<vn='1'>Also <sn="589">I</s> in the <sn="259">first</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="1867">Darius</s> the <sn="4075">Mede</s>, even I, <sn="5975">stood</s> to <sn="2388">confirm</s> and to <sn="4581">strengthen</s> him. </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="6258">now</s> will I <sn="5046">show</s> thee the <sn="571">truth</s>. <sn="2009">Behold</s>, there shall stand <sn="5975">up</s><sn="5750">yet</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="4428">kings</s> in <sn="6539">Persia</s>; and the <sn="7243">fourth</s> shall be far <sn="6238 1419 6239">richer</s> than they <sn="4480 3605">all</s>: and by his <sn="2393">strength</s> through his <sn="6239">riches</s> he shall stir <sn="5782">up</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="854">against</s> the <sn="4438">realm</s> of <sn="3120">Greece</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And a <sn="1368">mighty</s><sn="4428">king</s> shall stand <sn="5975">up</s>, that shall <sn="4910">rule</s> with <sn="7227">great</s><sn="4474">dominion</s>, and <sn="6213">do</s> according to his <sn="7522">will</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And when he shall stand <sn="5975">up</s>, his <sn="4438">kingdom</s> shall be <sn="7665">broken</s>, and shall be <sn="2673">divided</s> toward the <sn="702">four</s><sn="7307">winds</s> of <sn="8064">heaven</s>; and <sn="3808">not</s> to his <sn="319">posterity</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s> according to his <sn="4915">dominion</s><sn="834">which</s> he <sn="4910">ruled</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> his <sn="4438">kingdom</s> shall be plucked <sn="5428">up</s>, even for <sn="312">others</s><sn="4480 905">beside</s><sn="428">those</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And the <sn="4428">king</s> of the <sn="5045">south</s> shall be <sn="2388">strong</s>, and one <sn="4480">of</s> his <sn="8269">princes</s>; and he shall be <sn="2388">strong</s><sn="5921">above</s> him, and have <sn="4910">dominion</s>; his <sn="4474">dominion</s> shall be a <sn="7227">great</s><sn="4474">dominion</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And in the <sn="7093">end</s> of <sn="8141">years</s> they shall join themselves <sn="2266">together</s>; for the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1323">daughter</s> of the <sn="5045">south</s> shall <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of the <sn="6828">north</s> to <sn="6213">make</s> an <sn="4339">agreement</s>: but she shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6113">retain</s> the <sn="3581">power</s> of the <sn="2220">arm</s>; <sn="3808">neither</s> shall he <sn="5975">stand</s>, nor his <sn="2220">arm</s>: but <sn="1931">she</s> shall be given <sn="5414">up</s>, and they that <sn="935">brought</s> her, and he that <sn="3205">begot</s> her, and he that <sn="2388">strengthened</s> her in these <sn="6256">times</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>But out of a <sn="4480 5342">branch</s> of her <sn="8328">roots</s> shall one stand <sn="5975">up</s> in his <sn="3653">estate</s>, which shall <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">with</s> an <sn="2428">army</s>, and shall <sn="935">enter</s> into the <sn="4581">fortress</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of the <sn="6828">north</s>, and shall <sn="6213">deal</s> against them, and shall <sn="2388">prevail</s>: </v>
<vn='8'>And shall <sn="1571">also</s><sn="935">carry</s><sn="7628">captives</s> into <sn="4714">Egypt</s> their <sn="430">gods</s>, <sn="5973">with</s> their <sn="5257">princes</s>, and <sn="5973">with</s> their <sn="2532">precious</s><sn="3627">vessels</s> of <sn="3701">silver</s> and of <sn="2091">gold</s>; and <sn="1931">he</s> shall <sn="5975">continue</s> more <sn="8141">years</s> than the <sn="4480 4428">king</s> of the <sn="6828">north</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>So the <sn="4428">king</s> of the <sn="5045">south</s> shall <sn="935">come</s> into his <sn="4438">kingdom</s>, and shall <sn="7725">return</s><sn="413">into</s> his own <sn="127">land</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>But his <sn="1121">sons</s> shall be stirred <sn="1624">up</s>, and shall <sn="622">assemble</s> a <sn="1995">multitude</s> of <sn="7227">great</s><sn="2428">forces</s>: and one shall certainly <sn="935 935">come</s>, and <sn="7857">overflow</s>, and pass <sn="5674">through</s>: then shall he <sn="7725">return</s>, and be stirred <sn="1624">up</s>, even <sn="5704">to</s> his <sn="4581">fortress</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And the <sn="4428">king</s> of the <sn="5045">south</s> shall be moved with <sn="4843">anger</s>, and shall come <sn="3318">forth</s> and <sn="3898">fight</s><sn="5973">with</s> him, even <sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of the <sn="6828">north</s>: and he shall set <sn="5975">forth</s> a <sn="7227">great</s><sn="1995">multitude</s>; but the <sn="1995">multitude</s> shall be <sn="5414">given</s> into his <sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='12'> And when he hath taken <sn="5375">away</s> the <sn="1995">multitude</s>, his <sn="3824">heart</s> shall be lifted <sn="7311">up</s>; and he shall cast <sn="5307">down</s> many ten <sn="7239">thousands</s>: but he shall <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="5810">strengthened</s> by it. </v>
