⁴ He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, declaring himself to be God.^(A)

² Mortal, say to the prince of Tyre: Thus says the Lord God:

⁶ It opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling, that is, those who dwell in heaven. ⁷ Also, it was allowed to wage war on the saints and to conquer them.^[a] It was given authority over every tribe and people and language and nation,^(A)

⁵ Indeed, even though there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth—as in fact there are many gods and many lords—

⁴⁵ He shall pitch his palatial tents between the sea and the beautiful holy mountain. Yet he shall come to his end, with no one to help him.^(A)

⁹ Out of one of them came another^[a] horn, a little one, which grew exceedingly great toward the south, toward the east, and toward the beautiful land.^{(A) 10} It grew as high as the host of heaven. It threw down to earth some of the host and some of the stars and trampled on them.^{(B) 11} Even against the prince of the host it acted arrogantly; it took the regular burnt offering away from him and overthrew the place of his sanctuary.^{(C) 12} Because of wickedness, the host was given over to it together with the regular burnt offering;^[b] it cast truth to the ground and kept prospering in what it did. ¹³ Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to the one who spoke, “For how long is this vision concerning the regular burnt offering, the transgression that makes desolate, and the giving over of the sanctuary and host to be trampled?”^{[c](D) 14} And he answered him,^[d] “For two thousand three hundred evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary shall be restored to its rightful state.”

⁸ I was considering the horns when another horn appeared, a little one that came up among them. Three of the original horns were plucked up from before it. There were eyes like human eyes in this horn and a mouth speaking arrogantly.^(A)