John Trapp on Daniel 4:17
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Daniel4:17
Ver. 17. This matter is by the decree of the watchers] i. e. Of God ſurrounded with his holy Angels as his Aſſeſſours, and Approvers of the divine Decree.
And the demand by the Word of the holy Ones] Petitio haec. ſc. that the tree may be cut down. It is hereby intimated, ſaith Piſcator, that the Angels, in the conſultation held for the puniſhing of Nebuchadnezzar's pride, petitioned God that it might be ſo.
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