Daniel 11 Cross References - Thomson

¹ As for me, I in the first year of Cyrus, was his strength and power. ² And now I will tell the truth: Behold yet three kings shall be raised up in Persia, and the fourth shall abound in great wealth above all. And after he hath gotten this his great wealth he will be stirred up against all the kingdoms of the Greeks. ³ But there will be raised up a mighty king who will be lord of a great dominion and will do according to his pleasure. ⁴ But as soon as his kingdom hath been set up, it will be broken in pieces and divided towards the four winds of heaven, but not to his utmost bounds, nor according to his dominion which he ruled. For his kingdom will be torn to pieces, and given to others besides these. ⁵ And the king of the south will grow strong; and one of these chiefs will grow strong against him, and will rule over a great dominion. ⁶ And after his years they will come to an agreement. And a daughter of a king of the south will come to a king of the north for the purpose of making leagues with him. But he will not retain strength of arm, nor shall his seed stand; for she will be delivered up and they who bring her, both the young woman, and he who strengtheneth her in those times. ⁷ Out of the blossom of her root one having a government of his own will be raised up, and will come to this power, and enter the strong holds of the king of the north, and perform exploits in them and prevail. ⁸ And he will carry their gods with their molten images, all his precious vessels of silver and gold, with captives to Egypt; and he will stand above the king of the north ⁹ who will come to the kingdom of the king of the south; and return again to his own land. But his sons will collect a multitude among many, and one will come with effect, and like a deluge, and will pass through and establish himself and the war will be ¹¹ carried even to his fortress. Then will the king of the south be furiously enraged, and he will come out and fight the king of the north, who will array a great multitude, but this multitude will be delivered into his hand. ¹² And when he shall take this multitude, his heart will be elated, and he will overthrow myriads, but will not prevail. ¹³ For the king of the north will return, and bring a multitude greater than the former and at the end of times of years invade the frontiers with a great army, and with much wealth. ¹⁴ And in those times many will rise up against the king of the south, and the sons of the pests of thy people will be stirred up to establish a phantom, but they will be weak. ¹⁵ For a king of the north will come and cast up a mount and take strong cities. Though the arms of the king of the south will make a stand, and his chosen men will be raised up, yet there will not be power to withstand. ¹⁶ So that he who cometh against him, will do according to his pleasure, and there is none able to stand before him. So he will stand in the land of Sabei, and it will be perfected by his hand. ¹⁷ Then he will set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and will settle all things equitably with him, and will give him a daughter of the women with a view to corrupt her, but she will not continue in his interest, nor be for him. ¹⁸ Then he will turn his face to the islands, and take many, and cause chiefs to cease their reproaches: but his own reproach will be turned upon him. ¹⁹ Then he will turn his face to the strength of his own land, and will be weak and fall, and will not be found. ²⁰ And from his root there will be set upon his throne a plant of royalty plundering, and taxing the glory of a kingdom. And in those days he also will be destroyed, but not with open violence nor in battle. ²¹ And on his throne one will be settled, who was despised and on whom they did not confer the honour of a kingdom. But he will come to it peaceably and obtain the kingdom by obsequiousness. ²² And the arms of the overwhelmer will be overwhelmed at his presence, and they with the ruler of the covenant will be destroyed. ²³ Because of the associations against him, he will practise guile and come up and overpower them with a small nation ²⁴ and come peaceably into rich provinces, and do what neither his fathers, nor his fathers' fathers ever did. Plunder and spoils and wealth he will scatter among them; and against Egypt he will forecast devices even for a time. ²⁵ And his power and his heart will be stirred up against a king of the south, with a great army; and the king of the south will join battle with an exceeding great and powerful army; ²⁶ but they will not stand; for they will form devices against him and devour his substance and crush him, and armies will be overwhelmed, and many wounded shall fall. ²⁷ Then both the kings with their hearts bent on mischief will speak lies at one table. But it will not prosper. Because an end is still put off for a time, ²⁸ therefore he will return to his own land with much wealth and his heart will be against the holy covenant, and he will act and return to his own land. ²⁹ At the time he will return and come to the south; but this last expedition will not be like the first: ³⁰ for the Kitians who set out at the same time will arrive, and he will be humbled. Then he will return and will be inflamed with wrath against the holy covenant. And he will act and return and keep up an intelligence with them who have forsaken the holy covenant. ³¹ And seeds out of him will spring up, and the sanctuary of the dominion will be polluted; and the daily sacrifice will be removed; and there will be set up an abomination which hath caused desolation, ³² which they who break covenant will bring in by flatteries. But the people who acknowledge their God will take courage and act. ³³ And the men of understanding among the people will keep up an intelligence for many purposes; but they will be weakened by sword and by fire, and by captivity, and by plundering, for days. ³⁴ And when they are weak, they will be helped with a little help. And many will join them by flatteries. ³⁵ Then some of the wise will be weak that they may be tried and chosen, and that at a time the end may be revealed. ³⁶ Because it is still for a time, therefore he will act according to his pleasure. And this king will be exalted and magnified above every god, and will speak swelling words, and prosper until the indignation is completed: for it is coming to a completion. ³⁷ Though with all the gods of his fathers, he will not keep up any intelligence, including even the desire of women; though he will not pay respect to any thing divine, because he will magnify himself above them all, ³⁸ yet in his place he will glorify god Maozim; even a god which his fathers knew not, he will glorify with gold and silver, and precious stones, and with desirable things, ³⁹ and act for the fortresses of them who have taken refuge with a strange God, and he will multiply glory and subject many to them and distribute lands for gifts. ⁴⁰ And at the end of a time there will be conflicts with the king of the south, and against him there will be brought a king of the north, with chariots and horsemen, and many ships, which shall invade the land, ⁴¹ and he will break in pieces and pass through and come to the land of Sabaim, and many will be weak. But these will escape out of his hand, namely, Edom and Moab and the children of Ammon. ⁴² And he will stretch forth his hand against this land, and the land of Egypt will be no security. ⁴³ And he will be master of the hidden stores of gold and silver, and of all the desirable things of Egypt, and of the Lybians and Ethiopians, in their strong holds. ⁴⁴ And when reports and disturbances shall trouble him from the east, and from the north, he will then come with great wrath to destroy many, ⁴⁵ and he will pitch his tent at Ephadanus between the seas on the holy mountain Sabaim. Then he will come to his portion, and there is none to deliver him.

