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“And
I ,
in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up
to strengthen
and protect
him.
Also
I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even
I,
stood to confirm
and to
strengthen
him.
Now then,
I
will tell
you
the truth :
Three more
kings will
arise
in Persia ,
and then
a
fourth ,
who
will
be far richer than all the
others.
By the
power
of
his wealth,
he will
stir up everyone
against the kingdom
of Greece
.
And
now will I
shew
thee
the truth .
Behold,
there
shall
stand
up
yet
three kings in Persia ;
and the
fourth shall
be far richer than they
all :
and
by his strength
through
his
riches
he shall
stir up all
against the realm
of Grecia
.
Then
a mighty king will
arise
, who
will
rule with great authority
and do as
he
pleases
.
And
a mighty king shall
stand
up
, that
shall
rule with great dominion,
and do according
to
his
will
.
But
as
soon
as
he is
established
, his kingdom will
be broken up
and parceled
out
toward the four winds of heaven .
It
will
not go
to his descendants
, nor will
it
have
the
authority
with
which he ruled ,
because
his kingdom will
be uprooted
and
given
to
others.
And
when
he shall
stand
up
, his kingdom shall
be broken ,
and shall
be
divided
toward the four winds of heaven ;
and
not to his posterity
, nor according
to
his
dominion
which he ruled :
for
his kingdom shall
be plucked
up,
even
for
others beside
those
.
The king of the South will
grow
strong, but
one of his commanders
will
grow
even
stronger
and will
rule
his own
kingdom
with
great authority
.
And
the king of the south shall
be
strong, and
one of his princes;
and he
shall
be
strong
above
him,
and
have
dominion;
his dominion
shall
be
a
great dominion
.
After
some
years
they
will
form
an
alliance,
and the daughter
of the king
of the South will
go
to the king of the North to seal
the
agreement .
But his
daughter
will
not retain her
position
of
power, nor will
his strength
endure.
At
that
time
she will
be given up, along
with
her royal
escort
and her father
and the
one
who
supported
her.
And in
the end
of years
they
shall
join
themselves
together;
for
the king's
daughter
of the south shall
come
to the king of the north to make
an
agreement :
but she
shall
not retain the
power of
the
arm;
neither
shall
he
stand
, nor his arm:
but
she shall
be given up, and
they
that
brought
her ,
and he
that
begat
her ,
and he
that
strengthened
her in
these
times
.
But one
from
her family
line
will
rise
up in his place
, come against
the
army of the king of the North, and enter
his
fortress
, fighting
and prevailing.
But out
of
a
branch
of
her roots
shall
one
stand
up in his estate
, which
shall
come with
an
army ,
and
shall
enter
into
the
fortress
of the king of the north, and shall
deal
against
them
, and shall
prevail:
He
will
take
even
their gods captive
to
Egypt
, with their metal
images
and their precious vessels of silver and gold .
For
some
years
he will
stay
away
from
the king of the North ,
And
shall
also
carry
captives
into
Egypt
their gods, with their princes,
and with
their precious vessels of silver and of
gold ;
and
he shall
continue
more
years
than
the king of the north .
who
will
invade
the
realm
of
the king of the South and then
return to
his own land.
So
the king of the south shall
come
into
his
kingdom,
and shall
return into
his own land.
But his sons will
stir
up strife
and assemble a great army
, which
will
advance
forcefully
, sweeping
through like
a
flood
, and will
again
carry
the
battle
as
far
as
his fortress.
But his sons shall
be
stirred
up ,
and shall
assemble a multitude
of
great forces:
and
one
shall
certainly
come
, and
overflow
, and
pass
through :
then
shall
he
return
, and be
stirred
up,
even
to
his fortress.
In
a
rage,
the king of the South will
march
out
to
fight the king of the North ,
who
will
raise
a large
army,
but it
will
be delivered
into the
hand
of
his enemy
.
