Daniel 11

Also I ^ain the first year of ^aDarius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.

²And now will I shew thee ^bthe 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 ^cGrecia. ³And ^da mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and ^edo according to his will. ⁴And when he shall stand up, ^fhis kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided ^ftoward ^gthe four winds of heaven; and not to ^hhis posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be pluckt up, even for others besides those.

⁵And 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. ⁶And 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 ⁱshall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and ^kthey that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times. ⁷But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into ^othe fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail: ⁸and shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their ^lprinces, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north. ⁹So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land. ¹⁰But his sons ^mshall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and ⁿoverflow, ⁿand pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, ^oeven to his fortress. ¹¹And the king of the south ^pshall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and ^qhe shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand. ¹²And 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. ¹³For the king of the north shall return, and ^qshall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches. ¹⁴And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also ^rthe robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves ^sto establish the vision; but ^tthey shall fall. ¹⁵So the king of the north shall come, and ^ucast 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. ¹⁶But he that cometh against him ^eshall do according to his own will, and ^wnone shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed. ¹⁷He shall also ^xset 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, ^yneither be for him. ¹⁸After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but ^za prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without ^zzhis own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him. ¹⁹Then he shall turn his face towards ^othe fort of his own land: but ^tahe shall stumble ^aand fall, ^band not be found. ²⁰Then shall stand up in his estate ^da raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within ^efew days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.

²¹And in his estate ^fshall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in ^gpeaceably, and obtain the kingdom ^hby flatteries. ²²And with the arms of ⁱa flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea also, ^jthe prince of ^kthe covenant. ²³And after the league made with him ^lhe shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong ^fwith a small people. ²⁴He shall enter ^gpeaceably even upon ^mthe fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; ⁿhe shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against ^othe strong holds, even for a time. ²⁵And he shall stir up his power and his courage ^pagainst the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south ^qshall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; ^rbut he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him. ²⁶Yea, they that feed of ^sthe portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army ⁱshall overflow: and ^rmany shall fall down slain. ²⁷And both these kings’ hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: ^tfor yet the end shall be at the time appointed. ²⁸Then shall he return into his land ^uwith great riches; and ^vhis heart shall be against ^wthe holy covenant; ^xand he shall do exploits, and return to his own land. ^29tAt the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be ^yas the former, or as the latter. ³⁰For the ^zships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation ^vagainst ^wthe holy covenant: ^xso shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with ^athem that forsake ^wthe holy covenant. ³¹And arms shall stand on his part, and ^bthey shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and ^cshall take away the daily sacrifice, and ^dthey shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. ³²And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he ^ecorrupt ^fby flatteries: but the people that do know their God ^gshall be strong, and do exploits. ³³And ^hthey that understand among the people shall instruct many: ⁱyet they shall ^kfall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days. ³⁴Now when they ^kshall fall, they shall be ^lholpen ^mwith a little help: but many shall cleave to them ⁿwith flatteries. ³⁵And some of ^hthem of understanding ^kshall fall, ^oto try them, and ^opto purge, and ^oqto make them white, even to ^rthe time of the end: ^sbecause it is yet for a time appointed.

³⁶And the king ^tshall do according to his will; and ^uhe shall exalt himself, and ^vmagnify himself above every god, and ⁿshall speak marvellous things against ^wthe God of gods, and ^xshall prosper ^ytill the indignation ^zbe accomplished: for ^zthat that is determined shall be done. ³⁷Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, ^anor the desire of women, ^vnor regard any god: for ^vhe shall magnify himself above all. ³⁸But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour ^bwith gold, and silver, and ^bwith precious stones, and pleasant things. ³⁹Thus 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. ⁴⁰And at ^ethe time of the end shall the king of the south ^fpush at him: and the king of the north shall come against him ^glike a whirlwind, ^hwith chariots, and ^hwith horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and ⁱshall overflow and ⁱpass over. ⁴¹He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be ^joverthrown: but these ^kshall escape out of his hand, even ^lEdom, and ^lMoab, and the chief of ^lthe children of Ammon. ⁴²He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape. ⁴³But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all ^mthe precious things of ⁿEgypt: and ⁿthe Libyans and ^nothe Ethiopians shall be ^pat his steps. ⁴⁴But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury ^qto destroy, and ^qutterly to make away many. ⁴⁵And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between ^rthe seas in ^sthe glorious ^ssholy mountain; yet ^the shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

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