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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:36

Verse 36 Here Nebuchadnezzar explains at length what he had previously touched upon but shortly; for he had recovered his soundness of mind, and thus commends God’s mercy in being content with a moderate and temporary chastisement; and then he stretched forth his hand, and out of a beast formed a man again! He was not changed into a brute, as we have said, but he was treated with such ignominy, and made like wild beasts, and pastured with them. This deformity, then, was so dreadful, that his... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:37

Verse 37 At the close of the edict, Nebuchadnezzar joins the ingenuous confession of his faults with the praises of God! What he says of the proud, he doubtless applies properly to himself; as if he had said, God wished to constitute me a remarkable monument of his method of humbling the proud for the instruction of all mankind. For I was inflated with pride, and God corrected this by so remarkable a punishment, that my example ought to profit the world at large. Hence I said, King... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 4:1

(Aramaic ch. 3:31).— Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. The Septuagint has a different reading here, "The beginning of the letter of Nebuchadnezzar the king to all peoples and tongues dwelling in the whole earth: Peace to you be multiplied." In this reading, the first clause is the heading of all that follows, and the document itself begins with, "Peace to you be multiplied." The absence of the opening... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 4:1-3

The testimony of experience. It is interesting to observe that the account of Nebuchadnezzar's great humiliation comes from the lips of the king himself, without a word of comment by his servant Daniel. While the conduct of the prophet teaches us to regard the chastisement of other people with a similar courtesy of reserve, that of the king should remind us of the duty and utility of frankly confessing the lessons of our own experience. I. THE DESIRE TO GLORIFY GOD AT THE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 4:1-3

The comeliness of confession. "To me it seemed comely to declare the signs and the wonders that God Most High for me hath wrought" ( Daniel 4:2 amended translation). The history of the king's insanity is told, not by the Prophet Daniel, but in a state paper, under the hand of the king, and quoted by the prophet. The edict is true to human nature and to the king's character. The following motives may have influenced him: 1 . Gratitude. 2 . Conscience. It was right to admit sin and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 4:1-3

Royal witness for God. Even kings learn the humiliating lesson at last that they are but men. As a counterpoise to their advantages, there is, on their side, this great disadvantage, viz. that their minds are singularly impervious to appeals from God. A drawback this which more than counterweighs all their privilege. I. GOD 'S BEST GIFTS ARE OFTEN CONVEYED TO MEN THROUGH PAINFUL CHANNELS , God "causeth his sun to shine on the evil and the good. He sendeth rain... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 4:1-37

EXPOSITION 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 third chapter with the three verses which are placed in our version at the beginning of the fourth chapter. The arrangement of the Aramaic is followed by the Septuagint, by Theodotion, and by Jerome. The Peshitta and Paulus Tellensis follow the more logical division. Luther divides the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 4:2-3

I thought it good to show the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward 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. The Greek versions for these two verses are in absolute agreement, hence one is not surprised to find that in the Syriac of Paulus Tellensis, these verses, with that preceding, are marked with an asterisk, which proclaims them not to have been regarded by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 4:4-5

I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace: I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. In the Aramaic text there is what may be regarded either as a play on words of the nature of rhyme, or the traces of a doublet. The Septuagint begins the chapter with this verse, as does the Massoretic text, but further appends a date, "In the eighteenth year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar said, I was at peace in my... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 4:4-9

True and false prophets. It is amazing how some men are addicted to folly. It seems ingrained into the very nature of some men. Nebuchadnezzar had proved aforetime the vain pretensions of his magicians and soothsayers, and had proved, too, the incomparable superiority of Daniel; nevertheless, he neglects Daniel again on this occasion, and sends for the pretentious astrologers. Such men must be pounded in a mortar before the folly can be expurgated. I. THE PROPHET HAS ALWAYS A ... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:36

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:37

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 4:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 4:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 4:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 4:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 4:1-37

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 4:2-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 4:4-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 4:4-9

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