Daniel 12

CHAPTER 12

The End of the Days

¹“Now at that time, ^aMichael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will stand. And there will be a ^btime of distress ^csuch as never happened since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the ^dbook, will be rescued.

²“^aAnd many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, ^bthese to everlasting life, but the others to reproach and everlasting ¹contempt.

³“¹And those who have ^ainsight will ^bshine brightly like the brightness of the ²expanse of heaven, and those who ^clead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

⁴“But as for you, Daniel, ^aconceal these words and ^bseal up the book until the ^ctime of the end; ^dmany will go to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”

⁵Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, two others were standing, one on this bank of the river and the other on that bank of the river.

⁶And ^aone said to the man ^bdressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “^cHow long will it be until the end of these wonders?”

⁷And I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, ¹as he ^araised his right hand and his left toward heaven, and swore by ^bHim who lives forever that it would be for a ^2ctime, ³times, and half a ⁴time; and as soon as ⁵they complete ^dshattering the ⁶power of the holy people, all these events will be completed.

⁸As for me, I heard but could not understand; so I said, “My lord, what will be the ¹outcome of these events?”

⁹Then he said, “Go your way, Daniel, for these words are concealed and ^asealed up until the time of the end.

¹⁰“^aMany will be purged, ¹purified, and refined, but the ^bwicked will act wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but ²those who ^chave insight will understand.

¹¹“But from the time that the regular sacrifice is abolished and the ^1aabomination of desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days.

¹²“How ^ablessed is he who keeps waiting and reaches the ^b1,335 days!

¹³“But as for you, go your way to the ¹end; then you will enter into ^arest and stand again for your ^ballotted portion at the end of the days.”