And out of one of them came forth a [a]little horn, which waxed very great toward the [b]South, and toward the [c]East, and toward the [d]pleasant land.

10 Yea, it grew up unto the [e]host of heaven, and it cast down some of the host, and of the stars to the ground, and trode upon them,

11 And extolled himself against the [f]prince of the host, from whom the [g]daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his Sanctuary was cast down.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 8:9 Which was Antiochus Epiphanes, who was of a servile and flattering nature, and also there were others between him and the kingdom, and therefore is here called the little horn, because neither princely conditions, nor any other thing was in him, why he should obtain this kingdom.
  2. Daniel 8:9 That is, toward Egypt.
  3. Daniel 8:9 Whereby he meaneth Ptolemeus.
  4. Daniel 8:9 That is, Judea.
  5. Daniel 8:10 Antiochus raged against the elect of God, and trode his precious stars under feet, which are so called, because they are separated from the world.
  6. Daniel 8:11 That is, God, who governeth and maintaineth his Church.
  7. Daniel 8:11 He labored to abolish all religion, and therefore cast God’s service out of his Temple, which God had chosen as a little corner from all the rest of the world to have his Name there truly called upon.

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