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I considered = Iwas considering.
the horns. Mentioned in Dan_7:7.
little horn = a horn of small beginnings. This identifies this vision with those of Ch. Dan_8:9, Dan_8:11, Dan_8:12. See App-90. The first of twelve titles given to the power commonly known as "the Antichrist": it is used again in Dan_8:9. Compare Dan_11:21-30. Note the other titles: "the king of Babylon" (Isa_14:4); "the Assyrian" (Isa_14:25); "Lucifer, son of the morning", in opposition to "the bright and morning star" (Isa_14:12); "the Prince that shall come" (Dan_9:26); "the king of fierce countenance" (Dan_8:23); "the vile person" (Dan_11:21); "the wilful king" (Dan_11:36); "the man of sin" (2Th_2:3); "the son of perdition" (2Th_2:3); "that wicked (or lawless) one" (2Th_2:8. Rev_13:18); "the beast with ten horns" (Rev_13:1).
man = a mortal man. Chaldee 'enash. App-14.
speaking great things. This is a further development, explained in verses: Dan_7:11, Dan_7:20, Dan_7:25; Dan_8:11; Dan_11:36, Dan_11:37; 2Th_2:3, 2Th_2:4. Rev_13:5, Rev_13:6.