²⁷ He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’^[a] In the middle of the ‘seven’^[b] he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple^[c] he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed^(A) is poured out on him.^[d]”^[e]

¹⁵ “So when you see standing in the holy place^(A) ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’^[a](B) spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand—

²⁰ “When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies,^(A) you will know that its desolation is near.

¹¹ “From the time that the daily sacrifice^(A) is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation^(B) is set up, there will be 1,290 days.^(C)

¹⁴ “When you see ‘the abomination that causes desolation’^[a](A) standing where it^[b] does not belong—let the reader understand—then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

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)

¹³ Then I heard a holy one^(A) speaking, and another holy one said to him, “How long will it take for the vision to be fulfilled^(B)—the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, the surrender of the sanctuary and the trampling underfoot^(C) of the Lord’s people?”

⁴⁰ I will make an everlasting covenant^(A) with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire^(B) them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me.^{(C) 41} I will rejoice^(D) in doing them good^(E) and will assuredly plant^(F) them in this land with all my heart and soul.^(G)

⁴² “This is what the Lord says: As I have brought all this great calamity^(H) on this people, so I will give them all the prosperity I have promised^(I) them.