Daniel 11:14-35

New American Standard Bible 1995

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 ^[a]fall down. ¹⁵ Then the king of the North will come, cast up a ^(A)siege ramp and capture a well-fortified city; and the forces of the South will not stand their ground, not even ^[b]their choicest troops, for there will be no strength to make a stand. ¹⁶ But he who comes against him will ^(B)do as he pleases, and ^(C)no one will be able to withstand him; he will also stay for a time in the ^[c](D)Beautiful Land, with destruction in his hand. ¹⁷ He will ^(E)set his face to come with the power of his whole kingdom, ^[d]bringing with him ^[e]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 ^[f]on his side. ¹⁸ Then he will turn his face to the ^(F)coastlands and capture many. But a commander will put a stop to his scorn against him; moreover, he will ^(G)repay him for his scorn. ¹⁹ So he will turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will ^(H)stumble and fall and be ^(I)found no more.

²⁰ “Then in his place one will arise who will ^(J)send an ^[g]oppressor through the ^[h]Jewel of his kingdom; yet within a few days he will be shattered, though not in anger nor in battle. ²¹ In his place a despicable person will arise, on whom the honor of kingship has not been conferred, but he will come in a time of tranquility and ^(K)seize the kingdom by intrigue. ²² The overflowing ^(L)forces will be flooded away before him and shattered, and also the prince of the covenant. ²³ After an alliance is made with him he will practice deception, and he will go up and gain power with a small force of people. ^24 [i]In a time of tranquility he will enter the ^(M)richest parts of the ^[j]realm, and he will accomplish what his fathers never did, nor his ^[k]ancestors; he will distribute plunder, booty and possessions among them, and he will devise his schemes against strongholds, but only for a time. ²⁵ He will stir up his strength and ^[l]courage against the ^(N)king of the South with a large army; so the king of the South will mobilize an extremely large and mighty army for war; but he will not stand, for schemes will be devised against him. ²⁶ Those who eat his choice food will ^[m]destroy him, and his army will ^[n](O)overflow, but many will fall down slain. ²⁷ As for both kings, their hearts will be intent on ^(P)evil, and they will ^(Q)speak lies to each other at the same table; but it will not succeed, for the ^(R)end is still to come at the appointed time. ²⁸ Then he will return to his land with much ^[o]plunder; but his heart will be set against the holy covenant, and he will take action and then return to his own land.

²⁹ “At the appointed time he will return and come into the South, but ^[p]this last time it will not turn out the way it did before. ³⁰ For ships of ^[q](S)Kittim will come against him; therefore he will be disheartened and will return and become enraged at the holy covenant and take action; so he will come back and show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant. ³¹ Forces from him will arise, ^(T)desecrate the sanctuary fortress, and do away with the regular sacrifice. And they will set up the ^(U)abomination ^[r]of desolation. ³² By ^(V)smooth words he will ^[s]turn to godlessness those who act wickedly toward the covenant, but the people who know their God will display ^(W)strength and take action. ^33 [t](X)Those who have insight among the people will give understanding to the many; yet they will ^(Y)fall by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder for many days. ³⁴ Now when they fall they will be granted a little help, and many will ^(Z)join with them in ^(AA)hypocrisy. ³⁵ Some of ^[u]those who have insight will fall, in order to ^(AB)refine, ^(AC)purge and make them ^[v](AD)pure until the ^(AE)end time; because it is still to come at the appointed time.