5. The thing —that is, The dream, "is gone from me." GESENIUS translates, "The decree is gone forth from me," irrevocable (compare Isaiah 45:23 ); namely, that you shall be executed, if you do not tell both the dream and the interpretation. English Version is simpler, which supposes the king himself to have forgotten the dream. Pretenders to supernatural knowledge often bring on themselves their own punishment. cut in pieces — ( Isaiah 45:23- : ). houses . . . dunghill —rather, "a morass heap." The Babylonian houses were built of sun-dried bricks; when demolished, the rain dissolves the whole into a mass of mire, in the wet land, near the river [STUART]. As to the consistency of this cruel threat with Nebuchadnezzar's character, see Daniel 4:17 , "basest of men"; Jeremiah 39:5 ; Jeremiah 39:6 ; Jeremiah 52:9-11 . return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-6" class="com-number"
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