<vn='13'>For the <sn="4428">king</s> of the <sn="6828">north</s> shall <sn="7725">return</s>, and shall set <sn="5975">forth</s> a <sn="1995">multitude</s><sn="7227">greater</s><sn="4480">than</s> the <sn="7223">former</s>, and shall certainly <sn="935 935">come</s><sn="7093">after</s><sn="6256">certain</s><sn="8141">years</s> with a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="2428">army</s> and with <sn="7227">much</s><sn="7399">riches</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And in <sn="1992">those</s><sn="6256">times</s> there shall <sn="7227">many</s> stand <sn="5975">up</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of the <sn="5045">south</s>: also the <sn="1121 6530">robbers</s> of thy <sn="5971">people</s> shall exalt <sn="5375">themselves</s> to <sn="5975">establish</s> the <sn="2377">vision</s>; but they shall <sn="3782">fall</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>So the <sn="4428">king</s> of the <sn="6828">north</s> shall <sn="935">come</s>, and cast <sn="8210">up</s> a <sn="5550">mount</s>, and <sn="3920">take</s> the most <sn="4013">fenced</s><sn="5892">cities</s>: and the <sn="2220">arms</s> of the <sn="5045">south</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5975">withstand</s>, neither his <sn="4005">chosen</s><sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="369">neither</s> shall there be any <sn="3581">strength</s> to <sn="5975">withstand</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>But he that <sn="935">cometh</s><sn="413">against</s> him shall <sn="6213">do</s> according to his own <sn="7522">will</s>, and <sn="369">none</s> shall <sn="5975">stand</s><sn="6440">before</s> him: and he shall <sn="5975">stand</s> in the <sn="6643">glorious</s><sn="776">land</s>, which by his <sn="3027">hand</s> shall be <sn="3615">consumed</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>He shall also <sn="7760">set</s> his <sn="6440">face</s> to <sn="935">enter</s> with the <sn="8633">strength</s> of his <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="4438">kingdom</s>, and upright <sn="3477">ones</s><sn="5973">with</s> him; thus shall he <sn="6213">do</s>: and he shall <sn="5414">give</s> him the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="802">women</s>, <sn="7843">corrupting</s> her: but she shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5975">stand</s> on his side, <sn="3808">neither</s><sn="1961">be</s> for him. </v>
<vn='18'>After this shall he <sn="7725">turn</s> his <sn="6440">face</s> unto the <sn="339">isles</s>, and shall <sn="3920">take</s><sn="7227">many</s>: but a <sn="7101">prince</s> for his own behalf shall cause the <sn="2781">reproach</s> offered by him to <sn="7673">cease</s>; <sn="1115">without</s> his own <sn="2781">reproach</s> he shall cause it to <sn="7725">turn</s> upon him. </v>
<vn='19'>Then he shall <sn="7725">turn</s> his <sn="6440">face</s> toward the <sn="4581">fort</s> of his own <sn="776">land</s>: but he shall <sn="3782">stumble</s> and <sn="5307">fall</s>, and <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="4672">found</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>Then shall stand <sn="5975">up</s><sn="5921">in</s> his <sn="3653">estate</s> a <sn="5674">raiser</s> of <sn="5065">taxes</s> in the <sn="1925">glory</s> of the <sn="4438">kingdom</s>: but within <sn="259">few</s><sn="3117">days</s> he shall be <sn="7665">destroyed</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> in <sn="639">anger</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s> in <sn="4421">battle</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="5921">in</s> his <sn="3653">estate</s> shall stand <sn="5975">up</s> a vile <sn="959">person</s>, <sn="5921">to</s> whom they shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5414">give</s> the <sn="1935">honor</s> of the <sn="4438">kingdom</s>: but he shall come <sn="935">in</s><sn="7962">peaceably</s>, and <sn="2388">obtain</s> the <sn="4438">kingdom</s> by <sn="2519">flatteries</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And with the <sn="2220">arms</s> of a <sn="7858">flood</s> shall they be <sn="7857">overflown</s> from <sn="4480 6440">before</s> him, and shall be <sn="7665">broken</s>; yea, <sn="1571">also</s> the <sn="5057">prince</s> of the <sn="1285">covenant</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And <sn="4480">after</s> the <sn="2266">league</s> made <sn="413">with</s> him he shall <sn="6213">work</s><sn="4820">deceitfully</s>: for he shall come <sn="5927">up</s>, and shall become <sn="6105">strong</s> with a <sn="4592">small</s><sn="1471">people</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>He shall <sn="935">enter</s><sn="7962">peaceably</s> even upon the fattest <sn="4924">places</s> of the <sn="4082">province</s>; and he shall <sn="6213">do</s> that <sn="834">which</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s> have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6213">done</s>, nor his <sn="1">fathers</s> ' <sn="1">fathers</s>; he shall <sn="967">scatter</s> among them the <sn="961">prey</s>, and <sn="7998">spoil</s>, and <sn="7399">riches</s>: yea, and he shall <sn="2803">forecast</s> his <sn="4284">devices</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="4013">strongholds</s>, even <sn="5704">for</s> a <sn="6256">time</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And he shall stir <sn="5782">up</s> his <sn="3581">power</s> and his <sn="3824">courage</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of the <sn="5045">south</s> with a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="2428">army</s>; and the <sn="4428">king</s> of the <sn="5045">south</s> shall be stirred <sn="1624">up</s> to <sn="4421">battle</s> with a <sn="5704 3966">very</s><sn="1419">great</s> and <sn="6099">mighty</s><sn="2428">army</s>; but he shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5975">stand</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> they shall <sn="2803">forecast</s><sn="4284">devices</s><sn="5921">against</s> him. </v>
<vn='26'>Yea, they that <sn="398">feed</s> of the portion of his <sn="6598">meat</s> shall <sn="7665">destroy</s> him, and his <sn="2428">army</s> shall <sn="7857">overflow</s>: and <sn="7227">many</s> shall fall <sn="5307">down</s><sn="2491">slain</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And <sn="8147">both</s> these <sn="4428">kings</s> ' <sn="3824">hearts</s> shall be to do <sn="4827">mischief</s>, and they shall <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="3577">lies</s><sn="5921">at</s><sn="259">one</s><sn="7979">table</s>; but it shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6743">prosper</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="5750">yet</s> the <sn="7093">end</s> shall be at the time <sn="4150">appointed</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>Then shall he <sn="7725">return</s> into his <sn="776">land</s> with <sn="1419">great</s><sn="7399">riches</s>; and his <sn="3824">heart</s> shall be <sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="6944">holy</s><sn="1285">covenant</s>; and he shall <sn="6213">do</s> exploits, and <sn="7725">return</s> to his own <sn="776">land</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>At the time <sn="4150">appointed</s> he shall <sn="7725">return</s>, and <sn="935">come</s> toward the <sn="5045">south</s>; but it shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1961">be</s> as the <sn="7223">former</s>, or as the <sn="314">latter</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>For the <sn="6716">ships</s> of <sn="3794">Chittim</s> shall <sn="935">come</s> against him: therefore he shall be <sn="3512">grieved</s>, and <sn="7725">return</s>, and have <sn="2194">indignation</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="6944">holy</s><sn="1285">covenant</s>: so shall he <sn="6213">do</s>; he shall even <sn="7725">return</s>, and have <sn="995">intelligence</s><sn="5921">with</s> them that <sn="5800">forsake</s> the <sn="6944">holy</s><sn="1285">covenant</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>And <sn="2220">arms</s> shall <sn="5975">stand</s> on his <sn="4480">part</s>, and they shall <sn="2490">pollute</s> the <sn="4720">sanctuary</s> of <sn="4581">strength</s>, and shall take <sn="5493">away</s> the <sn="8548">daily</s> sacrifice, and they shall <sn="5414">place</s> the <sn="8251">abomination</s> that maketh <sn="8074">desolate</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>And such as do wickedly <sn="7561">against</s> the <sn="1285">covenant</s> shall he <sn="2610">corrupt</s> by <sn="2514">flatteries</s>: but the <sn="5971">people</s> that do <sn="3045">know</s> their <sn="430">God</s> shall be <sn="2388">strong</s>, and <sn="6213">do</s> exploits. </v>
