Daniel 4:25-26

Daniel Interprets the Second Dream

25 c that you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. You shall be made d to eat grass like an ox, and you shall be wet with the dew of heaven, and b seven periods of time shall pass over you, till e you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will. 26 And as it was commanded f to leave the stump of the roots of the tree, your kingdom shall be confirmed for you from the time that you know that Heaven rules.

  1. Cross References
    Daniel 4:32 - 33
    And you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. And you shall be made to eat grass like an ox, and seven periods of time shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.
    Daniel 5:21
    He was driven from among the children of mankind, and his mind was made like that of a beast, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, until he knew that the Most High God rules the kingdom of mankind and sets over it whom he will.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 106:20
    They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass.
  3. Cross References
    Daniel 4:23
    And because the king saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, 'Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field, and let him be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven periods of time pass over him.
  4. Cross References
    Daniel 4:17
    The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, the decision by the word of the holy ones, to the end that the living may know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of men.
    Daniel 4:32
    And you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. And you shall be made to eat grass like an ox, and seven periods of time shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.
  5. Cross References
    Daniel 4:15
    But leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, amid the tender grass of the field. Let him be wet with the dew of heaven. Let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth.
    Daniel 4:23
    And because the king saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, 'Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field, and let him be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven periods of time pass over him.
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