Gabriel interpreteth CHAP. IX. the vision, ram, and he was moved with cholerjend of the indignation: for at the time against him, and smote the ram, and appointed the end shall be. brake his two horns; and there was 20 The ram which thou sawest bayno power in the ram to stand before ing two horns are the kings of Media him, but he cast him down to the und Persia. ground, and stamped upon him; and 21 And the rough goat is the king of there was none that could deliver the|Grecia: and the great horn that is be. ram out of his hand. tween his eyes is the first king. 22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it,four kingdoms shali stand up out of the nation, but not in his power. 8 Therefore the he-goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones, toward the four winds of heaven. 23 And in the latter time of their 9. And out of one of them came forth | kingdom, when the transgressors arc a little horn, which waxed exceeding come to the full, a king of fierce coungreat toward the south, and toward tenance, and understanding dark senthe east, and toward the pleasant land. teuces, shall stand up. 10. And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. 11 Yea, he magnifiedhimself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. 12. And a host was given him against the daily sucrifice by reason of trans gression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered. 24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practice, and shall des troy the mighty and the boly people 25 And through his policy also be shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall des troy many; he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without band. 26. And the vision of the evening and 13 ¶ Then I heard one saint speak-the morning which was told, is true: ing, and another saint said unto that wherefore shut thou up the vision; for certam saint which spake, How long it shall be for many days, CHAP. IX. shall be the vision concerning the dai 27 And 1 Daniel fainted, and was ly sacrifice, and the transgression of sick certain days; afterward 1 rose desolation,to give both the sanctuary [up, and did the king's business; and I and the host to be trodden under foot?|was astonished at the vision, but none 14. And he said unto me, Unto two understood it. thousand and three hundred days; then shalf the sanctuary be cleansed. 15 ¶ And it came to pass, when I, even 1 Damel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man. 16 And 1 heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the visiou. 17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, 1 was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end, shall be the visum. 18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face to ward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright. 19. And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last IN N the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus,of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realmi of the Chaldeans; 2 In the first year of his reign, I Dan iel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem, 3 T And I set my face unto the Lord Goo, to seek by prayer and supplica tions, with fastings, and sackcloth,and ashes: 4 And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O LORD, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that iove him, and to them that keep his commandments; 5 We have sinned, and have commi Daniel's confession DANIEL. and prayer. ted iniquity, and have done wickedly, righteousness, I beseech thee,let thine and have rebelled, even by departing anger and thy fury be turned away from thy precepts and from thy judg from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, aud ments: 6 Neither have we hearkened unto for the iniquities of our fathers, Jeru hy servants the prophets, which spake salem and thy people are become a re in thy name to our kings, our princes, proach to all that are about us. and our fathers, and to all the people 17 Now therefore, O our God, hear of the land. the prayer of thy servant, and his sup 7 O LORD, righteousness belongeth|plications, and cause thy face to shine unto thee, but unto us confusion of upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for faces, as at this day; to the men of the Lord's sake. Judah, and to the inhabitants of Je- 18 O my God, incline thine ear, and rusalem, and unto all Israel, that are hear; open thine eyes, and behold our near, and that are afar off, through all desolations, and the city which is callthe countries whither thou hast drivened by thy name: for we do not pre them, because of their trespass that sent our supplications before thee for they have trespassed against thee. our righteousnesses, but for thy great 8 O LORD, to us belongeth confusion mercies. of face, to our kings, to our princes, 19 O LORD, hear; O LORD, forgive; and to our fathers, because we have O LORD, hearken and do; defer not, sinned against thee. for thine own sake, O my God: for 9 To the Load our God belong mer-thy city and thy people are called by cies and forgiveness, though we have thy name. rebelled against him ; 10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. 20 ↑ And while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin, and the sin of my people Israel, and pre· senting my supplications before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God; 11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they 21 Yea, while I was speaking in might not obey thy voice; therefore prayer, even the man Gabriel, wlion the curse is poured upon us, and, the I had seen in the vision at the begin oath that is written in the law of Mo-ning, being caused to fly swiftly, Les the servant of God, because we touched me about the time of the eve bave sinned against him. ning oblation. 12. And he bath confirmed his words, 22 And he informed me, and talked which he spake against us, and against with me, and said, O Daniel, 1 am our judges that judged us, by bringing now come forth to give thee skill and upon us a great evil: for under the understanding. whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem. 23 At the beginning of thy supplica tions the commandment came forth, 13 As it is written in the law of Mo- and I am come to show thee; for thou ses, all this evil is come upon us: yet art greatly beloved: therefore undermade we not our prayer before the stand the matter, and consider the visLORD our God, that we might turnion. from our iniquities, and understand thy truth. 14 Therefore bath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice. 24 Seventy weeks are determined, upon thy people and upon thy holy! city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophesy, and to anoiut the Most Holy. 15 And now, O Lond our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of 25 Know therefore and understand, the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, that from the going forth of the com and has gotten the renown,as at this mandment to restore and to build Jeday; we have sinned, we have done rusalem, unto the Messiah the Prince, wickedly. shall be seven weeks, and threescore 16 ↑ Ó Lond, according to all thy and two weeks: the street shall be He is comfortca CHAP. X. by an angel. built again, and the wall, even in, my face, and my face toward the troublous times. 26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself; and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy The city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. ground. 10 T And, behold, a hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands. 11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this 27 And he shall confirmthe covenant word unto me, I stood trembling. 