one. [the] one.
a little horn. See note on Daniel 7:8, where it is already shown that this name, and these members (Daniel 8:9 and Daniel 8:23) belong to the still future time of the end. See App-90.
waxed. grew. Anglo-Saxon, weaxan = to grow. Supply the Ellipsis (App-6), "grew [and became]"
south: i.e. Egypt.
east: i.e. Babylonia and Persia.
pleasant land. the glory of [gems]: i.e. the land of Israel. Only Ezekiel (Dan 20:6, Dan 20:15) and Daniel here use this term of the Holy Land. The same land as in Daniel 11:16; Daniel 11:41. Compare Psalms 106:24.Jeremiah 3:19; Zechariah 7:14.