It has been helpfully remarked that when the Jew was in the land the Assyrian, or the King of the North was the great enemy, but when he was carried captive, and his country became tributary, Babylon became the chief enemy, and the succeeding empires took up that position, till we find Rome dispersing the Jews among the nations.
But when the Jew goes back to his own land in unbelief the King of the North will again come into prominence.
It looks as if the Turk might play the role of the King of the North in the future day. Driven little by little out of Europe he will seek compensation in Asia, and there nurse schemes of revenge against Palestine and Mesopotamia, once his possessions.