Daniel 4:32

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And they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make you to eat grass like oxen, and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.

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Aquinas Study Bible

AD 2017

according to His will: This too Nebuchadnezzar expresses like a worldly man. For God does not simply do what He wishes, but rather God wishes only that which is good. Nebuchadnezzar, however, expressed himself in this way, in order that even while he declared God's power, he might appear to impugn God's justice, on the ground that he had suffered unmerited punishment. (St. Jerome) Notice when He takes vengeance, consider Him likewise when He shows mercy. (Tertullian)

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

With, or "by the powers (angels. ver. 10.).as by men. "(Grotius) The stars are also frequently thus described, Matthew xxiv. 29. The king probably believed that the God of the Jews was above his gods, the sun, fire (Calmet)

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Jerome

AD 420

In misery it comes as a great consolation to know, when one is in a painful situation, that a more favorable future will ensue. Yet Nebuchadnezzar's fury and madness were so pronounced that in time of affliction he would not have remembered the blessings which God had promised him.

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