Daniel 12:1–7

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.