...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...

...the south, and toward the east, and toward the 10 pleasant [land ;] toward £gyfit, Syria, and Judea. And it waxed great, [even] to the host of heaven ; and it cast down [some] of the host, that is, the Jewish fieofi'e, -who were in a peculiar manner the care of God, and of the stars, fiersons...

...Alexander's four successors. " If And out of " one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceed" ing great toward the south, and toward the east, and toward " the pleasant land." This is Antiochus Epiphanes, who gained several victories towards the south and the east, and •who...

...the four 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...

...then divided among his four generals. And out of one of them came forth a little horn,t which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the Го pleasant [land ;] toward Egypt, Syria, and Judea. And it waxed great, [even] to the host of heaven...

...which waxed exceeding great, toward the .south, and toward the fast, and toward the pleasant land. 10 And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven ; and it cast ili >vvii some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. 1 1 Yea, he magnified...

...ones 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,...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 to the ground, and...

...the less ; 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 of...

...was not long to remain so. The prophet informs us, that, small as it originally was, it soon " waxed exceeding great toward the South, and toward the East, and toward the pleasant land." Mohammedism accordingly, though it made its first appearance at Mecca, soon invaded the territories...

...These are 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 toward the pleasant land." This is Antiochus Epiphanes, who gained several victories towards the South and the East, and who strongly...