<vn='33'>And they that <sn="7919">understand</s> among the <sn="5971">people</s> shall <sn="995">instruct</s><sn="7227">many</s>: yet they shall <sn="3782">fall</s> by the <sn="2719">sword</s>, and by <sn="3852">flame</s>, by <sn="7628">captivity</s>, and by <sn="961">spoil</s>, many <sn="3117">days</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>Now when they shall <sn="3782">fall</s>, they shall be <sn="5826">helped</s> with a <sn="4592">little</s><sn="5828">help</s>: but <sn="7227">many</s> shall <sn="3867">cleave</s><sn="5921">to</s> them with <sn="2519">flatteries</s>. </v>
<vn='35'>And some <sn="4480">of</s> them of <sn="7919">understanding</s> shall <sn="3782">fall</s>, to <sn="6884">try</s> them, and to <sn="1305">purge</s>, and to make them <sn="3835">white</s>, even <sn="5704">to</s> the <sn="6256">time</s> of the <sn="7093">end</s>: <sn="3588">because</s> it is <sn="5750">yet</s> for a time <sn="4150">appointed</s>. </v>
<vn='36'>And the <sn="4428">king</s> shall <sn="6213">do</s> according to his <sn="7522">will</s>; and he shall exalt <sn="7311">himself</s>, and magnify <sn="1431">himself</s><sn="5921">above</s><sn="3605">every</s><sn="410">god</s>, and shall <sn="1696">speak</s> marvelous <sn="6381">things</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="410">God</s> of <sn="410">gods</s>, and shall <sn="6743">prosper</s><sn="5704">till</s> the <sn="2195">indignation</s> be <sn="3615">accomplished</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> that that is <sn="2782">determined</s> shall be <sn="6213">done</s>. </v>
<vn='37'>Neither shall he <sn="5921 3808 995">regard</s> the <sn="430">God</s> of his <sn="1">fathers</s>, nor the <sn="2532">desire</s> of <sn="802">women</s>, nor regard <sn="3605 3808 995">any</s><sn="433">god</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> he shall magnify <sn="1431">himself</s><sn="5921">above</s><sn="3605">all</s>. </v>
<vn='38'>But <sn="5921">in</s> his <sn="3653">estate</s> shall he <sn="3513">honor</s> the <sn="433">God</s> of <sn="4581">forces</s>: and a <sn="433">god</s><sn="834">whom</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s><sn="3045">knew</s><sn="3808">not</s> shall he <sn="3513">honor</s> with <sn="2091">gold</s>, and <sn="3701">silver</s>, and with <sn="3368">precious</s><sn="68">stones</s>, and pleasant <sn="2530">things</s>. </v>
<vn='39'>Thus shall he <sn="6213">do</s> in the most strong <sn="4013 4581">holds</s><sn="5973">with</s> a <sn="5236">strange</s><sn="433">god</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> he shall <sn="5234">acknowledge</s> and <sn="7235">increase</s> with <sn="3519">glory</s>: and he shall cause them to <sn="4910">rule</s> over <sn="7227">many</s>, and shall <sn="2505">divide</s> the <sn="127">land</s> for <sn="4242">gain</s>. </v>
<vn='40'>And at the <sn="6256">time</s> of the <sn="7093">end</s> shall the <sn="4428">king</s> of the <sn="5045">south</s><sn="5055">push</s><sn="5973">at</s> him: and the <sn="4428">king</s> of the <sn="6828">north</s> shall come against him like a <sn="8175 5921">whirlwind</s>, with <sn="7393">chariots</s>, and with <sn="6571">horsemen</s>, and with <sn="7227">many</s><sn="591">ships</s>; and he shall <sn="935">enter</s> into the <sn="776">countries</s>, and shall <sn="7857">overflow</s> and pass <sn="5674">over</s>. </v>
<vn='41'>He shall <sn="935">enter</s> also into the <sn="6643">glorious</s><sn="776">land</s>, and <sn="7227">many</s> countries shall be <sn="3782">overthrown</s>: but <sn="428">these</s> shall <sn="4422">escape</s> out of his <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>, even <sn="123">Edom</s>, and <sn="4124">Moab</s>, and the <sn="7225">chief</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s>. </v>
<vn='42'>He shall stretch <sn="7971">forth</s> his <sn="3027">hand</s> also upon the <sn="776">countries</s>: and the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1961 6413">escape</s>. </v>
<vn='43'>But he shall have <sn="4910">power</s> over the <sn="4362">treasures</s> of <sn="2091">gold</s> and of <sn="3701">silver</s>, and over <sn="3605">all</s> the precious <sn="2530">things</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>: and the <sn="3864">Libyans</s> and the <sn="3569">Ethiopians</s> shall be at his <sn="4703">steps</s>. </v>
<vn='44'>But <sn="8052">tidings</s> out of the <sn="4480 4217">east</s> and out of the <sn="4480 6828">north</s> shall <sn="926">trouble</s> him: therefore he shall go <sn="3318">forth</s> with <sn="1419">great</s><sn="2534">fury</s> to <sn="8045">destroy</s>, and utterly to make <sn="2763">away</s><sn="7227">many</s>. </v>
<vn='45'>And he shall <sn="5193">plant</s> the <sn="168">tabernacles</s> of his <sn="643">palace</s><sn="996">between</s> the <sn="3220">seas</s> in the <sn="6643">glorious</s><sn="6944">holy</s><sn="2022">mountain</s>; yet he shall <sn="935">come</s><sn="5704">to</s> his <sn="7093">end</s>, and <sn="369">none</s> shall <sn="5826">help</s> him. </v>