Daniel 11
Bíblia Livre
1E eu, no primeiro ano de Dario o medo, estive para confortá-lo e fortalecê-lo.
2E agora eu te declararei a verdade. Eis que ainda haverá três reis na Pérsia, e o quarto acumulará mais riquezas que todos; e fortificando-se com suas riquezas, despertará a todos contra o reino da Grécia.
3Depois se levantará um rei poderoso, que reinará com grande domínio, e fará conforme sua vontade.
4Mas quando ele estiver erguido, seu reino será quebrantado, e repartido nos quatro ventos do céu; porém não a seus descendentes, nem conforme seu domínio com que ele reinou; porque seu reino será arrancado, e será para outros fora destes.
5E o rei do sul se fortalecerá; mas um de seus príncipes se fortalecerá mais que ele, e reinará; e seus domínio será um grande domínio.
6Mas ao fim de alguns anos eles se aliarão, e a filha do rei do sul virá ao rei do norte para fazer os acordos. Porém ela não poderá reter a força de seu poder; por isso nem ele, nem seu poder persistirá; porque ela será entregue, e os que a tiverem trazido, e seu pai, e ao que a fortalecia naqueles tempos.
7Mas do renovo de suas raízes um se levantará em seu lugar; e virá com exército, e entrará na fortaleza do rei do norte, e agirá contra eles, e prevalecerá.
8E até seus deuses com seus príncipes, com seus vasos preciosos de prata e de ouro, levará cativos ao Egito; e por alguns anos ele deixará de atacar o rei do norte;
9O qual virá ao reino o rei do sul, e voltará para sua terra.
10Porém os filhos dele se agitarão para a guerra ,e ajuntarão uma multidão de grandes exércitos; e certamente avançará, inundará, e passará; e quando voltar, se agitará em guerra até sua fortaleza.
11Então o rei do sul se enfurecerá, e sairá, e lutará contra ele, o rei do norte; e mobiliza uma grande multidão, porém toda aquela multidão será entregue em sua mão.
12Quando for perdida aquele multidão, seu coração se exaltará; e ainda que derrube muitos milhares; contudo não prevalecerá.
13E o rei do norte voltará, e porá em campo uma multidão maior que a primeira, e a fim do tempo de alguns anos avançará com grande exército e com muitos suprimentos.
14E naqueles tempos muitos se levantarão contra o rei do sul; e filhos dos violentos de teu povo se levantarão para confirmar a visão, e cairão.
15Então o rei do norte virá, e levantará cerco, e tomará a cidade forte; e os poderes do sul não poderão subsistir, nem os melhores de seu povo, nem haverá força que possa subsistir.
16E o que virá contra ele fará sua própria vontade, e não haverá quem possa subsistir diante dele; ele estará na terra gloriosa, e o poder de destruir estará em sua mão.
17Ele decidirá vir com o poder de todo seu reino; e os corretos com ele, e assim fará; e lhe dará uma filha de mulheres para destruir o reino ; mas ela não terá sucesso, nem será para proveito dele.
18Depois virará seu rosto para as terras costeiras, e tomará muitas; mas um príncipe fará cessar sua humilhação por ele, e ainda fará tornar sobre ele sua humilhação.
19Então virará seu rosto para as fortalezas de sua terra; mas tropeçará e cairá, e não será mais achado.
20E em seu lugar se levantará um que fará passar um cobrador de impostos para glória real; mas em poucos dias será quebrantado, não por causa de ira nem de batalha.
21Depois se levantará em seu lugar um ser desprezível, ao qual não darão a honra real; mas virá durante a quietude, e tomará o reino por meio de enganos.
22E exércitos em grande volume serão repelidos diante dele, e serão quebrantados; assim como também o príncipe do pacto.
23E depois de fizerem acordos com ele, ele usará engano, e subirá; será fortalecido mesmo com pouca gente.
24Quando houver tranquilidade nas mais prósperas regiões da província, ele virá e fará o que nunca fizeram seus pais, nem os pais de seus pais; ele repartirá presa, despojos, e riquezas entre os seus; e voltará seus pensamentos contra as fortalezas; porém somente por um tempo.
