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Da 7:4 Strong Concordance The first [06933] was like a lion [0744], and had eagle's [05403] wings [01611]: I beheld [01934] [02370] till [05705] the wings [01611] thereof were plucked [04804], and it was lifted up [05191] from [04481] the earth [0772], and made stand [06966] upon [05922] the feet [07271] as a man [0606], and a man's [0606] heart [03825] was given [03052] to it.
  King James 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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
lion--the symbol of strength and courage; chief among the kingdoms, as the lion among the beasts. Nebuchadnezzar is called "the lion" (Jer 4:7).

eagle's wings--denoting a widespread and rapidly acquired (Isa 46:11; Jer 4:13; Lam 4:19; Hab 1:6) empire (Jer 48:40).

plucked--Its ability for widespread conquests passed away under Evil-merodach, &c. [GROTIUS]; rather, during Nebuchadnezzar's privation of his throne, while deranged.

it was lifted up from the earth--that is, from its grovelling bestiality.

made stand . . . as a man--So long as Nebuchadnezzar, in haughty pride, relied on his own strength, he forfeited the true dignity of man, and was therefore degraded to be with the beasts. Dan 4:16 : "Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him." But after he learned by this sore discipline that "the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men" (Dan 4:35-36), the change took place in him, "a man's heart is given to him; instead of his former beast's heart, he attains man's true position, namely, to be consciously dependent on God." Compare Psa 9:20.
 
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20 Put [07896] them in fear [04172] [04172], O LORD [03068]: that the nations [01471] may know [03045] themselves to be but men [0582]. Selah [05542].
35 And all [03606] the inhabitants [01753] of the earth [0772] are reputed [02804] as nothing [03809]: and he doeth [05648] according to his will [06634] in the army [02429] of heaven [08065], and among the inhabitants [01753] of the earth [0772]: and none [03809] can [0383] stay [04223] his hand [03028], or say [0560] unto him, What [04101] doest [05648] thou?
36 At the same time [02166] my reason [04486] returned [08421] unto me [05922]; and for the glory [03367] of my kingdom [04437], mine honour [01923] and brightness [02122] returned [08421] unto me [05922]; and my counsellors [01907] and my lords [07261] sought [01156] unto me [05922]; and I was established [08627] in my kingdom [04437], and excellent [03493] majesty [07238] was added [03255] unto me.
16 Let his heart [03825] be changed [08133] from [04481] man's [0606], and let a beast's [02423] heart [03825] be given [03052] unto him; and let seven [07655] times [05732] pass [02499] over [05922] him.
40 For thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Behold, he shall fly [01675] as an eagle [05404], and shall spread [06566] his wings [03671] over Moab [04124].
6 For, lo, I raise up [06965] the Chaldeans [03778], that bitter [04751] and hasty [04116] nation [01471], which shall march [01980] through the breadth [04800] of the land [0776], to possess [03423] the dwellingplaces [04908] that are not theirs.
19 Our persecutors [07291] are swifter [07031] than the eagles [05404] of the heaven [08064]: they pursued [01814] us upon the mountains [02022], they laid wait [0693] for us in the wilderness [04057].
13 Behold, he shall come up [05927] as clouds [06051], and his chariots [04818] shall be as a whirlwind [05492]: his horses [05483] are swifter [07043] than eagles [05404]. Woe [0188] unto us! for we are spoiled [07703].
11 Calling [07121] a ravenous bird [05861] from the east [04217], the man [0376] that executeth my counsel [06098] from a far [04801] country [0776]: yea, I have spoken [01696] it, I will also bring [0935] it to pass; I have purposed [03335] it, I will also do [06213] it.
7 The lion [0738] is come up [05927] from his thicket [05441], and the destroyer [07843] of the Gentiles [01471] is on his way [05265]; he is gone forth [03318] from his place [04725] to make [07760] thy land [0776] desolate [08047]; and thy cities [05892] shall be laid waste [05327], without an inhabitant [03427].
