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“The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings. I watched until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand on two feet as a man. A man’s heart was given to it.
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Verse 4. Man. The emperors of Babylon were forced to confess that they were nothing more. Calmet.—Their cruel and rapid conquests ( Worthington.) are denoted by this monstrous animal. Its wings shew how the lands were divided between the Medes and Persians. Perhaps Neriglissor, and so forth shared a part. Calmet. 5:1. Calmet.
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