 | 1851 - 592 pages
...under the figure of a "little horn," coming forth from one of these four, and " which waxed exceedingly great toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land ;" of fierce countenance; understanding dark sayings; mighty, but not by his own power ; destroying... | |
 | 1806 - 606 pages
...ruined Greek kingdoms of the Macedonian he-goat, it soon, agreeably to the prophecy, waxed exceeding great toward the South, and toward the East, and toward the pleasant land. In the course of its progress it cast down many of tljfi symbolical stars, or Chri.staiu pastors, to... | |
 | Charles Rollin - 1808 - 536 pages
...Alexander's four successors. r " And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great; toward the South, and toward the East, and...people, of whom GOD was the strength and the protector. I have mentioned and explained, in another place, the account which Daniel the prophet gives of Alex*... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - Bible - 1808 - 592 pages
...toward the four winds of heaven. And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land. And it waxed great even against the host of heaven ; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - Bible - 1808 - 304 pages
...toward the four winds of heaven. And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land." The angel interprets this passage as follows. " The rough goat is the king of Grecia : and the great... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...pleasant land of Judea. VIII. 9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land. VIII. 10 And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 pages
...and Ptolemy of Egypt. VIII. 9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which Waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land. And, shortly after, the government coming into two hands, Seleucus of Syria and Ptolemy of Egypt, out... | |
 | Christianity - 1808 - 604 pages
...case. The Prophet informs us that, small к thia little horn at first was, it soon '• waxed exceeding great toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land." Mo/iammedimn accordingly, though very limited in its origin, soon spread itself over the whole Macedonian... | |
 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 412 pages
...toward the four winds of. heaven. And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land. And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven ; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars... | |
 | Samuel Hopkins - Millennium (Eschatology) - 1811 - 536 pages
...containing Macedon, Greece, &c. Out of this horn came forth the little horn, which " waxed exceeding great, toward the South, and toward the East, and toward the pleasant land."|| This horn Gabriel explains to be " A kins; of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, who... | |
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And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven ; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the... 
