Jan Mikael (24
June 2008)
"the evil king, - Daniel Chapter 11: 21-45.v."
Daniel 11: 21-45.v.
11:21 In his place shall stand up a contemptible
person, to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come
in time of security, and shall obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
11:22 The
overwhelming forces shall be overwhelmed from before him, and shall be broken;
yes, also the prince of the covenant.
11:23 After the league made with
him he shall work deceitfully; for he shall come up, and shall become strong,
with a small people.
11:24 In time of security shall he come even on 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 prey, and spoil, and
substance: yes, he shall devise his devices against the strongholds, even for a
time.
11:25 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 war in battle with
an exceeding great and mighty army; but he shall not stand; for they shall
devise devices against him.
11:26 Yes, they who eat of his dainties
shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow; and many shall fall down slain.
11:27 As for both these kings, their 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.
11:28 Then shall he return into his land
with great substance; and his heart [shall be] against the holy covenant; and he
shall do [his pleasure], and return to his own land.
11:29 At the time
appointed he shall return, and come into the south; but it shall not be in the
latter time as it was in the former.
11:30 For ships of Kittim shall come
against him; therefore he shall be grieved, and shall return, and have
indignation against the holy covenant, and shall do [his pleasure]: he shall
even return, and have regard to those who forsake the holy covenant.
11:31 Forces shall stand on his part, and they shall profane the
sanctuary, even the fortress, and shall take away the continual [burnt
offering], and they shall set up the abomination that makes desolate.
11:32
Such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he pervert by flatteries; but the
people who know their God shall be strong, and do [exploits].
11:33
Those who are wise among the people shall instruct many; yet they shall fall by
the sword and by flame, by captivity and by spoil, [many] days.
11:34 Now
when they shall fall, they shall be helped with a little help; but many shall
join themselves to them with flatteries.
11:35 Some of those who are
wise shall 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.
11:36 The
king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify
himself above every god, and shall speak marvelous things against the God of
gods; and he shall prosper until the indignation be accomplished; for that which
is determined shall be done.
11:37 Neither shall he regard the gods of
his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall magnify
himself above all.
11:38 But in his place shall he honor the god of
fortresses; and a god whom his fathers didn't know shall he honor with gold, and
silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
11:39 He shall deal
with the strongest fortresses by the help of a foreign god: whoever acknowledges
[him] he will increase with glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many,
and shall divide the land for a price.
11:40 At the time of the end
shall the king of the south contend with 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
through.
11:41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many
[countries] shall be overthrown; but these shall be delivered out of his hand:
Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
11:42 He shall
stretch forth his hand also on the countries; and the land of Egypt shall not
escape.
11:43 But 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.
11:44 But news out of the east and out
of the north shall trouble him; and he shall go forth with great fury to destroy
and utterly to sweep away many.
11:45 He shall plant the tents of his palace
between the sea and the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end,
and none shall help him.