37 Thou [0607], O king [04430], art a king [04430] of kings [04430]: for the God [0426] of heaven [08065] hath given [03052] thee a kingdom [04437], power [02632], and strength [08632], and glory [03367].
38 And wheresoever [03606] the children [01123] of men [0606] dwell [01753], the beasts [02423] of the field [01251] and the fowls [05776] of the heaven [08065] hath he given [03052] into thine hand [03028], and hath made thee ruler [07981] over them all [03606]. Thou [0607] art this head [07217] of gold [01722].
19 Then [0116] I would [06634] know the truth [03321] of [05922] the fourth [07244] beast [02423], which was [01934] diverse [08133] from [04481] all [03606] the others, exceeding [03493] dreadful [01763], whose teeth [08128] were of iron [06523], and his nails [02953] of brass [05174]; which devoured [0399], brake in pieces [01855], and stamped [07512] the residue [07606] with his feet [07271];
16 I came near [07127] unto [05922] one [02298] of [04481] them that stood by [06966], and asked [01156] him [04481] the truth [03330] of all [03606] this [01836]. So he told [0560] me, and made me know [03046] the interpretation [06591] of the things [04406].
17 These [0459] great [07260] beasts [02423], which [0581] are four [0703], are four [0703] kings [04430], which shall arise [06966] out of [04481] the earth [0772].
18 But the saints [06922] of the most High [05946] shall take [06902] the kingdom [04437], and possess [02631] the kingdom [04437] for [05705] ever [05957], even for [05705] ever [05957] and ever [05957].
19 Then [0116] I would [06634] know the truth [03321] of [05922] the fourth [07244] beast [02423], which was [01934] diverse [08133] from [04481] all [03606] the others, exceeding [03493] dreadful [01763], whose teeth [08128] were of iron [06523], and his nails [02953] of brass [05174]; which devoured [0399], brake in pieces [01855], and stamped [07512] the residue [07606] with his feet [07271];
20 And of [05922] the ten [06236] horns [07162] that were in his head [07217], and of the other [0317] which came up [05559], and before [04481] [06925] whom three [08532] fell [05308]; even of that horn [07162] that [01797] had eyes [05870], and a mouth [06433] that spake [04449] very great things [07260], whose look [02376] was more [04481] stout [07229] than [04481] his fellows [02273].
21 I beheld [01934] [02370], and the same [01797] horn [07162] made [05648] war [07129] with [05974] the saints [06922], and prevailed [03202] against them;
22 Until [05705] the Ancient [06268] of days [03118] came [0858] [01768], and judgment [01780] was given [03052] to the saints [06922] of the most High [05946]; and the time [02166] came [04291] that the saints [06922] possessed [02631] the kingdom [04437].
23 Thus [03652] he said [0560], The fourth [07244] beast [02423] shall be [01934] the fourth [07244] kingdom [04437] upon earth [0772], which shall be diverse [08133] from [04481] all [03606] kingdoms [04437], and shall devour [0399] the whole [03606] earth [0772], and shall tread it down [01759], and break it in pieces [01855].
24 And the ten [06236] horns [07162] out of [04481] this kingdom [04437] are ten [06236] kings [04430] that shall arise [06966]: and another [0321] shall rise [06966] after [0311] them; and he shall be diverse [08133] from [04481] the first [06933], and he shall subdue [08214] three [08532] kings [04430].
25 And he shall speak [04449] great words [04406] against [06655] the most High [05943], and shall wear out [01080] the saints [06922] of the most High [05946], and think [05452] to change [08133] times [02166] and laws [01882]: and they shall be given [03052] into his hand [03028] until [05705] a time [05732] and times [05732] and the dividing [06387] of time [05732].
26 But the judgment [01780] shall sit [03488], and they shall take away [05709] his dominion [07985], to consume [08046] and to destroy [07] it unto [05705] the end [05491].
