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Text -- Daniel 4:1-12 (NET)
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4:1 “King Nebuchadnezzar , to all peoples , nations , and language groups that live in all the land : Peace and prosperity !
4:2 I am delighted to tell you about the signs and wonders that the most high God has done for me.
4:3 “How great are his signs ! How mighty are his wonders ! His kingdom will last forever , and his authority continues from one generation to the next .”
Nebuchadnezzar Dreams of a Tree Chopped Down
4:4 I , Nebuchadnezzar , was relaxing in my home , living luxuriously in my palace .
4:5 I saw a dream that frightened me badly . The things I imagined while lying on my bed – these visions of my mind – were terrifying me.
4:6 So I issued an order for all the wise men of Babylon to be brought before me so that they could make known to me the interpretation of the dream .
4:7 When the magicians , astrologers , wise men , and diviners entered , I recounted the dream for them . But they were unable to make known its interpretation to me.
4:8 Later Daniel entered (whose name is Belteshazzar after the name of my god , and in whom there is a spirit of the holy gods ). I recounted the dream for him as well,
4:9 saying, “Belteshazzar , chief of the magicians , in whom I know there to be a spirit of the holy gods and whom no mystery baffles , consider my dream that I saw and set forth its interpretation !
4:10 Here are the visions of my mind while I was on my bed . While I was watching , there was a tree in the middle of the land . It was enormously tall .
4:11 The tree grew large and strong . Its top reached far into the sky ; it could be seen from the borders of all the land .
4:12 Its foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful ; on it there was food enough for all . Under it the wild animals used to seek shade , and in its branches the birds of the sky used to nest . All creatures used to feed themselves from it .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Daniel |
Dream |
Heathen |
Rulers |
Testimony |
Converts |
Nebuchadnezzar |
Wicked |
DREAM; DREAMER |
Babylon |
Tree |
God |
Miracles |
GODS |
HOLINESS |
Superstition |
Thankfulness |
Government |
Polytheism |
Magician |
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NET Notes: Dan 4:8 This explanation of the meaning of the name Belteshazzar may be more of a paronomasia than a strict etymology.
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NET Notes: Dan 4:9 The present translation assumes the reading חֲזִי (khazi, “consider”) rather than the MT חֶ...
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NET Notes: Dan 4:11 Or “to the end of all the earth” (so KJV, ASV); NCV, CEV “from anywhere on earth.”
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