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

⁴³ The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.^(A)

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]

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.

⁷ “Teacher,” they asked, “when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?”

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—