27 And the kingdom [04437] and dominion [07985], and the greatness [07238] of the kingdom [04437] under [08460] the whole [03606] heaven [08065], shall be given [03052] to the people [05972] of the saints [06922] of the most High [05946], whose kingdom [04437] is an everlasting [05957] kingdom [04437], and all [03606] dominions [07985] shall serve [06399] and obey [08086] him.
16 Let his heart [03825] be changed [08133] from [04481] man's [0606], and let a beast's [02423] heart [03825] be given [03052] unto him; and let seven [07655] times [05732] pass [02499] over [05922] him.
6 I gave [05414] my back [01460] to the smiters [05221], and my cheeks [03895] to them that plucked off [04803] the hair: I hid [05641] not my face [06440] from shame [03639] and spitting [07536].
25 And I contended [07378] with them, and cursed [07043] them, and smote [05221] certain [0582] of them, and plucked off their hair [04803], and made them swear [07650] by God [0430], saying, Ye shall not give [05414] your daughters [01323] unto their sons [01121], nor take [05375] their daughters [01323] unto your sons [01121], or for yourselves.
8 Their horses [05483] also are swifter [07043] than the leopards [05246], and are more fierce [02300] than the evening [06153] wolves [02061]: and their horsemen [06571] shall spread [06335] themselves, and their horsemen [06571] shall come [0935] from far [07350]; they shall fly [05774] as the eagle [05404] that hasteth [02363] to eat [0398].
19 Our persecutors [07291] are swifter [07031] than the eagles [05404] of the heaven [08064]: they pursued [01814] us upon the mountains [02022], they laid wait [0693] for us in the wilderness [04057].
22 Behold, he shall come up [05927] and fly [01675] as the eagle [05404], and spread [06566] his wings [03671] over Bozrah [01224]: and at that day [03117] shall the heart [03820] of the mighty men [01368] of Edom [0123] be as the heart [03820] of a woman [0802] in her pangs [06887].
40 For thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Behold, he shall fly [01675] as an eagle [05404], and shall spread [06566] his wings [03671] over Moab [04124].
13 Behold, he shall come up [05927] as clouds [06051], and his chariots [04818] shall be as a whirlwind [05492]: his horses [05483] are swifter [07043] than eagles [05404]. Woe [0188] unto us! for we are spoiled [07703].
11 Calling [07121] a ravenous bird [05861] from the east [04217], the man [0376] that executeth my counsel [06098] from a far [04801] country [0776]: yea, I have spoken [01696] it, I will also bring [0935] it to pass; I have purposed [03335] it, I will also do [06213] it.
1 Woe [01945] to Ariel [0740], to Ariel [0740], the city [07151] where David [01732] dwelt [02583] ! add [05595] ye year [08141] to year [08141]; let them kill [05362] sacrifices [02282].
2 Yet I will distress [06693] Ariel [0740], and there shall be heaviness [08386] and sorrow [0592]: and it shall be unto me as Ariel [0740].
6 For a nation [01471] is come up [05927] upon my land [0776], strong [06099], and without number [04557], whose teeth [08127] are the teeth [08127] of a lion [0738], and he hath the cheek teeth [04973] of a great lion [03833].
19 Behold, he shall come up [05927] like a lion [0738] from the swelling [01347] of Jordan [03383] against the habitation [05116] of the strong [0386]: but I will suddenly [07280] make him run away [07323] from her: and who is a chosen [0977] man, that I may appoint [06485] over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time [03259]? and who is that shepherd [07462] that will stand [05975] before [06440] me?
7 The lion [0738] is come up [05927] from his thicket [05441], and the destroyer [07843] of the Gentiles [01471] is on his way [05265]; he is gone forth [03318] from his place [04725] to make [07760] thy land [0776] desolate [08047]; and thy cities [05892] shall be laid waste [05327], without an inhabitant [03427].
10 The roaring [07581] of the lion [0738], and the voice [06963] of the fierce lion [07826], and the teeth [08127] of the young lions [03715], are broken [05421].
