Daniel 4

Daniel 4:8

Whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my God.

Whose name was, since his coming to Babylon, changed to Belteshazzar, in allusion to the name of Bel, the great god of the Babylonians.

Daniel 4:13

And, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven.

And, behold, a holy angel of God came down from heaven; one, who is charged with the careful inspection of those earthly things.

Daniel 4:17

This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones.

This charge is not given by the sentence of one angel alone, but by the joint consent of all the powers of heaven.

Daniel 4:19

Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonished for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him.

Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was much troubled in his thoughts, for the space of a whole hour; not with the disquisition of the signification of the dream, but with the consideration of those great and fearful things, which were portended and foresignified, by that dream, unto king Nebuchadnezzar.

Daniel 4:25

That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, &c.

It is decreed in heaven, and the execution of it is committed to the angels of God, that thou shalt be driven from the society of men; and, in an extremity of a sottish melancholy, thou shalt both spend thy time amongst the beasts of the field, and repute thyself as one of them, and accordingly demean thyself, both for thy diet and lodging; so as, while thou liest abroad, thou shalt be wet with the dew of heaven; and seven years shall pass over thee, in this forlorn condition, till God have thoroughly humbled thee, and taught thee to know and acknowledge his infinite power.

Daniel 4:27

Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

Wherefore, O king, as it hath pleased thee to inquire my interpretation of this dream of thine, so now vouchsafe to accept and regard the counsel, which I do thereupon give thee: since God hath threatened these things against thee, be thou careful to turn away from those sins, wherewith thou hast provoked him, unto a holy and righteous carriage before him: instead of those sinful courses, which thou hast hitherto taken, resolve now to demean thyself religiously towards God, and mercifully towards his afflicted people; and, if there be any possible means to continue thy peace and welfare, this is it, which I have now prescribed thee.

Daniel 4:33

And his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair was grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.

All that time he endured, abroad, the extremity of the cold in winter, and of the scorching heat in summer; until his hair was overgrown to cover his body, in a savage manner, and his nails were grown over his fingers like claws; so as he was become not more neglected, than monstrous and deformed.