mercies = great mercy. Figure of speech Heterosis (of Number), App-6.
of = from before.
the God of heaven. See note on 2Ch_36:23.
secret. Chaldee. raz, which the Septuagint renders musterion. Occurs in O.T. only here, in verses: Dan_2:18, Dan_2:19, Dan_2:27, Dan_18:28, Dan_18:29, Dan_18:30, Dan_18:47, Dan_18:47, and Dan_4:9. Not the same word as in Dan_2:22.