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For the sword of one shall devour him who was with him; but he also shall fall by the sword in the last days.
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As for your seeing two little wings passing over to the head which was on the right side,
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this is the interpretation: It is these whom the Most High has kept for the eagle's end; this was the reign which was brief and full of tumult, as you have seen.
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"And as for the lion whom you saw rousing up out of the forest and roaring and speaking to the eagle and reproving him for his unrighteousness, and as for all his words that you have heard,
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this is the Messiah whom the Most High has kept until the end of days, who will arise from the posterity of David, and will come and speak to them; he will denounce them for their ungodliness and for their wickedness, and will cast up before them their contemptuous dealings.
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For first he will set them living before his judgment seat, and when he has reproved them, then he will destroy them.
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But he will deliver in mercy the remnant of my people, those who have been saved throughout my borders, and he will make them joyful until the end comes, the day of judgment, of which I spoke to you at the beginning.
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This is the dream that you saw, and this is its interpretation.
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And you alone were worthy to learn this secret of the Most High.
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Therefore write all these things that you have seen in a book, and put it in a hidden place;
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and you shall teach them to the wise among your people, whose hearts you know are able to comprehend and keep these secrets.