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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Daniel 4:27 - 4:27
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break off - as a galling yoke (Gen 27:40); sin is a heavy load (Mat 11:28). The Septuagint and Vulgate translate not so well, “redeem,” which is made an argument for Rome’s doctrine of the expiation of sins by meritorious works. Even translate it so, it can only mean; Repent and show the reality of thy repentance by works of justice and charity (compare Luk 11:41); so God will remit thy punishment. The trouble will be longer before it comes, or shorter when it does come. Compare the cases of Hezekiah, Isa 38:1-5; Nineveh, Jon 3:5-10; Jer 18:7, Jer 18:8. The change is not in God, but in the sinner who repents. As the king who had provoked God’s judgments by sin, so he might avert it by a return to righteousness (compare Psa 41:1, Psa 41:2; Act 8:22). Probably, like most Oriental despots, Nebuchadnezzar had oppressed the poor by forcing them to labor in his great public works without adequate remuneration.
if ... lengthening of ... tranquillity - if haply thy present prosperity shall be prolonged.