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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 2-The Great Image
called, and the king; the former seeking

some avenue of escape, seeing they were

caught on their own ground, and the latter

determined that they should make known his

dream, which was no more than their

profession would warrant him in demanding.

Some have severely censured

Nebuchadnezzar in this matter, as acting the

part of a heartless, unreasonable tyrant. But

what did these magicians profess to be able to

do? — To reveal hidden things; to foretell

future events; to make known mysteries

entirely beyond human foresight and

penetration; and to do this by the aid of

supernatural agencies. If, then, their claim was

worth anything, could they not make known

to the king what he had dreamed? — They

certainly could. And if they were able,

knowing the dream, to give a reliable