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It grew great, even to the host of the sky; and some of the host and of the stars it cast down to the ground, and trampled on them.
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The 'Host of Heaven' is God's People
Commentators unanimously agree that the 'host of heaven' and the 'stars' are not literal celestial bodies. Instead, this is a powerful metaphor for God's covenant people, Israel. Scholars like Barnes and Gill specify this includes the priests, leaders, and the faithful, whom God considers His precious 'army' and whose leaders are like 'stars'.
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Daniel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And it grew great - It became very powerful. This was eminently true of Antiochus, after having subdued Egypt, and so on.
Even to …
19th Century
Anglican
The host of heaven.— Probably meaning the stars, as Jeremiah 33:22, but in a metaphorical sense indicating the people of Israel. (…
16th Century
Protestant
Here Daniel continues the vision he had received. We have already shown the object of the Almighty to be the preparation of the faithful to bear se…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it grew great, even to the host of heaven The people of the Jews, the army of the living God, the church militan…
God gives Daniel a foresight of the destruction of other kingdoms, which in their day were as powerful as that of Babylon. If we could foresee the …
