Daniel 11:5-35

⁵ "Then the king of the South will grow strong , along with one of his princes who 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 king of the North to carry out a peaceful arrangement . But she will not retain her position of power , nor will he remain with his power , 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 descendants of her line will arise in his place , and he will come against their army and enter the fortress of the king of the North , and he will deal with them and display great strength . ⁸ "Also their gods with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold he will take into captivity to Egypt , and he on his part will refrain from attacking the king of the North for some years . ⁹ "Then the latter will enter the realm of the king of the South , but will return to his own land . ¹⁰ "His sons will mobilize and assemble a multitude of great forces ; and one of them will keep on coming and overflow and pass through , that he may again wage war up to his very fortress . ¹¹ "The king of the South will be enraged and go forth and fight with the king of the North . Then the latter will raise a great multitude , but that multitude will be given into the 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 after an interval e of some years he will press 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 e among your people will also lift themselves up in order to fulfill the vision , but they will fall down . ¹⁵ "Then the king of the North will come , cast up a siege ramp and capture a well-fortified city ; and the forces of the South will not stand their ground, not even their choicest troops , for there will be no strength to make a stand . ¹⁶ "But he who comes against him will do as he pleases , and no one will be able to withstand e him; he will also stay for a time in the Beautiful Land , with destruction in his hand . ¹⁷ "He will set his face to come with the power of his whole kingdom , bringing with him a 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 on his side. ¹⁸ "Then he will turn his face to the coastlands and capture many . But a commander will put a stop to his scorn against him; moreover , he will repay him for his scorn . ¹⁹ "So he will turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land , but he will stumble and fall and be found no more. ²⁰ "Then in his place one will arise who will send an oppressor through the Jewel 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 seize the kingdom by intrigue . ²² "The overflowing forces will be flooded away before e 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 "In a time of tranquility he will enter the richest parts of the realm , and he will accomplish what his fathers never did , nor his ancestors ; 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 courage against the king of the South with a large army ; so the king of the South will mobilize an extremely e 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 destroy him, and his army will overflow , but many will fall down slain . ²⁷ "As for both kings , their hearts will be intent on evil , and they will speak lies to each other at the same table ; but it will not succeed , for the end is still to come at the appointed time . ²⁸ "Then he will return to his land with much plunder ; 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 this last time it will not turn out the way it did before . ³⁰ "For ships of Kittim 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 , desecrate the sanctuary fortress , and do away with the regular sacrifice . And they will set up the abomination of desolation . ³² "By smooth words he will turn to godlessness those who act wickedly toward the covenant , but the people who know their God will display strength and take action . ³³ " Those who have insight among the people will give understanding to the many ; yet they will fall 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 join with them in hypocrisy . ³⁵ "Some of those who have insight will fall , in order to refine , purge and make them pure until the end time ; because it is still to come at the appointed time .