“Behold, there was another animal, a second, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth. They said this to it: ‘Arise! Devour much flesh!’
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 5. Bear, which is cruel, and eats what is set before it greedily. Worthington.—Side. Cyrus did not attack the Jews. Saint Jerome—He stood ready to attack the Chaldeans.—Three. He ruled over the Medes and Chaldeans, as well as over the Persians. Calmet.—Rows. Greek “wings or sides” of an animal, ( Bible.) or “bones.” Grot.—Cyrus was always at war; and Justin (1.) says, that Tomyris II. of Scythia, ordered his head to be cut off, and thrown into a vessel full of blood. His troops are styled robbers, Jeremiah 51:48. The ambition of Cambyses, Hystaspes, and so forth are insatiable.