Daniel 4:14
“He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
He cried aloud,.... Or, with strengths; (l) being a mighty angel, and that he might be heard far and near:
and said…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
He cried aloud - Margin, as in the Chaldee, “with might.” That is, he cried with a strong voice. Hew down the tree -…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Hew down the tree - As the tree was to be cut down, the beasts are commanded to flee away from under his branches. His…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Daniel 4:4-18
Nebuchadnezzar, before he relates the judgments of God that had been wrought upon him for his pride, gives an account of…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
The strength and magnificence of the great tree are all to be stripped from it.
aloud lit. with might, as Dan 3:4.
Hew…
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