Daniel 4:12

12 Sus hojas eran verdes y nuevas, y tenía abundancia de fruta para que todos comieran. Los animales salvajes vivían bajo su sombra y las aves anidaban en sus ramas. Todo el mundo se alimentaba de ese árbol.

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 »”Mientras estaba acostado en mi cama, soñé esto: vi un enorme árbol en medio de la tierra.

11 El árbol creció muy alto y se hizo fuerte y se elevó hacia los cielos para que todo el mundo lo viera.

12 Sus hojas eran verdes y nuevas, y tenía abundancia de fruta para que todos comieran. Los animales salvajes vivían bajo su sombra y las aves anidaban en sus ramas. Todo el mundo se alimentaba de ese árbol.

13 »”Luego mientras soñaba, vi a un mensajero,
un santo que descendía del cielo.

14 El mensajero gritó:
‘¡Talen el árbol y córtenle las ramas!
¡Sacúdanle las hojas y desparramen su fruta!
Espanten los animales salvajes que están bajo su sombra
y las aves que están en sus ramas.