1ALSO I [the angel], in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood up to confirm and to strengthen him [Michael, the angelic prince].
2And now I will show you the truth. Behold, there shall arise three more kings in Persia, and a fourth shall be far richer than they all. And when he has become strong through his riches he shall stir up {and} stake all against the realm of Greece.
3Then a mighty [warlike, threatening] king shall arise who shall rule with great dominion and do according to his [own] will.
4And as soon as he has fully arisen, his [Alexander the Great's] kingdom shall be broken [by his death] and divided toward the four winds [the east, west, north, and south] of the heavens, but not to his posterity, nor according to the [Grecian] dominion which he ruled, for his kingdom shall be torn out {and} uprooted and go to others [to his four generals] to the exclusion of these.
5Then the king of the South (Egypt) shall be strong, but one of his princes shall be stronger than he is and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.
6At the end of some years they [the king of the North, Syria, and the king of the South, Egypt] shall make an alliance; the daughter of the king of the South shall come to the king of the North to make [a just and peaceful marriage] agreement; but she shall not retain the power of her might, neither shall he and his might endure. She shall be handed over with her attendants, her child, and him who strengthened her in those times.
7But out of a branch of the [same ancestral] roots as hers shall one [her brother] stand up in his place {or} office, who shall come against the [Syrian] army and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the North and shall deal against them and shall prevail.
8And also he shall carry off to Egypt their [Syria's] gods with their molten images and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold, and he shall refrain for some years from [waging war against] the king of the North.
9And he [the king of Syria] shall come into the kingdom of the king of the South but shall return to his own land.
10But his sons shall be stirred up {and} shall prepare for war and shall assemble a multitude of great forces, which shall come on and overflow and pass through and again shall make war even to the fortress [of the king of the South].
11And the king of the South (Egypt) shall be moved with anger and shall come forth and fight with the king of the North (Syria); and he [the Syrian king] shall set forth a great multitude, but the multitude shall be given into his [the Egyptian king's] hand.
12When the multitude is taken {and} carried away, the heart {and} mind [of the Egyptian king] shall be exalted, and he shall cast down tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail.
13For the king of the North shall raise a multitude greater than [he had] before, and after some years shall certainly return, coming with a great army and much substance {and} equipment.
14In those times many shall rise up against the king of the South (Egypt); also the men of violence among your own people shall lift themselves up in order to fulfill the visions [of Dan. 8 and 9], but they shall fail {and} fall.
15Then the king of the North shall come and cast up siege works and take a well-fortified city, and the forces of the South shall not stand, or even his chosen troops, for there shall be no strength to stand [against the Syrian king].
16But he [Antiochus the Great] who comes against him [from Syria] shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him; he shall stand in the glorious land [of Israel], and in his hand shall be destruction {and} all the land shall be in his power.
17He [Antiochus the Great] shall set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and with him upright conditions {and} terms of peace, and he shall perform them [by making an agreement with the king of the South]. He shall give him [his] daughter to corrupt {and} destroy it [his league with Egypt] {and} the kingdom, but it shall not succeed or be to his advantage.
18After this he shall turn his attention to the islands {and} coastlands and shall take over many of them. But a prince {or} commander shall teach him [Antiochus the Great] to put an end to the insults offered by him; in fact he shall turn his insolence {and} reproaches back upon him.
19Then he shall turn his face back toward the fortresses of his own land [of Syria], but he shall stumble and fall and not be found.
20Then shall stand up in his place {or} office one who shall send an exactor of tribute to pass through the glory of the kingdom, but within a few days he shall be destroyed, [yet] neither in anger nor in battle.
21And in his place {or} office [in Syria] shall arise a contemptuous {and} contemptible person, to whom royal majesty {and} honor of the kingdom have not been given. But he shall come in without warning in time of security and shall obtain the kingdom by flatteries, intrigues, {and} cunning hypocritical conduct.
22Before him the overwhelming forces of invading armies shall be broken {and} utterly swept away; yes, and a prince of the covenant [with those who were at peace with him] also [shall be broken and swept away].
