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in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.
17
He 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.
18
After 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.
19
Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and
fall, and not be found.
20
Then 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.
21
And 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.
22
And with the arms of a flood shall they be
overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
23
And after
the league
made
with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong
with a small people.
24
He 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.
25
And 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.
26
Yea, they that feed of
the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down
slain.
27
And 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.
28
Then 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.
29
At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south;
but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.
30
For 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.
31
And 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.
32
And 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.
33
And 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.
34
Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but
many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
35
And
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.
36
And 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.
37
Neither
shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall
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