Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 7:7
Daniel 7:7. Behold a fourth beast This fourth kingdom can be no other than the Roman empire, which answers this emphatical description better than any of the former kingdoms. Dreadful, and terrible, and strong exceedingly And therefore compared to iron, Daniel 2:40. It devoured and brake in pieces It spread its arms and its terrors to a much greater extent than any of the preceding powers, and entirely subdued all the remains of the former kingdoms, and all the nations that had been... read more
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 7:9
I beheld - “I continued looking on these strange sights, and contemplating these transformations.” This implies that some time elapsed before all these things had occurred. He looked on until he saw a solemn judgment passed on this fourth beast particularly, as if God had come forth in his majesty and glory to pronounce that judgment, and to bring the power and arrogance of the beast to an end.Till the thrones were cast down - The Chaldee word (כרסון kâresâvân) means, properly, thrones -... read more