37 David [01732] said [0559] moreover, The LORD [03068] that delivered [05337] me out of the paw [03027] of the lion [0738], and out of the paw [03027] of the bear [01677], he will deliver [05337] me out of the hand [03027] of this Philistine [06430]. And Saul [07586] said [0559] unto David [01732], Go [03212], and the LORD [03068] be with thee.
4 Thine enemies [06887] roar [07580] in the midst [07130] of thy congregations [04150]; they set up [07760] their ensigns [0226] for signs [0226].
6 Break [02040] their teeth [08127], O God [0430], in their mouth [06310]: break out [05422] the great teeth [04459] of the young lions [03715], O LORD [03068].
4 My soul [05315] is among [08432] lions [03833]: and I lie [07901] even among them that are set on fire [03857], even the sons [01121] of men [0120], whose teeth [08127] are spears [02595] and arrows [02671], and their tongue [03956] a sharp [02299] sword [02719].
21 Save [03467] me from the lion's [0738] mouth [06310]: for thou hast heard [06030] me from the horns [07161] of the unicorns [07214].
2 Lest he tear [02963] my soul [05315] like a lion [0738], rending it in pieces [06561], while there is none to deliver [05337].
20 And Benaiah [01141] the son [01121] of Jehoiada [03077], the son [01121] of a valiant [02428] man [0376] [0381], of Kabzeel [06909], who had done many [07227] acts [06467], he slew [05221] two [08147] lionlike men [0739] of Moab [04124]: he went down [03381] also and slew [05221] a lion [0738] in the midst [08432] of a pit [0953] in time [03117] of snow [07950]:
9 Judah [03063] is a lion's [0738] whelp [01482]: from the prey [02964], my son [01121], thou art gone up [05927]: he stooped down [03766], he couched [07257] as a lion [0738], and as an old lion [03833]; who shall rouse him up [06965]?
2 And say [0559], What is thy mother [0517]? A lioness [03833]: she lay down [07257] among lions [0738], she nourished [07235] her whelps [01482] among [08432] young lions [03715].
3 And she brought up [05927] one [0259] of her whelps [01482]: it became a young lion [03715], and it learned [03925] to catch [02963] the prey [02964]; it devoured [0398] men [0120].
9 Judah [03063] is a lion's [0738] whelp [01482]: from the prey [02964], my son [01121], thou art gone up [05927]: he stooped down [03766], he couched [07257] as a lion [0738], and as an old lion [03833]; who shall rouse him up [06965]?
5 And [2532] there was given [1325] unto him [846] a mouth [4750] speaking [2980] great things [3173] and [2532] blasphemies [988]; and [2532] power [1849] was given [1325] unto him [846] to continue [4160] forty [5062] and two [1417] months [3376].
8 I considered [01934] [07920] the horns [07162], and, behold [0431], there came up [05559] among [0997] them another [0317] little [02192] horn [07162], before [06925] [04481] whom there were three [08532] of [04481] the first [06933] horns [07162] plucked up by the roots [06132]: and, behold [0431], in this [01668] horn [07162] were eyes [05870] like the eyes [05870] of man [0606], and a mouth [06433] speaking [04449] great things [07260].
24 And the ten [06236] horns [07162] out of [04481] this kingdom [04437] are ten [06236] kings [04430] that shall arise [06966]: and another [0321] shall rise [06966] after [0311] them; and he shall be diverse [08133] from [04481] the first [06933], and he shall subdue [08214] three [08532] kings [04430].
3 And four [0703] great [07260] beasts [02423] came up [05559] from [04481] the sea [03221], diverse [08133] one [01668] from [04481] another [01668].
5 And behold [0718] another [0317] beast [02423], a second [08578], like [01821] to a bear [01678], and it raised up [06966] itself on one [02298] side [07859], and it had three [08532] ribs [05967] in the mouth [06433] of it between [0997] the teeth [08128] of it: and they said [0560] thus [03652] unto it, Arise [06966], devour [0399] much [07690] flesh [01321].