And
the king of the south shall
be
moved
with
choler,
and
shall
come
forth
and
fight with
him,
even
with
the king of the north :
and
he
shall
set
forth
a great
multitude;
but the
multitude
shall
be given
into his hand
.
When the army
is
carried
off
, the
king
of
the
South
will
be
proud
in
heart and will
cast down tens
of
thousands ,
but he will
not triumph
.
And
when he
hath
taken
away
the multitude
, his
heart shall
be
lifted
up;
and he
shall
cast down many
ten
thousands :
but he shall
not be
strengthened
by
it
.
For the king of the North will
raise
another
army
, larger
than the first
, and after some
years he
will
advance
with a great army and many
supplies
.
For the king of the north shall
return
, and
shall
set
forth
a
multitude
greater
than the former
, and shall
certainly
come
after certain
years with a great army and with
much
riches
.
In those times many will
rise
up against the king of the South .
Violent
ones
among
your
own
people will
exalt themselves in
fulfillment
of
the vision ,
but they will
fail
.
And
in those times there
shall
many stand
up against the king of the south :
also
the
robbers
of
thy
people shall
exalt themselves to
establish
the vision ;
but they shall
fall
.
Then
the king of the North will
come, build
up a siege
ramp
, and capture
a
fortified
city.
The forces
of the South will
not
stand;
even
their
best
troops
will
not be able
to resist
.
So
the king of the north shall
come, and
cast
up a mount
, and take
the most
fenced
cities:
and
the
arms
of the south shall
not withstand,
neither
his
chosen
people,
neither
shall
there
be any
strength
to withstand
.
The
invader
will
do
as
he pleases
, and no
one
will
stand against
him .
He will
establish
himself
in the Beautiful
Land, with
destruction
in
his hand.
But
he that
cometh
against
him
shall
do
according
to
his
own
will
, and none
shall
stand before
him :
and
he shall
stand
in the glorious
land, which
by
his hand shall
be
consumed
.
He will
resolve
to come
with the strength of his whole kingdom, and will
reach
an
agreement
with the
king
of
the
South.
He will
give him a
daughter
in
marriage
in
order
to
overthrow
the kingdom
, but his
plan
will
not succeed
or
help
him.
He shall
also
set
his
face
to enter
with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright
ones
with him;
thus
shall
he do:
and
he
shall
give him the daughter
of
women
, corrupting
her:
but she
shall
not stand
on
his
side,
neither
be
for
him.
Then
he will
turn his face to
the coastlands
and capture
many of
them.
But a commander
will
put
an
end
to his reproach and
will
turn
it back
upon him.
After
this
shall
he turn his face unto
the isles,
and shall
take
many :
but a prince
for
his
own
behalf
shall
cause
the
reproach
offered
by
him
to cease;
without
his own
reproach he
shall
cause
it to
turn
upon him.
After
this,
he will
turn back
toward the fortresses
of his own land ,
but he will
stumble and fall and be no
more
.
Then
he shall
turn his
face
toward the fort
of his own land :
but he shall
stumble and fall ,
and not
be found
.
In his place
one
will
arise
who
will
send
out
a tax
collector
for
the glory of the kingdom ;
but within a
few days he will
be destroyed, though
not
in anger or
in battle.
Then
shall
stand
up
in his estate
a raiser
of
taxes
in
the glory of the kingdom :
but within few days he shall
be destroyed, neither
in anger ,
nor
in battle.
In his place
a despicable
person will
arise;
royal
honors
will
not
be
given
to
him
, but he will
come in a
time
of
peace
and seize
the kingdom by intrigue
.
And
in his estate
shall
stand
up
a vile
person, to
whom
they
shall
not
give
the
honour
of
the
kingdom:
but he shall
come in peaceably,
and obtain
the kingdom by flatteries
.
Then
a flood of
forces
will
be swept
away
before him and destroyed
, along
with
a
prince of the covenant.
And
with
the
arms
of
a flood shall
they
be overflown
from
before him ,
and shall
be
broken;
yea
, also
the
prince of the covenant.
