Neverthele , leave the stump of his roots in the earth — As of a tree that is not wholly dead, but which may send up suckers and shoots ag…

The stump.— The whole tree was not to be destroyed, but just so much was to remain as could produce a new sapling . As long as the…

Here Nebuchadnezzar relates his dream, the interpretation of which will follow in its place. Yet because this narrative is cold and useless unless …

Nevertheless, leave the stump of his roots in the earth
Let him not be utterly destroyed, or his life taken away; bu…

The beginning and end of this chapter lead us to hope that Nebuchadnezzar was a monument to the power of divine grace and the riches of divine merc…