Nebuchadnezzar's dream revealed to Daniel: DANIEL. The interpretation thereof. Before dream, there is but one decree for you; for ye have } and said, The secret which the king hath demanded, CHRIST prepared 'lying and corrupt words to speak before me till the time be changed; therefore tell me the dream, 2.Sam. 19, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpreEsth. 4, 11. tation thereof. Before cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, CHRIST the soothsayers, shew unto the king; 44, 25, 28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth Jonah 2, & secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchad- b Gen. 41, nezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thydream, Pal. 115,3 and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; 16. 29 (As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into e Eccl. 5, 2 thy mind upon thy bed what should come to pass hereafter; and he that revealeth secrets maketh dknown to thee what shall come to pass : d Rom. 15. 4. 30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me e 1 Cor. 15, for any wisdom that. I have more than any living, 8. || but for their sakes that shall make known the inter- Or, but pretation to the king, and that thou mightest know eret might the thoughts of thy heart ;) that the se be made known, 31 Thou, O king, sawest, and, behold, a great 2 Cor. 4, 18 'image. This great image, whose brightness was fchap 7,8 excellent, stood before thee, and the form thereof was g Mat. 10, & terrible. 18. 15 He answered and said to Arioch the king's cap-clay. tain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then d2 Sam.15, Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. 36. 16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king • Mat. 7, 7. that he would give him time, and that he would Rom. 4,18. shew the king the interpretation. g Mat. 6,6. 17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the Acts 12.5. thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, Rom. 15,30. his companions; ¡ Ezek. 36, 37. Gen. 18, 25. 2 Pet. 2, 9. 1 Gen. 22, 14. in Ps. 113, 18 That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 19 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night-vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. 20 Daniel answered and said, " Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever; "for wisdom and James 1,5 might are his: n Col. 1, 9. 21 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he • removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth P wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: 24. ver. 44, 45 in Zech. 4,8. 34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out IPs.118,22 without hands, which smote the image upon his feet, that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. 35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, n Ps.2,8. and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found . Ps. 37, 38, for them: and the stone that smote the image became.. a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. p Isc 2,2 36 This is the dream; and we will tell the inter- q Ps. 72, & pretation thereof before the king. 39 And after thee shall arise * another kingdom, x ch. 5, 30. 22 He revealeth the deep and secret things: heiron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and sub- a. 21. 10. the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Ba-part of clay; so the kingdom shall be partly & strong, 12, 26. f chap. 7, 7. g Rev. 15,4 h 2 Thes. 2, 8. 43 And whereas thou sawest irou mixed with miry 1 ch. 1,6,7 clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. k Luke 18, 12. 1 Ps. 2, 9,10 m 1 Cor. 15. 44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up * a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other 24. people, but it shall 1 break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. n Isa. 28,169 verse $4. Zech. 12, 3 45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was 01 Sam. 2 cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it Luke 17 20 cir. 580. a Ps. 61, 9. & 146, 3. b ch. 2, 58. 4. CHAPTER III. a NEBUCHADNEZZAR the king made 1 ban height was threescore cu bits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego accused. not regarded thee; they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. Belore CHRIST 580. 13 Then Nebuchadnezzar, in his rage and fury, commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed- & Acts 17,7 nego. Then they brought these men before the king. P.11,12, 14 Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said unto them, Mat. 10, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye serve * my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up? e 18 d Pr. 18, 18. e ch. 2, 47. 15 Now, if ye be ready, that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made, well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same TEL&2 hourinto the midst of a burning fiery furnace: and 'who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands? is. g1 Pet. 3, 29. 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answer- Mat. 10, ed and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we Acts 20. 24. are not careful to answer thee in this matter. i Gen. 30, 9. 17 If it be so, our God, whom we serve, is able Ex. 20, 5. to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace ; and 21. 'he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king. k k Rom. 4, 11 Sam. 17, 2 Tim. 4, 18. 18 But if not, be it "known unto thee, O king, ⚫ that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. 19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and n Ps. 119, 2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gathers the form of his visage was changed against ShaRev. 13,3 together the princes, the governors, and the captains, d 1 Kings 26, 23. drach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, m Acts 21, 13. 46. o Acts 4,19, p. Fx. 5, 5. the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sher-and commanded that they should heat the furnace iffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. Acis 7,54. King the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar 20 And he commanded the most mighty men that q Pr. 21, 21 Prov. 29,12 the king had set up. 3 Then the princes, the governors, and captains, Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery uchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood 41 Thes. 5, manded, O people, nations, and languages, 21. Rev. 13, 16. 