Verse 9
one = [the] one.
a little horn. See note on Daniel 7:8 , where it is already shown that this name, and these members (Daniel 8:9 and Daniel 8:23 ) belong to the still future time of the end. See App-90 .
waxed = grew. Anglo-Saxon, weaxan = to grow. Supply the Ellipsis ( App-6 ), "grew [and became]"
south: i.e. Egypt.
east: i.e. Babylonia and Persia.
pleasant land = the glory of [gems]: i.e. the land of Israel. Only Ezekiel ( Dan 20:6 , Dan 20:15 ) and Daniel here use this term of the Holy Land. The same land as in Daniel 11:16 , Daniel 11:41 . Compare Psalms 106:24 .Jeremiah 3:19 . Zechariah 7:14 .
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