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Daniel, starting at chapter 10
{10:1} In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was
revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing
was true, even a great warfare: and he understood the thing, and had
understanding of the vision. {10:2} In those days I, Daniel, was
mourning three whole weeks. {10:3} I ate no pleasant bread, neither
came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all,
until three whole weeks were fulfilled. {10:4} In the four and
twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great
river, which is Hiddekel, {10:5} I lifted up my eyes, and looked, and
behold, a man clothed in linen, whose thighs were adorned with pure
gold of Uphaz: {10:6} his body also was like the beryl, and his face
as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as flaming torches, and
his arms and his feet like burnished brass, and the voice of his words
like the voice of a multitude. {10:7} I, Daniel, alone saw the vision;
for the men who were with me didn't see the vision; but a great
quaking fell on them, and they fled to hide themselves. {10:8} So I
was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no
strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption,
and I retained no strength. {10:9} Yet heard I the voice of his words;
and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I fallen into a deep
sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground. {10:10} Behold, a
hand touched me, which set me on my knees and on the palms of my
hands. {10:11} He said to me, Daniel, you man greatly beloved,
understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright; for am I
now sent to you. When he had spoken this word to me, I stood
trembling. {10:12} Then he said to me, Don't be afraid, Daniel; for
from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to
humble yourself before your God, your words were heard: and I have
come for your words' sake. {10:13} But the prince of the kingdom of
Persia withstood me twenty-one days; but, behold, Michael, one of the
chief princes, came to help me: and I remained there with the kings of
Persia. {10:14} Now I have come to make you understand what shall
happen to your people in the latter days; for the vision is yet for
[many] days: {10:15} and when he had spoken to me according to these
words, I set my face toward the ground, and was mute. {10:16} Behold,
one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened
my mouth, and spoke and said to him who stood before me, my lord, by
reason of the vision my sorrows are turned on me, and I retain no
strength. {10:17} For how can the servant of this my lord talk with
this my lord? for as for me, immediately there remained no strength in
me, neither was there breath left in me. {10:18} Then there touched me
again one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me.
{10:19} He said, "Greatly beloved man, don't be afraid: peace be to
you, be strong, yes, be strong."
When he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, "Let my lord
speak; for you have strengthened me."
{10:20} Then he said, "Do you know why I have come to you? Now I
will return to fight with the prince of Persia. When I go forth,
behold, the prince of Greece shall come. {10:21} But I will tell you
that which is inscribed in the writing of truth: and there is none who
holds with me against these, but Michael your prince."
{11:1} "As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up
to confirm and strengthen him. {11:2} Now will I show you the truth.
Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth
shall be far richer than they all: and when he has grown strong
through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece.
{11:3} A mighty king shall stand up, who shall rule with great
dominion, and do according to his will. {11:4} When he shall stand up,
his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four
winds of the sky, but not to his posterity, nor according to his
dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom shall be plucked up,
even for others besides these. {11:5} 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. {11:6} At
the end of years they shall join themselves together; and the daughter
of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north to make
an agreement: but she shall not retain the strength of her arm;
neither shall he stand, nor his arm; but she shall be given up, and
those who brought her, and he who became the father of her, and he who
strengthened her in those times. {11:7} But out of a shoot from her
roots shall one stand up in his place, who shall come to the army, and
shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal
against them, and shall prevail. {11:8} Also their gods, with their
molten images, [and] with their goodly vessels of silver and of gold,
shall he carry captive into Egypt; and he shall refrain some years
from the king of the north. {11:9} He shall come into the realm of the
king of the south, but he shall return into his own land. {11:10} His
sons shall war, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces, which
shall come on, and overflow, and pass through; and they shall return
and war, even to his fortress. {11:11} The king of the south shall be
moved with anger, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with
the king of the north; and he shall set forth a great multitude, and
the multitude shall be given into his hand. {11:12} The multitude
shall be lifted up, and his heart shall be exalted; and he shall cast
down tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail. {11:13} The king of
the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than
the former; and he shall come on at the end of the times, [even of]
years, with a great army and with much substance. {11:14} In those
times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also
the children of the violent among your people shall lift themselves up
to establish the vision; but they shall fall. {11:15} So the king of
the north shall come, and cast up a mound, and take a well-fortified
city: and the forces of the south shall not stand, neither his chosen
people, neither shall there be any strength to stand. {11:16} But he
who comes against him shall do according to his own will, and none
shall stand before him; and he shall stand in the glorious land, and
in his hand shall be destruction. {11:17} He shall set his face to
come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and with him equitable
conditions; and he shall perform them: and he shall give him the
daughter of women, to corrupt her; but she shall not stand, neither be
for him. {11:18} After this shall he turn his face to the islands, and
shall take many: but a prince shall cause the reproach offered by him
to cease; yes, moreover, he shall cause his reproach to turn on him.
