22And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD.
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-29)Here is, I. The information given to the king, by the queen-mother, concerning Daniel, how fit he was to be consulted in this difficult case. It is supposed that this queen was the widow of Evil-Merodach, and was that famous Nitocris whom Herodotus mentions as a woman of extraordinary prudence. She was not present at the feast, as the king’s wives and concubines were (Dan. 5:2); it was not agreeab…
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