Daniel 4:22
It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
It is thou, O king, that art grown, and become strong,.... Here begins the interpretation of the dream: the tree was an emblem of King Nebuchadnezzar, of his greatness, and growing power and strength:
for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven; he overtopped all the kings of the earth, exceeding them in honour and power, and aspired to deity itself; See Gill on "Daniel 4:11"
and thy dominion to the end of the earth; as far as Hercules's pillars, as Strabo {q} says he came. Grotius interprets it, as far as the Caspian and Euxine sea, and the Atlantic ocean.
{q} Geograph. l. 15. p. 472.
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