Daniel 5:21

21 Fue expulsado de la sociedad humana. Se le dio la mente de un animal salvaje y vivió entre los burros salvajes. Comió pasto como el ganado y lo mojó el rocío del cielo, hasta que reconoció que el Dios Altísimo gobierna los reinos del mundo y designa a quien él quiere para que los gobierne.

Daniel 5:21 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 5:21

And he was driven from the sons of men
From their company, and from conversation with them; his madness was of that kind, that he chose rather to be with beasts than men; it drove him from men, and made him more desirous of being with beasts; or it was so intolerable, that his family, friends, and courtiers, were obliged to remove him from them, from his palace and court, and from all conversation with men, which he was incapable of through his frenzy and madness: and his heart was made like the beasts;
to have the same affections and desires as they have; to crave the same things they did, and like what they liked, and live as they lived: or, "he put his heart with the beasts" ^F24; either Nebuchadnezzar himself chose to be with them, and delighted in a beastly life; or God did it; he put such a heart into him, or so disposed it, that it became brutish; though to read the words impersonally, as before, seems best: and his dwelling was with the wild asses;
in a wilderness or field; or rather in some enclosed place, in one of his parks, where such creatures were kept for hunting; among these he dwelt, as being like them, having lost the use of his reason, and so was become stupid and sottish as they: and they fed him with grass like oxen;
as they are fed, and which he chose above any other food: and his body was wet with the dew of heaven;
being without clothes, and lying naked in some open place all night: till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and
that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will:
till he came to his senses, and was brought to see and own the sovereign dominion of the one, true, and living God, over all the kingdoms of the earth, and that they are at his dispose; ( Daniel 4:32 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 (ywv atwyx Me hbblw) "cor ejus cum bestiis posuit", Vatablus, Calvin; "animum suum cum bestis posuit", Cocceius.

Daniel 5:21 In-Context

19 Lo hizo tan poderoso que gente de toda raza, nación y lengua temblaba de temor ante él. El rey mataba a quienes quería matar y perdonaba a quienes quería perdonar; honraba a quienes quería honrar y humillaba a quienes quería humillar.

20 Sin embargo, cuando su corazón y su mente se llenaron de arrogancia, le fue quitado el trono real y se le despojó de su gloria.

21 Fue expulsado de la sociedad humana. Se le dio la mente de un animal salvaje y vivió entre los burros salvajes. Comió pasto como el ganado y lo mojó el rocío del cielo, hasta que reconoció que el Dios Altísimo gobierna los reinos del mundo y designa a quien él quiere para que los gobierne.

22 »Oh Belsasar, usted es el sucesor
del rey y sabía todo esto, pero aun así no se ha humillado.

23 Todo lo contrario, usted desafió con soberbia al Señor del cielo y mandó traer ante usted estas copas que pertenecían al templo. Usted, sus nobles, sus esposas y sus concubinas estuvieron bebiendo vino en estas copas mientras rendían culto a dioses de plata, oro, bronce, hierro, madera y piedra, dioses que no pueden ver ni oír, ni saben absolutamente nada. ¡Pero usted no honró al Dios que le da el aliento de vida y controla su destino!