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Lion, and eagle; one the king of beasts, the other the king of birds, for which he is called the golden head, as Dan_2:32,38. This was the Chaldean or Assyrian; whose seat was first at Babylon, after at Nineveh, and then at Babylon again.
Had eagle’s wings; they were swift, overrunning many countries, and brought their monarchy to a prodigious height in a short time. Thus Jeremiah prophesied, Dan_4:13,
He shall come up as clouds, his chariots shall be as a whirlwind, his horses are swifter than eagles; in the 7th verse called a
lion, and here like
clouds, whirlwinds, and eagles for swiftness, Jer_48:40 Eze_17:3.
The wings thereof were plucked; which was first in stopping the career of their victories, and after in casting them out of their kingdom, the nation was not destroyed, but their monarchy.
A man’s heart was given unto it: this was truly verified in Nebuchadnezzar, after he was as a beast turned out amongst beasts, Dan_4:31-34; and finished upon his son Belshazzar for not taking warning, Dan_5:22.