¹⁵And the king of the north will come, and he will throw up siege ramps^x and capture a city of fortifications and the military forces of the south and his choice troops^y will not stand, for^z there is no strength left to resist. ¹⁶And the one coming to him will act according to^a his pleasure, and there is no one who will stand^b before him,^c and he will stand in the beautiful land^d and complete destruction will be in his power. ¹⁷And he will set his face to come with the authority of his whole kingdom and will form an agreement;^e and he will act,^f and the daughter of women he will give to him to destroy it,^g but the ploy will not succeed and she will not support him.^h ¹⁸And he will turn his face to the coastlands, and he will capture many, butⁱ a commander will end his insults to him so that instead his insults will turn back upon him.^j ¹⁹And he will turn back his face toward^k the strongholds of his land, but he will stumble and he will fall and will not be found.

²⁰“Then in his place will arise one sending an official throughout the glory^l of his kingdom, and in a few days^m he will be broken, but not in anger and not in battle.

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Footnotes

xHebrew “ramp”
yLiterally “the army of his chosen troops”
zHebrew “and”
aLiterally “as”
bLiterally “standing”
cLiterally “to the face of him”
dLiterally “in the land of the beauty”
eOr “treaty,” or “peace proposal”; the Hebrew is difficult
fLiterally “do, perform”
gOr “her”
hLiterally “and not for him will she be”
iHebrew “and”
jLiterally “so that not his insults he will return against him”
kHebrew “to”
lOr “splendor”
mLiterally “in some days”