A nation of fierce countenance
Or, "strong of face" F25; which aptly describes the old
Romans, who are always represented as such; and whereas it is
said of the Chaldeans, that they were a nation dreadful and
terrible, ( Habakkuk 1:7
) ; the same is said of the fourth beast, or Roman empire, (
Daniel 7:7 ) ;
who were a terror to all the world:
which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show
favour to the
young:
cruel, unmerciful, and uncompassionate, to persons of whatsoever
age or sex; which, as it was the character of the Chaldeans, (
2
Chronicles 36:17 ) ; so of the Romans, who especially showed
no mercy to the Jews, as Josephus F26, who was an eyewitness,
testifies.
``The Romans (says he) showed no mercy to any age, out of hatred to the nation (of the Jews), and in remembrance of the injuries done to Cestius;''one of their governors, when among them. And in another place he says {a},
``the Romans, remembering what they suffered in the siege, spared none, and showed no mercy.''