Daniel 4:30

4:30 The king uttered these words: “Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence ¹  by my own mighty strength ²  and for my majestic honor?”

Daniel 9:19

9:19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, pay attention, and act! Don’t delay, for your own sake, O my God! For your city and your people are called by your name.” ³ 

Daniel 11:14

11:14 “In those times many will oppose ⁴  the king of the south. ⁵  Those who are violent ⁶  among your own people will rise up in confirmation of ⁷  the vision, but they will falter.

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¹ tn Aram “house.”

² tn Aram “by the might of my strength.”

³ tn Heb “for your name is called over your city and your people.” See the note on this expression in v 18.

⁴ tn Heb “stand against.”

⁵ sn This was Ptolemy V Epiphanes (ca. 203-181 B.C.).

⁶ tn Heb “sons of violence.” “Son(s) is sometimes used idiomatically in Hebrew to indicate that someone is characterized by a certain quality. So the expression “sons of violence” means that these individuals will be characterized by violent deeds.

⁷ tn Heb “to cause to stand.”