His legs of iron – <\/B>The portion of the lower limbs from the knees to the ankles. This is undoubtedly the usual meaning of the English word legs, and it as clearly appears to be the sense of the original word here. Iron was regarded as inferior to either of the other metals specified, and yet was well adapted to denote a kingdom of a particular kind – less noble in some respects, and yet hardy, powerful, and adapted to tread down the world by conquest. On the application of this, see the notes at Dan 2:40<\/span>.<\/P> His feet part of iron and part of clay – <\/B>As to his feet; or in respect to his feet, they were partly of iron and partly of clay – a mixture denoting great strength, united with what is fragile and weak. The word rendered clay in this place (<\/span> chasaph<\/I>) is found nowhere else except in this chapter, and is always rendered clay, Dan 2:33-35<\/span>, Dan 2:41<\/span> (twice), 42, 43 (twice), 45. In some instances Dan 2:41<\/span>, Dan 2:43<\/span>, the epithet miry is applied to it. This would seem to imply that it was not burnt or baked clay, or earthenware, as Professor Bush supposes, but clay in its natural state. The idea would seem to be, that the framework, so to speak, was iron, with clay worked in, or filling up the interstices, so as to furnish an image of strength combined with what is weak. That it would be well adapted represent a kingdom that had many elements of permanency in it, yet that was combined with things that made it weak – a mixture of what was powerful with what was liable to be crushed; capable of putting forth great efforts, and of sustaining great shocks, and yet having such elements of feebleness and decay as to make it liable to be overthrown. For the application of this, see the notes at Dan 2:41-43<\/span>.<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 33. His legs of iron<\/B><\/I>] The Roman government<\/I>.<\/P> <\/P> His feet part of iron and part of clay.<\/B><\/I>] The same, mixed with the barbaric nations, and divided into ten<\/I> kingdoms. See at the end of the chapter. See Clarke on Da 2:49<\/span>.<\/P> <\/p>\n By this we see the world is much worse and far declined, every age degenerating from what it was of old; as the poets, which borrowed their fancy from this image, have described the ages of the world from metals; the first was golden, and so, coming on coarser, it ended at last, as this image in the text, in dirt. <\/P> <\/p>\n 33.<\/B> As the two arms of silverdenote the kings of the Medes and Persians [JOSEPHUS];and the two thighs of brass the Seleucid of Syria and Lagid ofEgypt, the two leading sections into which Grco-Macedonia parted,so the two legs of iron signify the two Roman consuls [NEWTON].The clay, in Da 2:41<\/span>, “potter’sclay,” Da 2:43<\/span>, “miryclay,” means “earthenware,” hard but brittle (comparePsa 2:9<\/span>; Rev 2:27<\/span>,where the same image is used of the same event); the feet are stablewhile bearing only direct pressure, but easily broken to pieces by ablow (Da 2:34<\/span>), the ironintermixed not retarding, but hastening, such a result.<\/P><\/p>\n His legs of iron<\/strong>,…. A coarser metal than the former, but very strong; and designs the strong and potent monarchy of the Romans, the last of the four monarchies, governed chiefly by two consuls: and was divided, in the times of Theodosius, into the eastern and western empire, which may be signified by the two legs:<\/p>\n his feet part of iron and part of clay<\/strong> b; or some “of them of iron, and some of them of clay” that is, the ten toes of the feet, which represent the ten kingdoms the western empire was divided into, some of which were potent, others weak; for this cannot be understood of the same feet and toes being a mixture, composed partly of one, and partly of the other; since iron and clay will not mix together, Da 2:43<\/span> and will not agree with the form of expression. Jerom interprets this part of the vision of the image to the same sense, who lived about the time when it was fulfilling; for in his days was the irruption of the barbarous nations into the empire; who often speaks of them in his writings c, and of the Roman empire being in a weak and ruinous condition on the account of them. His comment on this text is this,<\/p>\n “the fourth kingdom, which clearly belongs to the Romans, is the iron that breaks and subdues all things; but his feet and toes are partly iron, and partly clay, which is most manifestly verified at this time; for as in the beginning nothing was stronger and harder than the Roman empire, so in the end of things nothing weaker; when both in civil wars, and against divers nations, we stand in need of the help of other barbarous people.”<\/p>\n And whereas he had been blamed for giving this sense of the passage, he vindicates himself elsewhere by saying d,<\/p>\n “if, in the exposition of the image, and the difference of its feet and toes, I interpret the iron and clay of the Roman kingdom, which the Scripture foreshows should be first and then weak, let them not impute, it to me, but to the prophet; for so we must not flatter princes, as that the truth of the holy Scriptures should be neglected; nor is the general disputation of one person an injury;”<\/p>\n that is, of any great moment to the government.