“I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.”
As I watched, another horn, a little one, came up among them; and three of the earlier horns were plucked up by the roots before it. And there were eyes like human eyes in this horn, and a mouth speaking arrogantly. A little horn appears among the ten horns and uproots three of them, symbolizing a ruler who rises to prominence, displacing predecessors. The human eyes and arrogant mouth suggest intelligence and blasphemous speech. In historical interpretation, this may refer to Antiochus Epiphanes, a Seleucid ruler who persecuted the Jewish people. The arrogant mouth will prove significant in verses that follow.
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