Daniel 4:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Aloudi.e., like a king’s herald. (Comp. Daniel 3:4.)

Hew down. — The plural is here used, implying that several persons are employed in carrying out the order.

Daniel 4:14

14 He cried aloud,c and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches: