Daniel 8–12

8^**In the third year of the reign of king ^aBelshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me ^bat the first. ²And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at ^cShushan in ^cdthe palace, which is in the province of ^eElam; and ^fI saw in a vision, and I was by ^gthe river of ^hUlai. ³Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before ^gthe river ⁱa ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than ^†the other, and the higher came up last. ⁴I saw the ram ^kpushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no ^lbeasts ^mmight stand before him, ^mneither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he ⁿdid according to his will, and became great. ⁵And as I was considering, behold, ^oan he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and ^||ptouched not the ground: and the goat had ^†qa notable horn between his eyes. ⁶And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before ^gthe river, and ^rran unto him in the fury of his power. ⁷And I saw him come close unto the ram, and ^she was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and ^mthere was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down ^tto the ground, and ^tstamped upon him: and ^mthere was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand. ⁸Therefore ^othe he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn ^uwas broken; and for it came up ^vfour notable ones toward ^wthe four winds of heaven. ⁹And out of one of them came forth ^xa little horn, which waxed exceeding great, ^ytoward the south, and ^ztoward the east, and toward ^athe pleasant land. ¹⁰And ^bit waxed great, even ^||cto the host of heaven; and ^dit cast down some of the host and of the stars ^eto the ground, and ^estamped upon them. ¹¹Yea, ^fhe magnified himself even ^||to ^gthe prince of the host, and ^||by him ^hithe daily sacrifice ^hwas taken away, and ^jthe place of his sanctuary ^kwas cast down. ¹²And ^||lan host was given him against ⁱthe daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and ^kmit cast down ⁿthe truth to the ground; and it ^opractised, and ^oprospered. ¹³Then I heard ^pone saint speaking, and ^qanother saint said unto ^||†that certain saint which spake, ^rHow long shall be the vision concerning ⁱthe daily sacrifice, and ^rrthe transgression ^||of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and ^sthe host ^tto be trodden under foot? ¹⁴And he said unto me, ^uUnto two thousand and three hundred ^†days; ^uthen shall the sanctuary be ^†cleansed.

¹⁵And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and ^vsought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me ^was the appearance of a man. ¹⁶And I heard a man’s voice ^xbetween the banks of ^yUlai, which called, and said, ^zGabriel, make this man to understand the vision. ¹⁷So he came near where I stood: and when he came, ^aI was afraid, and ^bfell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, ^cO son of man: for at ^ccthe time of the end shall be the vision. ¹⁸Now as he was speaking with me, ^dI was in a deep sleep ^deon my face toward the ground: but ^eehe touched me, and ^f†set me upright. ¹⁹And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of ^hthe indignation: for at ⁱthe time appointed the end shall be. ^20kThe ram which thou sawest having two horns are ^lthe kings of ^mMedia and Persia. ²¹ⁿAnd ^othe rough goat is ^lthe king of ^pGrecia: and ⁿthe great horn that is between his eyes ^qis the first king. ²²Now ^rthat being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, ^sbut not in his power. ²³And in the latter time of their kingdom, ^twhen the transgressors ^†are come to the full, a king ^uof fierce countenance, and ^vunderstanding dark sentences, shall stand up. ²⁴And his power shall be mighty, ^wbut not by his own power: and he shall destroy ^xwonderfully, and ^yshall prosper, and ^ypractise, and ^zashall destroy the mighty and ^zthe ^†holy people. ²⁵And ^bthrough his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and ^che shall magnify himself in his heart, and ^dby ^||peace ^eshall destroy many: he shall also stand up ^cagainst the Prince of princes; but ^fhe shall be broken ^gwithout hand. ²⁶And the vision ^hof the evening and the morning which was told ⁱis true: wherefore ^kshut thou up the vision; for ^lit shall be for many days. ²⁷And ^mI Daniel fainted, and was sick ⁿcertain days; afterward I rose up, and ^odid the king’s business; and I ^pwas astonished at the vision, but ^qnone understood it.

