Daniel 4:12

12 A sua folhagem era formosa, e o seu fruto abundante, e havia nela sustento para todos; debaixo dela os animais do campo achavam sombra, e as aves do céu faziam morada nos seus ramos, e dela se mantinha toda a carne.

Daniel 4:12 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 4:12

The leaves thereof were fair
Or "branches" ^F9, as some; and design either the provinces belonging to his empire, which were very large and flourishing; or the governors of them under him, as Saadiah, who made no small and contemptible figure; his princes were altogether kings: and the fruit thereof much;
great revenues from all parts of the empire were brought to him: and in it was meat for all;
the produce of the several countries, and the trade carried on in them, brought in a sufficient livelihood to all the inhabitants: the beasts of the field had shadow under it;
the inhabitants of the several Heathenish nations under him, and even those that were most savage, were protected in their lives and properties by him; so princes should be a screen, a protection to their subjects: and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof;
which Saadiah interprets of the Israelites, in opposition to the foreign nations, comparable to the beasts of the field: and all flesh was fed of it;
all his subjects shared in the good things his victorious arms brought into his empire; all enriched, or however made comfortable, and had a sufficiency of food and raiment; so that there was no reason to complain of him as oppressive to his subjects.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 (hype) "ramus ejus", Pagninus, Montanus, Munster, Vatablus; "ramos ejus", Junius & Tremellius; "rami ejus", Piscator.

Daniel 4:12 In-Context

10 Eram assim as visões da minha cabeça, estando eu na minha cama: eu olhava, e eis uma árvore no meio da terra, e grande era a sua altura;

11 crescia a árvore, e se fazia forte, de maneira que a sua altura chegava até o céu, e era vista até os confins da terra.

12 A sua folhagem era formosa, e o seu fruto abundante, e havia nela sustento para todos; debaixo dela os animais do campo achavam sombra, e as aves do céu faziam morada nos seus ramos, e dela se mantinha toda a carne.

13 Eu via isso nas visões da minha cabeça, estando eu na minha cama, e eis que um vigia, um santo, descia do céu.

14 Ele clamou em alta voz e disse assim: Derrubai a árvore, e cortai-lhe os ramos, sacudi as suas folhas e espalhai o seu fruto; afugentem-se os animais de debaixo dela, e as aves dos seus ramos.