And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, [but] it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Ver. 44. And in the days of these kings,] i.e., Of this fourth monarchy; for the Roman emperors were kings, as Peter also calleth them, 1Pe 2:17 though they, to avoid the hatred of the people, refused so to be styled. The Pope, by a like hypocrisy, calleth himself the servant of God's servants, but yet stamps upon his coin, "That nation and country that will not serve thee, shall be rooted out."
Shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom.] The kingdom of his Son Christ. And here we have in few words the whole sum of the gospel, and that "truth which is according to godliness," Tit 1:1 for the revealing whereof this whole dream was revealed to the king.
But it shall break in pieces.] Christ shall reign, and all his foes be made his footstool.