Daniel 12

Chapter 12

The Time of the End

¹“Now at that time ^aMichael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a ^btime of distress ^csuch as never occurred 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“^aMany of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, ^bthese to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting ¹contempt.

³“¹Those 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 ^cend of time; ^dmany will go back and forth, 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?”

⁷I 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, times, and half a time; and as soon as ³they finish ^dshattering the ⁴power 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?”

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

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“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 attains to the ^b1,335 days!

¹³“But as for you, go your way to the ¹end; then you will enter into ^arest and rise again for your ^ballotted portion at the end of the ²age.”