Daniel 4:32 Parallel. The word "periods of time" ("iddanin) is indefinite; it … The presumption of this language appears in the words, "by the strength of my might, and for the splendour (honour) of my majesty." He says, that God may be Lord in the kingdom of men; because nothing is more difficult than to persuade tyrants to submit to the power of God. Of the “seven times” we have spoken before. The king probably believed that the God of the Jews was above his gods, the sun, fire, &c. (Calmet). His case seems much like that of the maniac in the Gospel, whose dwelling was among the tombs and in the mountains, and who shunned the society of men. that is, when deprived of all delight, nay, of the commonest and plainest food, thou wilt find no other sustenance than that of oxen. According to the interpretation of the dream given by Daniel, which this voice from heaven confirms; ( See Gill on Daniel 4:25 ), where the same things are said as here. 4:32. Ver. As I was lying in bed, the images and visions that passed through my mind terrified me. They shall make thee, etc. Daniel 4:33 - Immediately the word concerning Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled; and he was driven away from mankind and began eating grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair had grown like eagles' feathers and his nails like birds' claws. Daniel 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. Daniel 4:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. This, then, was an ordinary effect when Nebuchadnezzar began to feel God to be the ruler in the kingdom of men, since kings wish to place him somewhere between themselves and the multitude. Daniel 4, the fourth chapter of the Bible's Book of Daniel, tells how King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon learns the lesson of God's sovereignty, "who is able to bring low those who walk in pride". 10. 205f., 2nd ed., and by Friedreich in Zur Bibel, i. p. 308f. Certainly it could not be in this that Nebuchadnezzar thought it unbecoming to speak in his own person of his madness; for if he had had so tender a regard for his own person, he would not have published the whole occurrence in a manifesto addressed to his subjects. Daniel 4:34-35 New International Version (NIV) 34 At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was restored. That this condition was a peculiar appearance of the madness is expressly mentioned in v. 31 (Daniel 4:34), where the recovery is designated as the restoration of his understanding. Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Daniel 4:32: Isaiah 14:12-15 Daniel 2:39 Matthew 26:39-44 Luke 17:5-10 2 Thessalonians : Daniel 4:31 : Daniel 4:33 >> The Berean: Daily Verse and Comment Sign up for the Berean: Daily Verse and Comment, and … - Thou shalt be made to eat grass as oxen. (Note: Regarding the statement, "his hair grew as the feathers of an eagle," etc., Friedr. But this conclusion is opposed by the fact that Nebuchadnezzar from v. 31 speaks of his recovery again in the first person. They shall make you eat grass like oxen; and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He chooses." R. K. Harrison's Introduction to the OT, page 1115-1117). Whether tyrants obtain power, or sovereigns are pious and just, all are governed by God’s secret counsel, since otherwise there could be no king of the world. Zeitschr. It follows: and you will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling place will be with the beasts of the field. i. Read Daniel 4:32. his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation. A voice fell from heaven. It is uncertain whether God struck this king with madness, causing him to escape and he hid for a length of time, or whether he was cast forth by a tumult and conspiracy of nobles, or even the consent of the whole people. There is even some historical documentation supporting Nebuchadnezzar's period of madness. On שׁעתא בהּ, cf. When he surveyed the great and magnificent city from the top of his palace, "pride overcame him," so that he dedicated the building of this great city as the house of his kingdom to the might of his power and the honour of his majesty. 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. And you shall be made to eat grass like an ox, and seven periods of time shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.” The largest of mustard plants, even under ideal conditions, can grow only to a height of about 15 feet. When he surveyed the great and magnificent city from the top of his palace, "pride overcame him," so that he dedicated the building of this great city as the house of his kingdom to the might of his power and the honour of his majesty. And they shall drive thee from men. 29 At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. In these points he was like the beasts, in others like the rest of mankind. Key Verse: At the end of that time I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up toward heaven. Study the bible online using commentary on Daniel and more! Daniel 4:32 New International Version (NIV) 32 You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like the ox. God does not treat; all in this way. Daniel 4:31-33 New International Version (NIV) 31 Even as the words were on his lips, a voice came from heaven, “This is what is decreed for you, King Nebuchadnezzar: Your royal authority