24This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:
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He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. …
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: …
I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19-27)We have here the interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream; and when once it is applied to himself, and it is declared that he is the tree in the dream ( Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur—Change but the name, the fable speaks of thee ), when once it is said, Thou art the man , there needs little more to be said for the explication of the dream. Out of his own mouth he is judged; so shall his doom…
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