19 Then [0116] I would [06634] know the truth [03321] of [05922] the fourth [07244] beast [02423], which was [01934] diverse [08133] from [04481] all [03606] the others, exceeding [03493] dreadful [01763], whose teeth [08128] were of iron [06523], and his nails [02953] of brass [05174]; which devoured [0399], brake in pieces [01855], and stamped [07512] the residue [07606] with his feet [07271];
40 And the fourth [07244] kingdom [04437] shall be [01934] strong [08624] as iron [06523]: forasmuch as iron [06523] breaketh in pieces [01855] and subdueth [02827] all [03606] things: and as [06903] iron [06523] that breaketh [07490] all [03606] these [0459], shall it break in pieces [01855] and bruise [07490].
7 After [0870] this [01836] I saw [01934] [02370] in the night [03916] visions [02376], and behold [0718] a fourth [07244] beast [02423], dreadful [01763] and terrible [0574], and strong [08624] exceedingly [03493]; and it had great [07260] iron [06523] teeth [08128]: it devoured [0399] and brake in pieces [01855], and stamped [07512] the residue [07606] with the feet [07271] of it: and it [01932] was diverse [08133] from [04481] all [03606] the beasts [02423] that were before [06925] it; and it had ten [06236] horns [07162].
8 I considered [01934] [07920] the horns [07162], and, behold [0431], there came up [05559] among [0997] them another [0317] little [02192] horn [07162], before [06925] [04481] whom there were three [08532] of [04481] the first [06933] horns [07162] plucked up by the roots [06132]: and, behold [0431], in this [01668] horn [07162] were eyes [05870] like the eyes [05870] of man [0606], and a mouth [06433] speaking [04449] great things [07260].
39 And after [0870] thee shall arise [06966] another [0317] kingdom [04437] inferior [0772] to thee [04481], and another [0317] third [08523] kingdom [04437] of brass [05174], which shall bear rule [07981] over all [03606] the earth [0772].
5 And as I was considering [0995], behold, an he [05795] goat [06842] came [0935] from the west [04628] on the face [06440] of the whole earth [0776], and touched [05060] not the ground [0776]: and the goat [06842] had a notable [02380] horn [07161] between his eyes [05869].
2 And now will I shew [05046] thee the truth [0571]. Behold, there shall stand up [05975] yet three [07969] kings [04428] in Persia [06539]; and the fourth [07243] shall be far [06239] richer [06238] than they all [01419]: and by his strength [02393] through his riches [06239] he shall stir up [05782] all against the realm [04438] of Grecia [03120].
2 And now will I shew [05046] thee the truth [0571]. Behold, there shall stand up [05975] yet three [07969] kings [04428] in Persia [06539]; and the fourth [07243] shall be far [06239] richer [06238] than they all [01419]: and by his strength [02393] through his riches [06239] he shall stir up [05782] all against the realm [04438] of Grecia [03120].
6 After [0870] this [01836] I beheld [01934] [02370], and lo [0718] another [0317], like a leopard [05245], which had upon [05922] the back [01355] of it four [0703] wings [01611] of a fowl [05776]; the beast [02423] had also four [0703] heads [07217]; and dominion [07985] was given [03052] to it.
22 Now that being broken [07665], whereas four [0702] stood up [05975] for it, four [0702] kingdoms [04438] shall stand up [05975] out of the nation [01471], but not in his power [03581].
4 I saw [07200] the ram [0352] pushing [05055] westward [03220], and northward [06828], and southward [05045]; so that no beasts [02416] might stand [05975] before [06440] him, neither was there any that could deliver [05337] out of his hand [03027]; but he did [06213] according to his will [07522], and became great [01431].
6 After [0870] this [01836] I beheld [01934] [02370], and lo [0718] another [0317], like a leopard [05245], which had upon [05922] the back [01355] of it four [0703] wings [01611] of a fowl [05776]; the beast [02423] had also four [0703] heads [07217]; and dominion [07985] was given [03052] to it.
