6And as I was considering, behold, a he-goat came from the west over the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground; and the goat had a conspicuous horn between his eyes. 6And he came to the ram that had the two horns, which I saw stand- ing before the stream, and ran at him in the fury of his power. 7And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and broke his two horns; and there was no power in the ram to stand before him; but he cast him down to the ground, and trampled upon him; and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand. 8And the he-goat magnified himself exceedingly; and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and instead of it there came up the appearance of four horns toward the four winds of heaven.
*And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward bhe east, and toward the beauteous iand. 10And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and some of the host and of the stars it cast down to DANIEL DANIEL the ground, and trampled upon them, nYea, it magnified itself, even to the prince of the host; and from him the continual burnt-offering was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. 12And the host was given over to it togethei with the continual burnt-offering through transgression; and it cast down truth to the ground, and it wrought, and prospered 13Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said unto that cer- tain one who spoke. 'How long shall be the vision concerning the continua] burnt-offering, and the transgression that causeth appalment, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trampled under foot?' 14And he said unto me. 'Unto two thousand t and three hundred evenings and mornings; then shall the sanctuary be victorious.' 15And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, that I sought to understand it; and, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man. 16And I heard the voice of a man between the banks of Ulai, who called, and said: 'Gabriel, make this man to under- stand the vision/ 17So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was terrified, and fell upon my face; but he said unto me: 'Understand, 0 son of man; for the vision belongeth to the time of the end.' 18Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set mo upright. 19Andhesaid: 'Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in 1 hck latt-cr time of the indignation; for it bc'longoth to the appointed time of Iho end "The iam which thou wuvoKt having Iho two homs, they are the knm> oi Media and Persia ^And th<> roimh ho-ffont is Iho king of Greece; and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. ^And as for that which was broken, in the place whereof four stood up, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not with his power. ^And in the latter time of their king- dom, when the transgressors have completed their transgression, there shall stand up a king of fierce coun- tenance, and understanding strata- gems. 24And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper and do; and he shall destroy them that are mighty and the people of the saints. 2SAnd through lus cunning he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and in time of security shall he destroy inanyj^ he shall also stand up against the prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. 2*And the vision of the evenings and mornings which hath been told is true; but thou, shut thou up the vision; for it belongeth to many days to come.' 27And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; then I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was appalled at the vision, but understood it not.
O In the first year of Darius the son ^ of Ahasuenis, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; % the first year of his reign I Daniel meditated in the books, over the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish for tne desola- tions of Jerusalem seventy years. 3And I set my face unto the Lord jod, to seek by prayer and supplica- tions, with fasting, aud sackcloth, and ashes. *And I prayed unto the DANIEL LORD my God, and made confession, and said: l O Lord, the great and aw- ful God, who keepest covenant and mercy with them that love Thee and keep Thy commandments, %e have sinned, and have dealt iniquitously, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, and have turned aside from Thy commandments and from Thine ordnances; 6neither have we hearkened unto Thy servants the prophets, that spoke in Thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7Unto Thee, 0 Lord, belongeth righteousness, but unto us confusion of face, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither Thou hast driven them, be- cause they dealt treacherously with Thee. 80 LORD, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and ^ to our fathers, be- cause we have sinned against Thee. *To the Lord our God belong com- passions and forgivenesses; for we have rebelled against Him; "neither have we hearkened to the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in His laws, which He set before us by His servants the prophets. uYea, all Israel have transgressed Thy law, and have turned aside, so as not to hearken to Thy voice; and so there hath been poured out upon us the curse and the oath that is written in the Law of Moses the servant of God; for we have sinned against Him. "And He hath confirmed His word, which He spoke against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil; so that under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath ^een^ done^ upon Jerusalem. x*As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us; yet have we not entreated the favour of the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and have discernment in Thy truth. 14And so the LORD hath watched over the evil, and.brought it upon us; for the LORD our God is righteous in all His works which He hath done, and we have not hearkened to His voice. l5And now, 0 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. 160 Lord, according to all Thy righteousness, let Thine anger and Thy fury, I pray Thee, 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 round about us. 17Now therefore, 0 our God, hearken unto the prayer of Thy servant, and to his supplications, and cause Thy face to shine upon Thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. 180 my God, incline Thine ear, and hear; open Thine eyes, and behold our desolations^ and the city upon which Thy name is called; for we do not present our supplica- tions before Thee because of our righteousness, but because of Thy great compassions. 190 Lord,,hear, 0 Lord, forgive, 0 Lord, attend and do, defer not; for Thine own sake, 0 my God, because Thy name is called upon Thy city and Thy people.'