25E despertará sua forças e sua coragem contra o rei do sul, com grande exército; e o rei do sul se agitará para a guerra com grande e muito poderoso exército; mas não prevalecerá, porque tramarão planos contra ele.
26Até os que comerem de sua comida o destruirão; e seu exército será repelido, e muitos cairão mortos.
27E o coração destes dois reis será para fazer mal, e em uma mesma mesa falarão mentiras; mas isto não terá sucesso, pois ainda haverá o fim no tempo determinado.
28E voltará para sua terra com grande riqueza, e seu coração será contra o pacto santo; e ele fará o que decidir , e voltará a sua terra.
29A certo tempo voltará a vir ao sul; mas a última vinda não será como a primeira.
30Porque navios de Quitim virão contra ele, de modo que ele se entristecerá, voltará, e se indignará contra o pacto santo, e ele fará o que decidir ; pois quando voltar, ele dará atenção aos que tiverem abandonado o pacto santo.
31E tropas virão da parte dele, e profanarão o santuário e a fortaleza; tirarão o contínuo sacrifício , e porão uma abominação assoladora.
32E com lisonjas ele perverterá aos violadores do pacto; mas o povo que conhece a seu Deus com força resistirá.
33E os entendidos do povo ensinarão a muitos; porém cairão à espada e a fogo, por meio de cativeiro e de despojo, por muitos dias.
34E quando eles caírem, serão ajudados por um pequeno socorro; contudo muitos se aliarão a eles através de enganos.
35E alguns dos sábios cairão para serem refinados, purificados e limpos, até o tempo do fim; porque isto ainda será para o tempo determinado.
36E o rei fará a sua vontade; e se exaltará, e se engrandecerá sobre todo deus; ele falará coisas arrogantes contra o Deus dos deuses, e será próspero, até que a ira se complete; pois o que está determinado será feito.
37Ele não respeitará os deuses de seus pais, nem para o preferido das mulheres; nem respeitará deus algum, pois se engrandecerá sobre todos.
38Mas em seu lugar honrará ao deus das fortalezas, um deus que seus pais nem sequer conheceram; ele o horará com ouro, prata, pedras preciosas, e com coisas de grande valor.
39E ele atacará fortes fortalezas com o deus estrangeiro; aos que o reconhecerem, ele aumentará a honra; e ele os fará terem domínio sobre muitos, e repartirá a terra por preço.
40E no tempo do fim o rei do sul lutará contra ele; e o rei do norte levantará como tempestade contra ele, com carruagens, cavaleiros, e muitos navios; e entrará pelas terras, arruinará como se fosse inundação, e passará.
41E virá à terra gloriosa, e muitos povos cairão; mas estes escaparão de sua mão: Edom, Moabe, e os líderes dos filhos de Amom.
42E estenderá sua mão a outras terras, e a terra do Egito não escapará.
43E se apoderará dos tesouros de ouro e prata, e de todas as coisas valiosas do Egito, os líbios e os cuxitas o seguirão.
44Porém notícias do oriente e do norte o espantarão; e ele sairá com grande furor para destruir e matar muitos.
45E armará a tendas de seu palácio entre os mares, no glorioso monte santo; mas ele virá a seu fim, e não haverá quem o ajude.
Reina-Valera 1909
1Y EN el año primero de Darío el de Media, yo estuve para animarlo y fortalecerlo.
2Y ahora yo te mostraré la verdad. He aquí que aun habrá tres reyes en Persia, y el cuarto se hará de grandes riquezas más que todos; y fortificándose con sus riquezas, despertará á todos contra el reino de Javán.
3Levantaráse luego un rey valiente, el cual se enseñoreará sobre gran dominio, y hará su voluntad.
4Pero cuando estará enseñoreado, será quebrantado su reino, y repartido por los cuatro vientos del cielo; y no á sus descendientes, ni según el señorío con que él se enseñoreó: porque su reino será arrancado, y para otros fuera de aquellos.
5Y haráse fuerte el rey del mediodía: mas uno de los príncipes de aquél le sobrepujará, y se hará poderoso; su señorío será grande señorío.
