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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 4 – Nebuchadnezzar’s Decree
best make it known. It seems the king

anticipated something of this kind, and hence

assured the prophet by telling him not to let

the dream or the interpretation trouble him;

as if he had said, Do not hesitate to make it

known, whatever bearing it may have upon

me. Thus assured, Daniel speaks; and where

can we find a parallel to the force and delicacy

of his language: “The dream be to them that

hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to

thine enemies.” A calamity is set forth in this

dream, which we would might come upon

your enemies rather than upon you.

Nebuchadnezzar had given a minute

statement of his dream; and as soon as Daniel

informed him that the dream applied to

himself, it was evident that he had

pronounced his own sentence. The