31 And 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. 32 And 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. 33 And 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. 34 Now when they kshall fall, they shall be lholpen mwith a little help: but many shall cleave to them nwith flatteries. 35 And 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.

36 And 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. 37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, anor the desire of women, vnor regard any god: for vhe 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 bwith gold, and silver, and bwith 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 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. 41 He 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. 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 mthe precious things of nEgypt: and nthe Libyans and nothe Ethiopians shall be pat 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 qto destroy, and qutterly to make away many. 45 And 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.