Some guy was trying to say that God didn't actually, and it was just a period of insanity, because it says
"At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was restored,"- Daniel 4: 34 but I think that referrs to him eating grass out in the field, not him THINKING he was a bird, and that he actually was a bird, since the bible does not say he only thought he was a bird, but says this:
"Immediately what had been said about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from people and ate grass like cattle. His body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird. " -Daniel:4 33
Please only respond if you actually know. thanks all...
2007-01-03 20:34:04 · 12 answers · asked by wd20x2 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Please, stick to the core of the question: Did or did God not turn him into a Bird thing? Yes or no, please.
2007-01-03 20:44:35 · update #1
some kind of promise or sacrifice he made, to grant, God's favor,but no bird form related
2007-01-03 20:40:45 · answer #1 · answered by Byzantino 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Daniel 4:33 says that Nebuchadnezzar ate grass as oxen; and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven, till his hair grew like eagles' feathers and his nails like birds' claws. Those are similes describing the state of Nebuchadnezzar that he lived out in the field, ate grass, didn't get to bath in the palace, but rather the dews and rain were as the shower. His hair grew wild and many like feathers and his nails did not get cut and grew so long they became like birds' claws. These are similes - just figures of speech. It does not mean he actually became a bird. For a few verses later when he was restored, it never said he was transformed back to a man or anything like it.
Verse 36 " At the same time mine understanding returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and brightness returned unto me..."
2007-01-04 04:52:17 · answer #2 · answered by Lilliana 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It simply doesn't say that. You had better read it again. It says "his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird". It doesn't say he had claws or feathers. It's saying that his hair grew long and so did his nails. That's all it's saying. You're reading more into this passage than it actually says. The chapter just says that God caused Nebuchadnezzar to go crazy for a period of time and he didn't groom himself during that time.
2007-01-04 04:44:24 · answer #3 · answered by upsman 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. From what I see, the passage says he grew hair like feathers and nails like a bird. It doesn't say that he actually turned into a bird. Why would he be eating grass if he was a bird...maybe a cow with wings like an eagle and claws like a bird. Just to make things even more bizarre.
2007-01-04 04:50:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nebuchadnezzar promptly lost his reason. Driven away from mankind, he ate vegetation “just like bulls.” Out among the beasts of the field, he certainly was not sitting idly in the grass of a virtual paradise, enjoying refreshing breezes daily. In modern-day Iraq, where Babylon’s ruins are located, temperatures range from a high of 120 degrees Fahrenheit [50°C] in the summer months to well below freezing in wintertime. Unattended and exposed to the elements, Nebuchadnezzar’s long, matted hair looked like eagles’ feathers and his uncut fingernails and toenails became like birds’ claws. (Daniel 4:33)
2007-01-04 04:41:21 · answer #5 · answered by Tomoyo K 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was only a period of insanity. Since he was not in his right mind he could not attend to his appearance so his hair grew ragged and nails grew long, only LIKE a bird's. There is somewhere in Babylonian records the king's own account of this couched in veiled terms.
2007-01-04 04:45:06 · answer #6 · answered by Tanks 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No he wasn't changed into a bird. Now how about this. Do you SEE a correlation between what he went through, from being outcast as a ruler and what he looked and lived like compared to Saddam Hussian when he was captured hiding in that spider hole they caught him in? Did he not look like that also, dirty, unkempt. Makes you think , right?
2007-01-04 06:28:06 · answer #7 · answered by Ex Head 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's what happens to people eating poppies, weed and hash...He lost his mind and was grazing in the grass....That's usually what happens to modern mad men..Do you remember seeing Saddam Huessein? Kinda what he looked like and believed he was still in charge until the bitter end.
2007-01-04 04:41:07 · answer #8 · answered by Stormchaser 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, God did not.
A greek philosopher, wrote that he believed Nebuchadnezzar was "possed by some god"
2007-01-04 04:47:18 · answer #9 · answered by Akshun 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO! It was a period of seven years of insanity. After this seven years his mind became normal again.
GOD BLESS YOU!
2007-01-04 05:07:29 · answer #10 · answered by TIGER 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