5
And the king of the south, {this Hebrew word is identified with the people of God}, and of his principalities, shall make himself strong; and he shall exceed him and make himself powerful; his dominion
shall be a great dominion.
6
But at the end of
some 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; for she shall be given up and those that brought her and he that begat her, and those that were for her in
this time.
7
But of the new shoot from her roots shall
one stand up upon his throne and shall come unto the army and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north and do in them
according to his will and shall prevail:
8
and even their gods, with their princes, with their precious vessels of silver and of gold, shall be taken captive in Egypt; and for
some years he shall maintain himself against the king of the north.
9
Thus shall the king of the south enter into the kingdom and return to his own land.
10
But the sons of that one shall be stirred up and shall assemble a multitude of great armies and shall come in great haste, and overflow and pass through and turn and come with wrath unto his fortress.
11
Therefore the king of the south shall become furious and shall come forth and fight with him
even with the king of the north; and he shall put a great multitude into
the field, but all that multitude shall be given into his hand.
12
Therefore the multitude shall be filled with pride, his heart shall be lifted up, and he shall cast down many thousands, but he shall not prevail.
13
And the king of the north shall put another multitude greater than the former in
the field and at the end of a time of some years shall come in great haste with a great army and with much riches.
14
But in those times many shall stand up against the king of the south, and sons of robbers of thy people shall raise themselves up to establish the vision, but they shall fall.
15
So the king of the north shall come and cast up a mount and shall take the strong cities, and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be
any fortress that can withstand.
16
And he that comes against him shall do according to his own will, and there shall be no one that can stand before him, and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.
17
He shall then set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom and shall do upright things with him, and he shall give him a daughter of
his women to persuade her, but she shall not stand, neither be for him.
18
After this he shall turn his face unto the isles and shall take many, but a prince shall cause him to cease his affront and shall even turn his reproach upon him.
19
Then he shall turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land, but he shall stumble and fall and not appear again.
20
Then shall succeed in his throne a taker of taxes
who shall be the glory of the kingdom, but within few days he shall be broken, neither in anger, nor in battle.
21
And a vile
person shall succeed in his place, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: nevertheless he shall come in with peace and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
22
And with the arms they shall be overflown of a flood before him and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
23
And after the union
made with him he shall work deceit and shall rise and shall overcome with few people.
24
With the province in peace and in abundance, he shall enter and do
that which his fathers have never done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall distribute prey and spoil and riches to his soldiers; and against the fortresses he shall forecast his devices, even for
a time.
25
And he shall stir up his forces and his heart against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall move to the war with a great and mighty army, but he shall not prevail, for they shall betray him.
26
Even those that ate his bread shall break him, and his army shall be destroyed; and many shall fall down slain.
27
And the heart of both these kings
shall be to do evil, and at the same table they shall speak lies; but it shall not prosper, for the time appointed is not yet come.
28
Then he shall 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 turn toward the south, but the latter
coming shall not be as the former.
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
an understanding with those that have forsaken the holy covenant.
31
And arms shall be placed on his behalf, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength and shall take away the daily
sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that makes desolate.
32
And with flatteries he shall cause to sin those that violate the covenant, but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do
exploits.
33
And the wise among the people shall give wisdom to many, yet they shall fall by the sword, and by fire, by captivity, and by spoil, for
some days.
34
And in their fall, they shall be helped with a little help, but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
35
And
some of the wise shall fall to be purged and cleaned and made white,
even to the time of the end because even for this
there is time appointed.