2 And over [05924] these [04481] three [08532] presidents [05632]; of whom [04481] Daniel [01841] was first [02298]: that [0459] the princes [0324] might [01934] give [03052] accounts [02941] unto them, and the king [04430] should have [01934] no [03809] damage [05142].
44 And I will punish [06485] Bel [01078] in Babylon [0894], and I will bring forth [03318] out of his mouth [06310] that which he hath swallowed up [01105]: and the nations [01471] shall not flow together [05102] any more unto him: yea, the wall [02346] of Babylon [0894] shall fall [05307].
17 And I brake [07665] the jaws [04973] of the wicked [05767], and plucked [07993] the spoil [02964] out of his teeth [08127].
6 Blessed [01288] be the LORD [03068], who hath not given [05414] us as a prey [02964] to their teeth [08127].
12 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; As the shepherd [07462] taketh out [05337] of the mouth [06310] of the lion [0738] two [08147] legs [03767], or a piece [0915] of an ear [0241]; so shall the children [01121] of Israel [03478] be taken out [05337] that dwell [03427] in Samaria [08111] in the corner [06285] of a bed [04296], and in Damascus [01833] in a couch [06210].
5 And behold [0718] another [0317] beast [02423], a second [08578], like [01821] to a bear [01678], and it raised up [06966] itself on one [02298] side [07859], and it had three [08532] ribs [05967] in the mouth [06433] of it between [0997] the teeth [08128] of it: and they said [0560] thus [03652] unto it, Arise [06966], devour [0399] much [07690] flesh [01321].
33 The same hour [08160] was the thing [04406] fulfilled [05487] upon [05922] Nebuchadnezzar [05020]: and he was driven [02957] from [04481] men [0606], and did eat [0399] grass [06211] as oxen [08450], and his body [01655] was wet [06647] with the dew [02920] of heaven [08065], till [05705] his hairs [08177] were grown [07236] like eagles [05403]' feathers, and his nails [02953] like birds [06853]' claws.
4 The first [06933] was like a lion [0744], and had eagle's [05403] wings [01611]: I beheld [01934] [02370] till [05705] the wings [01611] thereof were plucked [04804], and it was lifted up [05191] from [04481] the earth [0772], and made stand [06966] upon [05922] the feet [07271] as a man [0606], and a man's [0606] heart [03825] was given [03052] to it.
7 There was also another [0259] great [01419] eagle [05404] with great [01419] wings [03671] and many [07227] feathers [05133]: and, behold, this vine [01612] did bend [03719] her roots [08328] toward him, and shot forth [07971] her branches [01808] toward him, that he might water [08248] it by the furrows [06170] of her plantation [04302].
3 And say [0559], Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; A great [01419] eagle [05404] with great [01419] wings [03671], longwinged [083] [0750], full [04392] of feathers [05133], which had divers colours [07553], came [0935] unto Lebanon [03844], and took [03947] the highest branch [06788] of the cedar [0730]:
40 For thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Behold, he shall fly [01675] as an eagle [05404], and shall spread [06566] his wings [03671] over Moab [04124].
29 Their roaring [07581] shall be like a lion [03833], they shall roar [07580] [07580] like young lions [03715]: yea, they shall roar [05098], and lay hold [0270] of the prey [02964], and shall carry it away safe [06403], and none shall deliver [05337] it.
7 The lion [0738] is come up [05927] from his thicket [05441], and the destroyer [07843] of the Gentiles [01471] is on his way [05265]; he is gone forth [03318] from his place [04725] to make [07760] thy land [0776] desolate [08047]; and thy cities [05892] shall be laid waste [05327], without an inhabitant [03427].
17 These [0459] great [07260] beasts [02423], which [0581] are four [0703], are four [0703] kings [04430], which shall arise [06966] out of [04481] the earth [0772].