26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of [a]his meat, shall destroy him: and his army [b]shall overflow: and many shall fall, and be slain.

27 And both these Kings’ hearts shall be to do [c]mischief, and they shall talk of deceit at one table: but it shall not avail: for [d]yet the end shall be at the time appointed.

28 Then shall he return into his land with great [e]substance: for his heart shall be against the holy covenant: so shall he do and return to his own land.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 11:26 Signifying his princes and the chief about him.
  2. Daniel 11:26 Declaring that his soldiers shall brast out and venture their life to slay and to be slain for the safeguard of their prince.
  3. Daniel 11:27 The uncle and the nephew shall take truce, and banquet together, yet in their hearts they shall imagine mischief one against the other.
  4. Daniel 11:27 Signifying, that it standeth not in the counsel of men to bring things to pass, but in the providence of God, who ruleth the Kings by a secret bridle, that they cannot do what they list themselves.
  5. Daniel 11:28 Which he shall take of the Jews in spoiling Jerusalem and the Temple, and this is told them before to move them to patience, knowing that all things are done by God’s providence.

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