He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit: let the animals get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

He cried aloud - Margin, as in the Chaldee, "with might." That is, he cried with a strong voice.

Hew down the tree - This comm…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Aloud — i.e., like a king’s herald. .

Hew down. —The plural is here used, implying that several persons are…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

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

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

He cried aloud
Or, with strengths; F12 being a mighty angel, and that he might be heard far and near:

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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…

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