27:009:011 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing,that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse ispoured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law ofMoses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
27:009:012 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us,and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us agreat evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done ashath been done upon Jerusalem.
27:009:013 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is comeupon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God,that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thytruth.
27:009:014 Therefore hath 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.
27:009:015 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
27:009:016 O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
27:009:017 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
27:009:018 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
27:009:019 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
27:009:020 And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sinand the sin of my people Israel, and presenting mysupplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain ofmy God;
27:009:021 Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel,whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being causedto fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the eveningoblation.
27:009:022 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.
27:009:023 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.
27:009:024 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holycity, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins,and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring ineverlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision andprophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
27:009:025 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth ofthe commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto theMessiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore andtwo weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, evenin troublous times.
27:009:026 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off,but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shallcome shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the endthereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the wardesolations are determined.
27:009:027 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: andin the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and theoblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominationshe shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, andthat determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
27:010:001 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
27:010:002 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.
27:010:003 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
27:010:004 And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;
27:010:005 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:
27:010:006 His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
27:010:007 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were withme saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, sothat they fled to hide themselves.
27:010:008 Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, andthere remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turnedin me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
27:010:009 Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voiceof his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and myface toward the ground.
27:010:010 And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.
27:010:011 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved,understand the words that I speak unto thee, and standupright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spokenthis word unto me, I stood trembling.
27:010:012 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first daythat thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chastenthyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am comefor thy words.
27:010:013 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one andtwenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, cameto help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
27:010:014 Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thypeople in the latter days: for yet the vision is for manydays.
27:010:015 And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.
27:010:016 And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.
27:010:017 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.
27:010:018 Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
27:010:019 And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.
27:010:020 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and nowwill I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when Iam gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.
27:010:021 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture oftruth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things,but Michael your prince.
27:011:001 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
27:011:002 And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
27:011:003 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
27:011:004 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
27:011:005 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.
27:011:006 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 agreement: 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.
27:011:007 But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in hisestate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter intothe fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal againstthem, and shall prevail:
27:011:008 And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, withtheir princes, and with their precious vessels of silver andof gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of thenorth.
27:011:009 So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land.
27:011:010 But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble amultitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, andoverflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and bestirred up, even to his fortress.
27:011:011 And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, andshall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of thenorth: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but themultitude shall be given into his hand.
27:011:012 And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall belifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but heshall not be strengthened by it.
27:011:013 For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth amultitude greater than the former, and shall certainly comeafter certain years with a great army and with much riches.
27:011:014 And in those times there shall many stand up against the kingof the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exaltthemselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.
27:011:015 So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.
27:011:016 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.
27:011:017 He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of hiswhole 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.
27:011:018 After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shalltake many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause thereproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach heshall cause it to turn upon him.
27:011:019 Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
27:011:020 Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in theglory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall bedestroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.
27:011:021 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom theyshall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come inpeaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
27:011:022 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown frombefore him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of thecovenant.
27:011:023 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully:for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a smallpeople.
27:011:024 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of theprovince; and he shall do that which his fathers have notdone, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among themthe prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecasthis devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
27:011:025 And he shall stir up his power and his courage against theking of the south with a great army; and the king of the southshall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mightyarmy; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devicesagainst him.
27:011:026 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroyhim, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall downslain.
27:011:027 And both of these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, andthey shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper:for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
27:011:028 Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and hisheart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall doexploits, and return to his own land.
27:011:029 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.
27:011:030 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore heshall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against theholy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and haveintelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.
27:011:031 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute thesanctuary of strength, and shall take away the dailysacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that makethdesolate.
27:011:032 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corruptby flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall bestrong, and do exploits.
27:011:033 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.
27:011:034 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
27:011:035 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.
27:011:036 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.
27:011:037 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desireof women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himselfabove all.
27:011:038 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a godwhom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, andsilver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
27:011:039 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
27:011:040 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 pass over.
27:011:041 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
27:011:042 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
27:011:043 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and ofsilver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and theLibyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
27:011:044 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall troublehim: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy,and utterly to make away many.
27:011:045 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between theseas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to hisend, and none shall help him.
27:012:001 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
27:012:002 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shallawake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame andeverlasting contempt.
27:012:003 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of thefirmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as thestars for ever and ever.
27:012:004 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, evento the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, andknowledge shall be increased.
27:012:005 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, theone on this side of the bank of the river, and the other onthat side of the bank of the river.
27:012:006 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon thewaters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of thesewonders?
27:012:007 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
27:012:008 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord,what shall be the end of these things?
27:012:009 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed upand sealed till the time of the end.
27:012:010 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but thewicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shallunderstand; but the wise shall understand.
27:012:011 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be takenaway, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, thereshall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
27:012:012 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand threehundred and five and thirty days.
27:012:013 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, andstand in thy lot at the end of the days.