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I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace.
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The Danger of Prosperity
Commentators like John Calvin and Matthew Henry see Nebuchadnezzar's peace and prosperity not as a simple blessing, but as the direct cause of his downfall. His statement of being "at rest" and "flourishing" reveals a dangerous spiritual complacency and pride that God was about to judge, serving as a timeless warning that worldly security can lead to forgetting our dependence on God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest—Some manuscripts in the Greek add here, “In the eighteenth year of his reign Nebuchadnezzar said.” These words,…
19th Century
Anglican
Flourishing. A word generally used to mean the growth of trees. Here, no doubt, it is suggested by the dream which follows, and fo…
16th Century
Protestant
Nebuchadnezzar here explains how he acknowledged the Supreme God. He does not relate the proofs which he had previously received; but since his pri…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in my house Being returned from his wars, and having obtained victory over the Egyptian…
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…
