Matthew Poole and continuators on Daniel 7:4

4 The first was like a lion , and had eagles wings : and I beheld till the wings thereof were pluckt , and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a mans heart was given unto it .

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.

They were swift over-running many Countreys, and brought their Monarchy to a prodigious height in a short time. Thus Ieremy prophesied, he should come up as clouds, his Chariots shall be as a Whirlwind▪ his Horses are swifter than Eagles: in the 7th. verse call'd a Lion and here like clouds, whirlwinds and Eagles for swiftness, Ier. 48 40. Ezek. 17.3.

Which was first in stopping the carreer of their Victories, and after in casting them out of their Kingdom, the Nation was not destroyed, but their Monarchy.

This was truly verified in Nebuchadnezzar after he was as a Beast turned out amongst Beasts. Dan. 4.31, 32, 33, 34 and finished upon his Son Belshazzar for not taking warning, Dan. 5.22.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word] 14.13, 14. [illegible: 1 word] 48.40. & [illegible: 2 letters] 12.; [illegible: 2 letters] wherewith.