![]() ![]() Daniel had interpreted Nebuchadnezzar's dream, and now he is himself honoured with similar divine discoveries ( ): He had visions of his head upon his bed, when he was asleep so God sometimes revealed himself and his mind to the children of men, when deep sleep fell upon them ( ) for when we are most retired from the world, and taken off from the things of sense, we are most fit for communion with God. We have, in these verses, Daniel's vision of the four monarchies that were oppressive to the Jews. Bel was the god of the Chaldeans he had prospered, but is now to be consumed. But this is Bel-eshe-zar-Bel is on fire by the enemy. Belshazzar's name here is, in the original, spelt differently from what it used to be before it was Bel-she-azar-Bel is he that treasures up riches. The date of this chapter places it before, which was in the last year of Belshazzar, and, which was in the first of Darius for Daniel had those visions in the first year of Belshazzar, when the captivity of the Jews in Babylon was drawing near a period. 8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. 7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it and it had ten horns. 6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl the beast had also four heads and dominion was given to it. 5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. 4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it. ![]() ![]() 3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. 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. 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. Dan 7:4 | MHC | STEP | The Vision of the Four Beasts. ![]()
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