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Then came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known to me the interpretation of it.
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The Limits of Human Wisdom
Commentators highlight that unlike in chapter 2, Nebuchadnezzar told his wise men the dream. Their inability to interpret it, even with all the details, exposed the complete failure of their occult arts. This event demonstrates that human wisdom and supposed supernatural insight are powerless to understand God's plans.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Then the magicians came in... - All the words found here are in (Daniel 2:2), and are explained in the note for that verse, exce…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers (See Gill on Daniel 2:2), <…
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…