{11:19} Then he shall turn his face toward the fortresses of his own
land; but he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found. {11:20}
Then shall stand up in his place one who shall cause a tax collector
to pass through the kingdom to maintain its glory; but within few days
he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle. {11:21} In his
place shall stand up a contemptible person, to whom they had not given
the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in time of security, and
shall obtain the kingdom by flatteries. {11:22} The overwhelming
forces shall be overwhelmed from before him, and shall be broken; yes,
also the prince of the covenant. {11:23} After the treaty made with
him he shall work deceitfully; for he shall come up, and shall become
strong, with a small people. {11:24} In time of security shall he come
even on 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 prey, and spoil, and substance: yes, he shall devise his
devices against the strongholds, even for a time. {11:25} 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 war in battle with an
exceeding great and mighty army; but he shall not stand; for they
shall devise devices against him. {11:26} Yes, they who eat of his
dainties shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow; and many
shall fall down slain. {11:27} As for both these kings, their 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.
{11:28} Then shall he return into his land with great substance; and
his heart [shall be] against the holy covenant; and he shall do [his
pleasure], and return to his own land. {11:29} At the time appointed
he shall return, and come into the south; but it shall not be in the
latter time as it was in the former. {11:30} For ships of Kittim shall
come against him; therefore he shall be grieved, and shall return, and
have indignation against the holy covenant, and shall do [his
pleasure]: he shall even return, and have regard to those who forsake
the holy covenant. {11:31} Forces shall stand on his part, and they
shall profane the sanctuary, even the fortress, and shall take away
the continual [burnt offering], and they shall set up the abomination
that makes desolate. {11:32} Such as do wickedly against the covenant
shall he pervert by flatteries; but the people who know their God
shall be strong, and do [exploits]. {11:33} Those who are wise among
the people shall instruct many; yet they shall fall by the sword and
by flame, by captivity and by spoil, [many] days. {11:34} Now when
they shall fall, they shall be helped with a little help; but many
shall join themselves to them with flatteries. {11:35} Some of those
who are wise shall fall, to refine them, and to purify, and to make
them white, even to the time of the end; because it is yet for the
time appointed. {11:36} The king shall do according to his will; and
he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall
speak marvelous things against the God of gods; and he shall prosper
until the indignation be accomplished; for that which is determined
shall be done. {11:37} Neither shall he regard the gods of his
fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall
magnify himself above all. {11:38} But in his place shall he honor the
god of fortresses; and a god whom his fathers didn't know shall he
honor with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant
things. {11:39} He shall deal with the strongest fortresses by the
help of a foreign god: whoever acknowledges [him] he will increase
with glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall
divide the land for a price. {11:40} At the time of the end shall the
king of the south contend with 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 through. {11:41} He shall enter also into the
glorious land, and many [countries] shall be overthrown; but these
shall be delivered out of his hand: Edom, and Moab, and the chief of
the children of Ammon. {11:42} He shall stretch forth his hand also on
the countries; and the land of Egypt shall not escape. {11:43} 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. {11:44} But news out of the east and out of the
north shall trouble him; and he shall go forth with great fury to
destroy and utterly to sweep away many. {11:45} He shall plant the
tents of his palace between the sea and the glorious holy mountain;
yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
{12:1} "At that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who
stands for the children of your people; and there shall be a time of
trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same
time: and at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who
shall be found written in the book. {12:2} Many of those who sleep in
the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some
to shame and everlasting contempt. {12:3} Those who are wise shall
shine as the brightness of the expanse; and those who turn many to
righteousness as the stars forever and ever. {12:4} But you, Daniel,
shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end:
many shall run back and forth, and knowledge shall be increased."
{12:5} Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, two others stood, one on
the river bank on this side, and the other on the river bank on that
side. {12:6} One said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the
waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
{12:7} I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of
the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven,
and swore by him who lives forever that it shall be for a time, times,
and a half; and when they have made an end of breaking in pieces the
power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. {12:8} I
heard, but I didn't understand: then I said, my lord, what shall be
the issue of these things? {12:9} He said, Go your way, Daniel; for
the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end. {12:10}
Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be
refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked
shall understand; but those who are wise shall understand. {12:11}
From the time that the continual burnt offering shall be taken away,
and the abomination that makes desolate set up, there shall be one
thousand two hundred ninety days. {12:12} Blessed is he who waits, and
comes to the one thousand three hundred thirty-five days. {12:13} But
go you your way until the end; for you shall rest, and shall stand in
your lot, at the end of the days.
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