Daniele 4:25

25 tu sarai cacciato di fra gli uomini e la tua dimora sarà con le bestie dei campi; ti sarà data a mangiare dell’erba come ai buoi; sarai bagnato dalla rugiada del cielo, e passeranno su di te sette tempi, finché tu non riconosca che l’Altissimo domina sul regno degli uomini, e lo dà a chi vuole.

Daniele 4:25 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 4:25

That they shall drive thee from men
From conversation with men, as unfit for it; from his court and palace, from his nobles and princes. Saadiah interprets this of the angels: it may be rendered impersonally or passively, as in ( Daniel 4:33 ) , "thou shalt be driven from men" ^F18; not by his family, his wife and children; or by his nobles, who are afterwards said to seek him; but by the most high God, and to show his power over him; and it may be by means of his ministering angels; or he was driven by his own fancy and imagination, which was suffered of God to prevail over him, judging himself not a man, but a beast; and so it was most agreeable to him to live with beasts, and not men:

and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field;
in the open air, or in some den and cavern, instead of being in his court, and among his nobles; a strange change of condition indeed! and in which he was preserved by divine Providence:

and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen;
imagining himself to be a beast, he should choose this sort of food, and eat it, and feed upon it with a gust, as if he had really been one; and besides, having no other food, would be obliged to eat this, as well as his degenerate and depraved imagination led him to it:

and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven;
strip him of his clothes, and leave him naked; so that he should have nothing to shelter him from the dew and rain, and other inclemencies of the heavens; and this his frenzy might lead him to do of himself:

and seven times shall pass over thee;
which some understand of weeks, others of months, others of the seasons of winter and summer; but it is best to interpret it of seven whole years; (See Gill on Daniel 4:16):

till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and
giveth it to whomsoever he will;
this was done, as for the instruction of men in general, so of Nebuchadnezzar in particular; that his proud heart and haughty spirit might be brought down, and be made to acknowledge that there was a God higher than he, that judgeth in the earth, and that rules and overrules, and disposes of all things in it according to his will and pleasure; see ( Daniel 4:17 )

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 (Nyrrj Kl) "truderis", Michaelis.

Daniele 4:25 In-Context

23 E quanto al santo Vegliante che hai visto scendere dal cielo e che ha detto: Abbattete l’albero e distruggetelo, ma lasciate in terra il ceppo delle radici, in catene di ferro e di rame, fra l’erba de’ campi, e sia bagnato dalla rugiada del cielo, e abbia la sua parte con gli animali della campagna finché sian passati sopra di lui sette tempi

24 eccone l’interpretazione, o re; è un decreto dell’Altissimo, che sarà eseguito sul re mio signore:

25 tu sarai cacciato di fra gli uomini e la tua dimora sarà con le bestie dei campi; ti sarà data a mangiare dell’erba come ai buoi; sarai bagnato dalla rugiada del cielo, e passeranno su di te sette tempi, finché tu non riconosca che l’Altissimo domina sul regno degli uomini, e lo dà a chi vuole.

26 E quanto all’ordine di lasciare il ceppo delle radici dell’albero, ciò significa che il tuo regno ti sarà ristabilito, dopo che avrai riconosciuto che il cielo domina.

27 Perciò, o re, ti sia gradito il mio consiglio! Poni fine ai tuoi peccati con la giustizia, e alle tue iniquità con la compassione verso gli afflitti; e, forse, la tua prosperità potrà esser prolungata".