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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 7 – The Four Beasts
A sublimer description of a sublimer scene is

not to be found in the English language. But

not only on account of the grand and lofty

imagery introduced should it arrest our

attention; the nature of the scene itself is such

as to demand most serious consideration. The

Judgment is brought to view; and whenever

the Judgment is mentioned, it ought to take an

irresistible hold upon every mind; for all have

an interest in its eternal issues.

By an unfortunate translation in verse 9, a

wrong idea is almost sure to be conveyed. The

words cast down are from a word which in the

original signifies just the opposite, namely, to

set up. The word הָמ ְר [r’mah] Gesenius defines

as follows: “Chald. 1. To cast, to throw, Daniel

3:20, 21, 24; 6:17. 2. To set, to place, e. g.,

thrones, Daniel 7:9. Comp. Revelation 4:2,