Daniel:11

---

Seeker Overlay ON

* "Also in the first year of Darius the Mede , I , even I , stood up to confirm and strengthen him .) * And now I will tell you the truth : Behold , three more kings will arise in Persia , and the fourth shall be far richer than them all ; by his strength , through his riches , he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece . * Then a mighty king shall arise , who shall rule with great dominion , and do according to his will . * And when he has arisen , his kingdom shall be broken up and divided toward the four winds of heaven , but not among his posterity nor according to his dominion with which he ruled ; for his kingdom shall be uprooted , even for others besides these . * "Also the king of the South shall become strong , as well as one of his princes ; and he shall gain power over him and have dominion . His dominion shall be a great dominion . * And at the end of some years they shall join forces , for the daughter of the king of the South shall go to the king of the North to make an agreement ; but she shall not retain the power of her authority , and neither he nor his authority shall stand ; but she shall be given up , with those who brought her , and with him who begot her , and with him who strengthened her in those times . * But from a branch of her roots one shall arise in his place , who shall come with an army , enter the fortress of the king of the North , and deal with them and prevail . * And he shall also carry their gods captive to Egypt , with their princes and their precious articles of silver and gold ; and he shall continue more years than the king of the North . * "Also the king of the North shall come to the kingdom of the king of the South , but shall return to his own land . * However his sons shall stir up strife , and assemble a multitude of great forces ; and one shall certainly come and overwhelm and pass through ; then he shall return to his fortress and stir up strife . * "And the king of the South shall be moved with rage , and go out and fight with him , with the king of the North , who shall muster a great multitude ; but the multitude shall be given into the hand of his enemy . * When he has taken away the multitude , his heart will be lifted up ; and he will cast down tens of thousands , but he will not prevail . * For the king of the North will return and muster a multitude greater than the former , and shall certainly come at the end of some years with a great army and much equipment . * "Now in those times many shall rise up against the king of the South . Also , violent men of your people shall exalt themselves in fulfillment of the vision , but they shall fall . * So the king of the North shall come and build a siege mound , and take a fortified city ; and the forces of the South shall not withstand him . Even his choice troops shall have no strength to resist . * But he who comes against him shall do according to his own will , and no one shall stand against him . He shall stand in the Glorious Land with destruction in his power . * "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 to destroy it ; but she shall not stand with him , or be for him . * After this he shall turn his face to the coastlands , and shall take many . But a ruler shall bring the reproach against them to an end ; and with the reproach removed , he shall turn back on him . * Then he shall turn his face toward the fortress of his own land ; but he shall stumble and fall , and not be found . * "There shall arise in his place one who imposes taxes on the glorious kingdom ; but within a few days he shall be destroyed , but not in anger or in battle . * And in his place shall arise a vile person , to whom they will not give the honor of royalty ; but he shall come in peaceably , and seize the kingdom by intrigue . * With the force of a flood they shall be swept away from before him and be broken , and also the prince of the covenant . * And after the league is made with him he shall act deceitfully , for he shall come up and become strong with a small number of people . * He shall enter peaceably , even into the richest places of the province ; and he shall do what his fathers have not done , nor his forefathers : he shall disperse among them the plunder , spoil , and riches ; and he shall devise his plans against the strongholds , but only for a time . * "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 devise plans against him . * Yes , those who eat of the portion of his delicacies shall destroy him ; his army shall be swept away , and many shall fall down slain . * Both these kings ' hearts shall be bent on evil , and they shall speak lies at the same table ; but it shall not prosper , for the end will still be at the appointed time . * While returning to his land with great riches , his heart shall be moved against the holy covenant ; so he shall do damage and return to his own land . * "At the appointed time he shall return and go toward the south ; but it shall not be like the former or the latter . * For ships from Cyprus shall come against him ; therefore he shall be grieved , and return in rage against the holy covenant , and do damage . "So he shall return and show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant . * And forces shall be mustered by him , and they shall defile the sanctuary fortress ; then they shall take away the daily sacrifices , and place there the abomination of desolation . * Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with flattery ; but the people who know their God shall be strong , and carry out great exploits . * And those of the people who understand shall instruct many ; yet for many days they shall fall by sword and flame , by captivity and plundering . * Now when they fall , they shall be aided with a little help ; but many shall join with them by intrigue . * And some of those of understanding shall fall , to refine them , purify them , and make them white , until the time of the end ; because it is still for the appointed time . * "Then the king shall do according to his own will : he shall exalt and magnify himself above every god , shall speak blasphemies against the God of gods , and shall prosper till the wrath has been accomplished ; for what has been determined shall be done . * He shall regard neither the God of his fathers nor the desire of women , nor regard any god ; for he shall exalt himself above them all . * But in their place he shall honor a god of fortresses ; and a god which his fathers did not know he shall honor with gold and silver , with precious stones and pleasant things . * Thus he shall act against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god , which he shall acknowledge , and advance its glory ; and he shall cause them to rule over many , and divide the land for gain . * "At the time of the end the king of the South shall attack him ; and the king of the North shall come against him like a whirlwind , with chariots , horsemen , and with many ships ; and he shall enter the countries , overwhelm them , and pass through . * He shall also enter the Glorious Land , and many countries shall be overthrown ; but these shall escape from his hand : Edom , Moab , and the prominent people of Ammon . * He shall stretch out his hand against the countries , and the land of Egypt shall not escape . * He shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver , and over all the precious things of Egypt ; also the Libyans and Ethiopians shall follow at his heels . * But news from the east and the north shall trouble him ; therefore he shall go out with great fury to destroy and annihilate many . * And he shall plant the tents of his palace between the seas and the glorious holy mountain ; yet he shall come to his end , and no one will help him .

---