Daniel 4:31

“While the word was in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, etc.] Before the king had done speaking in the above boasting manner, an articulate voice from heaven was heard by him, and all about him, formed by the angels, and much like what the Jews call Bath Kol; (see <441221> Acts 12:21-23), so Abydenusf175, in the account he gives of Nebuchadnezzar’s oration to the people, relates, that when the king had spoke it, paracrhma hfanisto, immediately he disappeared: saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken, the kingdom is departed from thee; that is, the administration of it; for he was not deposed, or declared to be no longer king; his office was not taken away from him,…”

“While, &c.--in the very act of speaking, so that there could be no doubt as to the connection between the crime and the punishment. So Luk 12:19-20. O king . . . to thee it is spoken--Notwithstanding thy kingly power, to thee thy doom is now spoken, there is to be no further respite.”

“While the word was in the king’s mouth - In the very act of speaking - thus showing that there could be no doubt as to the connection between the crime and the punishment. There fell a voice from heaven - There came a voice; or, perhaps, it seemed to fall as a thunderbolt. It was uttered above him, and appeared to come from heaven. There was an important sense in which it did fall from heaven, for it was the voice of God. Saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken - For you it is particularly intended; or what is predicted is now spoken to thee. The kingdom is departed from thee - Thou art about to cease to reign. Up to this time he retained his reason, that he might distinctly…”

“the word: Dan 5:4, Dan 5:5; Exo 15:9, Exo 15:10; Job 20:23; Luk 12:20; Act 12:22, Act 12:23; Th1 5:3 fell: Dan 4:24, Dan 4:34; Mat 3:17; Joh 12:28; Act 9:3-5; Rev 16:7 The kingdom: Dan 5:28; Sa1 13:14, Sa1 15:23 Daniel 4:32”