Daniel 11:4
And when he shall come to his height, his kingdom shall be broken, and it shall be divided towards the four winds of the heaven: but not to his posterity, nor according to his power with which he ruled. For his kingdom shall be rent in pieces, even for strangers, beside these.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Job 20:5that the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.
Psalms 39:6Behold thou hast made my days measurable : and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity : every man living.
Psalms 73:17Until I go into the sanctuary of God, and understand concerning their last ends.
Ecclesiastes 4:8There is but one, and he hath not a second, no child, no brother, and yet he ceaseth not to labour, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches, neither doth he reflect, saying: For whom do I labour, and defraud my soul of good things? in this also is vanity, and a grievous vexation.
Jeremiah 12:17But if they will not hear, I will utterly pluck out and destroy that nation, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 31:40And the measuring line shall go out farther in his sight upon the hill Gareb: and it shall compass Goatha,
Matthew Henry on Daniel 11:2-5
Ruin of the Persian Monarchy. ( b. c. 534.) 1 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. 2 And now will I show thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia. 3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. 4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom… Read the whole commentary →