6Y al cabo de años se concertarán, y la hija del rey del mediodía vendrá al rey del norte para hacer los conciertos. Empero ella no podrá retener la fuerza del brazo: ni permanecerá él, ni su brazo; porque será entregada ella, y los que la habían traído, asimismo su hijo, y los que estaban de parte de ella en aquel tiempo.
7Mas del renuevo de sus raíces se levantará uno sobre su silla, y vendrá con ejército, y entrará en la fortaleza del rey del norte, y hará en ellos á su arbitrio, y predominará.
8Y aun los dioses de ellos, con sus príncipes, con sus vasos preciosos de plata y de oro, llevará cautivos á Egipto: y por años se mantendrá él contra el rey del norte.
9Así entrará en el reino el rey del mediodía, y volverá á su tierra.
10Mas los hijos de aquél se airarán, y reunirán multitud de grandes ejércitos: y vendrá á gran priesa, é inundará, y pasará, y tornará, y llegará con ira hasta su fortaleza.
11Por lo cual se enfurecerá el rey del mediodía, y saldrá, y peleará con el mismo rey del norte; y pondrá en campo gran multitud, y toda aquella multitud será entregada en su mano.
12Y la multitud se ensoberbecerá, elevaráse su corazón, y derribará muchos millares; mas no prevalecerá.
13Y el rey del norte volverá á poner en campo mayor multitud que primero, y á cabo del tiempo de años vendrá á gran priesa con grande ejército y con muchas riquezas.
14Y en aquellos tiempos se levantarán muchos contra el rey del mediodía; é hijos de disipadores de tu pueblo se levantarán para confirmar la profecía, y caerán.
15Vendrá pues el rey del norte, y fundará baluartes, y tomará la ciudad fuerte; y los brazos del mediodía no podrán permanecer, ni su pueblo escogido, ni habrá fortaleza que pueda resistir.
16Y el que vendrá contra él, hará á su voluntad, ni habrá quien se le pueda parar delante; y estará en la tierra deseable, la cual será consumida en su poder.
17Pondrá luego su rostro para venir con el poder de todo su reino; y hará con aquél cosas rectas, y darále una hija de mujeres para trastornarla: mas no estará ni será por él.
18Volverá después su rostro á las islas, y tomará muchas; mas un príncipe le hará parar su afrenta, y aun tornará sobre él su oprobio.
19Luego volverá su rostro á las fortalezas de su tierra: mas tropezará y caerá, y no parecerá más.
20Entonces sucederá en su silla uno que hará pasar exactor por la gloria del reino; mas en pocos días será quebrantado, no en enojo, ni en batalla.
21Y sucederá en su lugar un vil, al cual no darán la honra del reino: vendrá empero con paz, y tomará el reino con halagos.
22Y con los brazos de inundación serán inundados delante de él, y serán quebrantados; y aun también el príncipe del pacto.
23Y después de los conciertos con él, él hará engaño, y subirá, y saldrá vencedor con poca gente.
24Estando la provincia en paz y en abundancia, entrará y hará lo que no hicieron sus padres, ni los padres de sus padres; presa, y despojos, y riquezas repartirá á sus soldados; y contra las fortalezas formará sus designios: y esto por tiempo.
25Y despertará sus fuerzas y su corazón contra el rey del mediodía con grande ejército: y el rey del mediodía se moverá á la guerra con grande y muy fuerte ejército; mas no prevalecerá, porque le harán traición.
26Aun los que comerán su pan, le quebrantarán; y su ejército será destruído, y caerán muchos muertos.
27Y el corazón de estos dos reyes será para hacer mal, y en una misma mesa tratarán mentira: mas no servirá de nada, porque el plazo aun no es llegado.
28Y volveráse á su tierra con grande riqueza, y su corazón será contra el pacto santo: hará pues, y volveráse á su tierra.
29Al tiempo señalado tornará al mediodía; mas no será la postrera venida como la primera.
30Porque vendrán contra él naves de Chîttim, y él se contristará, y se volverá, y enojaráse contra el pacto santo, y hará: volveráse pues, y pensará en los que habrán desamparado el santo pacto.
