Daniel 11:20–45

²⁰“Then in his place one will stand who will ^ahave an ¹oppressor pass through the ²Jewel of his kingdom; yet within a few days he will be broken, though not in anger nor in battle.

²¹“And in his place a despised person will stand, to whom the splendor of the kingdom has not been given, but he will come in a time of ease and ^atake hold of the kingdom by intrigue.

²²“But the overflowing ^1amight will be flooded away before him and broken, and also the prince of the covenant.

²³“And after an alliance is made with him, he will ¹practice deception, and he will go up and gain power with a small force of people.

²⁴“¹In a time of ease he will enter the ^arichest parts of the province, and he will do what his fathers never did, nor his fathers’ fathers; he will distribute plunder, spoil, and possessions among them, and he will devise his schemes against strongholds, but only for a time.

²⁵“And he will stir up his strength and heart against the ^aking of the South with a great military force; so the king of the South will wage war with an extremely large and mighty military force for war; but he will not stand, for schemes will be devised against him.

²⁶“And those who eat his choice food will break him, and his military force will ^1aoverflow, but many will fall down slain.

²⁷“And as for both kings, their hearts will be intent on ^aevil, and they will ^bspeak falsehood at the same table; but it will not succeed, for the ^cend is still to come at the appointed time.

²⁸“Then he will return to his land with great possessions; but his heart will be set against the holy covenant, and he will take action and then return to his own land.

²⁹“At the appointed time he will return and come into the South, but ¹this last time it will not happen the way it did before.

³⁰“Indeed, ships of ^1aKittim will come against him; therefore he will be disheartened and will return and become indignant at the holy covenant and take action; so he will come back and show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant.

³¹“Mighty forces from him will stand, ^aprofane the sanctuary fortress, and abolish the regular sacrifice. And they will set up the ^babomination ¹of desolation.

³²“And by ^asmooth words he will ¹turn to godlessness those who act wickedly toward the covenant, but the people who know their God will display ^bstrength and take action.

³³“And ^1athose who have insight among the people will give understanding to the many; yet they will ^bfall by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder for many days.

³⁴“Now when they fall, they will be granted a little help, and many will ^ajoin with them in ^1bintrigue.

³⁵“And some of ¹those who have insight will fall, in order to ^arefine, ^bpurge, and make them ^2cpure until the time of the ^dend, because it is still to come at the appointed time.

³⁶“Then the king will ^ado as he pleases, and he will exalt and ^bmagnify himself above every god and will ^cspeak ¹astonishing things against the ^dGod of gods; and he will succeed until the ^eindignation is finished, for that which is ^fdecreed will be done.

³⁷“He will show no regard for the ¹gods of his fathers or for the desire of women, nor will he show regard for any other god; for he will magnify himself above them all.

³⁸“But ¹instead he will honor a god of fortresses, a god whom his fathers did not know; he will honor him with gold, silver, costly stones, and desirable things.

³⁹“And he will take action against the strongest of fortresses with the help of a foreign god; he will give great honor to ¹those who recognize him and will cause them to rule over the many and will apportion land for a price.

⁴⁰“And at ^athe time of the end, the ^bking of the South will collide with him, and the ^cking of the North will ^dstorm against him with chariots, with horsemen, and with many ships; and he will enter lands, ^eoverflow them, and pass through.

⁴¹“And he will also enter the ^1aBeautiful Land, and many countries will fall; but these will be rescued out of his hand: Edom, ^bMoab, and the foremost of the sons of ^cAmmon.

⁴²“Then he will send forth his hand against other countries, and the land of Egypt will not escape.

⁴³“But he will rule over the hidden treasures of gold and silver and over all the desirable things of Egypt; and ^aLibyans and ^bEthiopians will follow at his ¹heels.

⁴⁴“But reports from the East and from the North will dismay him, and he will go forth with great wrath to destroy and ¹devote many to destruction.

⁴⁵“And he will pitch the tents of his royal pavilion between the seas and the beautiful ^aHoly Mountain; yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him.