Daniel 11 (New American Standard)

Conflicts to Come

1 "In the ¹first year of Darius the Mede, ^aI arose to be ^ban encouragement and a protection for him. 2 "And now I will tell you the ²truth. Behold, three more kings are going to arise ^cin Persia. Then a fourth will gain far more riches than all of them; as soon as he becomes strong through his riches, ^dhe will arouse the whole empire against the realm of ^e3Greece. 3 "And a ⁴mighty king will arise, and he will rule with great authority and ⁵do as he pleases. 4 "But as soon as he has arisen, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out ⁶toward the ⁷four ^fpoints of the compass, though not to his own descendants, nor according to his authority which he wielded, for his sovereignty will be ⁸uprooted and given to others besides ^gthem. 5 "Then the ⁹king of the South will grow strong, ^halong with one of his princes ⁱwho will gain ascendancy over him and obtain dominion ; his domain will be a great dominion indeed. 6 "After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will come to the ¹⁰king of the North to carry out ^ja peaceful arrangement. But she will not retain her ^kposition of power, nor will he remain with his ^lpower, but she will be given up, along with those who brought her in and the one who sired her as well as he who supported her in those times. 7 "But one of the ^mdescendants of her line will arise in his place, and he will come against their army and enter the ¹¹fortress of the king of the North, and he will deal with them and display great strength. 8 "Also their ¹²gods with their ⁿmetal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold he will take into captivity to Egypt, and he on his part will ^orefrain from attacking the king of the North for some years. 9 "Then ^pthe latter will enter the realm of the king of the South, but will return to his own land. 10 "His sons will ^qmobilize and assemble a multitude of great forces ; and one of them will keep on coming and ¹³overflow and pass through, that he may ^ragain wage war up to his very fortress. 11 "The ¹⁴king of the South will be enraged and go forth and fight ^swith the king of the North. Then the latter will raise a great multitude, but that multitude will be given into ^tthe hand of the former. 12 "When the multitude is carried away, his heart will be lifted up, and he will cause tens of thousands to fall ; yet he will not prevail. 13 "For the king of the North will again raise a greater multitude than the former, and ^uafter an ¹⁵interval of some years he will ^vpress on with a great army and much equipment. 14 "Now in those times many will rise up against the king of the South ; the violent ones among your people will also lift themselves up in order to fulfill the vision, but they will ^wfall down. 15 "Then the king of the North will come, cast up a ¹⁶siege ramp and capture a well-fortified city ; and the forces of the South will not stand their ground, not even ^xtheir choicest troops, for there will be no strength to make a stand. 16 "But he who comes against him will ¹⁷do as he pleases, and ¹⁸no one will be able to withstand him; he will also stay for a time in the ^y19Beautiful Land, with destruction in his hand. 17 "He will ²⁰set his face to come with the power of his whole kingdom, ^zbringing with him ^aaa proposal of peace which he will put into effect ; he will also give him the daughter of women to ruin it. But she will not take a stand for him or be ^bbon his side. 18 "Then he will turn his face to the ²¹coastlands and capture many. But a commander will put a stop to his scorn against him; moreover, he will ²²repay him for his scorn. 19 "So he will turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will ²³stumble and fall and be ²⁴found no more. 20 "Then in his place one will arise who will ²⁵send an ^ccoppressor through the ^ddJewel of his kingdom ; yet within a few days he will be shattered, though not in anger nor in battle. 21 "In his place a despicable person will arise, on whom the honor of kingship has not been conferred, but he will come in a time of tranquility and ²⁶seize the kingdom by intrigue. 22 "The overflowing ²⁷forces will be flooded away before him and shattered, and also the prince of the covenant. 23 "After an alliance is made with him he will practice deception, and he will go up and gain power with a small force of people. 24 "^eeIn a time of tranquility he will enter the ²⁸richest parts of the ^ffrealm, and he will accomplish what his fathers never did, nor his ^ggancestors ; he will distribute plunder, booty and possessions among them, and he will devise his schemes against strongholds, but only for a time. 25 "He will stir up his strength and ^hhcourage against the ²⁹king of the South with a large army ; so the king of the South will mobilize an extremely large and mighty army for war ; but he will not stand, for schemes will be devised against him. 26 "Those who eat his choice food will ⁱⁱdestroy him, and his army will ^jj30overflow, but many will fall down slain. 27 "As for both kings, their hearts will be intent on ³¹evil, and they will ³²speak lies to each other at the same table ; but it will not succeed, for the ³³end is still to come at the appointed time. 28 "Then he will return to his land with much ^kkplunder ; but his heart will be set against the holy covenant, and he will take action and then return to his own land. 29 "At the appointed time he will return and come into the South, but ^llthis last time it will not turn out the way it did before. 30 "For ships of ^mm34Kittim will come against him; therefore he will be disheartened and will return and become enraged at the holy covenant and take action ; so he will come back and show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant. 31 "Forces from him will arise, ³⁵desecrate the sanctuary fortress, and do away with the regular sacrifice. And they will set up the ³⁶abomination ⁿⁿof desolation. 32 "By ³⁷smooth words he will ^ooturn to godlessness those who act wickedly toward the covenant, but the people who know their God will display ³⁸strength and take action. 33 "^pp39Those who have insight among the people will give understanding to the many ; yet they will ⁴⁰fall by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder for many days. 34 "Now when they fall they will be granted a little help, and many will ⁴¹join with them in ⁴²hypocrisy. 35 "Some of ^qqthose who have insight will fall, in order to ⁴³refine, ⁴⁴purge and make them ^rr45pure until the ⁴⁶end time ; because it is still to come at the appointed time. 36 "Then the king will ⁴⁷do as he pleases, and he will exalt and ⁴⁸magnify himself above every god and will ⁴⁹speak ^ssmonstrous things against the ⁵⁰God of gods ; and he will prosper until the ⁵¹indignation is finished, for that which is ⁵²decreed will be done. 37 "He will show no regard for the ^ttgods of his fathers or for the desire of women, nor will he show regard for any other god ; for he will magnify himself above them all. 38 "But ^uuinstead he will honor a god of fortresses, a god whom his fathers did not know ; he will honor him with gold, silver, costly stones and treasures. 39 "He will take action against the strongest of fortresses with the help of a foreign god ; he will give great honor to ^vvthose who acknowledge him and will cause them to rule over the many, and will parcel out land for a price. 40 "At the ⁵³end time the ⁵⁴king of the South will collide with him, and the ⁵⁵king of the North will ⁵⁶storm against him with chariots, with horsemen and with many ships ; and he will enter countries, ⁵⁷overflow them and pass through. 41 "He will also enter the ^ww58Beautiful Land, and many countries will fall ; but these will be rescued out of his hand : Edom, ⁵⁹Moab and the foremost of the sons of ⁶⁰Ammon. 42 "Then he will stretch out his hand against other countries, and the land of Egypt will not escape. 43 "But he will ^xxgain control over the hidden treasures of gold and silver and over all the precious things of Egypt ; and ⁶¹Libyans and ⁶²Ethiopians will follow at his ^yyheels. 44 "But rumors from the East and from the North will disturb him, and he will go forth with great wrath to destroy and ^zzannihilate many. 45 "He will pitch the tents of his royal pavilion between the seas and the beautiful ⁶³Holy Mountain ; yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him.