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10 1 There appeareth unto Daniel a man clothed in linen, 11 which showeth him wherefore he is sent.
1 In the [a]third year of Cyrus King of Persia, a thing was revealed unto Daniel (whose name was called Belteshazzar) and the word was true, but the time appointed was [b]long, and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
2 At the same time I Daniel was in heaviness for three weeks of days.
3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three weeks of days were fulfilled.
4 And in the four and twentieth day of the [c]first month, as I [d]was by the side of that great river, even Hiddekel,
5 And I lifted mine eyes, and looked, and behold, there was a man [e]clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of (A)Uphaz.
6 His body also was like the Chrysolite, and his face (to look upon) like the lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet were like in color to polished brass, and the voice of his words was like the voice of a multitude.
7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me, saw not the vision: but a great fear fell upon them, so that they fled away and hid themselves.
8 Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for [f]my strength was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no power.
9 Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, I slept on my face, and my face was toward the ground.
10 And behold, an [g]hand touched me, which set me up upon my knees, and upon the palms of mine hands,
11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand in thy place: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had said this word unto me, I stood trembling.
12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to humble thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
13 But the [h]prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but lo, [i]Michael one of the chief princes, came to help me, and I remained there by the Kings of Persia.
14 Now I am come to show thee what shall come to thy people in the latter days: for yet the [j]vision is for many days.
15 And when he spake these words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and held my tongue.
16 And behold, [k]one like the similitude of the sons of man touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my Lord, [l]by the vision my sorrows are returned upon me, and I have retained no strength.
17 For how can the servant of this my Lord talk with my Lord being such one? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.
18 Then there came again, and touched me, one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
19 And said, O man, greatly beloved, fear not: [m]peace be unto thee: be strong and of good courage. And when he had spoken unto me, I [n]was strengthened, and said, Let my Lord speak: for thou hast strengthened me.
20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I am come unto thee? but now will I return to fight with the Prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the [o]Prince of Greece shall come.
21 But I will show thee that which is decreed in the Scripture of truth: [p]and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
11 A prophecy of the kingdoms, which should be enemies to the Church of God, as of Persia, 3 Of Greece, 5 of Egypt, 28 of Syria, 36 and of the Romans.
1 Also I, in the first year of Darius of the Medes, even I [q]stood to encourage and to strengthen him.
2 And now will I show thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet [r]three kings in Persia, and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength, and by his riches he shall stir up [s]all against the realm of Greece.
3 But a [t]mighty King shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his pleasure.
4 And when he shall stand up, [u]his kingdom shall be broken, [v]and shall be divided toward the [w]four winds of heaven: and not to his [x]posterity, nor according to [y]his dominion, which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up even to be for others besides [z]those.
5 And the [aa]King of the South shall be mighty, and one of [ab]his princes, and shall prevail against him, and bear rule: his dominion shall be a great dominion.
6 And in the end of years they shall be joined together: for the King’s [ac]daughter of the South shall come to the King of the North to make an agreement, but she shall not retain the power of the [ad]arm, neither shall [ae]he continue, nor his [af]arm: but she shall be delivered to death, and they that brought her, and he [ag]that begat her, and he that comforted her, in these times.
7 But out of the bud of her [ah]roots shall one stand up in his stead, [ai]which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the King of the North, and do with them as he list, and shall prevail,
8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods: with their molten images, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold, and he shall continue [aj]more years than the king of the North.
9 So the king of the South shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land.
10 Wherefore his [ak]sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a mighty great army: and one [al]shall come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he [am]return, and be stirred up at his fortress.
11 And the King of the South shall be angry, and shall come forth, and fight with him, even with the king of the North: for he shall set forth a great [an]multitude, and the multitude shall be given into his hand.
12 Then the multitude shall be proud, and their heart shall be lifted up: for he shall cast down thousands: but he shall not still prevail,
13 For the King of the North [ao]shall return, and shall set forth a greater multitude than afore, and shall come forth (after certain years) with a mighty army, and great riches.
14 And at the same time there shall [ap]many stand up against the king of the South: also the rebellious children of thy [aq]people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision, but they shall fall.
15 So the King of the North shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the strong city: and the arms of the South shall [ar]not resist, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.
16 But he that shall come, shall do unto him as he list, and none shall stand against him: and he shall stand in the [as]pleasant land, which by his hand shall be consumed.
17 Again he shall [at]set his face to enter with the power of his whole kingdom, and his confederates with him: thus shall he do, and he shall give him the [au]daughter of women to destroy [av]her: but [aw]she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him.
