¹⁶ The invader will do as he pleases;^(A) no one will be able to stand against him.^(B) He will establish himself in the Beautiful Land and will have the power to destroy it.^(C)

⁹ Out of one of them came another horn, which started small^(A) but grew in power to the south and to the east and toward the Beautiful Land.^(B)

⁴¹ He will also invade the Beautiful Land.^(A) Many countries will fall, but Edom,^(B) Moab^(C) and the leaders of Ammon will be delivered from his hand.

The King Who Exalts Himself

³⁶ “The king will do as he pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself^(A) above every god and will say unheard-of things^(B) against the God of gods.^(C) He will be successful until the time of wrath^(D) is completed, for what has been determined must take place.^(E)

³ Then a mighty king will arise, who will rule with great power and do as he pleases.^(A)

⁷ I saw it attack the ram furiously, striking the ram and shattering its two horns. The ram was powerless to stand against it; the goat knocked it to the ground and trampled on it,^(A) and none could rescue the ram from its power.^(B)

⁴ I watched the ram as it charged toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against it, and none could rescue from its power.^(A) It did as it pleased^(B) and became great.

⁴⁵ He will pitch his royal tents between the seas at^[a] the beautiful holy mountain.^(A) Yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him.

¹⁹ “I myself said,