Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:
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Gill's Exposition
Nevertheless, leave the stump of his roots in the earth,.... Let him not be utterly destroyed, or his life taken away; but let him continue in being; though in a forlorn condition, yet with hope of…
Barnes' Notes
Nevertheless, leave the stump of his roots in the earth - As of a tree that is not wholly dead, but which may send up suckers and shoots again. See the note at Isa 11:1. In Theodotion this is, τὴν…
Adam Clarke
Leave the stump - Let him not be destroyed, nor his kingdom alienated.
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 destruction of the tree, however, is not to be total: a stump is to be left, which may ultimately grow again.
even in a band of iron and brass Unless it might be supposed that it was customary,…