Daniel 4:14

“He cried aloud, etc.] Or, with strengths;f154 being a mighty angel, and that he might be heard far and near: and said thus, hew down the tree; remove this mighty monarch from his throne; take away his government from him: this is said to fellow angels employed in the affairs of Providence, and the execution of them, to bring about an event so momentous: and cut off his branches; take away his provinces, each of the parts of his dominion, from him: shake off his leaves: cause his deputy governors to shake off their allegiance to him: and scatter his fruit; the revenues of his vast empire, and let others take them: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches; those…”

“Hew down-- (Mat 3:10; Luk 13:7). The holy (Jde 1:14) one incites his fellow angels to God's appointed work (compare Rev 14:15, Rev 14:18). beasts get away from under it--It shall no longer afford them shelter (Eze 31:12).”

“He cried aloud - Margin, as in the Chaldee, “with might.” That is, he cried with a strong voice. Hew down the tree - This command does not appear to have been addressed to any particular ones who were to execute the commission, but it is a strong and significant way of saying that it would certainly be done. Or possibly the command may be understood as addressed to his fellow-watchers Daniel 4:17, or to orders of angels over whom this one presided. And cut off his branches ... - The idea here, and in the subsequent part of the verse, is, that the tree was to be utterly cut up, and all its glory and beauty destroyed. It was first to be felled, and then its limbs chopped off, and then these…”

“4:14-17 The messenger had full authority as the representative of the Most High to announce God’s decrees and demand that they be fulfilled.”

“aloud: Chal, with might, Dan 3:4; Rev 10:3, Rev 18:2 Hew: Dan 4:23, Dan 5:20; Mat 3:10, Mat 7:19; Luk 3:9, Luk 13:7-9 let: Dan 4:12; Jer 51:6, Jer 51:9; Eze 31:12, Eze 31:13 Daniel 4:15”

“(4:11-12) The messenger of God cried with might (cf. Dan 3:4), "as a sign of the strong, firm utterance of a purpose" (Kran.). The command, Hew it down, is not given to the angels (Hv., Hitz., Auberl.). The plur. here is to be regarded as impersonal: the tree shall be cut down. אתּרוּ stands for אתּרוּ according to the analogy of the verbs 3rd gutt., from נתד, to fall off, spoken of withering leaves. In consequence of the destruction of the tree, the beasts which found shelter under it and among its branches flee away. Yet the tree shall not be altogether destroyed, but its stock (v. 12 15) shall remain in the earth, that it may again afterwards spring up and grow into a tree. The stem is…”