has been taken from you. 32 You will be driven away from people and will live … Hence we have here a special example of his clemency, which provides for the punishment inflicted on King Nebuchadnezzar, being both useful and profitable. If Nebuchadnezzar had been cast out by a tumult, he would not have been so quickly recalled: then, since God wished to make an example of him for all generations, I suppose him to have been driven out from common society for a length of time. He afterwards adds the kind of dominion, because God raises up whomsoever he pleases, and casts down others: God is not only supreme in the sense of sustaining’ all things by his universal providence, but because no one without his will obtains empire at all. Daniel 4:23; Daniel 4:25; Daniel 4:32; Daniel 7:25). Daniel 4:32: You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like the ox. They shall cast thee out from human society; thy dwelling shall be with wild beasts; they shall make thee eat grass like an ox! Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes.”. But in Revelation 14:8 this predicate, quoted from the passage before us, is given to Babylon, and in the mouth of Nebuchadnezzar it quite corresponds to the self-praise of his great might by which he had built Babylon as the residence of a great king. Video Illustration: Daniel meets King Neb Daniel – God’s kingdom changer Series Thesis: Daniel was a man sold out to the Lord and as a result it influenced his life situations, rather than letting his life situations influence him. Ver. And they shall drive thee.] Thus King Nebuchadnezzar ought to be beaten with stripes, to render him submissive to God, as he never profited by any holy admonition or any heavenly oracle. From the addition רבּתא it does not follow that this predicate was a standing Epitheton ornans of Babylon, as with חמת , Amos 6:2, and other towns of Asia; for although Pausanias and Strabo call Babylon μεγάλη and μεγίστη πόλις, yet it bears this designation as a surname in no ancient author. The prophecy goes to an end when it is realized, is fulfilled. i. p. 59; also the delineation of these buildings in Duncker's Gesch. These are the same Words Daniel had given him. Daniel 4:31. EPH 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Commentary. The condition is described in a manner true to nature. אמרין for the passive, as Daniel 3:4. Daniel 4:32-34 King James Version (KJV). It follows, — They shall expel thee from among men, and thy habitation shall be with the beasts of the field — or of the country, — they shall make thee eat grass like oxen! The perf. Besides, his remaining for a long time in the open air is to be considered, "for it is an actual experience that the hair, the more it is exposed to the influences of the rough weather and to the sun's rays, the more does it grow in hardness, and thus becomes like unto the feathers of an eagle. He was probably rendered stupid, by God’s leaving him a human form while be deprived him of reason, as the context will make evident to us. Nebuchadnezzar is driven from among men, viz., by his madness, in which he fled from intercourse with men, and lived under the open air of heaven as a beast among the beasts, eating grass like the cattle; and his person was so neglected, that his hair became like the eagles' fathers and his nails like birds' claws. des Alterth. 5 I had a dream that made me afraid. Nor do I explain it of months; the space of time would have been much too short. The man portrayed as a tree cut down would be out of his mind (lebab, lit. Daniel 4:34-35. The fulfilling is related in the words of the prophecy. Hence thou mayest know him to be the ruler. (32) They shall drive thee.—This verse is only slightly abridged from Daniel 4:25 by the omission of the clause “they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven.”. You will be given grass to eat like cattle, and seven periods of time will pass over you until you recognize that the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind and bestows it on whomever He wishes. 11, 1, and con. ix. See on Daniel 4:25, {See Trapp on "Daniel 4:25"} that new impieties work out old threatened curses, which seldom rot in the air, as we use to say of winter. u. Krank. Daniel models lifestyle evangelism and shows how effective it is in impacting people with the truth of the Gospel. Even world leaders! (Job 12:18.) כּנשׁרין and כּצפּרין are abbreviated comparisons; vide under Daniel 4:16. It is a circumstance that has occurred in recent times, as e.g., in the case of a woman in the Wrttemberg asylum for the insane." Even "as to the eating of grass," as G. Rsch, in the Deutsch. heart, including feelings, emotions, and affections) for "seven periods of time" (cf. The madness that fell upon him induced him to forsake society, and to run to the woods and deserts, where he lived like a wild beast, his hairs growing long and thick, so as to be a substitute for clothing; and his nails strong and hooked, that he might the better climb trees and grub up the ground, in order to get roots and earth-nuts. - Thou shalt be made to eat grass as oxen. Berth., Hitz., and others find here that the author falls out of the role of the king into the narrative tone, and thus betrays the fact that some other than the king framed the edict. Hence, as far as they can, they shut God out from the government of the world, while they are puffed up with a false conceit of themselves, as if all things were maintained in their present state by their valor or advice. Historical documents regarding this form of madness have been collected by Trusen in his Sitten, Gebr. Thus it is beyond doubt that the change of person has its reason in the matter itself. It was the mercy of God that thus clothed and accoutred him. Hence the opinion of those who extend it to seven years is more probable. ver. 