Daniel 4:30
Context4:30 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
Context9:19 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
Context11:14 “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.
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
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.”