After an
alliance
is
made with him ,
he will
act
deceitfully ;
for he will
rise
to
power
with only
a few
people.
And
after the
league
made with him he shall
work
deceitfully :
for he shall
come
up,
and
shall
become
strong
with a small
people.
In
a
time
of
peace,
he will
invade
the richest
provinces
and do what
his fathers and
forefathers
never
did.
He will
lavish
plunder
, loot
, and wealth
on
his
followers
, and he will
plot
against the strongholds—but
only
for a time.
He shall
enter
peaceably
even
upon
the fattest
places
of
the
province;
and he
shall
do that
which
his fathers have
not
done,
nor
his
fathers'
fathers;
he shall
scatter
among
them
the
prey
, and
spoil
, and riches:
yea
, and he shall
forecast
his
devices
against the strong
holds,
even
for a time.
And with
a
large
army
he will
stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South ,
who
will
mobilize
a very large
and powerful
army but will
not withstand
the
plots
devised
against him.
And he shall
stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with
a great
army;
and
the
king
of
the
south
shall
be
stirred
up
to
battle
with
a
very great
and mighty
army ;
but he
shall
not stand:
for
they
shall
forecast
devices
against him.
Those
who
eat
from
his provisions
will
seek
to
destroy him ;
his army will
be
swept
away,
and many will
fall slain.
Yea,
they
that
feed
of
the
portion
of
his meat
shall
destroy him ,
and
his army shall
overflow:
and many shall
fall down
slain.
And the
two
kings ,
with
their
hearts bent
on
evil
, will
speak lies at the
same
table ,
but to
no
avail,
for still
the end will
come
at the appointed
time.
And both
of
these
kings '
hearts shall
be
to
do
mischief
, and
they
shall
speak lies at one
table ;
but it
shall
not
prosper:
for yet
the end shall
be
at the time appointed
.
The
king
of
the
North
will
return to
his land with great wealth,
but
his heart will
be set
against the holy covenant; so
he will
do damage
and return to his own land.
Then
shall
he
return into
his land with great riches;
and
his heart shall
be against the holy covenant; and
he shall
do exploits,
and return to his own land.
At the appointed
time he will
invade
the South again,
but this
time
will
not be like
the first
.
At the time appointed
he shall
return,
and
come
toward
the south ;
but it
shall
not be as
the former,
or
as
the
latter
.
Ships of Kittim
will
come against him, and he
will
lose
heart.
Then
he
will
turn
back
and rage
against the holy covenant and
do
damage.
So he will
return and show
favor
to
those
who
forsake the holy covenant.
For
the
ships of Chittim
shall
come against him :
therefore
he
shall
be
grieved
, and return,
and have
indignation
against the holy covenant :
so shall
he do;
he
shall
even
return ,
and have
intelligence
with
them
that
forsake the holy covenant.
His forces
will
rise
up
and desecrate
the
temple
fortress.
They will
abolish
the daily sacrifice and set
up
the abomination of
desolation
.
And
arms
shall
stand
on
his part,
and they shall
pollute
the sanctuary
of
strength,
and
shall
take
away
the
daily sacrifice ,
and they
shall
place
the abomination that
maketh
desolate
.
With
flattery
he
will
corrupt
those
who
violate
the covenant ,
but the people who
know their God will
firmly
resist
him
.
And
such
as
do
wickedly
against
the covenant shall
he
corrupt
by
flatteries:
but the people that
do
know their God shall
be
strong,
and
do
exploits
.
Those
with
insight
will
instruct many ,
though
for
a
time
they will
fall by sword or
flame, or
be
captured
or
plundered
.
And
they
that
understand
among
the
people
shall
instruct many :
yet
they shall
fall by the
sword ,
and
by
flame, by
captivity,
and
by
spoil,
many
days
.
Now when they fall, they will
be granted
a little help ,
but many will
join
them insincerely
.
