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• These verses foretell the following remarkable details:
• That nation would put a yoke of iron around the neck of Israel. Iron was the symbol of the Roman Empire. They made their weapons from iron, and talked about the iron might of Rome.
• That nation would come from afar - from Rome, from Italy, even further west than the Greek Empire.
• That nation would be as swift as the eagle flieth. The eagle was the banner of the Roman Empire when they went into battle.
• The Jews would not understand the language, or tongue, of the invading Romans. The Jews never spoke Latin, nor were they required to, even although the Romans ruled Israel for literally hundreds of years.