22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
22 Then an overwhelming army will be swept away before him; both it and a prince of the covenant will be destroyed.
22 Armies shall be utterly swept away before him and broken, even the prince of the covenant.
22 He'll come in like a steamroller, flattening the opposition. Even the Prince of the Covenant will be crushed.
22 With the force of a flood they shall be swept away from before him and be broken, and also the prince of the covenant.
22 Before him great armies will be swept away, including a covenant prince.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Daniel 11:22
Commentary on Daniel 11:1-30
(Read Daniel 11:1-30)
The angel shows Daniel the succession of the Persian and Grecian empires. The kings of Egypt and Syria are noticed: Judea was between their dominions, and affected by their contests. From verse 21, to relate to Antiochus Epiphanes, who was a cruel and violent persecutor of the Jews. See what decaying, perishing things worldly pomp and possessions are, and the power by which they are gotten. God, in his providence, sets up one, and pulls down another, as he pleases. This world is full of wars and fightings, which come from men's lusts. All changes and revolutions of states and kingdoms, and every event, are plainly and perfectly foreseen by God. No word of God shall fall to the ground; but what he has designed, what he has declared, shall infallibly come to pass. While the potsherds of the earth strive with each other, they prevail and are prevailed against, deceive and are deceived; but those who know God will trust in him, and he will enable them to stand their ground, bear their cross, and maintain their conflict.