| 11:1 |
Also I in the first year
of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to
strengthen him. |
| 11:2 |
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. |
| 11:3 |
And a mighty king shall
stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do
according to his will. |
| 11:4 |
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. |
| 11:5 |
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. |
| 11:6 |
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. |
| 11:7 |
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: |
| 11:8 |
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. |
| 11:9 |
So the king of the south
shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his
own land. |
| 11:10 |
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. |
| 11:11 |
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. |
| 11:12 |
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. |
| 11:13 |
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. |
| 11:14 |
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. |
| 11:15 |
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. |
| 11:16 |
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. |
| 11:17 |
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. |
| 11:18 |
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. |
| 11:19 |
Then he shall turn his
face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall
stumble and fall, and not be found. |
| 11:20 |
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. |
| 11:21 |
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. |
| 11:22 |
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. |
| 11:23 |
And after the league made
with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up,
and shall become strong with a small people. |
| 11:24 |
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. |
| 11:25 |
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. |
| 11:26 |
Yea, they that feed of
the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army
shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain. |
| 11:27 |
And both 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. |
| 11:28 |
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. |
| 11:29 |
At the time appointed he
shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not
be as the former, or as the latter. |
| 11:30 |
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. |
| 11:31 |
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. |
| 11:32 |
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. |
| 11:33 |
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. |
| 11:34 |
Now when they shall fall,
they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall
cleave to them with flatteries. |
| 11:35 |
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. |
| 11:36 |
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. |
| 11:37 |
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. |
| 11:38 |
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. |
| 11:39 |
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. |
| 11:40 |
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. |
| 11:41 |
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. |
| 11:42 |
He shall stretch forth
his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt
shall not escape. |
| 11:43 |
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. |
| 11:44 |
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. |
| 11:45 |
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. |