Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
As the two arms of silver denote the kings of the Medes and Persians [JOSEPHUS]; and the two thighs of brass the Seleucidæ of Syria and Lagidæ of Egypt, the two leading sections into which Græco-Macedonia parted, so the two legs of iron signify the two Roman consuls [NEWTON]. The clay, in Daniel 2:41, "potter's clay," Daniel 2:43, "miry clay," means "earthenware," hard but brittle (compare Psalms 2:9; Revelation 2:27, where the same image is used of the same event); the feet are stable while bearing only direct pressure, but easily "broken" to pieces by a blow (Daniel 2:34), the iron intermixed not retarding, but hastening, such a result.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Song of Solomon 5:11
Revelation 1:4
Revelation 13:1
Revelation 17:9
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