Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
they shall drive thee--a Chaldee idiom for "thou shalt be driven." Hypochondriacal madness was his malady, which "drove" him under the fancy that he was a beast, to "dwell with the beasts"; Daniel 4:34 proves this, "mine understanding returned." The regency would leave him to roam in the large beast-abounding parks attached to the palace.
eat grass--that is, vegetables, or herbs in general (Genesis 3:18).
they shall wet thee--that is, thou shalt be wet.
till thou know, etc.-- (Psalms 83:17-18; Jeremiah 27:5).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Jeremiah 27:5
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