4:19-37

Daniel 4:19-37Moments, 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” should be replaced by the word “moment”: Then Daniel was astonished for one moment. But into one moment how many hours may be condensed! Into one feeling a whole lifetime, with manifold and tragical experience, may enter. We have nothing to do with mere time in calculating spiritual... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Daniel 4:27-37

Daniel 4:27-37Wherefore, O King, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee.Daniel’s CounselDaniel gives counsel to the king like a man of God, directing him to break off his sins by righteousness, and his iniquities or oppressions by showing mercy to the poor, if it might be a lengthening of his tranquility, and thus in some degree mitigating the punishment that was coming upon him. We see here brought out some of the excellencies of Daniel. 1. The kindness of his heart. In the yearnings of... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 4:32

Dan 4:32 And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling [shall be] with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. Ver. 32. And they shall drive thee. ] See on Daniel 4:25 , See Trapp on " Dan 4:25 " that new impieties work out old threatened curses, which seldom rot in the air, as we use to say of winter. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Daniel 4:32

they shall drive: Daniel 4:14-Nehemiah :, Daniel 4:25, Daniel 4:26, Daniel 5:21, Job 30:5-Judges : until: Daniel 4:17, Daniel 4:25, Exodus 8:10, Exodus 9:14, Exodus 9:29, Joshua 4:24, Job 12:18-Ecclesiastes :, Proverbs 8:15, Proverbs 8:16, Isaiah 37:20, Isaiah 45:3, Jeremiah 27:5 Reciprocal: Exodus 7:17 - thou shalt Numbers 22:9 - God Numbers 33:53 - General Deuteronomy 2:5 - because 1 Samuel 15:28 - hath given 1 Kings 3:7 - thou hast 2 Kings 9:6 - I have anointed 1 Chronicles 29:11 - all... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:31-32

31, 32. See note Daniel 4:25. This description is intensely dramatic, and many things unmentioned here are brought vividly before the eyes of anyone acquainted with the life of a Babylonian palace. If this, indeed, represents an attack of insanity, how the physicians and “magicians” must have tried every art known to them to deliver this greatest king of earth from his illusions. There was no disease known to the ancients which was regarded as so mysterious and so directly the result of the... read more

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