*aAnd while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and pre- senting my supplication before the LO&D my God for the 'holy moun- tain of my God; 2lyea, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, DANIEL whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, approached close to me about the time of the evening offering. 22And he made me to understand, and talked with me, and said: '0 Daniel, I^am now come forth to make thee skilful of understanding. ^At the beginning of thy supplications a word went forth, and I am come to declare it; for thou art greatly beloved; therefore look into the word, and understand the vision. 24Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgres- sion, and to make an end of sin, and to forgive iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal vision and prophet, and to anoint the most holy place. 25Know there- fore and discern, that from the going forth of the word to restore and to build Jerusalem unto one anointed, a prince, shall be seven weeks; and for threescore and two weeks, it shall be built again, with broad place and moat, but in troublous times. 26And after the threescore and two weeks shall an anointed one be cut off, and be no more; and the people of a prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; but his end shall be with a flood; and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. 27And he shall make a firm covenant with many for one week, and for half of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease; and upon the wing of detestable thin] shall be that which causeth appal- ment; and that until the extermination wholly determined be poured out upon that which causeth appalment/ 1 A In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a word was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the word was true, even a great warfare; and he gave heed to the word, and had under- standing of the vision. 2In those days I Daniel was mourning three whole weeks. 3I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were ful- filled. 4And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Tigris, 6I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a man clothed^in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz; 6his body also was hke the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as torches of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to burnished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude. 7And I Daniel alone saw the vision; for the men that were with me saw not the vbioa; howbeit a great trembling fell upon them, and they fled to hide them- selves. 8So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strengthen me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength. $Yet heard I the voice of his words; and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I fallen into a deep sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground. 10And, behold, a hand touched me, which set me tottering upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands. llAnd he said unto me: *O Daniel, thou man greatly beloved, give heed unto the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright; for now iim I sent unto thee'; and when he had spoken this word unto me, I stoo4 trembling. lftThen said he unto me: (Fear not, Daniel; for fronfc ihe first day that thou didwt set thy leart to understand, and to humble DANIEL thyself before thy God, thy words were heard; and I am come because of thy words. 13But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days; but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I was left over there beside the kings of Persia. 14Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the end of days, for there is yet a vision for the days.' 15And when he had spoken unto me according to these words, I set my face toward the ground, and was dumb. 16And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips; then I opened my mouth, and spoke and said unto him that stood before me: '0 my lord, by reason of the vision my pains are come upon me, and I retain no strength. 17Fo'r how can this servant of my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there re- mained no strength in me, neither was there breath left in me.' 18Then there touched me again one like the ap- pearance of a man, and he strength- ened me. 19And he said: '0 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 thpu hast strength- ened me.' 20Then said he: 'Knowest thou wherefore'I am come unto thee?
and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia; and when I go forth, lo, the prince of Greece shall come. 21Howbeit I will declare unto thee that which is inscribed in the writing of truth; and there is none that holdeth with me against these, except Michael your prince. 1 "t And as for me, in the first year of x *• Darius the Mede, I stood up to be a supporter and a stronghold unto him.
2And now will I declare unto thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all; and when he is waxed strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece. 8And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. 4And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion wherewith he ruled, for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside these.
6And 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.
6And at the end of years they shall join themselves together; and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the long of the north to make an agreement; but she shall not retain the strength of her arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm, but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begot her, and he that obtained her in those times.
7But one of the shoots of her roots shall stand up in his place, and shall come unto the army, and shall enter into the stronghold of the king of the north, and shall deal with them, and shall prevail; 8and also their gods, with their molten images, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold, shall he bring into captivity into Egypt; and he shall desist some years from the king of the north. 9And he shall come into the kingdom of the king of the south, but he shall return into his own land.
DANIEL 10And his sons shall stir themselves and shall assemble a multitude at forces, and he shall come on.
and overflow, as he passeth through, and he shall return and stir himself up, even to his stronghold. "And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north; and he shall set forth a great multitude, but the multitude shall be given into his hand; 12and the multitude shall be carried away, and his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down tens of thousands, lbut he shall not prevail. 13And the iking of the north shall again set forth jjt multitude, greater than the former; and he shall come on at the end of the mnes, even of years, with a great and with much substance.
i*X^d iri those times there shall many staled up against the king of the south; also the children of the violent among thy people shall lift themselves up to establish the vision; ^but they shall siumble. 15And the king of the north dhall come, and cast up a mound, and take a well-fortified city; and the arms of the south shall not with- stand; and as for his chosen people, there shall be no strength in them to withstand. "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 beau- teous land, and in his hand shall be extermination. 17And he shall set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, but shall make an agreement with him; and he shall give him the daughter of women, to destroy it; but it shall not stand, neither be for him. 18After this shall he set his face unto the isles, and shall take many; but a captain shall cause the reproach offered by him' to cease; yea, he shall cause his own reproac to return upon him. 19Then he sha turn his face toward the stronghold of his own land; but he shall stumbl and fall, and shall not be found.
