Tyndale Open Study Notes on Daniel 4:27

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4:27 Stop sinning and do what is right: Righteousness and justice exalt a nation and extend the reign of a king; the lack of it dooms a people. Daniel humbly pled with the king to change his ways. • be merciful to the poor: This was a requirement of God’s law (Exod 23:6-11; Deut 15:10-11; Prov 29:14; 31:9) as well as Babylon’s. A former great king of Babylon, Hammurabi (about 1792–1750 BC), claimed to have been charged by his god Marduk to shepherd and protect the orphaned, the widowed, and the oppressed. • Perhaps then: Daniel recognized that God was free to act or not act (cp. Dan 3:16-18); because he is a merciful God, he might take pity on the condemned king (cp. Exod 32:30; 1 Sam 14:6; 2 Sam 12:22; Joel 2:14; Amos 5:15; Zeph 2:3; 2 Tim 2:25).

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