Dual Panel1And in the first <0259> year <08141> of Darius <01867> the Mede <04075>, I <0589> stood <05975> to strengthen <02388> him and to provide protection <04581> for him.)
2Now <06258> I will tell <05046> you the truth <0571>. “Three <07969> more <05750> kings <04428> will arise <05975> for Persia <06539>. Then a fourth <07243> king will be unusually <01419> rich <06239>, more so than all <03605> who preceded him. When he has amassed power <02393> through his riches <06239>, he will stir up <05782> everyone <03605> against the kingdom <04438> of Greece <03120>.
3Then a powerful <01368> king <04428> will arise <05975>, exercising <04910> great <07227> authority <04474> and doing <06213> as he pleases <07522>.
4Shortly after his rise to power <05975>, his kingdom <04438> will be broken up <07665> and distributed <02673> toward the four <0702> winds <07307> of the sky <08064>– but not <03808> to his posterity <0319> or <03808> with the authority <04915> he exercised <04910>, for <03588> his kingdom <04438> will be uprooted <05428> and distributed to others <0312> besides <0905> these <0428>.
5“Then the king <04428> of the south <05045> and one of <04480> his subordinates <08269> will grow strong <02388>. His subordinate will resist <05921> <02388> him and will rule <04910> a kingdom <04474> greater <07227> than his.
6After <07093> some years <08141> have passed, they will form an alliance <02266>. Then the daughter <01323> of the king <04428> of the south <05045> will come <0935> to <0413> the king <04428> of the north <06828> to make <06213> an agreement <04339>, but she will not <03808> retain <06113> her power <02220> <03581>, nor <03808> will he continue <05975> in his strength <02220>. She, together with the one who brought <0935> her, her child <03205>, and her benefactor will all be delivered over at that time <06256>.
7“There will arise <05975> in his place <03653> one <05342> from her family <08328> line who will come <0935> against <0413> their army <02428> and will enter <0935> the stronghold <04581> of the king <04428> of the north <06828> and will move against <06213> them successfully <02388>.
8He will also <01571> take <0935> their gods <0430> into captivity <07628> to Egypt <04714>, along with <05973> their cast images <05257> and prized <02532> utensils <03627> of silver <03701> and gold <02091>. Then he <01931> will withdraw <05975> for some years <08141> from the king <04428> of the north <06828>.
9Then the king of the north will advance <0935> against the empire <04438> of the king <04428> of the south <05045>, but will withdraw <07725> to <0413> his own land <0127>.
10His sons <01121> will wage <01624> war, mustering <0622> a large <07227> army <02428> which will advance <0935> like an overflowing <07857> river and carrying the battle <05674> all the way <07725> to <05704> the enemy’s fortress <04581>.
11“Then the king <04428> of the south <05045> will be enraged <04843> and will march out <03318> to fight <03898> against <05973> the king <04428> of the north <06828>, who will also muster <05975> a large <07227> army <01995>, but that army <01995> will be delivered <05414> into his hand <03027>.
12When the army <01995> is taken away <05375>, the king of the south will become arrogant <03824> <07311>. He will be responsible for the death <05307> of thousands and thousands <07239> of people, but he will not <03808> continue to prevail <05810>.
13For the king <04428> of the north <06828> will again <07725> muster <05975> an army <01995>, one larger <07227> than <04480> before <07223>. At the end <07093> of some years <08141> he will advance <0935> <0935> with a huge <01419> army <02428> and enormous <07227> supplies <07399>.
14“In those <01992> times <06256> many <07227> will oppose <05975> the king <04428> of the south <05045>. Those who are violent <06530> <01121> among your own people <05971> will rise up <05375> in confirmation <05975> of the vision <02377>, but they will falter <03782>.
15Then the king <04428> of the north <06828> will advance <0935> and will build <08210> siege mounds <05550> and capture <03920> a well-fortified <04013> city <05892>. The forces <02220> of the south <05045> will not <03808> prevail <05975>, not even his finest <04005> contingents <05971>. They will have no <0369> strength <03581> to prevail <05975>.
16The one advancing <0935> against <0413> him will do <06213> as he pleases <07522>, and no one <0369> will be able to stand <05975> before <06440> him. He will prevail <05975> in the beautiful <06643> land <0776>, and its annihilation will be within his power <03027>.
17His intention <06440> <07760> will be to come <0935> with the strength <08633> of his entire <03605> kingdom <04438>, and he will form <06213> alliances <03477>. He will give <05414> the king of the south a daughter <01323> in marriage <0802> in order to destroy <07843> the kingdom, but it will not <03808> turn out <05975> to his advantage.
18Then he will turn <07725> his attention <06440> to the coastal <0339> regions and will capture <03920> many <07227> of them. But a commander <07101> will bring <07673> his shameful conduct <02781> to a halt <07673>; in addition <01115>, he will make him pay <07725> for his shameful conduct <02781>.
19He will then turn <07725> his attention <06440> to the fortresses <04581> of his own land <0776>, but he will stumble <03782> and fall <05307>, not <03808> to be found <04672> again.
20There will arise after him one who will send out an exactor of tribute to enhance the splendor <01925> of the kingdom <04438>, but after a few days <03117> he will be destroyed, though not <03808> in anger <0639> or <03808> battle <04421>.
21“Then there will arise <05975> in <05921> his place <03653> a despicable <0959> person to whom the royal <04438> honor has not <03808> been rightfully <01935> conferred <05414>. He will come <0935> on <05921> the scene in a time of prosperity <07962> and will seize <02388> the kingdom <04438> through deceit <02519>.
22Armies <02220> will be suddenly swept away <07857> <07858> in defeat <07665> before <06440> him; both <01571> they and a covenant <01285> leader <05057> will be destroyed.
