But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.
But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will - Antiochus coming against Ptolemy Epiphanes. And he shall stand in the glorious land - Judea (Daniel 11:41; Daniel 11:45; Daniel 8:9, "the pleasant land; Ezekiel 20:6; Ezekiel 20:15, "a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands").
Which by his hand shall be consumed - literally, perfected; i:e., completely brought under his sway. Josephus ('Antiquities,' 12: 3, 3) shows that the meaning is not that the Jews should be utterly consumed; because Antiochus favoured them for taking his part against Ptolemy, but that their land should be subjected to him (Lengkerke). Grotius translates, 'shall be perfected by him' - i:e., shall flourish under him. The English version gives a good sense-namely, that Judea was much "consumed" or desolated by being the arena of conflict between the combatants Syria and Egypt. Tregelles refers (Daniel 11:14) "robbers of thy people" to the Gentiles, who formerly had been the robbers and oppressors of Israel, but who then shall attempt to restore the Jews to their land by mere human effort, whereas this is to be effected only by divine interposition: their attempt is frustrated (Daniel 11:16) by the willful king who makes Judea the scene of his military operations.