Daniel 4:24

24 "'This is the interpretation, your majesty; and it is the decree of the Most High that has come upon my lord the king:

Daniel 4:24 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 4:24

This is the interpretation, O king
Of this part of the dream, namely, what follows in the two next verses: and this is the decree of the most High;
called before the decree of the watchers, ( Daniel 4:17 ) , and is no other than the decree of that sovereign and absolute Being, whose purposes are unfrustrable: which is come upon my lord the king;
the decree had passed concerning him, and would be most certainly fulfilled: and, because of the certainty of it, it is represented as if it was; for it would shortly and surely come upon him, exactly as it was determined, and by the dream signified.

Daniel 4:24 In-Context

22 it's you, your majesty! You have grown and become strong - your greatness has grown and reaches to heaven, and your rule extends to the end of the earth.

23 "'Now the king saw a holy watcher coming down from heaven, who said, "'"Cut down the tree, and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze, in the lush grass of the countryside; let him be drenched with dew from the sky and share the lot of the wild animals until seven seasons pass over him."

24 "'This is the interpretation, your majesty; and it is the decree of the Most High that has come upon my lord the king:

25 "'You will be driven from human society to live with the wild animals. You will be made to eat grass like an ox and be drenched with dew from the sky, as seven seasons pass over you; until you learn that the Most High rules in the human kingdom and gives it to whomever he pleases.

26 "'But since it was ordered to leave the stump of the tree with its roots, your kingdom will be kept for you until you have learned that Heaven rules everything.