28All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.
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God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 28-33)We have here Nebuchadnezzar’s dream accomplished, and Daniel’s application of it to him justified and confirmed. How he took it we are not told, whether he was pleased with Daniel or displeased; but here we have, I. God’s patience with him: All this came upon him , but not till twelve months after (Dan. 4:29), so long there was a lengthening of his tranquility , though it does not appear that he b…
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