Daniel 4:25 (WEB)
that you shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You shall be made to eat grass as oxen, and shall be wet with the dew of the sky, and seven times shall pass over you; until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.
Fathers and councils · 3
Ambrose of Milan
“God was praised, the Son of God was seen in God’s angel, holy and spiritual grace spake in the children.” — editor's note: Dan. iv. 25. In the number of the three children was shadowed forth the number of Persons in the Trinity, whilst in the Angel, who was one, was shown the Unity…
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Jerome
“But when he made his fire forty-nine cubits high he did but turn to his own ruin the seven weeks which the Lord had appointed for a time of salvation.” — editor's note: Dan. iv. 16, 25, 32.
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Tertullian
“Shall the sinner, knowing that exomologesis has been instituted by the Lord for his restoration, pass that by which restored the Babylonian king to his realms?” — editor's note: Dan. iv. 25 sqq. See de Pa. xiii.
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Cross-references · 9
Cited together with
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.5.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.5.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.5.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.5.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.5.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.5.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.5.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.5.
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Matthew 5:19 takes up the words of Daniel 4:25 (8 words in common).