Daniel 10:1-11:45 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a matter was revealed to Daniel whose name is called Belteshazzar; the matter is true and the host is great; he understood the matter and an understanding has he of the sight.

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a matter was revealed to Daniel whose name is called Belteshazzar; the matter is true and the host is great; he understood the matter and an understanding has he of the sight. ² In those days I, Daniel, came to be mourning three periods of seven days:" ³ Bread of coveted qualities I do not eat, flesh and wine did not come into my mouth, with oil did I not rub myself till fulfilled are the three periods of seven days." ⁴ On the twenty- fourth day of the first month, I came to be on the bank of the great stream; it is the Hiddekel." ⁵ I am lifting my eyes, I am seeing and behold, one man clothed in linen:His waist is girded with certified gold of Ophaz, ⁶ his body is as topaz, his face is as the appearance of lightning, his eyes are as torches of fire, his arms and his feet are as the sparkle of scintillating copper, and the sound of his words is as the sound of a throng." ⁷ Yet I Daniel alone see this great sight-- the mortals who come to be with me do not see the sight, verily a great trembling falls on them and they are running away to hide-- yet I remain alone and am seeing this great sight." ⁸ No vigor remains in me, my splendor is turned on me to corruption, and no vigor do I retain." ⁹ I am hearing the sound of his words, and when I hear the sound of his words, then I become stupefied on my face, with my face to the earth." ¹⁰ And behold, a hand touches me; it is swaying me to my knees and the palms of my hands." ¹¹ Then he is saying to me, "Daniel, man of coveted qualities, understand the words which I am speaking to you and stand upright, for now am I sent to you.And at his speaking with me this word, I stand quivering." ¹² Then he is saying to me, "You must not fear, Daniel, for from the first day on which you gave your heart to understand and to humble yourself before Yahweh your Elohim, your words were heard, and I came because of your words;" ¹³ yet the chief of the kingdom of Persia was standing to confront me twenty- one days. Yet behold, Michael, one of the first chiefs, came to help me. And I left him there beside the chief of the kings of Persia." ¹⁴ Then he said to me, "I come to cause you to understand what will befall your people in the latter days; for the vision is for future days." ¹⁵ At his speaking with me these words I put my face to the earth and am mute. ¹⁶ And behold, one as the likeness of the sons of humanity is touching my lips. I am opening my mouth to speak and am saying to him who is standing in front of me, "My lord, by the sight of thee my throes are turned on me, and no vigor do I retain." ¹⁷ How can the servant of this my lord speak with this my lord? And I--henceforth no vigor is standing in me, and breath does not remain in me." ¹⁸ Then continuing, touching me is one having the appearance of a human. He is encouraging me and saying, ¹⁹ You must not fear, man of coveted qualities! Peace be yours! Steadfast! Now be steadfast!At his speaking with me, I am encouraged and am saying, "Let my lord speak, for you encourage me." ²⁰ Then he is saying to me, "You know why I come to you? Now I will return to fight with the chief of the king of Persia. While I am faring forth, behold, the chief of Greece comes!" ²¹ (Verily, I am telling you what is signified in the writing of truth.) No one will be steadfast with me in these things save Michael your chief." ¹¹ ¹ And I--in year one of Darius the Mede, my position was to make him steadfast and to strengthen him." ² Now the truth will I tell you. Behold, three kings will yet stand up in Persia; the fourth will be enriched with riches greater than all; as he is steadfast in his riches he will rouse the whole kingdom of Greece." ³ Then stands up a master king, he rules a vast dominion and does as is acceptable to himself." ⁴ While he stands, his kingdom will be broken and divided to the four winds of the heavens, yet not to his kin after him. It will not be as his rule with which he ruled; for plucked up will be his kingdom, even by others besides these." ⁵ Steadfast will be a king of the southland. Due to his chiefs he also will be steadfast over it and rule a vast dominion as his dominion." ⁶ Now at the end of these years they will join:The daughter of the king of the southland will come to the king of the north to make equitable settlements with him. Yet she shall not retain the vigor of the seed, nor shall he stand or his seed. She will be given up--she and those bringing her, also the lady-in-waiting and he who made her steadfast in these eras." ⁷ Yet one stands from the scion of her roots, in his post, and he will come to lead the army. He will come into the stronghold of the king of the north and deal with them and be steadfast." ⁸ Moreover, their Elohim he overturns with their molten images; and their throngs with their coveted furnishings of silver and gold will be bring to Egypt in captivity. Thus he for years will stand over the king of the north;" ⁹ when he comes into the kingdom of the king of the southland he returns to his ground. ¹⁰ Yet his sons shall be stirred up and gather a throng of many armies which comes into the southland, overwhelms it and passes. Yet it shall return and be stirred up unto its strength." ¹¹ Then bitterly embittered shall be the king of the southland; hence he fares forth and fights with him, that is with the king of the north. He also recruits a vast throng, and the throng is given into his hand and borne away is the throng." ¹² High will be his heart when he casts down