Daniel 11:1-20

New American Standard Bible 1995

Conflicts to Come

11 “In the ^(A)first year of Darius the Mede, ^[a]I arose to be ^[b]an encouragement and a protection for him. ² And now I will tell you the ^(B)truth. Behold, three more kings are going to arise ^[c]in Persia. Then a fourth will gain far more riches than all of them; as soon as he becomes strong through his riches, ^[d]he will arouse the whole empire against the realm of ^[e](C)Greece. ³ And a ^(D)mighty king will arise, and he will rule with great authority and ^(E)do as he pleases. ⁴ But as soon as he has arisen, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out ^(F)toward the ^(G)four ^[f]points of the compass, though not to his own descendants, nor according to his authority which he wielded, for his sovereignty will be ^(H)uprooted and given to others besides ^[g]them.

⁵ “Then the ^(I)king of the South will grow strong, ^[h]along with one of his princes ^[i]who will gain ascendancy over him and obtain dominion; his domain will be a great dominion indeed. ⁶ After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will come to the ^(J)king of the North to carry out ^[j]a peaceful arrangement. But she will not retain her ^[k]position of power, nor will he remain with his ^[l]power, but she will be given up, along with those who brought her in and the one who sired her as well as he who supported her in those times. ⁷ But one of the ^[m]descendants of her line will arise in his place, and he will come against their army and enter the ^(K)fortress of the king of the North, and he will deal with them and display great strength. ⁸ Also their ^(L)gods with their ^[n]metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold he will take into captivity to Egypt, and he on his part will ^[o]refrain from attacking the king of the North for some years. ⁹ Then ^[p]the latter will enter the realm of the king of the South, but will return to his own land.

¹⁰ “His sons will ^[q]mobilize and assemble a multitude of great forces; and one of them will keep on coming and ^(M)overflow and pass through, that he may ^[r]again wage war up to his very fortress. ¹¹ The ^(N)king of the South will be enraged and go forth and fight ^[s]with the king of the North. Then the latter will raise a great multitude, but that multitude will be given into ^[t]the hand of the former. ¹² When the multitude is carried away, his heart will be lifted up, and he will cause tens of thousands to fall; yet he will not prevail. ¹³ For the king of the North will again raise a greater multitude than the former, and ^[u]after an ^(O)interval of some years he will ^[v]press on with a great army and much equipment.

¹⁴ “Now in those times many will rise up against the king of the South; the violent ones among your people will also lift themselves up in order to fulfill the vision, but they will ^[w]fall down. ¹⁵ Then the king of the North will come, cast up a ^(P)siege ramp and capture a well-fortified city; and the forces of the South will not stand their ground, not even ^[x]their choicest troops, for there will be no strength to make a stand. ¹⁶ But he who comes against him will ^(Q)do as he pleases, and ^(R)no one will be able to withstand him; he will also stay for a time in the ^[y](S)Beautiful Land, with destruction in his hand. ¹⁷ He will ^(T)set his face to come with the power of his whole kingdom, ^[z]bringing with him ^[aa]a proposal of peace which he will put into effect; he will also give him the daughter of women to ruin it. But she will not take a stand for him or be ^[ab]on his side. ¹⁸ Then he will turn his face to the ^(U)coastlands and capture many. But a commander will put a stop to his scorn against him; moreover, he will ^(V)repay him for his scorn. ¹⁹ So he will turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will ^(W)stumble and fall and be ^(X)found no more.

²⁰ “Then in his place one will arise who will ^(Y)send an ^[ac]oppressor through the ^[ad]Jewel of his kingdom; yet within a few days he will be shattered, though not in anger nor in battle.