Daniel 7:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bible Comments

The first — This was the Chaldean, or Assyrian; whose seat was first at Babylon, afterwards at Nineveh, and then at Babylon again. Eagle's wings — They were swift, over — running many countries, and brought their monarchy to a prodigious height in a short time. The wings were plucked — Which was first done in stopping the career of their victories, and afterwards in casting them out of their kingdom. A man's heart — They lost their lion — like courage, and became faint and cowardly like other men.

Daniel 7:4

4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.