Daniel 11
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Daniel 11:21-45

21InH5921 his placeH3653 a despicable personH959 will ariseH5975; royalH4438 honorsH1935 will notH3808 be givenH5414 to himH5921, but he will comeH935 in a time of peaceH7962 and seizeH2388 the kingdomH4438 by intrigueH2519. 22Then a floodH7858 of forcesH2220 will be swept awayH7857 before himH6440 and destroyedH7665, along withH1571 a princeH5057 of the covenantH1285.

23AfterH4480 an alliance is madeH2266 with himH413, he will actH6213 deceitfullyH4820; for he will riseH5927 to powerH6105 with only a fewH4592 peopleH1471. 24In a time of peaceH7962, he will invadeH935 the richestH4924 provincesH4082 and doH6213 whatH834 his fathersH1 and forefathersH1 neverH3808 didH6213. He will lavishH967 plunderH961, lootH7998, and wealthH7399 on his followers, and he will plotH2803H4284 againstH5921 the strongholdsH4013—but only forH5704 a timeH6256.

25And with a largeH1419 armyH2428 he will stir upH5782 his powerH3581 and his courageH3824 againstH5921 the kingH4428 of the SouthH5045, who will mobilizeH1624H4421 a veryH5704H3966 largeH1419 and powerfulH6099 armyH2428 but will notH3808 withstandH5975 the plotsH4284 devisedH2803 against himH5921. 26Those who eatH398 from his provisionsH6598 will seek to destroy himH7665; his armyH2428 will be swept awayH7857, and manyH7227 will fallH5307 slainH2491.

27And the twoH8147 kingsH4428, with their heartsH3824 bent on evilH4827, will speakH1696 liesH3577 atH5921 the sameH259 tableH7979, but to noH3808 availH6743, forH3588 stillH5750 the endH7093 will come at the appointed timeH4150. 28The king of the North will returnH7725 to his landH776 with greatH1419 wealthH7399, but his heartH3824 will be set againstH5921 the holyH6944 covenantH1285; so he will doH6213 damage and returnH7725 to his own landH776.

29At the appointed timeH4150 he will invadeH935 the SouthH5045 againH7725, but this time will notH3808 beH1961 like the firstH7223H314. 30ShipsH6716 of KittimH37941 will comeH935 against him, and he will lose heartH3512. Then he will turn backH7725 and rageH2194 againstH5921 the holyH6944 covenantH1285 and doH6213 damage. So he will returnH7725 and show favorH995 toH5921 those who forsakeH5800 the holyH6944 covenantH1285. 31HisH4480 forcesH2220 will rise upH5975 and desecrateH2490 the templeH4720 fortressH4581. They will abolishH5493 the daily sacrificeH8548 and set upH5414 the abominationH8251 of desolationH8074.

32With flatteryH2514 he will corruptH2610 those who violateH7561 the covenantH1285, but the peopleH5971 who knowH3045 their GodH430 will firmlyH2388 resistH6213 him. 33Those with insightH7919H5971 will instructH995 manyH7227, though for a timeH3117 they will fallH3782 by swordH2719 or flameH3852, or be capturedH7628 or plunderedH961.

34Now when they fallH3782, they will be grantedH5826 a littleH4592 helpH5828, but manyH7227 will joinH3867 themH5921 insincerelyH2519. 35Some ofH4480 the wiseH7919 will fallH3782 so that they may be refinedH6884, purifiedH1305, and made spotlessH3835 untilH5704 the timeH6256 of the endH7093, forH3588 it will stillH5750 come at the appointed timeH4150.

36Then the kingH4428 will doH6213 as he pleasesH7522 and will exaltH7311 and magnify himselfH1431 aboveH5921 everyH3605 godH410, and he will speakH1696 monstrous thingsH6381 againstH5921 the GodH410 of godsH410. He will be successfulH6743 untilH5704 the time of wrathH2195 is completedH3615, forH3588 what has been decreedH2782 must be accomplishedH6213. 37He will show no regardH3808H995 forH5921 the godsH430 of his fathersH1, norH5921 for the one desiredH2532 by womenH802, norH5921 for anyH3605 other godH433H3808H995, becauseH3588 he will magnify himselfH1431 aboveH5921 them allH3605.

38And inH5921 their placeH3653, he will honorH3513 a godH433 of fortressesH4581—a godH433 his fathersH1H3513 did notH3808 knowH3045—with goldH2091, silverH3701, preciousH3368 stonesH68, and richesH2532. 39He will attackH6213 the strongest fortressesH4013H4581 withH5973 the help of a foreignH5236 godH433 and will greatlyH7235 honorH3519 those whoH834 acknowledge himH5234, making them rulersH4910 over manyH7227 and distributingH2505 the landH127 for a priceH4242.2

40At the timeH6256 of the endH7093, the kingH4428 of the SouthH5045 will engage him in battleH5055H5973,3 but the kingH4428 of the NorthH6828 will storm outH8175 against himH5921 with chariotsH7393, horsemenH6571, and manyH7227 shipsH591, invadingH935 many countriesH776 and sweeping through themH5674 like a floodH7857. 41He will also invadeH935 the BeautifulH6643 LandH776, and manyH7227 countries will fallH3782. But theseH428 will be deliveredH4422 from his handH3027: EdomH123, MoabH4124, and the leadersH7225 of the AmmonitesH1121H5983.

42He will extendH7971 his powerH3027 over many countriesH776, and not evenH3808H1961 the landH776 of EgyptH4714 will escapeH6413. 43He will gain controlH4910 of the treasuresH4362 of goldH2091 and silverH3701 and over allH3605 the richesH2532 of EgyptH4714, and the LibyansH3864 and CushitesH35694 will also submit to himH4703.

44But newsH8052 from the eastH4217 and the northH6828 will alarm himH926, and he will go outH3318 with greatH1419 furyH2534 to destroyH8045 manyH7227 and devote them to destructionH2763.5 45He will pitchH5193 his royalH643 tentsH168 betweenH996 the seaH3220 and the beautifulH6643 holyH6944 mountainH2022, but he will meetH935H5704 his endH7093 with no oneH369 to helpH5826 him.

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Notes

  1. 1. Daniel 11:30 Or western coastlands or Mediterranean islands ↩
  2. 2. Daniel 11:39 Or for a reward ↩
  3. 3. Daniel 11:40 Hebrew will thrust at him ↩
  4. 4. Daniel 11:43 That is, people from the upper Nile region ↩
  5. 5. Daniel 11:44 Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering. ↩

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