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Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
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The Ram is Medo-Persia
All commentators agree that the ram with two horns symbolizes the Medo-Persian empire. This interpretation is not speculative, as the Bible itself explicitly states it in Daniel 8:20. The vision revealed to Daniel the next great world power that would conquer the Babylonian empire.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Then I lifted up my eyes and saw - And saw in vision, or there seemed to be before me.
There stood before the river - On the b…
19th Century
Anglican
A ram — that is, a single ram. The ram was standing before the river, or eastward of it, and represented the Medo-Persian empire (…
16th Century
Protestant
Without any doubt, the Prophet here recognized a new empire was about to arise, which could not happen without Babylon being reduced to slavery. Th…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then I lifted up my eyes To see what was to be seen in this place, where he in the vision was brought; he lifted up …
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 …
