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• Deuteronomy describes how the Roman Empire would come against the Jewish people, a nation from afar, as swift as the eagle flight, and put a yoke of iron around their neck. The “iron might” of Rome describes the Romans perfectly, answering to the iron legs of the Roman Empire in Nebuchadnezzar’s prophetic dream in Daniel chapter 2, which we have looked at previously. The eagle was the ensign, or banner, of the Roman army when they went to war. The passage describes the terrible siege against Jerusalem, when the people resorted to cannibalism out of utter desperation. These shocking events are all described in Josephus.