9^*aIn the first year of ^bDarius the son of ^cAhasuerus, of the seed of ^dthe Medes, ^||which was made king over the realm of ^ethe Chaldeans; ²In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to ^fJeremiah the prophet, ^gthat he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. ³And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek ^hby prayer and ⁱsupplications, ^hkwith fasting, and ^lsackcloth, and ^lashes: ⁴And ^hI ^mprayed unto the Lord my God, and ^mnmade my confession, and said,

^oO Lord, ^opthe great and dreadful God, ^oqkeeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; ^5rWe have sinned, and ^rhave committed iniquity, and ^rhave done wickedly, and ^rrhave rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: ^6sNeither have we hearkened unto ^tthy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name ^uzto our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. ⁷O Lord, ^vrighteousness ^||belongeth unto thee, but ^vzunto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, ^wthat are near, and that are far off, through all the countries ^xwhither thou hast driven them, ^ybecause of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. ⁸O Lord, ^vzto us belongeth confusion of face, ^uato our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because ^bwe have sinned against thee. ^9cTo the Lord our God belong mercies and ^dforgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; ^10efNeither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, ^fto walk in his laws, which he set before us by ^ehis servants the prophets. ¹¹Yea, ^gall Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, ^hthat they might not obey thy voice; therefore ⁱthe curse ^kis poured upon us, and the oath ^lthat is written in the law of Moses ^llthe servant of God, ^bhbecause we have sinned against him. ¹²And ^mhe hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against ⁿour judges that judged us, ^oby bringing upon us a great evil: ^mfor under the whole heaven ^phath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem. ¹³As ^lmit is written in the law of Moses, ^qall this evil is come upon us: ^ryet ^†made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and ^sunderstand thy truth. ¹⁴Therefore ^thath the Lord watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for ^uthe Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for ^ewe obeyed not his voice. ^15vAnd now, O Lord our God, ^vwthat hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt ^xwith a mighty hand, and ^vhast ^†ygotten thee renown, as at this day; ^zwe have sinned, we have done wickedly. ¹⁶O Lord, ^aaccording to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, ^bthy holy mountain: ^cbecause for our sins, and ^dfor the iniquities of our fathers, ^eJerusalem and thy people ^fare become a reproach ^fgto all that are about us. ¹⁷Now therefore, O our God, ^hhear the prayer of thy servant, and ^hhis supplications, and ⁱcause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary ^kthat is desolate, ^lfor the Lord’s sake. ¹⁸O my God, ^mincline thine ear, and hear; ^mopen thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city ^†which is called by thy name: for we do not ^†present our ^hsupplications before thee ⁿfor our ^orighteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. ¹⁹O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; ^pdefer not, for ^lqthine own sake, O my God: for ^rthy city and thy people are called by thy name.

²⁰And ^swhiles I was speaking, and ^tpraying, and ^tconfessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for ^bthe holy mountain of my God; ²¹Yea, ^swhiles I was speaking in prayer, even ^uthe man ^vGabriel, ^vwhom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly ^†swiftly, ^wtouched me ^xabout the time of the evening oblation. ²²And ^yhe informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth ^†to give thee skill and understanding. ^23sAt the beginning of thy ^hsupplications the ^†commandment came forth, and ^zI am come to shew thee; ^afor thou art ^†greatly beloved: therefore ^bunderstand the matter, and consider the vision. ^24*Seventy ^cweeks are determined upon thy people and upon ^dthy holy city, ^||to finish ^ethe transgression, and ^||fto make an end of sins, and ^gto make reconciliation for iniquity, and to ^hbring in everlasting righteousness, and ⁱto seal up the vision and ^†prophecy, and ^kto anoint ^lthe most Holy. ^25bKnow therefore and understand, that ^mfrom the going forth of the commandment ^||to restore and to build Jerusalem ⁿunto ^othe Messiah ^pthe Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street ^†shall be built again, and the ^||wall, ^qeven ^†in troublous times. ²⁶And ^rafter threescore and two weeks ^sshall ^oMessiah be cut off, ^||*tbut not for himself: ^||and ^uthe people of the prince that shall come ^vshall destroy the city and ^wthe sanctuary; and ^xthe end thereof shall be ^ywith a flood, and unto ^xthe end of the war ^||desolations are determined. ²⁷And he shall confirm ^||zzthe covenant with ^amany for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, ^*and ^||for ^bthe overspreading of ^cabominations he shall make it desolate, ^deven…