Nebuchadnezzar's Second Dream
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: Dan. 4:14
Hew down the... Again we repeat great men are often compared to trees (Psm. 1:3; 37:35; Eze. 17:5-6; 31:3; Jer. 22:15; cp. Mat. 7:17-19).
get away from... His courtiers, officers, etc. all abandoned him as soon as his insanity appeared. He was driven from them to eat with beasts for seven years (Dan. 4:25).
This speaks of God looking down on Nebuchadnezzar, and judging him. It is God who elevates a man up to be king. It is also, God who judges him, and brings him down.
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