Introduction
A.M. 3449. B.C. 555.
The historical part of the book of Daniel was finished with the last chapter; the remaining part of it acquaints us with the visions which at different times were communicated to the prophet himself. The interval of time, from the first to the last of these visions, is about one or two and twenty years; that is, from the first year of Belshazzar, mentioned at the beginning of this chapter, to the third year of Cyrus, at the beginning of chap. 10. The first vision, or dream, is contained in this chapter, and is the only one that is written in the Chaldee language; and perhaps the similarity of it to the dream of Nebuchadnezzar, which the prophet had related and expounded in chap 2., might have been one reason why this same language was here adopted, and the benefit designed by it for the impious king, in whose reign it was delivered, another. What was there prefigured by a large statue, composed of various metals, is here pointed at by a very different sort of emblems, each suited to the disposition or character of the persons to whom the communications were made. The chapter contains,
(1,) Daniel’s vision of the four ravenous beasts successively rising out of a tempestuous sea, Daniel 7:1-8 .
(2,) His vision of God’s throne or government and judgment, Daniel 7:9-14 .
(3,) The interpretation of these visions given by an angel that stood by, Daniel 7:18-28 .
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