Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,
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Gill's Exposition
Then an herald cried aloud,.... That his voice might be heard all over the plain; or if it should be thought that one was not sufficient to be heard throughout, which probably was the case, and where;…
Barnes' Notes
Then an herald cried aloud - Margin, as in Chaldee, “with might.” He made a loud proclamation. A “herald” here means a public crier. To you it is commanded - Margin, “they commanded.” Literally, “to…
Adam Clarke
Then a herald cried aloud - כרוזא קרא בחיל caroza kara bechayil, "a crier called with might." A bedel cried mightili. - Old MS. Bible.
We have no certainty concerning the date of this story, only that if this image, which Nebuchadnezzar dedicated, had any relation to that which he dreamed of, it is probable that it happened not long…
Cambridge Bible
And the herald cried aloud lit. with might: Son 4:14; Son 5:7; and in Heb. (though the substantive is a different one) Jon 3:8.
peoples, nations, and languages the same pleonastic combination, Dan…
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