Daniel
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1 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even
I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. 2 And now will I shew thee
the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the
fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his
riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia. 3 And a
mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do
according to his will. 4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall
be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his
posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall
be plucked up, even for others beside those.
5 And the king of the south shall be strong, and one
of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his
dominion shall be a great dominion. 6 And in the end of years
they shall join themselves together; for the king’s daughter of the south
shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not
retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall
be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that
strengthened her in these times. 7 But out of a branch of her
roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army,
and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal
against them, and shall prevail: 8 And shall also carry captives into
Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of
silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the
north. 9 So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom,
and shall return into his own land. 10 But his sons shall be stirred
up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall
certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be
stirred up, even to his fortress. 11 And the king of the south
shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even
with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the
multitude shall be given into his hand. 12 And when he hath
taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many
ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it. 13 For
the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than
the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and
with much riches. 14 And in those times there shall many stand up
against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt
themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall. 15 So the
king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced
cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen
people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand. 16 But
he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall
stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand
shall be consumed. 17 He shall also set his face to enter with the
strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and
he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand
on his side, neither be for him. 18 After this shall he turn
his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf
shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he
shall cause it to turn upon him. 19 Then he shall turn his face
toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be
found. 20 Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in
the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in
anger, nor in battle.
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom
they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably,
and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. 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. 23 And after the league made with him
he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a
small people. 24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places
of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done,
nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and
riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds,
even for a time. 25 And he shall stir up his power and his courage
against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall
be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not
stand: for they shall forecast devices against him. 26 Yea, they that
feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow:
and many shall fall down slain. 27 And both these kings’ hearts shall
be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not
prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed. 28 Then
shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be
against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his
own land. 29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward
the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter. 30 For
the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and
return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall
even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant. 31 And
arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength,
and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the
abomination that maketh desolate. 32 And such as do wickedly against
the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their
God shall be strong, and do exploits. 33 And they that
understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the
sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days. 34 Now
when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall
cleave to them with flatteries. 35 And some of them of
understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them
white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time
appointed. 36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he
shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak
marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the
indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. 37 Neither
shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any
god: for he shall magnify himself above all. 38 But in his estate
shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he
honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things. 39 Thus
shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall
acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over
many, and shall divide the land for gain. 40 And at the time of the
end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall
come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with
many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass
over. 41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries
shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom,
and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. 42 He shall stretch
forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape. 43 But
he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the
precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at
his steps. 44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall
trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly
to make away many. 45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace
between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end,
and none shall help him.
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