Posted on 02/17/2021 6:04:18 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6
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| Ch. 2 | DANIEL, DREAM INTERPRETER |
| Ch. 3 | Into the Fiery Furnace, 1 |
| Ch. 3 | Into the Fiery Furnace, 2 |
| Ch. 4 | God Humbles the Proud King |
| Ch. 5 | Handwriting on the Wall |
| Ch. 6 | Into the Lions' Den, 1 |
| Ch. 6 | Into the Lions' Den, 2 |
| Ch. 6 | Into the Lions' Den, 3 |
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DANIEL INTERPRETS NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S DREAM |
New International Version, emphases added Abrdgd: the complete text is in your Bible . |
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CHAPTER 2
1 In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his mind was troubled and he could not sleep. 2 So the king summoned the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers and astrologers to tell him what he had dreamed. When they came in and stood before the king, 3 he said to them, “I have had a dream that troubles me and I want to know what it means.”
4 Then the astrologers answered the king, “May the king live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will interpret it.”
5 The king replied to the astrologers, “This is what I have firmly decided: If you do not tell me what my dream was and interpret it, I will have you cut into pieces and your houses turned into piles of rubble. 6 But if you tell me the dream and explain it, you will receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. So tell me the dream and interpret it for me.”
7 Once more they replied, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will interpret it.”
8 Then the king answered, “I am certain that you are trying to gain time, because you realize that this is what I have firmly decided: 9 If you do not tell me the dream, there is only one penalty for you. You have conspired to tell me misleading and wicked things, hoping the situation will change. So then, tell me the dream, and I will know that you can interpret it for me.”
10 The astrologers answered the king, “There is no one on earth who can do what the king asks! No king, however great and mighty, has ever asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or astrologer. 11 What the king asks is too difficult. No one can reveal it to the king except the gods, and they do not live among humans.”
12 This made the king so angry and furious that he ordered the execution of all the wise men of Babylon. 13 So the decree was issued to put the wise men to death, and men were sent to look for Daniel and his friends to put them to death.
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"King Nebuchadnezzar Demands
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by JAMES TISSOT
"Daniel and the Wise Men".
14 When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, had gone out to put to death the wise men of Babylon, Daniel spoke to him with wisdom and tact. 15 He asked the king’s officer, “Why did the king issue such a harsh decree?” Arioch then explained the matter to Daniel. 16 At this, Daniel went in to the king and asked for time, so that he might interpret the dream for him.
17 Then Daniel returned to his house and explained the matter to his friends Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. 18 He urged them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that he and his friends might not be executed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 19 During the night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven 20 and said:
“Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever;
wisdom and power are his.
21 He changes times and seasons;
he deposes kings and raises up others.
He gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to the discerning.
22 He reveals deep and hidden things;
he knows what lies in darkness,
and light dwells with him.
23 I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors:
You have given me wisdom and power,
you have made known to me what we asked of you,
you have made known to us the dream of the king.”. .
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"Nebuchadnezzar's Dream"
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by MASTER OF MARRADI, 1492
"Nabucodonosor's Dream". .
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"Nebuchadnezzar's Dream". .
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by MATTHÄUS SEUTTER, 1730
"Colossus". .
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by WOLFGANG KILIAN, 1623
"Nebuchadnezzar's Dream". .
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by BishopSteiner
"Nebuchadnezzar's Nightmare". .
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24 Then Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to execute the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, “Do not execute the wise men of Babylon. Take me to the king, and I will interpret his dream for him.”
25 Arioch took Daniel to the king at once and said, “I have found a man among the exiles from Judah who can tell the king what his dream means.”
26 The king asked Daniel (also called Belteshazzar), “Are you able to tell me what I saw in my dream and interpret it?”
27 Daniel replied, “No wise man, enchanter, magician or diviner can explain to the king the mystery he has asked about, 28 but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries. He has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in days to come. Your dream and the visions that passed through your mind as you were lying in bed are these:
29 “As Your Majesty was lying there, your mind turned to things to come, and the revealer of mysteries showed you what is going to happen. 30 As for me, this mystery has been revealed to me, not because I have greater wisdom than anyone else alive, but so that Your Majesty may know the interpretation and that you may understand what went through your mind.
