Daniel 4:33 Meaning and Explanation
“The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →At once the judgment falls: the king lives like a beast in the open until his hair and nails grow long and wild.
What Does Daniel 4:33 Mean?
The sentence falls that very hour. The king is driven out, eats grass like oxen, is drenched with dew, until his hair grows matted like feathers and his nails like claws. The mightiest man alive is reduced to the condition of a wild animal.
It is a terrible picture, yet it is the dream coming true and mercy still at work. The man who reached toward heaven now grazes in a field, learning in his body what his heart would not hear. God sometimes lets us reach the end of our self-sufficiency so that, stripped of every pretense, we are finally ready to look up.
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What does Daniel 4:33 mean?
At once the judgment falls: the king lives like a beast in the open until his hair and nails grow long and wild.