23And from the time that an alliance is made with him he shall work deceitfully, and he shall come up unexpectedly and shall become strong with a small people.
24Without warning {and} stealthily he shall come into the most productive places of a province {or} among the richest men of a province [of Egypt], and he shall do that which his fathers have not done nor his fathers' fathers; he shall distribute among them plunder, spoil, and goods. He shall devise plans against strongholds--but only for a time [the period decreed by God].
25And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South [Egypt] with a great army; and the king of the South shall wage war with an exceedingly great and mighty army, but he shall not stand, for schemes shall be devised against [the king of the South].
26Yes, those who eat of his rich {and} dainty food shall break {and} destroy him, and his army shall drift {or} turn away to flee, and many shall fall down slain.
27And as for both of these kings, their hearts {and} minds shall be set on doing mischief; they shall speak lies over the same table, but it will not succeed, for the end is yet to be at the time appointed.
28Then shall [the vile conqueror from the North] return into his land with much booty; and his heart {and} purpose shall be set against [God's] holy covenant [with His people], and he shall accomplish [his malicious intention] and return to his own land [Syria].
29At the time appointed [God's own time] he shall return and come into the South, but it shall not be successful as were the former invasions [of Egypt].
30For the ships of Kittim [or Cyprus, in Roman hands] shall come against him; therefore he shall be grieved {and} discouraged and turn back [to Palestine] and carry out his rage {and} indignation against the holy covenant {and} God's people, and he shall do his own pleasure; he shall even turn back and make common cause with those [Jews] who abandon the holy covenant [with God].
31And armed forces of his shall appear [in the holy land] and they shall pollute the sanctuary, the [spiritual] stronghold, and shall take away the continual [daily burnt offering]; and they shall set up [in the sanctuary] the abomination that astonishes {and} makes desolate [probably an altar to a pagan god].
32And such as violate the covenant he shall pervert {and} seduce with flatteries, but the people who know their God shall prove themselves strong {and} shall stand firm and do exploits [for God].
33And they who are wise {and} understanding among the people shall instruct many {and} make them understand, though some [of them and their followers] shall fall by the sword and flame, by captivity and plunder, for many days.
34Now when they fall, they shall receive a little help. Many shall join themselves to them with flatteries {and} hypocrisies.
35And some of those who are wise, prudent, {and} understanding shall be weakened {and} fall, [thus, then, the insincere among the people will lose courage and become deserters. It will be a test] to refine, to purify, and to make those among [God's people] white, even to the time of the end, because it is yet for the time [God] appointed.
36And the king shall do according to his will; he shall exalt himself and magnify himself above every god and shall speak astonishing things against the God of gods and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished, for that which is determined [by God] shall be done.
37He shall not regard the gods of his fathers or Him [to Whom] women desire [to give birth--the Messiah] or any other god, for he shall magnify himself above all.
38But in their place he shall honor the god of fortresses; a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honor with gold and silver, with precious stones, and with pleasant {and} expensive things.
39And he shall deal with the strongest fortresses by the help of a foreign god. Those who acknowledge him he shall magnify with glory {and} honor, and he shall cause them to rule over many and shall divide the land for a price.
40And at the time of the end the king of the South shall push at {and} attack him, and the king of the North shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots and horsemen and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries and shall overflow and pass through.
41He shall enter into the Glorious Land [Palestine] and many shall be overthrown, but these shall be delivered out of his hand: Edom, Moab, and the main [core] of the people of Ammon.
42He shall stretch out his hand also against the [other] countries, but the land of Egypt shall not be among the escaped ones.
43But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver and over all the precious things of Egypt, and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall accompany him [compelled to follow his steps].
44But rumors from the east and from the north shall alarm {and} hasten him. And he shall go forth with great fury to destroy and utterly to sweep away many.
45And he shall pitch his palatial tents between the seas and the glorious holy Mount [Zion]; yet he shall come to his end with none to help him.
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