12 Pet 2, 18 r Acts 12,4, were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace, sEzra 4, 23. 22 Therefore, because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire 'slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. t Pr. 21, 18. 5 That at what time ye hear the sound of the cor- 23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and chap. 6, 24. m Mat. 49. image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up; 7 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, Po John 5, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the people, the Kev. 13, 3. nations, and the languages, fell down and worship-loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have y Ps. 91, 5. 9 Mark 3,2 ped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king 19. 26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth Job 1.6 of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Heb. 1, 14 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants & Deut. 34, of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came 1 Pet. 1, forth of the midst of the fire. 27 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no 11 And whoso falleth not down and worship- { power, nor was a hair of their head singed, neither ning fiery furnace. John 19, peth, that he should be cast into the midst of a bur b Isa. 52.12 c Isa. 26,11 d Mark 15, Heb. 11, 34 Neluchadnezzar relateth his dream. Before DANIEL. that trusted in him, and have changed the king's CHRIST word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not servenor worship any god, except their own God. 29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss CHRIST 570. k Ps. 9, 16. Daniel interpreteth it. intent that the living may know that the Most Before High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men. 18 This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Prov. 21, 1. against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpreta1 Acts 21,13. nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall betion thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my m Job 13,4 g Jer. 17. 7. h Ezra 6, 11. Ex. 20,5. made a dunghill; because there is no other god that 1 Mat. 4, 10. can deliver after this sort. m Ps. 3, 8. & 76, 18. n ch. 6, 12. cir. 570. a Acts 9,31. b ch. 6, 25. c Josh. 7, 19. d Num. 23, 4,5. ום 30 Then the king" promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon. CHAPTER IV. Daniel heareth Nebuchadnezzar's dream, and interpreteth it. NEBUCHADNEZZAR the king, 19 Then Daniel, (whose name was Belteshaz- 01 Cor. 3, zar,) was astonished for one hour, and his thoughts p Eccl. 8, troubled him. The king spake and said, Belteshaz- 17. * unto all peo-zar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, Rom. 11, 33. ple, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. 2I thought it good to shew ل the signs ns and won ders that the high God hath wrought toward me. 3 How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation. 41 Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace: 5 I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head k troubled me. 6 Therefore made I'a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make 21. Cor. 12 known unto me the interpretation of the dream. 7 Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof. 8 But at the last Daniel came in before me, (whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the P name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods,) and before him I told the dream, saying, 90 Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because Phil. 4,13. I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof. 10 Thus were the visions of my head in my bed: Ezek. 31, 3. I saw, and, behold, a tree in the midst of the earth, Jer. 122 and the height thereof was great. q Jer. 4,19 trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My 1. 20 The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and ver 19, 11. was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth; t Ezek. 29, 21 Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof 18, 19. much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation: 22 It is " thou, O king, that art grown and become 2 Sam. 12,7. strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto Job 20, 5. heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth. 23 And whereas the king saw a watcher and a 24 This is the interpretation, O king, and this as chap. 2, 38. P.9,4 Rom. 1, 18. Amos 3,6 is come upon y Ps. 39,9 Titus 1, 2 19. a Ps. 83, 18. 25 That they shall drive thee from men, and thy 2 Job 34, dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and P. 107, 40. they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the Hab. 3,2 Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. 3. c Mat. 21, 26 And whereas they commanded to leave the d2 Cor. 5, stump of the tree-roots; thy kingdom shall be sure. unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule. 27 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. 281 Allthiscame upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. 29 At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. King 21, 29. Isa. 58, 7, 8,9. 45, 18 Isa. 26,10 Prov h Mat. 4, 8. Ps. 78, 8. k verse 27 1 Gen. 10, 30 The kingspake and said, Is not this great 10. Babylon that I have built for the house of the king- m 2 Chr. 20, 15 Nevertheless, leave the stump of his roots mdom, " by the might of my power, and for the "hon- 11, 12 the earth, even with a band of iron and brass in the (Jer. 22, 18. beasts in the grass of the earth. g 1 Sam. 25, 37. 16 Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven bch. 11, 18. times pass over him. 17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones; to the it Kings 22, 29. 1, 11. 8. cır. 563. Job 20, 5. 33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Num. 25, Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and dideat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws. t verse 16. Fah. 1, 3. 9 11. verse 26. Ps. 25, 1. Ps. 32, 8, a Rev. 4, 10. Daniel reproveth him. not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy counte- Befor CHRIST cir. 559. t Eccl. 10, 11 There is 'a a man in thy kingdom, in whom is 34 And "at the end of the days I NebuchadnezzarI say, thy father, made master of the magicians, 22 Chr. 12, forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, 37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and 92.15 honour the King of heaven, all whose works are Rev. 15, 3. truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk Ex. 18,11. bin pride cir. 538. a Esth. 1, S. Eccl. 10, 16. he is able to abase. CHAPTER V. 16 And I have heard of thee that thou canst make Eph. 4, 18 1 Belshazzar's impious feast....5 A hand-writing on the wall. m. 22 scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and Acts 8, 18, b Pr. 10, 1. 