Daniel 4:12

Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let him partake with the beasts in the grass of ha'aretz;

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.

In Context

11He cried with strength, and said thus, Chop down the tree, and cut off his branches, strip off his leaves, and scatter his p'ri; let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches.

13Let his lev (heart) be changed from manʼs, and let a beastʼs lev be given unto him; and let seven times (seasons, years) pass over him.

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Cross References

Job 12:24He taketh away the lev (understanding) of the Rashei Am HaAretz, 1 and sendeth them to tohu lo derech (trackless wilderness). 1

Job 14:9Yet through the scent of mayim it will bud, 1 and bring forth branches like a young plant. 1

Lamentations 4:20The Moshiach of Hashem, who was our very life, 1 was taken in their traps, 1 of whom we said: Under his shadow [of protection] 1 we shall live among the Goyim. 1

Ezekiel 31:6All the oph HaShomayim 1 made their nests in his boughs, 1 and under his branches did all the beasts of the sadeh 1 give birth to their young, 1 and under his tzel (shadow) 1 dwelt kol Goyim rabbim. 1

Mark 13:32But concerning HaYom HaHu or the shaah, no one has daas, neither the malachim in Shomayim nor HaBen, but only HaAv.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 4:5-19

Nebuchadnezzar's Second Dream; Nebuchadnezzar Relates His Dream. ( b. c. 570.) 4 I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace: 5 I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. 6 Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream. 7 Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before… Read the whole commentary →

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