31Y serán puestos brazos de su parte; y contaminarán el santuario de fortaleza, y quitarán el continuo sacrificio, y pondrán la abominación espantosa.
32Y con lisonjas hará pecar á los violadores del pacto: mas el pueblo que conoce á su Dios, se esforzará, y hará.
33Y los sabios del pueblo darán sabiduría á muchos: y caerán á cuchillo y á fuego, en cautividad y despojo, por días.
34Y en su caer serán ayudados de pequeño socorro: y muchos se juntarán á ellos con lisonjas.
35Y algunos de los sabios caerán para ser purgados, y limpiados, y emblanquecidos, hasta el tiempo determinado: porque aun para esto hay plazo.
36Y el rey hará á su voluntad; y se ensoberbecerá, y se engrandecerá sobre todo dios: y contra el Dios de los dioses hablará maravillas, y será prosperado, hasta que sea consumada la ira: porque hecha está determinación.
37Y del Dios de sus padres no se cuidará, ni del amor de las mujeres: ni se cuidará de dios alguno, porque sobre todo se engrandecerá.
38Mas honrará en su lugar al dios Mauzim, dios que sus padres no conocieron: honrarálo con oro, y plata, y piedras preciosas, y con cosas de gran precio.
39Y con el dios ajeno que conocerá, hará á los baluartes de Mauzim crecer en gloria: y harálos enseñorear sobre muchos, y por interés repartirá la tierra.
40Empero al cabo del tiempo el rey del mediodía se acorneará con él; y el rey del norte levantará contra él como tempestad, con carros y gente de á caballo, y muchos navíos; y entrará por las tierras, é inundará, y pasará.
41Y vendrá á la tierra deseable, y muchas provincias caerán; mas éstas escaparán de su mano: Edom, y Moab, y lo primero de los hijos de Ammón.
42Asimismo extenderá su mano á las otras tierras, y no escapará el país de Egipto.
43Y se apoderará de los tesoros de oro y plata, y de todas las cosas preciosas de Egipto, de Libia, y Etiopía por donde pasará.
44Mas nuevas de oriente y del norte lo espantarán; y saldrá con grande ira para destruir y matar muchos.
45Y plantará las tiendas de su palacio entre los mares, en el monte deseable del santuario; y vendrá hasta su fin, y no tendrá quien le ayude.
King James Version
1Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
2And 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.
3And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
4And 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.
5And 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.
6And 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.
7But 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:
8And 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.
9So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land.
10But 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.
11And 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.
12And 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.
13For 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.
14And 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.
15So 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.
16But 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.
17He 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.
18After 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.
19Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
20Then 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.
21And 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.
22And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
23And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24He 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.
25And 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.
26Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.
27And 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.
28Then 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.
29At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.
30For 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.
31And 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.
32And 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.
33And 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.
34Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
35And 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.
36And 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.
37Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38But 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.
39Thus 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.
40And 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.
41He 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.
42He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43But 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.
44But 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.
45And 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.
World English Bible
1“As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.
2“Now I will show you the truth. Behold, three more kings will stand up in Persia. The fourth will be far richer than all of them. When he has grown strong through his riches, he will stir up all against the realm of Greece.
3A mighty king will stand up, who will rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
4When he stands up, his kingdom will be broken and will be divided toward the four winds of the sky, but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom will be plucked up, even for others besides these.
5“The king of the south will be strong. One of his princes will become stronger than him, and have dominion. His dominion will be a great dominion.
6At the end of years they will join themselves together; and the daughter of the king of the south will come to the king of the north to make an agreement, but she will not retain the strength of her arm. He will also not stand, nor will his arm; but she will be given up, with those who brought her, and he who became the father of her, and he who strengthened her in those times.
7“But out of a shoot from her roots one will stand up in his place, who will come to the army and will enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and will deal against them and will prevail.
8He will also carry their gods with their molten images, and with their goodly vessels of silver and of gold, captive into Egypt. He will refrain some years from the king of the north.
9He will come into the realm of the king of the south, but he will return into his own land.
10His sons will wage war, and will assemble a multitude of great forces which will come on, and overflow, and pass through. They will return and wage war, even to his fortress.
