DA-11:1 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, [even] I,
stood to
confirm and to strengthen him.
DA-11:2 And now will I show 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.
DA-11:3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with
great
dominion, and do according to his will.
DA-11:4 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.
DA-11:5 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.
DA-11:6 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.
DA-11:7 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:
DA-11:8 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.
DA-11:9 So the king of the south shall come into [his] kingdom,
and shall
return into his own land.
DA-11:10 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.
DA-11:11 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.
DA-11:12 [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].
DA-11:13 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.
DA-11:14 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.
DA-11:15 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.
DA-11:16 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.
DA-11:17 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.
DA-11:18 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.
DA-11:19 Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own
land: but he
shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
DA-11:20 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.
DA-11:21 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.
DA-11:22 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.
DA-11:23 And after the league [made] with him he shall work
deceitfully: for
he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
DA-11:24 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.
DA-11:25 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.
DA-11:26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall
destroy him,
and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.
DA-11:27 And both 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.
DA-11:28 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.
DA-11:29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward
the south;
but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.
DA-11:30 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.
DA-11:31 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.
DA-11:32 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].
DA-11:33 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.
DA-11:34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a
little help:
but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
DA-11:35 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.
DA-11:36 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.
DA-11:37 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.
DA-11:38 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.
DA-11:39 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.
DA-11:40 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.
DA-11:41 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.
DA-11:42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the
countries: and the
land of Egypt shall not escape.
DA-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.
DA-11:44 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.
DA-11:45 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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