And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potter's clay, and part of iron,.... That is, some of the toes of the feet were of iron, and others of them of clay: these toes, which are ten, as the toes of men are, design the ten kings or kingdoms, into which the western Roman empire was divided, by the coming in of the Goths, and Hunns, and Vandals, into it; and are the same with the ten horns of the beast, and the ten kings which gave their kingdoms to it, Re 13:1,See Gill on "Re 17:12",See Gill on "Re 17:13",See Gill on "Re 17:17",See Gill on "Da 7:24", some of which were strong like iron, and continued long; others were like clay, and of a less duration:the kingdom shall be divided; which some understand of the division of it into the eastern and western empires; but rather it means the division of the latter into the ten kingdoms, set up in it by the barbarous nations.
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Daniel 2:41
Daniel 2:41
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