11“The king of the south will be moved with anger and will come out and fight with him, even with the king of the north. He will send out a great multitude, and the multitude will be given into his hand.
12The multitude will be carried off, and his heart will be exalted. He will cast down tens of thousands, but he won’t prevail.
13The king of the north will return, and will send out a multitude greater than the former. He will come on at the end of the times, even of years, with a great army and with abundant supplies.
14“In those times many will stand up against the king of the south. Also the children of the violent among your people will lift themselves up to establish the vision, but they will fall.
15So the king of the north will come and cast up a mound, and take a well-fortified city. The forces of the south won’t stand, neither will his select troops, neither will there be any strength to stand.
16But he who comes against him will do according to his own will, and no one will stand before him. He will stand in the glorious land, and destruction will be in his hand.
17He will set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and with him equitable conditions. He will perform them. He will give him the daughter of women, to destroy the kingdom, but she will not stand, and won’t be for him.
18After this he will turn his face to the islands, and will take many, but a prince will cause the reproach offered by him to cease. Yes, moreover, he will cause his reproach to turn on him.
19Then he will turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land; but he will stumble and fall, and won’t be found.
20“Then one who will cause a tax collector to pass through the kingdom to maintain its glory will stand up in his place; but within few days he shall be destroyed, not in anger, and not in battle.
21“In his place a contemptible person will stand up, to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom; but he will come in time of security, and will obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
22The overwhelming forces will be overwhelmed from before him, and will be broken. Yes, also the prince of the covenant.
23After the treaty made with him he will work deceitfully; for he will come up and will become strong with few people.
24In time of security he will come even on the fattest places of the province. He will do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers. He will scatter among them prey, plunder, and wealth. Yes, he will devise his plans against the strongholds, but only for a time.
25“He will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south will wage war in battle with an exceedingly great and mighty army, but he won’t stand; for they will devise plans against him.
26Yes, those who eat of his delicacies will destroy him, and his army will be swept away. Many will fall down slain.
27As for both these kings, their hearts will be to do evil, and they will speak lies at one table; but it won’t prosper, for the end will still be at the appointed time.
28Then he will return into his land with great wealth. His heart will be against the holy covenant. He will take action, and return to his own land.
29“He will return at the appointed time and come into the south; but it won’t be in the latter time as it was in the former.
30For ships of Kittim will come against him. Therefore he will be grieved, and will return, and have indignation against the holy covenant, and will take action. He will even return, and have regard to those who forsake the holy covenant.
31“Forces from him will profane the sanctuary, even the fortress, and will take away the continual burnt offering. Then they will set up the abomination that makes desolate.
32He will corrupt those who do wickedly against the covenant by flatteries; but the people who know their God will be strong and take action.
33“Those who are wise among the people will instruct many; yet they will fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, many days.
34Now when they fall, they will be helped with a little help; but many will join themselves to them with flatteries.
35Some of those who are wise will fall—to refine them, and to purify, and to make them white, even to the time of the end, because it is yet for the time appointed.
36“The king will do according to his will. He will exalt himself and magnify himself above every god, and will speak marvelous things against the God of gods. He will prosper until the indignation is accomplished, for that which is determined will be done.
37He won’t regard the gods of his fathers, or the desire of women, or regard any god; for he will magnify himself above all.
38But in their place, he will honor the god of fortresses. He will honor a god whom his fathers didn’t know with gold, silver, and with precious stones and pleasant things.
39He will deal with the strongest fortresses by the help of a foreign god. He will increase with glory whoever acknowledges him. He will cause them to rule over many, and will divide the land for a price.
40“At the time of the end the king of the south will contend with him; and the king of the north will come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, with horsemen, and with many ships. He will enter into the countries, and will overflow and pass through.
41He will enter also into the glorious land, and many countries will be overthrown; but these will be delivered out of his hand: Edom, Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
42He will also stretch out his hand on the countries. The land of Egypt won’t escape.
43But he will have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt. The Libyans and the Ethiopians will follow his steps.
44But news out of the east and out of the north will trouble him; and he will go out with great fury to destroy and utterly to sweep away many.
45He will plant the tents of his palace between the sea and the glorious holy mountain; yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him.