Matthew Poole and continuators on Daniel 7:7

7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly ; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces; and stamped the residue with the feet of it, and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns .

This was the Roman Empire; for that followed the Grecian, and was monstrous as to his rise and progress,

As to the variety and cruelty of the Government. It made use not only of Italians but Spaniards, Gauls, Germans▪ Britans, which made their Armies hard▪ and hard as Iron, which broke in pieces the Gold, Silver and Brass. But its plain this is the last Kingdom of the four that was to be destroyed by Christs Kingdom▪ and this work▪ was to be doing till the last age, ver. 13.

i. e. Kings, ver. 24. Rev. 17.12. called Hor[illegible: 1 letter]s, i. e of iron, as the Teeth were, i. e. cruel and persecuting; as Beasts push and gore with their Horns.