31 “Your Majesty looked, and there before you stood a large statue—an enormous, dazzling statue, awesome in appearance. 32 The head of the statue was made of pure gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, 33 its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of baked clay. 34 While you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed them. 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were all broken to pieces and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer. The wind swept them away without leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain and filled the whole earth.
36 “This was the dream, and now we will interpret it to the king. 37 Your Majesty, you are the king of kings. The God of heaven has given you dominion and power and might and glory; 38 in your hands he has placed all mankind and the beasts of the field and the birds in the sky. Wherever they live, he has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold.
39 “After you, another kingdom will arise, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule over the whole earth. 40 Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron—for iron breaks and smashes everything—and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others. 41 Just as you saw that the feet and toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom; yet it will have some of the strength of iron in it, even as you saw iron mixed with clay. 42 As the toes were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle. 43 And just as you saw the iron mixed with baked clay, so the people will be a mixture and will not remain united, any more than iron mixes with clay.
44 “In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever. 45 This is the meaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands—a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces.
“The great God has shown the king what will take place in the future. The dream is true and its interpretation is trustworthy.”
46 Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell prostrate before Daniel and paid him honor and ordered that an offering and incense be presented to him. 47 The king said to Daniel, “Surely your God is the God of gods and the Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, for you were able to reveal this mystery.”
48 Then the king placed Daniel in a high position and lavished many gifts on him. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and placed him in charge of all its wise men. 49 Moreover, at Daniel’s request the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego administrators over the province of Babylon, while Daniel himself remained at the royal court.
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by MATTIA PRETI
"Dream". .
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by HANS VREDEMAN, 1582
"Daniel before King Nebuchadnezzar". .
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by ADRIAN COLLAERT
"Daniel Interpreting the Dream Related by Nebuchadnezzar". .
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W. A. SPICER, 1917
"Daniel Interpreting Nebuchadnezzar's Dream". .
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"Daniel Interpreting Nebuchadnezzar's Dream"
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by SHIGERU AOKI, 1906
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by WILLIAM BRASSEY HOLE
"Daniel Interprets the Dream of Nebuchadnezzar". .
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"Daniel enterpreteth Nebuchadnezzar's Dream". .
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"Daniel Interpreting Nebuchadnezzar's First Dream". .
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46 Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell prostrate before Daniel and paid him honor and ordered that an offering and incense be presented to him. 47 The king said to Daniel, “Surely your God is the God of gods and the Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, for you were able to reveal this mystery.”
48 Then the king placed Daniel in a high position and lavished many gifts on him. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and placed him in charge of all its wise men. 49 Moreover, at Daniel’s request the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego administrators over the province of Babylon, while Daniel himself remained at the royal court.
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by EVELYN PAUL
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If you'd like to see for yourself the Bing page
which yielded most of the works above, here is the link:Daniel Interprets Nebuchadnezzar's Dream Image Sources are provided for most individual works.
Where no attribution appears below a work,
the source did not provide the artist's name.
Works are numbered to facilitate your commenting.. .
Links to three masters who painted Biblical scenes prolifically: REMBRANDT HARMENSZOON van RIJN GUSTAV DORÉ
241 wood engravings for
La Grande Bible de ToursJAMES TISSOT
180 watercolors depicting Bible scenes. .
Links to two Bibles with comprehensive illustrations: The Art Bible (1896) The Maciejowski-Morgan Bible (c.1245) . .
This series keeps moving from one Bible passage to another,
so here is a fascinating and enjoyable link to assist in following along:
BIBLE TIMELINE. .
Finally, what God did to initiate The Bible In Paintings:
HOW GOD STARTED THIS SERIES
BY SHOWING ME JUST ONE PICTURE. .
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SPECIAL THANKS
to FReeper left that other site
who allowed God to make her His conduit
for incomparable enthusiasm, encouragement,
education, advice and technical assistance!. .
