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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Daniel 11:16 - 11:16
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he that cometh against him - Antiochus coming against Ptolemy Epiphanes.
glorious land - Judea (Dan 11:41, Dan 11:45; Dan 8:9; Eze 20:6, Eze 20:15).
by his hand shall be consumed - literally, “perfected,” that is, completely brought under his sway. Josephus [Antiquities, 12:3.3] shows that the meaning is not, that the Jews should be utterly consumed: for Antiochus favored them for taking his part against Ptolemy, but that their land should be subjected to him [Lengkerke]. Grotius translates, “shall be perfected by him,” that is, shall flourish under him. English Version gives a good sense; namely, that Judea was much “consumed” or “desolated” by being the arena of conflict between the combatants, Syria and Egypt. Tregelles refers (Dan 11:14), “robbers of thy people,” to the Gentiles, once oppressors, attempting to restore the Jews to their land by mere human effort, whereas this is to be effected only by divine interposition: their attempt is frustrated (Dan 11:16) by the willful king, who makes Judea the scene of his military operations.