23After entering <04480> into an alliance <02266> with him <0413>, he will behave <06213> treacherously <04820>; he will ascend <05927> to power <06105> with only a small <04592> force <01471>.
24In a time <06256> of prosperity <07962> for the most productive areas <04924> of the province <04082> he will come <0935> and accomplish <06213> what <0834> neither <03808> his fathers <01> nor <03808> their fathers <01> <01> accomplished <06213>. He will distribute <0967> loot <0961>, spoils <07998>, and property <07399> to his followers <01992>, and he will devise <02803> plans <04284> against <05921> fortified cities <04013>, but not for long <05704>.
25He will rouse <05782> his strength <03581> and enthusiasm <03824> against <05921> the king <04428> of the south <05045> with a large <01419> army <02428>. The king <04428> of the south <05045> will wage <01624> war <04421> with a large <01419> and very <03966> powerful <06099> army <02428>, but <05704> he will not <03808> be able to prevail <05975> because <03588> of the plans <04284> devised <02803> against <05921> him.
26Those who share <0398> the king’s fine food <06598> will attempt to destroy <07665> him, and his army <02428> will be swept away <07857>; many <07227> will be killed <02491> in battle.
27These two <08147> kings <04428>, their minds <03824> filled with evil intentions <04827>, will trade lies <03577> with one <0259> another at the same table <07979>. But it will not <03808> succeed <06743>, for <03588> there is still <05750> an end <07093> at the appointed time <04150>.
28Then the king of the north will return <07725> to his own land <0776> with much <01419> property <07399>. His mind <03824> will be set against <05921> the holy <06944> covenant <01285>. He will take action <06213>, and then return <07725> to his own land <0776>.
29At an appointed time <04150> he will again <07725> invade <0935> the south <05045>, but this latter <0314> visit will not <03808> turn <01961> out the way the former <07223> one did.
30The ships <06716> of Kittim <03794> will come <0935> against him, leaving him disheartened <03512>. He will turn back <07725> and direct his indignation <02194> against <05921> the holy <06944> covenant <01285>. He will return <07725> and honor <0995> those who forsake <05800> the holy <06944> covenant <01285>.
31His forces <02220> will rise up <05975> and profane <02490> the fortified <04581> sanctuary <04720>, stopping <05493> the daily <08548> sacrifice. In its place they will set up <05414> the abomination <08251> that causes desolation <08074>.
32Then with smooth words <02514> he will defile <02610> those who have rejected <07561> the covenant <01285>. But the people <05971> who are loyal <03045> to their God <0430> will act <06213> valiantly <02388>.
33These who are wise <07919> among the people <05971> will teach <0995> the masses <07227>. However, they will fall <03782> by the sword <02719> and by the flame <03852>, and they will be imprisoned <07628> and plundered <0961> for some time <03117>.
34When they stumble <03782>, they will be granted <05826> some <04592> help <05828>. But many <07227> will unite <03867> with them deceitfully <02519>.
35Even some <04480> of the wise <07919> will stumble <03782>, resulting <06884> in their refinement, purification <01305>, and cleansing <03835> until <05704> the time <06256> of the end <07093>, for <03588> it is still <05750> for the appointed time <04150>.
36“Then the king <04428> will do <06213> as he pleases <07522>. He will exalt <07311> and magnify <01431> himself above <05921> every <03605> deity <0410> and he will utter <01696> presumptuous things <06381> against <05921> the God <0410> of gods <0410>. He will succeed <06743> until <05704> the time of wrath <02195> is completed <03615>, for <03588> what has been decreed <02782> must occur <06213>.
37He will not <03808> respect <0995> the gods <0430> of his fathers <01>– not even the god loved <02532> by women <0802>. He will not <03808> respect <0995> any <03605> god <0433>; he will elevate <01431> himself above <05921> them all <03605>.
38What he will honor <03513> is a god <0433> of fortresses <03653> <05921> <04581>– a god <0433> his fathers <01> did not <03808> acknowledge <03045> he will honor <03513> with gold <02091>, silver <03701>, valuable <03368> stones <068>, and treasured commodities <02530>.
39He will attack <06213> mighty <04581> fortresses <04013>, aided by <05973> a foreign <05236> deity <0433>. To those who <0834> recognize <05234> him he will grant considerable <07235> honor <03519>. He will place <04910> them in authority over <04910> many people <07227>, and he will parcel out <02505> land <0127> for a price <04242>.
40“At the time <06256> of the end <07093> the king <04428> of the south <05045> will attack <05055> him. Then the king <04428> of the north <06828> will storm <08175> against <05921> him with chariots <07393>, horsemen <06571>, and a large <07227> armada of ships <0591>. He will invade <0935> lands <0776>, passing through <05674> them like an overflowing <07857> river.
41Then he will enter <0935> the beautiful <06643> land <0776>. Many <07227> will fall <03782>, but these <0428> will escape <03027> <04422>: Edom <0123>, Moab <04124>, and the Ammonite <05983> <01121> leadership <07225>.
42He will extend <07971> his power <03027> against other lands <0776>; the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> will <01961> not <03808> escape <06413>.
43He will have control <04910> over the hidden stores <04362> of gold <02091> and silver <03701>, as well as all <03605> the treasures <02530> of Egypt <04714>. Libyans <03864> and Ethiopians <03569> will submit <04703> to him.
44But reports <08052> will trouble <0926> him from the east <04217> and north <06828>, and he will set out <03318> in a tremendous <01419> rage <02534> to destroy <08045> and wipe out <02763> many <07227>.
45He will pitch <05193> his royal <0643> tents <0168> between <0996> the seas <03220> toward the beautiful <06643> holy <06944> mountain <02022>. But he will come <0935> to <05704> his end <07093>, with no one <0369> to help <05826> him.