Daniel 11:20–45

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. ²¹And in his place a despicable person will arise on whomⁿ they have not conferred the majesty of the kingdom, and he will come in without warning^o and he will seize the kingdom by deceit. ²²And before him^p mighty military forces^q will be utterly swept away, and they will be broken, and also the leader of the covenant. ²³And after an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully, and he will rise and he will become powerful with few people backing him. ²⁴In a time of ease and in the rich parts of the province, he will come and he will do what his predecessors^r did not do; he will distribute plunder and spoil and possessions to them, and he will devise his plans against fortifications, but only for a time.^{s 25}And he will stir up his power and his heart against the king of the south and with a much greater and stronger army;^t but he will not succeed, for they will devise plans against him. ²⁶And those who eat of his royal rations will break him and his army will be overwhelmed, and many will fall, slain. ²⁷And two of the kings^u will bend their hearts^v to evil. And at the same table^w they will speak lies, but what is discussed will not succeed, for still an end is coming at the appointed time. ²⁸Then he will return to his land with many possessions, but his heart will be set against the holy covenant,^x and he will take action and he will return to his land.

²⁹“At the appointed time he will return and he will come into the south, but it will not be as it was before.^{y 30}And the ships of Kittim will come against him, and he will lose heart, and he will turn back, and he will be enraged against the holy covenant,^z and he will take action, and he will turn back, and he will pay attention to those who forsake the holy covenant.^{a 31}And military forces from him will occupy^b and will profane^c the sanctuary stronghold,^d and they will abolish the regular burnt offering, and they will set up the abomination that causes desolation.

³²“And those who violate the covenant he will seduce with flattery, but the persons who know their God^e will stand firm and will take action. ³³And those who have insight will instruct^f the many, but they will fall by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder for some time.^{g 34}And when they fall^h they will receive little help, and many will join with them in hypocrisy. ³⁵And even some of those who have insightⁱ will fallⁱ in order for them to be refined by it, and to be purified and cleansed until the time of the end, for the appointed time is still to come.

³⁶“Then the king will do as he pleases,^j and he will exalt himself and will consider himself above any god, and he will speak horrendous things against^k the God of gods, yet he will succeed until the period of anger is finished, for what is determined will be done. ³⁷He will not pay respect to the gods of his ancestors,^l or to the darling of women, and not to any god will he pay respect, for he will consider himself great over all gods. ³⁸But instead^m he will honor the god of fortresses, a god whom his ancestorsⁿ did not know. He will honor him with gold, and with silver, and with precious stones^o and with costly gifts. ³⁹And he will deal with the fortified strongholds^p with the help of a foreign god;^q and he will increase wealth for whoever will acknowledge him, and he will cause them to rule^r over the many, and he will distribute land for a price.

⁴⁰“And at the time of the end the king of the south will attack him, and the king of the north will storm against him with chariots^s and with horsemen and with many ships, and he will advance against the countries and he will sweep through like a flood.^{t 41}And he will come into the beautiful land^u and many will fall victim, but these will escape from his power: Edom and Moab and the best part^v of the Ammonites.^{w 42}And he will stretch out his hand against countries and the land of Egypt will not escape.^{x 43}And he will rule over the treasures of gold and the silver and over all the precious things of Egypt; and the Libyans and the Cushites will follow in his footsteps. ⁴⁴But reports will terrify him from the east and from the north, and he will go out with great fury to destroy and to exterminate many. ⁴⁵And then he will pitch the tents of his palace between the sea and the beautiful holy mountain,^y and he will come to his end, and there is no one^z helping him.”