tens of thousands, yet he will not be strengthened." ¹³ Then the king of the north returns and recruits a throng vaster than the former. Thus at the end of the eras of years shall he come, verily with a great army and much material." ¹⁴ In those eras many hearts shall stand against the king of the southland, the `sons of breaching' of your people will lift themselves up to cause the vision to stand, yet they shall stumble." ¹⁵ Then shall come the king of the north and pour out a siege-work and seize city fortresses. Yet the armed forces of the king of the southland shall not stand nor his `chosen people,' for there is no vigor to stand." ¹⁶ He who is coming against it will do as is acceptable to himself, and there is no one standing before him. Thus he will stand in the stately land which is all in his hand." ¹⁷ Then he shall set his face to come with the might of all his kingdom and equitable settlements shall he make with him. Even a wives' daughter shall he give to him to corrupt her, yet she shall not stand, nor for him shall she be." ¹⁸ Then he will turn back his face to the coastline and seize many places. Thus a captain eradicates his reproach for him, avoiding that his reproach shall turn back to him." ¹⁹ Then he shall turn his face to the strongholds of his own land. Yet he is stumbled and falls and will not be found." ²⁰ Then stands in his post out of his root a royal sprout who has an exactor to pass among the honorable of the kingdom. Yet in some days he will be broken, not in anger and not in battle." ²¹ Then stands in his post a despised person; hence they do not bestow on him the splendor of the kingdom. Yet he enters with ease and makes steadfast the kingdom by slick dealings." ²² Now the armed forces of the overwhelmer will be overwhelmed from before him and will be broken, even the governor of the covenant." ²³ Due to people joining themselves with him, he shall do deceitfully; and coming up, he is staunch with a little nation." ²⁴ With ease then among the stout ones of the province will he come. He also does what his fathers did not do, nor his fathers' fathers:Plunder and loot and goods will he lavish on them, and against Egypt is he devising his devices even a further season." ²⁵ Roused shall be his vigor and his heart against the king of the southland with his great army. And the king of the southland shall be stirred up to fight with his great and exceedingly staunch army, yet he shall not stand; for they shall devise devices against him, ²⁶ the eaters of his dainties shall break him, his army shall be overwhelmed and many fall wounded." ²⁷ Then the two kings, with evil in their hearts, will sit at one table. Lies will they speak, which shall not prosper, for it is yet further to the end, to the time appointed." ²⁸ When he is returning to his land with a great amount of goods, his heart is on the holy covenant, and he makes it effective before he returns to his land." ²⁹ At the time appointed he shall return and come into the southland, yet it shall not come to be as the former or as the latter." ³⁰ For there come against him boats of Chittim. Hence he is sore when he returns. He menaces the holy covenant and makes his opposition effective. While he returns, he has an understanding with those who forsake the holy covenant:" ³¹ Armed forces from him shall stand about, they shall violate the sanctuary, the stronghold, take away the continuous ritual, and give it over to the abomination of desolation." ³² And those who condemn the covenant will he pollute with slickness. Yet the people knowing their Elohim will be steadfast and act accordingly. ³³ The intelligent of the people will cause many to understand, yet they are stumbled by the sword and the blaze, by captivity and plunder for days." ³⁴ Even in their stumbling are they helped with a little help, yet obligated to them are many by slick dealings." ³⁵ Some of the intelligent shall stumble, to refine and to purify and to whiten them till the era of the end; for it is yet further to the appointed time." ³⁶ Yet doing is the king as is acceptable to himself:He will exalt and magnify himself over every el, against the El of elim will he speak marvelous things and prosper till the menace is concluded; for that which is decided shall be done." ³⁷ Concerning the Elohim of his forefathers he shall not understand, nor concerning the coveting of wives, nor concerning any eloah shall he understand; for he shall magnify himself over all." ³⁸ Yet the eloah of the strong in his post shall he glorify:An eloah whom his forefathers did not know, he will glorify with gold, silver, precious stones and coveted treasures." ³⁹ He deals for fortresses of the strong with a foreign eloah whom he shall recognize with increasing glory, he shall cause them to rule over many, and the ground shall he apportion for a price." ⁴⁰ Then, in the era of the end, gore him will the king of the southland. As a horrifying hurricane will come on him the king of the north, with chariot and cavalry and many ships. Thus he comes into the lands and overwhelms and passes." ⁴¹ When he comes into the stately land, many will stumble. Yet these are escaping from his hand:Edom and Moab and the adjacent land of the sons of Ammon." ⁴² He will send his hand into the lands, and the land of Egypt will not continue to have deliverance." ⁴³ He rules by reserves of gold and silver and by all he covets from Egypt, the Libyans and the Ethiopians--reserves which are in his fastnesses." ⁴⁴ Yet reports shall fluster him, from the sunrise and from the north, and forth he fares with great fury to exterminate and to doom many." ⁴⁵ He will plant the tents of his regalia between the seas in the stately holy mountain. When he comes unto his end, there is no help for him."