Daniel 7:11

Then I kept watching because of the arrogant words the horn was speaking. As I continued to watch, the beast was slain, and its body was destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Daniel narrates the vision to his readers while a heavenly court convenes and the books are opened. He observes the moment the little horn's boastful speech triggers the execution of judgment against the beast.

The words — The Aramaic מִלַּיָּ֣/א רַבְרְבָתָ֔/א (milai ya' ravrevata') literally renders "great words," denoting the horn's defiant speech. The phrase חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֔ית (cha'zeh hăveit) translates to "I kept watching," marking the narrator's continuous observation of the trial's outcome.

The thread — The beast's slaying and casting into fire directly parallels the capture and lake of fire judgment in Revelation 19:20 and Revelation 20:10. The judicial framework of the opened books and convened court continues the scene established in Daniel 7:10.

Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that defiant speech against divine authority triggers immediate, irreversible judgment. It demands the recognition that heavenly courts execute their decrees without delay or appeal.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.

Cross-references

Revelation 19:20 But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
Revelation 20:10 And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
Daniel 7:8 While I was contemplating the horns, suddenly another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like those of a man and a mouth that spoke words of arrogance.
2 Thessalonians 2:8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.
Daniel 8:25 Through his craft and by his hand, he will cause deceit to prosper, and in his own mind he will make himself great. In a time of peace he will destroy many, and he will even stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be broken off, but not by human hands.
Revelation 18:8 Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”
Daniel 11:45 He will pitch his royal tents between the sea and the beautiful holy mountain, but he will meet his end with no one to help him.
2 Peter 2:18 With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
Jude 1:16 These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.
Revelation 13:5 The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.