Daniel 11:5-19

5“Then the 1king of the South will grow strong, 2along with one of his princes 3who will gain ascendancy over him and obtain dominion; his domain will be a great dominion indeed. 6After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will come to the 4king of the North to carry out 5a peaceful arrangement. But she will not retain her 6position of power, nor will he remain with his 7power, 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. 7But one of the 8descendants of her line will arise in his place, and he will come against their army and enter the 9fortress of the king of the North, and he will deal with them and display great strength. 8Also their 10gods with their 11metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold he will take into captivity to Egypt, and he on his part will 12refrain from attacking the king of the North for some years. 9Then 13the latter will enter the realm of the king of the South, but will return to his own land.

10“His sons will 14mobilize and assemble a multitude of great forces; and one of them will keep on coming and 15overflow and pass through, that he may 16again wage war up to his very fortress. 11The 17king of the South will be enraged and go forth and fight 18with the king of the North. Then the latter will raise a great multitude, but that multitude will be given into 19the hand of the former. 12When 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. 13For the king of the North will again raise a greater multitude than the former, and 20after an 21interval of some years he will 22press 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 23fall down. 15Then the king of the North will come, cast up a 24siege ramp and capture a well-fortified city; and the forces of the South will not stand their ground, not even 25their choicest troops, for there will be no strength to make a stand. 16But he who comes against him will 26do as he pleases, and 27no one will be able to withstand him; he will also stay for a time in the 2829Beautiful Land, with destruction in his hand. 17He will 30set his face to come with the power of his whole kingdom, 31bringing with him 32a 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 33on his side. 18Then he will turn his face to the 34coastlands and capture many. But a commander will put a stop to his scorn against him; moreover, he will 35repay him for his scorn. 19So he will turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will 36stumble and fall and be 37found no more.