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NOTES ON MY SELECTION CRITERIA The Bible and its Author are my focus, not the art: this is The Bible in Paintings, not "Great Paintings" nor even "Good Paintings." Indeed, occasionally photographs illustrate the text. So, works need not be masterpieces to qualify for inclusion here—they don't need to be housed at the Louvre nor auctioned by Sotheby's. They only need to illustrate successfully some aspect of the Biblical text or, frankly, just tickle my fancy, which I'm always asking the Holy Spirit to guide.
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Q u a l i t yOften, artists misrepresent the Scripture, but unless the error is material, licentious or heretical I usually include the artwork, trusting that the Spirit is perfectly capable of defending Himself. So, with such forgiving filters, it means that you're seeing practically everything I'm finding.
The Protestant Canon does not (for several reasons) follow a strictly chronological sequence. There are many examples where, for God's good purposes, stories are told out-of-order. Nevertheless, for the sake of simplicity, clarity, and my sanity, I have chosen to proceed linearly and methodically from Genesis onward, illustrating each Bible passage as we come to it. Where two passages cover the same incident I omit the second telling, excepting the four Gospels which I will treat synoptically. Now, onward!
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S e q u e n c i n gThe pace here may seem appallingly snail-like to those eager to see their favorite events illustrated. My commission is to search for art on each Bible passage in sequence: if I find enough, then it becomes the next installment, even if undramatic (but where there is little or no art, that Bible passage goes untold here).
P a c i n g Then, there is the human element: this is not actually a daily series, because I can only research, compose, edit and post five or six of these installments weekly. And because I only get to do this series once, I'm taking my time, chiefly by posting everything; if I find lots of art, I don't cherry-pick some and discard the rest. Rather, I line up all of them and then sort them into manageable bunches, often resulting in multiple days' episodes of the same story. Obviously, I like being thorough. Were you in a big hurry?
The Bible is a thick book, as you know; but we'll get there eventually, Lord willing—this is His project, after all. And always remember:
love, joy, peace, patience kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness & self-control is a fruit of the Spirit!. .
Art is merely the Toy Department of Bible study,
so I'm just having fun here—I hope you are, too!
Thank you for your understanding.Hebrews 11:6
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Forgive me, Dan, but #5 reminded me of my Alaska story. EEK!
(slaps myself!)
Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1792-1822
I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away."
What is left to be said, but...
If you really do need slapping, I’m happy to volunteer. What are friends for?
Well, contrary to popular political correctness, I firmly believe that biological males possess more upper body strength than biological females, so I will do my own self-slapping, thank you very much! LOL!
I’m off to church. Wednesday morning, I lead worship at the piano for the Senior Citizens. All the real old hymns. They love it! :-)
(((I’m a Senior too1)))
By the way, I have not forgotten: your special recognition is coming up on Sunday’s thread.
Go with God!
Beautiful stained glass windows! Favorites: #5 by the Master of Marradi, a prolific late 15th c. painter much influenced by Ghirlandaio. Also #20 by Mattia Predi, influential in spreading the reputation of Neapolitan painting all over Italy and abroad. This painting of Daniel interpreting the dream has the drama, realism, expressive chiaroscuro of a Caravaggio work.
Just what I was about to say! LOL. I loved Prettia's confident image, too, which is why I placed it first.
Thanks so much. I could never figure out the brittle feet until today. It is America. I’ve never seen it so divided, so fractured. It will take the rock to smash it apart. And that is why America is barely mentioned in the Bible.
Nice to hear from you! Your analysis has many supporters, along with others who see it differently. For me, the jury is still out.
Thank you for the series.
This passage does seem tailor made for 2021 ...
Why, there are even court magicians standing around waiting for a Daniel to interpret events for them.
Hello again! If those court magicians would only read the Book....
It went well, so God was indeed with us!
Songs:
In The Garden
The Solid Rock
When I see the Blood.
The seniors knew ALL the verses!
Methinks when you’ve been there ten thousand years, bright-shining as the sun, you’ve no less days to play and sing God’s praise with them than when you first begun.
Rush has left us.
He’s in heaven right now, but I miss him so much already.
Should we ‘splain it to Rio Linda?
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