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Text -- Daniel 3:4 (NET)

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3:4 Then the herald made a loud proclamation: “To you, O peoples, nations, and language groups, the following command is given:
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: Dan 3:4 - -- Proclamation was made therefore in several languages.

Proclamation was made therefore in several languages.

JFB: Dan 3:4 - -- The arguments of the persecutor are in brief, Turn or burn.

The arguments of the persecutor are in brief, Turn or burn.

Clarke: Dan 3:4 - -- Then a herald cried aloud - כרוזא קרא בחיל caroza kara bechayil , "a crier called with might."A bedel cried mightili. - Old MS. Bible.

Then a herald cried aloud - כרוזא קרא בחיל caroza kara bechayil , "a crier called with might."A bedel cried mightili. - Old MS. Bible.

Calvin: Dan 3:4 - -- It is afterwards added — A herald cried out lustily, or among the multitude. This latter explanation does not suit so well — the herald crying ...

It is afterwards added — A herald cried out lustily, or among the multitude. This latter explanation does not suit so well — the herald crying amidst the multitude — -since there were a great concourse of nations, and the kingdom of Babylon comprehended many provinces. The herald, therefore, cried with a loud voice, An edict is gone forth for you, O nations, peoples, and tongues. This would strike them with terror, since the king made no exception to his command for every province to worship his idol; for each person would observe the rest, and when every one sees the whole multitude obedient, no one would dare to refuse; hence all liberty is at an end. It now follows, — When ye hear the sound of the trumpet or horn, harp, pipe, psaltery, sackbut, etc., ye must fall down and adore the image. But whoever did not fall down before it, should be cast the same hour into a burning fiery furnace. This would excite the greater terror, since King Nebuchadnezzar sanctioned this impious worship with a punishment so severe; for he was not content with a usual kind of death, but commanded every one who did not worship the statue to be cast into the fire. Now, this denunciation of punishment sufficiently demonstrates now the king suspected some of rebellion. There would have been no dispute if Jews had not been mixed with Chaldeans and Assyrians, for they always worshipped the same gods, and it was a prevailing custom with them to worship those deities whom their kings approved. Hence it appears that the statue was purposely erected to give the king an opportunity of accurately ascertaining whether the Jews, as yet unaccustomed to Gentile superstitions, were obedient to his command. He wished to cause the sons of Abraham to lay aside sincere piety, and to submit to his corruption’s, by following the example of others, and framing their conduct according to the king’s will and the practice of the people among whom they dwelt. But we shall treat this hereafter.

TSK: Dan 3:4 - -- aloud : Chal, with might, Dan 4:14; Pro 9:13-15; Isa 40:9, Isa 58:1 it is commanded : Chal, they command, Hos 5:11; Mic 6:16 O people : Dan 4:1, Dan 6...

aloud : Chal, with might, Dan 4:14; Pro 9:13-15; Isa 40:9, Isa 58:1

it is commanded : Chal, they command, Hos 5:11; Mic 6:16

O people : Dan 4:1, Dan 6:25; Est 8:9

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Dan 3:4 - -- Then an herald cried aloud - Margin, as in Chaldee, "with might."He made a loud proclamation. A "herald"here means a public crier. To you ...

Then an herald cried aloud - Margin, as in Chaldee, "with might."He made a loud proclamation. A "herald"here means a public crier.

To you it is commanded - Margin, "they commanded."Literally, "to you commanding"(plural); that is, the king has commanded.

O people, nations, and languages - The empire of Babylon was made up of different nations, speaking quite different languages. The representatives of these nations were assembled on this occasion, and the command would extend to all. There was evidently no exception made in favor of the scruples of any, and the order would include the Hebrews as well as others. It should be observed, however, that no others but the Hebrews would have any scruples on the subject. They were all accustomed to worship idols, and the worship of one god did not prevent their doing homage also to another. It accorded with the prevailing views of idolaters that there were many gods; that there were tutelary divinities presiding over particular people; and that it was not im proper to render homage to the god of any people or country. Though, therefore, they might themselves worship other gods in their own countries, they would have no scruples about worshipping also the one that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. In this respect the Jews were an exception. They acknowledged but one God; they believed that all others were false gods, and it was a violation of the fundamental principles of their religion to render homage to any other.

Poole: Dan 3:4 - -- An herald: it is likely there were many heralds at the head of that great concourse, else they could not all hear. People, nations, and languages: ...

An herald: it is likely there were many heralds at the head of that great concourse, else they could not all hear.

People, nations, and languages: proclamation was made therefore in several languages, to some of several nations assembled there, and to the representatives of all.

Gill: Dan 3:4 - -- Then an herald cried aloud,.... That his voice might be heard all over the plain; or if it should be thought that one was not sufficient to be heard t...

