Daniel 5:20 Meaning and Explanation
“But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:”
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Read Full Chapter →When Nebuchadnezzar grew proud, God brought him down from his throne and stripped his glory.
What Does Daniel 5:20 Mean?
Daniel turns to the warning: when Nebuchadnezzar's heart grew proud and his spirit hardened with arrogance, he was brought down from his throne and his glory was taken away. The lifting up of the heart leads directly to the casting down of the man.
Pride is not a small fault but the very thing that topples kings. The lifted heart forgets that its height was a gift, and God resists that forgetting. Scripture everywhere teaches that the Lord humbles the proud and exalts the lowly. Daniel sets this account before Belshazzar as a mirror, for the sin that ruined the father now lives unrepented in the son, and the same God still reigns to bring the haughty low.
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What does Daniel 5:20 mean?
When Nebuchadnezzar grew proud, God brought him down from his throne and stripped his glory.