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Chapter 11 |
| 1 | Also I in the
first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen
him. |
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And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand
up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all:
and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm
of Grecia. |
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| And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with
great dominion, and do according to his will. |
| 4 | And when he
shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the
four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion
which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside
those. |
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And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his
princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion
shall be a great dominion. |
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6 | And in the end of years they shall join
themselves together; for the king's 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 arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and
they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in
these times. |
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| But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in
his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of
the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:
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| 8 | And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes,
and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue
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 | But his
sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and
one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return,
and be stirred up, even to his fortress. |
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11 | And the king of the south
shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with
the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the
multitude shall be given into his hand. |
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12 | And when he hath taken
away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many
ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it. |
| 13 | For the king
of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the
former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with
much riches. |
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14 | And in those times there shall many stand up
against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy 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 most fenced
cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen
people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand. |
| 16 | But he
that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall
stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand
shall be consumed. |
| 17 | He shall also set his face to enter with the
strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and
he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not
stand on his side, neither be for him. |
| 18 | After this shall he turn his
face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall
cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall
cause it to turn upon him. |
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19 | Then he shall turn his face toward the
fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
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| 20 | Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the
kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in
battle. |
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| And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom
they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably,
and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. |
| 22 | And with the arms of a flood
shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the
prince of the covenant. |
| 23 | And after the league made with him he shall
work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small
people. |
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| He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of
the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his
fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches:
yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a
time. |
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And 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 stand: for
they shall forecast devices against him. |
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26 | Yea, they that feed of the
portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many
shall fall down slain. |
| 27 | And both of these kings' hearts shall be to
do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper:
for yet the end shall be at the time appointed. |
| 28 | Then shall
he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the
holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land. |
| 29 |
At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall
not be as the former, or as the latter. |
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30 | For the ships of Chittim
shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have
indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return,
and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant. |
| 31 | And
arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength,
and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination
that maketh desolate. |
| 32 | And such as do wickedly against the covenant
shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be
strong, and do exploits. |
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33 | And they that understand among the
people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by
captivity, and by spoil, many days. |
| 34 | Now when they shall fall,
they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with
flatteries. |
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35 | And some of them of understanding shall fall, to
try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end:
because it is yet for a time appointed. |
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36 | And the king shall do
according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above
every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall
prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall
be done. |
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| Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the
desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above
all. |
| 38 |
But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god
whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with
precious stones, and pleasant things. |
| 39 | Thus shall he do in the most
strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with
glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for
gain. |
| 40 |
And at the time of the end shall the king of the 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 over. |
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41 | He shall enter also
into the glorious 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 hand also upon the countries:
and the land of Egypt shall not escape. |
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43 | But 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 be at his steps. |
| 44 |
But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore
he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away
many. |
| 45 |
And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the
seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none
shall help him. |