12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, with many for one week and in the midst of the week he shall cause the Daniel: for from the first day that sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and thou didst set thy heart to understand, for the overspreading of abominations and to chasten thyself before thy God, ue shall make it desolate, even until thy words were heard, and I am come the consummation, and that determin- for thy words. ed shall be poured upon the desolate. CHAP. X. a N the third year of Cyrus king of 13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief Perait. princes, came to help me; and I re Daniel, whose naine was called Belte- 14 Now I am come to make thee unshazzar; and the thing was true, but derstand what shall befall thy people the time appointed was long: and he in the latter days : for yet the vision is understood the thing, and had under-for many days. standing of the vision. 2 In those days I Daniel was mourn ing three full weeks. 3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did 1 anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. 15 And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face towan! the ground, and I became dumb. 16 And, behold, one like the simili tude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood 4 And in the four and twentieth day before me, O my lord, by the vision of the first month, as I was by the side my sorrows are turned upon me, and of the great river, which is Hiddeke); I have retained no strength. 5 Then 1 lifted up mine eyes, and 17 For how can the servant of this looked, and behold a certain man my lord talk with this my lord? for clothed in linen, whose loins were giras for me, straightway there remained ded with fine gold of Uphaz: no strength in me, neither is there 6 His body also was like the bery],[breath left in me. and his face as the appearance of 18 Then there came again and touchlightning, and his eyes as lamps of ed me one like the appearance of a fire, and his arms and his feet like in man, and lie strengthened me, colour to polished brass, and the voice 19 And said, O man greatly beloved. of his words like the voice of a mul- fear not; peace be unto thee,be strong, titude. 7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me. 20 Then said he, Knowest thon wherefore 1 come unto thee? and 8 Therefore I was left alone, and saw now will I return to fight with the this great vision, and there remained prince of Persia: and when I am goue no strength in me for my comeliness forth, lo, the prince of Grecia sball was turned in me into corruption, and come. I retained no strength. 21 But I will show thee that which is 9 Yet heard I the voice of his words: noted in the scripture of truth: and and when I heard the voice of his there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.. words, then was I in a deep sieep on between kings, fc. set forth a great multitude; but the ALSO I in the first year of Darius inultitude shall be given into his hand the Mede, ecen I,stood to confirm and to strengthen him. 2 And now will I show thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they ull: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia. 3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. 12 And 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 strengtheued by it. 13 For 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. 14 And in those times there shal. many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the 4 And when he shall stand up, his 5 T And 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. 6 And 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 agreenient 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. 7 But 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 : 15 So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities; and the arins of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand. 16 But 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. 17 He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall be 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 be 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. 8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of sil ver and of gold : and he shall continue more years than the king of the north. 20 Then shall stand up in his estate 9 So the king of the south shall come a raiser of taxes in the glory of the into his kingdom, and shall return into kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle. 19 Then he shall turn his face to. ward the fort of his own land; but he shall stumble and fall, and not be [found. his own land. 10 But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great 21 And in his estate shall stand up a forces and one shall certainly come, vile person, to whom they shall not and overflow, and pass through: then give the honour of the kingdom: but shall he return, and be stirred up, even he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. to his fortress. 11. And the king of the south shall be| 22 And with the arms of a flood shall moved with choler, and shall come they be overflown from before hum, forth and fight with him, even with and shall be broken; yen, also the the king of the north; and he shall prince of the covenant. The invasion and CHAP. XI. tyranny of the Romans 23 And after the league made with 34 Now when they shall fall, they him, he shall work deceitfully for shall be bolpen with a little help: but he shall come up, and shall become many shall cleave to them with flatstrong with a small people. teries. 2.1 He shall enter peaceably even 35 And some of them of understand upon the fattest places of the proving shall fall, to try them, and to ice; and he shall do that which his purge, and to make them white, even fathers have not done, nor his fathers' to the time of the end; because it is fathers; he shall scatter among them yet for a time appointed. the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, 36 And the king shall do according and he shall forecast his devices to his will; and he shall exalt him 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. self, and magnify lumself 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 be regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, or regard any god; for he 26 Yea, they that feed of the portion shall maguify himself above all. of his meat shall destroy him, and his 38 But in his estate shall be honour army shall overtlow: aud many shall the god of forces: and a god whom fell down slain. his fathers knew not shall he bonour 27 And both these kings'hearts shall with gold, and silver, and with prebe to do mischief, and they shall speak cious stones, and pleasant things. les at one table; but it shail not pros- 39 Thus shall he do in the most per: for yet the end shall be at the strong holds with a strange god, whom time appointed. he sball acknowledge and increase with glory; and he shall cause them to rule_over many, and shall divide the land for gain. 28 Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and bis heart shall Ce against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his ɔwn land. 29. At the time appointed he shall re turu, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter. 40 And 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 30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore be aball pass over. be grieved, and return, and have in 41 He shall enter also into the glodignation against the holy covenant:rious land, and many countries shall so shal, he do; he shall even return,[be overthrown: but these shall escape and have intelligence with them that out of his hand, even Edom, and Moforsake the holy covenant. ab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. 42 He shall stretch forth his hand al so upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape. 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. 43. But he shall have power over the 32 And such as do wickedly against treasures of gold and of silver, and the covenant shall be corrupt by flat-over all the precious things of Egypt: teries: but the people that do know and the Libyans and the Ethiopians their God shall be strong, and do ex- | shall be at his steps. 44 But tidings out of the east and out ploits. 33 And they that understand among of the north shall trouble him; therethe people shall instruct many: yet fore he shall go forth with great fury they shall fall by the sword, and by to destroy, and utterly to make away fame, by capurity, and by spoil, ma-many. ny days. 45 And he shall plant the tabernacles |