Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 2:33

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33. As the two arms of silver denote the kings of the Medes and Persians [JOSEPHUS]; and the two thighs of brass the Seleucidæ of Syria and Lagidæ of Egypt, the two leading sections into which Græco-Macedonia parted, so the two legs of iron signify the two Roman consuls [NEWTON]. The clay, in Daniel 2:41 , "potter's clay," Daniel 2:43 , "miry clay," means "earthenware," hard but brittle (compare Psalms 2:9 ; Revelation 2:27 , where the same image is used of the same event); the feet are stable while bearing only direct pressure, but easily broken to pieces by a blow ( Daniel 2:34 ), the iron intermixed not retarding, but hastening, such a result. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-34" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

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