Daniel 12:1–7

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.