Daniel 4:10 (NKJV): What the Church Fathers Said

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Daniel 4:10

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Verse 10. "'I saw, and behold there was a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was very great...'" It was not only of Nebuchadnezzar, King of the Chaldeans, but also of all impious men that the prophet says: "I beheld the impious man highly exalted and lifted up like the cedars of Lebanon" (Psalm 37:35). Such men are lifted up, not by the greatness of their virtues, but by their own pride; and for that reason they are cut down and fall into ruin. …

St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER FOUR ↗

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