The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms #177
177. Internal Meaning of Daniel, Chapter 6
1-3 [See above, end of chapter v].) (2)
4-9 They deliberated about this, and concluded that they should be worshipped in place of the Lord; (2)
10-17 which decree being gainsaid by those who were of the Lord's church, it was ordained that they should undergo the punishment of the inquisition, which is the lion's den into which Daniel was cast;2 (2)
18-23 but still they were guarded by the Lord, that they might not undergo that punishment; (11)
24 but on the contrary, those who invented that crime were cast into hell, (15)
25-28 and those who were in worship of the Lord were saved. (11)
Daniel 6:25-28
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Then king Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you.
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I make a decree, that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God, and steadfast forever, His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed; and his dominion shall be even to the end.
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He delivers and rescues, and he works signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
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So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