<\/p>\n b “ex illis quidam ex ferro, et excillis quidam ex luto”, Gejerus. c Opera, tom. 1. in Epitaph. Nepotian. fol. 9. I. ad Gerontiam, fol 32. E. & in Epitaph. Fabiolae, fol. 68. H. d Prooem. in Comment. in Esaiam. I. 11. fol. 65.<\/p>\n When he says, the feet of the image were partly of iron and partly of clay, this ought to be referred to the ruin which occurred, when God dispersed and cut in pieces, so to speak, that monarchy. The Chaldean power fell first; then the Macedonians, after subduing the East, became the sole monarchs to whom the Medes and Persians were subservient. The same event happened to the Macedonians, who were at length subdued by the, Romans; and all their kings who succeeded Alexander were cut off. But there was another reason why God wished to overthrow the Roman monarchy. For it fell by itself according to the prediction of this prophecy. Since, then, without any external force it fell to pieces by itself, it easily appears that it was broken up by Christ, according to this dream of King Nebuchadnezzar. It is positively certain, that nothing was ever stable from the beginning of the world, and the assertion of Paul was always true — the fashion of this world passeth away. (1Co 7:31<\/span>.) By the word “fashion” he means whatever is splendent in the world is also shadowy and evanescent, he adds, also, that all which our eyest gaze upon must vanish away. But, as I have said, the reason was different when God wished to destroy the empire of the Chaldees, the Persians, and the Macedonians; because this was more clearly shewn in the case of the Romans, how Christ by his advent took away whatever was splendid, and magnificent, and admirable in the world. This, therefore, is the reason why God assigns specially to the Romans feet of clay Thus much, then, with respect to the four empires. <\/p>\n Dan 2:33<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>His legs of iron, <\/em><\/strong>&c.<\/strong> This the prophet has interpreted, Dan 2:40-43<\/span>. The fourth kingdom is there described as stronger than the preceding: as iron breaketh and bruiseth all other metals, so this breaketh and subdueth all the former kingdoms. This kingdom too is represented as divided into ten toes: <\/em>the metal is here different, and consequently likewise the nation must be different from the preceding. The four metals must signify four different nations; and as the gold signified the Babylonians, the silver the Persians, and the brass the Macedonians, so the iron must necessarily denote some other nation; and it may safely be said, that there is not a nation upon earth to which this description is applicable, but the Roman. The Romans succeeded to the Macedonians, and therefore in course were next to be mentioned. The Roman empire was stronger and larger than any of the preceding. The Romans brake in pieces and subdued all the former kingdoms. As the two arms of silver <\/em>denoted the two kings of the Medes and Persians, so the two legs of iron <\/em>seem equally to have signified the two Roman consuls. The iron was mixed with clay; <\/em>and the Romans were defiled with a mixture of barbarous nations. The Roman empire was at length divided into ten lesser kingdoms answering to the ten toes <\/em>of the image. These kingdoms retained much of the old Roman strength; so that the kingdom was partly strong and partly broken. <\/em>It subdued Syria, and made the kingdom of the Seleucidae a Roman province in the year 65 before Christ: it subdued Egypt, and made the kingdom of the Lagidae a Roman province in the year 30 before Christ; and in the fourth century after Christ, it began to be torn in pieces by the incursions of the barbarous nations. Mr. Mede, who was as able and consummate a judge as any in these matters, observes, “That the Roman empire was the fourth <\/em>kingdom of Daniel, was believed by the church of Israel both before and in our Saviour’s time; received by the disciples of the apostles, and the whole Christian church for the first three hundred years, without any known contradiction: and I confess, having so good ground in Scripture, it is with me, tantum non articulus fidei; <\/em>little less than an article of faith.” See his Works, book 4: Ephesians 6<\/span> p. 736.; and Bishop Newton. <\/p>\n Dan 2:33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.<\/p>\n Ver. 33. Part of clay.<\/strong> ] The best things of the world stand in an earthly foundation a<\/em> Isa 40:6 <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> Mr Huet.<\/p>\n Dan 2:40-43, Dan 7:7, Dan 7:8, Dan 7:19-26 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Dan 2:41 – the feet Dan 7:3 – four Zec 6:3 – grisled<\/p>\n Dan 2:33. This verse is very brief, making only a short mention of the materials composing the remainder of the image, which we shall learn represents the fourth and last of the world empires to which reference has been made in verse 31.<\/p>\n His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. His legs of iron – The portion of the lower limbs from the knees to the ankles. This is undoubtedly the usual meaning of the English word legs, and it as clearly appears to be the sense of the original word here. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Daniel 2:33”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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