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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 4 – Nebuchadnezzar’s Decree
thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods

is in thee.

In the events here narrated, several striking

points may be noticed.

1. Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in his house. He

had accomplished successfully all his

enterprises. He had subdued Syria, Phoenicia,

Judea, Egypt, and Arabia. It was probably

these great conquests that puffed him up, and

betrayed him into such vanity and self-

confidence. And this very time, when he felt

most at rest and secure, when it was most

unlikely that he would allow a thought to

disturb his self-complacent tranquility, — this

very time God takes to trouble him with fears

and forebodings.

2. The means by which God did this. What

could strike with fear the heart of such a