Daniel 7:2

Daniel explained, “In my vision at night I saw that the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea.

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Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.

In Context

1In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylonia, Daniel had a dream and visions in his mind while lying on his bed. Then he wrote down what he had seen in the dream. He wrote down the most important events:

3Four large animals, each one different from the other, came up out of the sea.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 51:42The sea has come up over Babylon! She is covered with its roaring waves. 1

Revelation 17:15The angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 7:2-9

The Vision of the Four Beasts. ( b. c. 555.) 1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters. 2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. 3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. 4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was… Read the whole commentary →

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