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. Thou shalt eat the grass like an animal, and seven times shall pass over thee. Ap. 32 and you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. Luke 13:19 describes it as "a large tree," yet the natural mustard plant is not "a large tree" by any stretch of the imagination. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. i. p. 854ff. Read Daniel commentary using John Gill's Exposition of the Bible. Seven years, then, shall pass away, says he, until thou shalt know that there is a lofty ruler in the kingdoms of men. The related expression ממלכה בּית, Amos 7:13. 6 So I commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret the dream for me. x. With the return of the Ich, I, on the recovery from his madness, Nebuchadnezzar begins again to narrate in the first person (v. 31 34). For the reprobate are more and more hardened against God, and are ever stirred up and excited to madness. Daniel 4:17; Daniel 4:32 17 The sentence is by the decree of f the watchers , the decision by the word of g the holy ones , to the end that the living may know that the Most High m rules the kingdom of men n and gives it to whom he will and o sets over it the lowliest of men . Here Daniel closes the interpretation of the dream, and shews how God did not treat King Nebuchadnezzar so severely by not giving way to clemency.He mitigates, indeed, the extreme rigor of the punishment, to induce Nebuchadnezzar to call upon God and repent, through indulging the hope of pardon, as a clearer exhortation will afterwards follow. עדּת denotes the matter as finished. Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes." On the one side they confess themselves to reign by his grace; but at the same time, they suppose their own sway to be obtained by either valor or good fortune, and to be retained by their own guards, counsels, and wealth. And they shall drive thee from men … - See the note at Daniel 4:25. Daniel 4:32 English Standard Version (ESV). 41, and Chron. From men; from the society and conversation of men. Daniel 4:32. We ought not, therefore, to imagine God’s power to be at rest, but we should join it with present action, as the phrase is. With reference to the great buildings of Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon, vide the statements of Berosus in Josephi Ant. Thus Nebuchadnezzar describes himself as the creator of his kingdom and of its glory, while the building up of his capital as a residence bearing witness to his glory and his might pointed at the same time to the duration of his dynasty. This is the end of the punishment, as we have previously said, for I need not repeat my former remarks. Ephesians 4:32(HCSB) Verse Thoughts Forgiveness was a matter that was dear to the heart of our compassionate God – and forgiveness paid a tremendous part in the redemption of mankind. 2 I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me. 29.) 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. COL 3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also [do] ye. 3 How great are his signs! For if the penalty had been for seven months only, we see how coolly God’s judgments would be received in the world. 4:32-33 "Immediately the word concerning Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled" His malady is called lycantrophy or boanthrophy (cf. p. 521, remarks, "there is nothing to perplex or that needs to be explained. Daniel 4:3 How great are his signs! They shall make thee, etc. But the reason of his speaking of his madness in the third person, as if some other one were narrating it, lies simply in this, that in that condition he was not Ich equals Ego (Kliefoth). But we must remember this — God mitigates the bitterness of the penalty by making it temporary. xv. Daniel 4:32, NIV: "You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like the ox. 32. At the moment when Nebuchadnezzar heard in his soul the voice from heaven, the prophecy begins to be fulfilled, the king becomes deranged, and is deprived of his royalty. (Matthew xxiv. נפל as in Isaiah 9:7, of the sudden coming of a divine revelation. Some think Nebuchadnezzar to have been changed into a beast; but this is too harsh and absurd. Some restrict this to days, but this is contrary not only to every reason, but to every pretext. Daniel 4:32 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Daniel 4:32 Parallel Verses. Daniel 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. Daniel 4:33. ספת, from סוּף, to go to an end. בּית stands in this connection neither for town nor for היכל (Daniel 4:29), but has the meaning dwelling-place. Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever. 4 I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at home in my palace, contented and prosperous. and how mighty are his wonders! 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