“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.”
The first was like a lion and had eagles' wings. Then, as I watched, its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a human being; and a human mind was given to it. The first beast (Babylon) is lion-like with eagles' wings, suggesting majestic power and swift movement. Yet the plucking off of its wings and the transformation to human-like standing represents humiliation and the loss of its dominance. The giving of a human mind suggests that Babylon's pride is brought low and humanized. This may allude to Nebuchadnezzar's madness and restoration (chapter 4), where he loses his human consciousness and must regain it.
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