2 Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, com-shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom. 19 And, for the majesty that he gave him, all peo- Ich. 4. 25. ple, nations, and languages. trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive, and whom he would he set 4 They drank wine and praised the gods of gold, MaL. 24, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. 5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man'sup, and whom he would he put down. Ex. 8. 24. hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon 1 Pet. 2, 13. n 1 Sam &, 11. 20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his Rev. 18, 7. kingly throne, and they took his glory from him : 21 And he was driven from the sons of men; Luke 1,52 and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass chap. 4, 23. heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled 7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrolo-like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of In Prov. 17, gers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the Kab. 2, 10. king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, {in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over 22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not Jude ver. 7. king and his lords, came into the banquet-house; and 24 Then was the part of the hand sent from DANIEL. Daniel's preferment: He is cast into the lions' den. 25 And this is the writing that was written, 13 Then answered they, and said before the king, hetors CHRIST MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. Before b Acts 15, 18. (Isa. 13, 19. d Ps. 62, 9. • Jer. 6, 30 f verse 31. chap. 6, 28. g Job 18,17. h Pr. 25, 27. i Ps. 87, 9. verses 1, 2. k 2 Chr. 36, 20. a Ex. 18,21. Esther 1, 1. b 1 Sam. 2, 30. verse 3. d Pr. 3, 35. & 24, 35. That Daniel, which is of the children of the 'cap 26 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE;tivity of Judah, & regardeth not thee, O king, nor the God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. 28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and 29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. 301 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. 31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old. 2 And over these, three presidents, of whom Daniel c Luke 15,2. unto them, and the king should have no damage. • Gen. 41, Neh. 7, 2. 38. cir. 537. 4 Then 'the presidents and princes sought to Eccl. 4, 4. find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingJer.20,10. dom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; bt Pet. 2, forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any 12. i error or fault found in him. 5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. 6 Then these presidents and princes assembled m Pr. 1, 11. together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. n John 19, 7. o verse 2. 14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on h Pr. 31, 8. Daniel to deliver him; and he laboured 'till the going i Amos 1,11. down of the sun to deliver him. 15 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of k John 19,1. the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed. 18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed q Rom. 3,7. the night fasting: neither were instruments of music Rom. 2, brought before him; and his 'sleep went from him. 19 Then the king arose very early in the morn- 21,27. ing, and went in haste unto the den of lions. 20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel; and the king spake 1 Thes. 1,3. and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions ? 21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. t Gen. 4, 14. u Mat. 28,7. x ch. 3, 17. y ch. 3, 15. a Heb. 11, 22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut 2 Ps. 91, 13 the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: foras- SS. much as before him innocency was found in me; b Rev. 14,3 and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. c Acts 24, 23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, he believed in his God. 16. d Ex. 18, 9. 7° All the presidents of the kingdom, the govern-and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because e Jonah 2, PP. 36, 4. ors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the cap91 Tim. 1, tains, have consulted together to establish a royal 10. f Heb. 11, 19. 24 And the king commanded, and they brought 38. those men which had accused Daniel, and they & Deut. 18, cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, h Est. 7, 10. and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den. 25 Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. i Est. 9, 10 k ch. 3, 29. & 4, 1. 11 Tim. 2,2 m Ps. 99, 1. 25. 10 Now when Daniel " knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and, his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, heever, and his kingdom that which shall not be dekneeled upon his knees three times a-day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, bas he did 27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh P ch. 2, 44 aforetime. 26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble " and fear before the God of Phil. 2, 10. Daniel; for he is the living God, and steadfast for Acts 17, stroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end. 17. 'signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who 92 Cor. 1, o James 1, 10. 11 Then these men assembled, and found Dan-hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions. rActs 4,16. Acts 4:18. iel praying and making supplication before his God. 28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Da12 Then they came near, and spake before therius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. c Acts 7, 57. d ch. 3, 8. king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a peti-1 2 Sam. 21, The king answered and said, "The thing is true, N the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, & Amos 3,7. Daniel had a * dream, and visions of his head Rom. 14, upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told Acts the sum of the matters. 1.2. 22. |