He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:
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Gill's Exposition
He cried aloud,.... Or, with strengths; (l) being a mighty angel, and that he might be heard far and near:
and said thus, hew down the tree; remove this mighty monarch from his throne; take away his…
Barnes' Notes
He cried aloud - Margin, as in the Chaldee, “with might.” That is, he cried with a strong voice. Hew down the tree - This command does not appear to have been addressed to any particular ones who were…
Adam Clarke
Hew down the tree - As the tree was to be cut down, the beasts are commanded to flee away from under his branches. His courtiers, officers, etc., all abandoned him as soon as his insanity appeared;…
Nebuchadnezzar, before he relates the judgments of God that had been wrought upon him for his pride, gives an account of the fair warning he had of them before they came, a due regard to which might…
Cambridge Bible
The strength and magnificence of the great tree are all to be stripped from it.
aloud lit. with might, as Dan 3:4.
Hew down&c. who are addressed, is not stated: as in other similar cases (Isa 13:2;…
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