²⁶ and ^(A)He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having ^(B)determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation,

¹³ But the prince of the kingdom of Persia was standing ^[a]in my way for twenty-one days; then behold, ^(A)Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia.

²⁰ Then he said, “Do you ^[a]understand why I came to you? But I shall now return to fight against the prince of Persia; so I am leaving, and behold, the ^(A)prince of ^[b]Greece is about to come. ²¹ However, I will tell you what is recorded in the writing of ^(B)truth. Yet there is no one who ^[c]stands firmly with me against these forces except ^(C)Michael your prince.

The Time of the End

12 “Now at that time ^(A)Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a ^(B)time of distress ^(C)such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the ^(D)book, will be rescued.

¹³ ‘I was looking in the ^(A)visions ^[a]in my mind as I lay on my bed, and behold, ^(B)an angelic watcher, a ^(C)holy one, descended from heaven.

^26 (A)The one who overcomes, and the one who keeps My deeds ^(B)until the end, ^(C)I will give him authority over the ^[a]nations; ²⁷ and he shall ^[b](D)rule them with a rod of iron, ^(E)as the vessels of the potter are shattered, as I also have received authority from My Father;