18 After this shall he turn his face unto the [ax]isles, and shall take many, but a prince [ay]shall cause his shame to light upon him, besides that he shall cause his own shame to turn upon [az]himself.
19 For he shall turn his face toward the forts of [ba]his own land: but he shall be overthrown and fall, and be no more [bb]found.
20 [bc]Then shall stand up in his place in the glory of the kingdom, one that shall raise taxes: but after few days he shall be destroyed, neither in [bd]wrath, nor in battle.
21 And in his place shall stand up a [be]vile person, to whom they shall not give the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
22 And the [bf]arms shall be overthrown with a flood before him, and shall be broken: and also the prince of the [bg]covenant.
23 And after [bh]the league made with him, he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and overcome with a [bi]small people.
24 He shall enter into the quiet and plentiful province, and he shall do that which his fathers [bj]have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers: he shall divide among them the prey and the spoil, and the substance, yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strongholds, even for a [bk]time.
25 Also he shall stir up his power, and his courage against the King of the South with a great army, and the King of the South shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army: but he shall not [bl]stand: for they shall forecast and practice against him.
26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of [bm]his meat, shall destroy him: and his army [bn]shall overflow: and many shall fall, and be slain.
27 And both these Kings’ hearts shall be to do [bo]mischief, and they shall talk of deceit at one table: but it shall not avail: for [bp]yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
28 Then shall he return into his land with great [bq]substance: for his heart shall be against the holy covenant: so shall he do and return to his own land.
29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the South: but the last shall not be as the first.
30 For the ships [br]of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be sorry and return and fret against the holy covenant: so shall he do, he shall even return [bs]and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.
31 And arms [bt]shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the Sanctuary [bu]of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall set up the abominable desolation.
32 And such as wickedly [bv]break the covenant, shall he cause to sin by flattery: but the people that do know their God, shall prevail and prosper.
33 And they that understand among the [bw]people, shall instruct many: [bx]yet they shall fall by sword, and by flame, by captivity and by spoil many days.
34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a [by]little help: but many shall cleave unto them [bz]feignedly.
35 And some of them [ca]of understanding shall fall to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, till the time be out: for there is a time appointed.
36 And the [cb]king shall do what him list: he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself against all, that is God, and shall speak marvelous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper, till the wrath [cc]be accomplished: for the determination is made.
37 Neither shall he regard the [cd]God of his fathers, nor the desires [ce]of women, nor care for any God: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his place shall he honor the [cf]god Mauzzim, and the god whom his fathers knew not, shall he honor with [cg]gold and with silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in [ch]the holds of Mauzzim with a strange god whom he shall acknowledge: he shall increase his glory, and shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And at the end of time shall the king of the [ci]South push at him, and the king of the North shall come against him like a whirlwind with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships, and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass through.
41 He shall enter also into the [cj]pleasant land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
42 He shall stretch forth his hands also upon the countries, and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt, and of the Libyans, and of the black Mores where he shall pass.
44 But the tidings out of the East and the North shall [ck]trouble him: therefore he shall go forth [cl]with great wrath to destroy and root out many.
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles [cm]of his palace between the seas in the glorious and holy mountain, yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
12 1 Of the deliverance of the Church by Christ.
1 And at that [cn]time shall Michael stand up, the great prince, which standeth for the children of thy people, and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there began to be a nation unto that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, everyone that shall be found written in the book.
2 And many [co]of them that sleep in the dust of the earth, shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and perpetual contempt.
3 And they that be [cp]wise, shall shine, as the brightness of the firmament: and they that [cq]turn many to righteousness, shall shine as the stars, forever and ever.
4 But thou, O Daniel, [cr]shut up the words, and seal the book [cs]till the end of the time: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
5 ¶ Then I Daniel looked, and behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the brink of the [ct]river, and the other on that side of the brink of the river.
6 And one said unto the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, When shall be the end of these wonders?
7 And I heard the man clothed in linen which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his [cu]right hand, and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth forever, that it shall tarry for a [cv]time two times and an half: and when he shall have accomplished [cw]to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
8 Then I heard it, but I understood it not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up, and sealed, till the end of the time.
10 Many shall be purified, made white, and tried: but the wicked shall do wickedly, and none of the wicked shall have understanding: but the wise shall understand.
11 And from the time that the [cx]daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abominable desolation set up, there [cy]shall be a thousand, two hundred and ninety days.
12 Blessed is he that waiteth and cometh to the thousand, three hundred and [cz]five and thirty days.
13 But go [da]thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest and stand up in thy lot, at the end of the days.
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