| Chapter
11 |
| 1 | Also I
in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to
strengthen him. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 5 | 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. |
| 7 | 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. |
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9 | So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom,
and shall return into his own land. |
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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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 19 | Then
he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble
and fall, and not be found. |
| 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. |
| 21 | 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. |
| 24 | 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. |
| 25 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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34 | Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little
help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries. |
| 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. |
| 37 | 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. |
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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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
