“And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.”
The overwhelming forces will be swept away before him, and broken; the prince of the covenant will also be broken—describing Antiochus IV's crushing of internal opposition including the deposition or death of the high priest (the "prince of the covenant"), establishing his tyrannical control. The phrase "prince of the covenant" emphasizes religious leadership's subordination to political power. The breaking of covenant authority represents spiritual as well as political domination.
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