Daniel 11

Conflicts to Come

1 “In the afirst year of Darius the Mede,
Lit my standing up was
I arose to be of
Lit a strengthener
assistance and a protection for him.
2And now I will tell you the dtruth. Behold, three more kings are going to arise
Lit for
in Persia. Then a fourth will gain far more riches than all of them; as soon as he becomes strong through his riches,
Or they all will stir up the realm of Greece
he will stir up the entire empire against the realm of
Heb Javan
,
hGreece.
3And a imighty king will arise, and he will rule with great authority and jdo as he pleases. 4But as soon as he has arisen, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out ktoward the lfour
Lit winds of the heaven
points of the compass, though not to his own descendants, nor according to his authority which he wielded, because his sovereignty will be nremoved and given to others besides
I.e., his descendants
them.

5 “Then the pking of the South will grow strong,
Lit and
along with one of his princes
Lit and he
who will gain ascendancy over him and rule; his domain will be a great realm indeed.
6And after some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will come to the sking of the North to reach an agreement. But she will not keep her
Lit strength of arm
position of power, nor will he remain with his
Lit arm
power, but she will be given up, along with those who brought her in and the one who fathered her as well as he who supported her in those times.
7But one of the
Lit branch of her roots
descendants of her line will arise in his place, and he will come against their army and enter the wfortress of the king of the North, and he will deal with them and prevail.
8And he will also take into captivity to Egypt their xgods with their cast metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold, and he on his part will
Lit stand from the king
refrain from attacking the king of the North for some years.
9Then
Lit he will, and so throughout the ch
the latter will enter the realm of the king of the South, but will return to his own land.

10 “And his sons will mobilize and assemble a multitude of great forces; and one of them will keep on coming and aaoverflow and pass through, so that he may
Or return and wage
again wage war up to his fortress.
11And the acking of the South will be enraged and go out and fight
Lit with him, with
with the king of the North. Then the latter will raise a great multitude, but that multitude will be handed over to
Lit his hand
the former.
12When the multitude is carried away, his heart will
Lit rise
be haughty, and he will cause tens of thousands to fall; yet he will not prevail.
13For the king of the North will again raise a greater multitude than the former, and
Lit at the end of the times, years
after an ahinterval of some years he will
Or keep on coming
press on with a great army and much equipment.

14 “Now in those times many will rise up against the king of the South; the violent ones among your people will also raise themselves up to fulfill the vision, but they will
Lit stumble, and so throughout the ch
fall down.
15Then the king of the North will come, pile up an akassault ramp, and capture a well-fortified city; and the forces of the South will not stand their ground, not even
Lit the people of its choice ones
their choicest troops, for there will be no strength to make a stand.
16But he who comes against him will amdo as he pleases, and anno one will be able to withstand him; he will also stay for a time in the
I.e., Israel
,
apBeautiful Land, with destruction in his hand.
17And he will aqset his
Lit face
mind on coming with the power of his entire kingdom,
Lit and
bringing with him
Lit equitable things
a proposal of peace which he will put into effect; he will also give him the daughter of women to ruin it. But she will not take a stand for him or be
Lit for him; i.e., for her father
on his side.
18Then he will turn his face to the avcoastlands and capture many. But a commander will put a stop to his taunting against him; moreover, he will awrepay him for his taunting. 19So he will turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will axstumble and fall and not be ayfound.

20 “Then in his place one will arise who will azallow an
Or tax collector
oppressor to pass through the
Lit splendor; i.e., prob. Jerusalem and its temple
Jewel of his kingdom; yet within a few days he will be broken, though not in anger nor in battle.
21And in his place a despicable person will arise, on whom the majesty of kingship has not been conferred; but he will come in a time of tranquility and bcseize the kingdom by intrigue. 22And the overflowing bdforces will be flooded away from him and smashed, and also the prince of the covenant. 23After an alliance is made with him he will practice deception, and he will go up and gain power with a small force of people. 24
Lit In tranquility and the rich...he will enter
In a time of tranquility he will enter the bfrichest parts of the
Lit province
realm, and he will accomplish what his fathers did not, nor his
Lit fathers’ fathers
ancestors; he will distribute plunder, spoils, and possessions among them, and he will devise his schemes against strongholds, but only for a time.
25And he will stir up his strength and
Lit heart
courage against the bjking of the South with a large army; so the king of the South will mobilize an extremely large and mighty army for war; but he will not stand, because schemes will be devised against him.
26Those who eat his choice food will
Lit break
destroy him, and his army will
Or be swept away, and many
,
bmoverflow, but many will fall down slain.
27As for both kings, their hearts will be intent on bnevil, and they will bospeak lies to each other at the same table; but it will not succeed, because the bpend is still to come at the appointed time. 28Then he will return to his land with much
Lit property
plunder; but his heart will be set against the holy covenant, and he will take action and then return to his own land.

29 “At the appointed time he will return and come into the South, but
Lit it will not happen as the first and as the last
this last time it will not turn out the way it did before.
30For ships of
I.e., Cyprus
,
btKittim will come against him; therefore he will withdraw in fear and will return and curse the holy covenant and take action; so he will come back and pay attention to those who abandon the holy covenant.
31Forces from him will arise, budesecrate the sanctuary fortress, and do away with the regular sacrifice. And they will set up the bvabomination
Lit that makes desolate; or that causes horror
of desolation.
32And by bxsmooth words he will
Or ruin those
turn to godlessness those who act wickedly toward the covenant, but the people who know their God will be bzstrong and take action.
33And
Or instructors of the people will
,
cbthose who have insight among the people will give understanding to the many; yet they will ccfall by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder for many days.
34Now when they fall they will be granted a little help, and many will cdjoin with them in cehypocrisy. 35And some of
Or the instructors
those who have insight will fall, to cgrefine, chpurge, and
Or whiten
,
cjcleanse them until the ckend time; because it is still to come at the appointed time.

36 “Then the king will cldo as he pleases, and he will exalt himself and cmboast against every god and will cnspeak
Or amazing
dreadful things against the cpGod of gods; and he will be successful until the cqindignation is finished, because that which is crdetermined will be done.
37And he will show no regard for the
Or God
gods of his fathers or for the
Or darling of
desire of women, nor will he show regard for any other god; for he will boast against them all.
38But
Lit in his place
instead he will honor a god of fortresses, a god whom his fathers did not know; he will honor him with gold, silver, precious stones, and treasures.
39And he will take action against the strongest of fortresses with the help of a foreign god; he will give great honor to
Lit the one who acknowledges
those who acknowledge him and will make them rulers over the many, and will parcel out land for a price.

40 “And at the cwend time the cxking of the South will wage war with him, and the cyking of the North will czstorm against him with chariots, horsemen, and with many ships; and he will enter countries, daoverflow them, and pass through. 41He will also enter the
I.e., Israel
,
dcBeautiful Land, and many countries will fall; but these will be rescued out of his hand: Edom, ddMoab, and the foremost of the sons of deAmmon.
42Then he will reach out with his hand against other countries, and the land of Egypt will not escape. 43But he will
Lit rule over
gain control over the hidden treasures of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; and dgLibyans and dhEthiopians will follow at his
Lit footsteps
heels.
44But rumors from the East and from the North will terrify him, and he will go out with great wrath to eliminate and
Lit devote many to destruction
annihilate many.
45And he will pitch the tents of his royal pavilion between the seas and the beautiful dkHoly Mountain; yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him.

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