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Daniel 4:22

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22 1it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong. 2Your greatness has grown and reaches to heaven, 3and your dominion to the ends of the earth.
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Daniel 4:22 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 4:22

It is thou, O king, that art grown, and become strong
Here begins the interpretation of the dream: the tree was an emblem of King Nebuchadnezzar, of his greatness, and growing power and strength: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven;
he overtopped all the kings of the earth, exceeding them in honour and power, and aspired to deity itself; (See Gill on Daniel 4:11) and thy dominion to the end of the earth;
as far as Hercules's pillars, as Strabo F17 says he came. Grotius interprets it, as far as the Caspian and Euxine sea, and the Atlantic ocean.

FOOTNOTES:

F17 Geograph. l. 15. p. 472.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Daniel 4:22 In-Context

20 The tree you saw, which grew and became strong, so that its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth,
21 whose leaves were beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in which was food for all, under which beasts of the field found shade, and in whose branches the birds of the heavens lived--
22 it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong. Your greatness has grown and reaches to heaven, and your dominion to the ends of the earth.
23 And because the king saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, 'Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field, and let him be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven periods of time pass over him,'
24 this is the interpretation, O king: It is a decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king,

Cross References 3

  • 1. [Ezekiel 31:3]
  • 2. See Jeremiah 27:6-8
  • 3. See Jeremiah 27:6-8
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