Daniel 8:10

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10 Y engrandeci贸se hasta el ej茅rcito del cielo; y parte del ej茅rcito y de las estrellas ech贸 por tierra, y las holl贸.

Daniel 8:10 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 8:10

And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven
The people of the Jews, the army of the living God, the church militant, among whom were many of the citizens of heaven, whose names are written there; such was the insolence of this king, as to molest and disturb them: and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and
stamped them;
some of the common people he persecuted and destroyed, or prevailed upon them, either by threats or flatteries, to relinquish their religion; and even some of the "stars", the lights of the people, the priests and Levites, that ministered unto them; or the princes, and elders of the people, whom he slew, as Jacchiades interprets it; or removed from their posts so that they could not do their office; or they turned apostates; and those that did not he barbarously put to death, and insulted over them, and used them in a very contemptuous manner, as old Eleazar, the mother and her seven sons; see 2 Maccabees chapter 7.

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Daniel 8:10 In-Context

8 Y engrandeci贸se en gran manera el macho de cabr铆o; y estando en su mayor fuerza, aquel gran cuerno fu茅 quebrado, y en su lugar subieron otros cuatro maravillosos hacia los cuatro vientos del cielo.
9 Y del uno de ellos sali贸 un cuerno peque帽o, el cual creci贸 mucho al mediod铆a, y al oriente, y hacia la tierra deseable.
10 Y engrandeci贸se hasta el ej茅rcito del cielo; y parte del ej茅rcito y de las estrellas ech贸 por tierra, y las holl贸.
11 Aun contra el pr铆ncipe de la fortaleza se engrandeci贸, y por 茅l fu茅 quitado el continuo sacrificio, y el lugar de su santuario fu茅 echado por tierra.
12 Y el ej茅rcito fu茅 le entregado 谩 causa de la prevaricaci贸n sobre el continuo sacrificio: y ech贸 por tierra la verdad, 茅 hizo cuanto quiso, y sucedi贸le pr贸speramente.
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