20Then shall stand up in his plac one that shall cause an exactor 1> pass through the dom; but within ;lory of the king rew days he shal be destroyed, neither in anger, no in battle.
21 And in his place shall stand up, contemptible person, upon whon had not been conferred the majest; of the kingdom; but he shall come iS time of security, and shall obtain th kingdom by blandishments. 22An< the arms of the flood shall be swep away from before him, and shall b broken; yea, also the prince of th< covenant. MAnd after the leagin made with him he shall work deceit fully; and he shall come up and be come strong, with a little nation 24In time of security shall he com< even upon the fattest places of th< province; and he shall do that whicl his fathers have not done, nor hi fathers' fathers: he shall 'scatte among them prey, and spoil, and sub stance; yea, he shall devise his devices against fortresses, but only until th< time.
26And he shall stir up his power an< his courage against the king of th< south with a great army * and the kinj of the south shall stir himself up t< battle with, a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand, for th# shall devise devices against him 26Yea, they that eat of his food ahal destroy him, and his army shall b swept away; and many shall fall dowi slain. 27And 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 the en< DANIEL remaineth yet for the time appointed. 28And he shall return to his own land with great substance; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do his pleasure, and re- turn to his own land.
29At 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. 30For ships of Kittim shall come against him, and he shall be cowed, and he shall return, and have indignation against the holy covenant, and shall do his pleasure, and he shall return, and have regard unto them that forsake the holy cove- nant. ^And arms shall stand up on his part, and they shall profane the sanctuary, even the stronghold, and shall take away the continual burnt- offering, and they shall set up the detestable thing that causeth appal- ment. $2And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall be corrupt by blandishments; but the people that know their God shall show strength, and prevail. wAnd they that are wise among the people shall cause the many to understand; yet they shall stumble by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by spoil, many days. 34Now when they shall stumble, they shall be helped with a little help; but many shall join themselves unto them with blandishments. 38And some of them that are wise shall stumble, to refine among them, and to purify, and to make white, even to the time of the end; for it is yet for the time appointed.
MAnd the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak strange things against the God of gods; and he shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that which is determined shall be done. "Neither shall he regard the gocls of his fathers; and neither the desire of women, nor any god, shall he regard; for he shall magnify himself above all. 38But in his place shall he honour the god of strongholds; and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and costly things. 89And he shall deal with the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god; whom he shall acknowl- edge, shall increase glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for a price.
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, as he passeth through. ^He shall enter also into the beauteous 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. ^He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries; and the land of Egypt shall not escape. ^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 Ms steps. '"But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall affright him; and he shall go forth with great fury to destroy and utterly to make away many. 4BAnd he shall plant the tents of his palace between the seas and the beauteous holy mountain; and he shall come to his end, and none shall help him. 1 O And at that time shall Michael A stand up, the great prince who standeth for the children of thy people; and there shall be a time of DANIEL DANIEL 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. 2And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlast- ing life, and some to reproaches and everlasting abhorrence. 8And they that are wise shall shine as the bright- ness of the firmament; and they that turn the many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. 4But thou, 0 Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowl- edge shall be increased/ ^hen I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on the bank of the river on this side, and the other on the bank of the river on that side. 6And one said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river: 'How long shall it be to the end of the wonders?' 7AndIheard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he lifted up his right hand 'and his left hand unto heaven, and swore by Him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and a half; and when they have made an end of breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
8And I heard, but I understood not; then said I* '0 my lord, what shall be the latter end of these things?' 9And he said: 'Go thy way, Daniel- for the words are shut up and sealed till the time of the end. lflMany shall purify themselves, and make them- selves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but they that are wise shall understand. "And from the time that the continual burnt-offering shall be taken away, and the detestable thing that causeth appalment set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. 12Happy is he that waitoth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. "But go thou thy way till the end be; and thou shalt rest, and shalt stand up to thy lot, at the end of the days.'
vny EZRA vny EZRA 1 Now in the first year of Cyrus x king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writ- ing, saying: 2'Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heav- en, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all His people — his God be with him — let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel, He is the God who is in Jerusalem. 4And whosoever is left, in any place where he sojourncth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill- offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem/ ^Then rose up the heads of fathers' houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Leyites, even all whose spirit God had stirred to go up to build the house of the LOUD which is in Jerusalem. °Aud all they that were round about thera strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious tnines, beside all that was willingly offered. 7Also CyruS'the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchad- nezsar had brought forth out of Jeru-