Daniel 11:20–45

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

²¹“In his place a despicable person will arise, on whom the honor of kingship has not been conferred, but he will come in a time of tranquility and ^aseize the kingdom by intrigue.

²²“The overflowing ^aforces will be flooded away before him and shattered, and also the prince of the covenant.

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

²⁴“¹In a time of tranquility he will enter the ^arichest parts of the ²realm, and he will accomplish what his fathers never did, nor his ³ancestors; he will distribute plunder, booty and possessions among them, and he will devise his schemes against strongholds, but only for a time.

²⁵“He will stir up his strength and ¹courage against the ^aking of the South with a large army; so the king of the South will mobilize an extremely large and mighty army for war; but he will not stand, for schemes will be devised against him.

²⁶“Those who eat his choice food will ¹destroy him, and his army will ^2aoverflow, but many will fall down slain.

²⁷“As for both kings, their hearts will be intent on ^aevil, and they will ^bspeak lies to each other 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 much ¹plunder; 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 turn out the way it did before.

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

³¹“Forces from him will arise, ^adesecrate the sanctuary fortress, and do away with the regular sacrifice. And they will set up the ^babomination ¹of desolation.

³²“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“^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 ^bhypocrisy.

³⁵“Some of ¹those who have insight will fall, in order to ^arefine, ^bpurge and make them ^2cpure until the ^dend time; 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 ¹monstrous things against the ^dGod of gods; and he will prosper 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 treasures.

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

⁴⁰“At the ^aend time 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 countries, ^eoverflow them and pass through.

⁴¹“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 stretch out his hand against other countries, and the land of Egypt will not escape.

⁴³“But he will ¹gain control over the hidden treasures of gold and silver and over all the precious things of Egypt; and ^aLibyans and ^bEthiopians will follow at his ²heels.

⁴⁴“But rumors from the East and from the North will disturb him, and he will go forth with great wrath to destroy and ¹annihilate many.

⁴⁵“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.