Now when they shall
fall, they shall
be holpen
with
a little help :
but many shall
cleave
to
them with
flatteries
.
Some of the
wise
will
fall, so
that
they
may
be
refined
, purified
, and made
spotless
until
the time of the end ,
for
it will
still
come
at
the
appointed
time.
And
some of them
of
understanding
shall
fall, to
try
them
, and
to
purge
, and to
make
them
white,
even
to
the time of the end :
because
it is
yet
for
a
time appointed
.
Then
the king will
do as
he
pleases
and
will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he
will
speak monstrous
things against the God of gods .
He
will
be
successful
until
the
time
of
wrath
is
completed
, for
what
has
been
decreed
must
be accomplished.
And
the king shall
do according
to
his
will ;
and
he
shall
exalt himself,
and magnify himself above every god, and shall
speak marvellous
things against the God of gods, and
shall
prosper
till
the
indignation
be accomplished :
for
that
that
is
determined
shall
be
done
.
He will
show
no
regard for
the gods
of his fathers, nor for
the one
desired
by
women, nor for
any other
god ,
because
he will
magnify himself above them
all.
Neither
shall
he regard the God
of his fathers, nor the desire
of
women, nor regard
any god :
for
he shall
magnify himself above all.
And
in their
place,
he will
honor
a
god of fortresses—
a god his fathers did
not know—
with gold, silver, precious stones, and riches
.
But
in his
estate
shall
he honour
the
God of forces:
and
a god whom
his fathers knew
not shall
he
honour
with gold, and
silver, and
with
precious stones, and pleasant
things
.
He will
attack
the strongest
fortresses
with the
help
of
a foreign
god and
will
greatly
honor
those
who
acknowledge
him
, making
them rulers
over many and distributing
the land for a
price
.
Thus
shall
he do
in
the most
strong
holds
with a strange
god, whom
he
shall
acknowledge
and
increase
with
glory:
and
he
shall
cause
them to
rule
over many ,
and shall
divide
the land for gain
.
At the time of the end ,
the king of the South will
engage
him in
battle,
but
the king of the North will
storm
out
against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships ,
invading
many
countries and sweeping
through
them
like
a
flood
.
And
at the time of the end shall
the king of the south push
at
him :
and
the king of the north shall
come
against him like
a
whirlwind,
with chariots, and
with
horsemen, and with
many ships ;
and
he
shall
enter
into
the
countries ,
and shall
overflow
and
pass
over
.
He will
also invade
the Beautiful
Land, and many countries will
fall.
But these will
be
delivered
from
his hand :
Edom, Moab, and the leaders
of the Ammonites
.
He shall
enter
also into
the glorious
land, and many countries shall
be
overthrown:
but these shall
escape
out
of
his hand ,
even
Edom, and
Moab, and the chief
of the children
of
Ammon
.
He will
extend
his power
over
many
countries ,
and not
even
the land of Egypt will
escape.
He shall
stretch
forth
his hand
also
upon
the
countries :
and the land of Egypt shall
not
escape.
He will
gain
control
of
the treasures of gold and silver and over all the riches
of Egypt ,
and the Libyans and Cushites
will
also
submit
to
him
.
But
he shall
have
power
over
the treasures of gold and of
silver ,
and over all the precious
things
of Egypt :
and the Libyans and the
Ethiopians
shall
be
at
his
steps
.
But news
from
the east and the north will
alarm
him ,
and
he will
go out
with great fury to destroy many
and devote
them
to destruction
.
But tidings
out
of
the east and out
of
the north shall
trouble
him :
therefore
he shall
go forth
with great fury to destroy ,
and utterly
to make
away
many
.
He will
pitch
his royal
tents
between the sea
and
the beautiful
holy mountain ,
but
he will
meet
his end with
no
one
to
help him.
And
he shall
plant
the
tabernacles
of
his palace
between the seas
in
the glorious
holy mountain ;
yet
he shall
come
to
his end ,
and
none
shall
help him.
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