Rotherham(i)
21 Then will rise up in his stead, one despised, and they will not lay upon him the dignity of the kingdom,––but he will come in unexpectedly, and strengthen the kingdom by flatteries;
22 and, the arms of an overflowing flood, will sweep all before him, and they shall be broken in pieces,––moreover also, the prince of a covenant;
23 and, by reason of the leaguing against him, he will work deceitfully, and will come up and become strong, with a small nation.
24 Unexpectedly, even into the rich places of the province, will he enter, and will do what neither his fathers nor his father’s fathers had done, prey and spoil and substance––among them, will he scatter,––and, against strongholds, will he devise plots even until a (convenient) time.
25 Then will he stir up his strength and his heart, against the king of the south, with a great army, and, the king of the south, will wage war, with a great and exceedingly mighty army,––but will make no stand, for they will devise against him plots;