Daniel 4:19

Daniel Interpreta o Sonho

19 Então Daniel, também chamado Beltessazar, ficou estarrecido por algum tempo, e os seus pensamentos o deixaram aterrorizado. Então o rei disse: “Beltessazar, não deixe que o sonho ou a sua interpretação o assuste”.Beltessazar respondeu: “Meu senhor, quem dera o sonho só se aplicasse aos teus inimigos e o seu significado somente aos teus adversários!

Daniel 4:19 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 4:19

Then Daniel (whose name was Belteshazzar) was astonied for
one hour
Not at the difficulty of interpreting the dream, which was plain and easy to him; but at the sad and shocking things he saw plainly by the dream were coming upon the king: and though he was a wicked prince, and justly deserved such treatment; and thus he continued for the space of an hour like one thunder struck, filled with amazement, quite stupid, dumb, and silent: and his thoughts troubled him;
both about what should befall the king, and how he should make it known to him: the king spake and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the
interpretation thereof, trouble thee:
he saw by his countenance the confusion he was in, and imagined there was something in the dream which portended evil, and made him backward to relate it; and therefore encouraged him to tell it, be it what it would: Belteshazzar answered and said, my lord, the dream be to them that hate
thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies;
which is as if he had said, I could have wished, had it been the will of God, that what is signified by the dream might have befallen not the king, but his enemies; this he said, not merely as a courtier, but as one that heartily wished and prayed for his peace and prosperity; and to show that he had no ill will to the king in the interpretation of the dream, but was his hearty faithful servant and minister; and yet suggests that something very dreadful and distressing was intended for him; and hereby he prepared him the better to receive it.

Daniel 4:19 In-Context

17 “A decisão é anunciada por sentinelas, os anjos declaram o veredicto, para que todos os que vivem saibam que o Altíssimo domina sobre os reinos dos homens e os dá a quem quer, e põe no poder o mais simples dos homens”.

18 Esse é o sonho que eu, o rei Nabucodonosor, tive. Agora, Beltessazar, diga-me o significado do sonho, pois nenhum dos sábios do meu reino consegue interpretá-lo para mim, exceto você, pois o espírito dos santos deuses está em você.

19 Então Daniel, também chamado Beltessazar, ficou estarrecido por algum tempo, e os seus pensamentos o deixaram aterrorizado. Então o rei disse: “Beltessazar, não deixe que o sonho ou a sua interpretação o assuste”.Beltessazar respondeu: “Meu senhor, quem dera o sonho só se aplicasse aos teus inimigos e o seu significado somente aos teus adversários!

20 A árvore que viste, que cresceu e ficou enorme, cuja copa encostava no céu, visível em toda a terra,

21 com belas folhas e muitos frutos, na qual havia alimento para todos, abrigo para os animais do campo, e morada para as aves do céu nos seus galhos—