Then an herald cried aloud,.... That his voice might be heard all over the plain; or if it should be thought that one was not sufficient to be heard throughout, which probably was the case, and where; so great a number being assembled together, all could not hear one man, the singular may be put for the plural; and many being set in different places in the plain, and speaking different languages, might proclaim when the image was dedicated, as follows:

to you it is commanded; by the king's authority:

O people, nations, and languages; the several kingdoms, states, and provinces, that belonged to the Babylonian monarchy, and spoke different languages, as now represented by their several governors and officers; as the Armenians, Parthians, Medes, Persians, &c.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Dan 3:4 Aram “they are saying.”

Geneva Bible: Dan 3:4 Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, ( d ) nations, and languages, ( d ) These are the two dangerous weapons, which Satan us...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Dan 3:1-30 - --1 Nebuchadnezzar dedicates a golden image in Dura.8 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are accused for not worshipping the image.13 They being threatened...

MHCC: Dan 3:1-7 - --In the height of the image, about thirty yards, probably is included a pedestal, and most likely it was only covered with plates of gold, not a solid ...

Matthew Henry: Dan 3:1-7 - -- We have no certainty concerning the date of this story, only that if this image, which Nebuchadnezzar dedicated, had any relation to that which he d...

Keil-Delitzsch: Dan 3:1-18 - -- The erection and consecration of the golden image, and the accusation brought against Daniel's friends, that they had refused to obey the king's co...

Constable: Dan 2:1--7:28 - --II. The Times of the Gentiles: God's program for the world chs. 2--7 Daniel wrote 2:4b-7:28 in the Aramaic langu...

Constable: Dan 3:1-30 - --B. Nebuchadnezzar's golden image ch. 3 There is a logical connection between the image that Nebuchadnezz...

Constable: Dan 3:1-7 - --1. The worship of Nebuchadnezzar's statue 3:1-7 3:1 The whole image that the king built was gold. The head of the image that Nebuchadnezzar had seen i...

Guzik: Dan 3:1-30 - --Daniel 3 - Saved In the Fiery Furnace A. Nebuchadnezzar erects an image and demands everyone worship it. 1. (1) The image is made and set up. Nebu...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Daniel (Book Introduction) DANIEL, that is, "God is my judge"; probably of the blood royal (compare Dan 1:3, with 1Ch 3:1, where a son of David is named so). Jerusalem may have ...

JFB: Daniel (Outline) THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY BEGINS; DANIEL'S EDUCATION AT BABYLON, &C. (Dan. 1:1-21) NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S DREAM: DANIEL'S INTERPRETATION OF IT, AND ADVANCEM...

TSK: Daniel 3 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Dan 3:1, Nebuchadnezzar dedicates a golden image in Dura; Dan 3:8, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are accused for not worshipping the im...

Poole: Daniel (Book Introduction) BOOK OF DANIEL THE ARGUMENT IN Daniel and his prophecy, observe these things for the better understanding of this book, and the mind of God in it...

Poole: Daniel 3 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 3 Nebuchadnezzar setting up an image commandeth all persons to worship it, Dan 3:1-7 . Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are accused of disob...

MHCC: Daniel (Book Introduction) Daniel was of noble birth, if not one of the royal family of Judah. He was carried captive to Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiachin, B. C. 606, whe...

MHCC: Daniel 3 (Chapter Introduction) (Dan 3:1-7) Nebuchadnezzar's golden image. (Dan 3:8-18) Shadrach and his companions refuse to worship it. (Dan 3:19-27) They are cast into a furnace...

Matthew Henry: Daniel (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of the Prophet Daniel The book of Ezekiel left the affairs of Jerusalem under a doleful aspect...

Matthew Henry: Daniel 3 (Chapter Introduction) In the close of the foregoing chapter we left Daniel's companions, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in honour and power, princes of the provinces, ...

Constable: Daniel (Book Introduction) Introduction Background In 605 B.C. Prince Nebuchadnezzar led the Babylonian army of h...

Constable: Daniel (Outline) Outline I. The character of Daniel ch. 1 A. Historical background 1:1-2 ...

Constable: Daniel Daniel Bibliography Albright, William F. From Stone Age to Christianity. 2nd ed. New York: Doubleday Press, Anc...

Haydock: Daniel (Book Introduction) THE PROPHECY OF DANIEL. INTRODUCTION. DANIEL, whose name signifies "the judgment of God," was of the royal blood of the kings of Juda, and one o...

Gill: Daniel (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO DANIEL This book is called, in the Vulgate Latin version, "the Prophecy of Daniel"; and in the Syriac and Arabic versions "the Prop...

Gill: Daniel 3 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO DANIEL 3 In this chapter an account is given of a golden image made by Nebuchadnezzar; its size; and where placed, Dan 3:1, a summo...

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