Dànyǐlǐshū 7:23

23 Nà shì lì zhĕ zhèyàng shuō , dì sì shòu jiù shì shìshang bì yǒude dì sì guó , yǔ yīqiè guó dà bù xiāngtóng , bì tūn chī quán dì , bìngqiĕ jiàntà jiaó suì .

Dànyǐlǐshū 7:23 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 7:23

Thus he said
The person that stood by, the angel, of whom Daniel made his inquiries, and who answered him, as follows: the fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom on earth;
which shows that the angel, by four kings, ( Daniel 7:17 ) , meant four kingdoms, that should successively arise in the earth, and out of it, one after another; and this kingdom is not the kingdom of the Seleucidae, nor the Turkish, but the Roman empire; for this is to continue until the kingdom of Christ takes place; see ( Daniel 7:7 ) : which shall be diverse from all kingdoms;
from the kingdoms and monarchies that were before it; particularly as a kingdom, in its form of government, both when Pagan and when Papal; see ( Daniel 7:7 ) : and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it
in pieces:
not the whole land of Judea only, as some read and interpret it; but the whole world, which the Romans became masters of; and the phrases used denote the destruction and desolation they made, wherever they carried their arms, and the cruelty and tyranny they exercised, and the vast profusion of blood made by them, both among the Heathens they subdued, and the Christians they persecuted.

Dànyǐlǐshū 7:23 In-Context

21 Wǒ guānkàn , jiàn zhè jiǎo yǔ shèng mín zhēng zhàn , shēng le tāmen .

22 Zhídào gèn gǔ cháng zaì zhĕ lái gĕi zhìgāo zhĕ de shèng mín shēnyuān , shèng mín dé guó de shíhou jiù dào le .

23 Nà shì lì zhĕ zhèyàng shuō , dì sì shòu jiù shì shìshang bì yǒude dì sì guó , yǔ yīqiè guó dà bù xiāngtóng , bì tūn chī quán dì , bìngqiĕ jiàntà jiaó suì .

24 Zhìyú nà shí jiǎo , jiù shì cóng zhè guó zhōng bì xīngqǐ de shí wáng , hòulái yòu xīngqǐ yī wáng , yǔ xiānqián de bù tóng . tā bì zhìfú sān wáng .

25 Tā bì xiàng zhìgāo zhĕ shuō kuā dà de huà , bì zhé mó zhìgāo zhĕ de shèng mín , bì xiǎng gǎibiàn jiéqī hé lǜfǎ . shèng mín Bìjiāofù tā shǒu yī zǎi , èr zǎi , bàn zǎi .