³¹ and Darius the Mede assumed the kingdom, being sixty two years of age.

¹ In the first year of Darius, the son of Assuerus of the seed of the Medes, who reigned over the kingdom of the Chaldeans,

¹⁸ Then an appearance like that of a man touched me again, and strengthened me

²² establishing and confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith. And because we must enter into the kingdom of God through many afflictions;

⁵ and counsellors were hired to frustrate their design, all the days of Cyrus king of the Persians, and even to the reign of Darius king of Persia. ⁶ In the reign of Assuerus, even in the beginning of his reign, they wrote a letter against the inhabitants of Juda and Jerusalem.

⁶ Therefore haughtiness hath got a mastery over them; they have clothed themselves with their iniquity and impiety. ⁷ Their iniquity springeth up as it were out of fatness; they passed on to the purpose of their heart.

²¹ For this purpose I teach thee sound doctrine and knowledge good to be listened to: that thou mayst answer them who propound to thee words of truth.

⁵ And behold the second beast was like a bear; and it stood half erect and there were three ribs in its mouth between its teeth, and they said to it thus, "Arise, devour much flesh."

⁴ And I saw the ram butting westward and northward and southward, and of all the beasts none could stand before him nor was there any to deliver out of his hand. So he acted according to his pleasure and became great.

²⁶ Now the vision of the evening and the morning, which was mentioned is true. Seal thou therefore the vision, for it is for many days.

¹ In the third year of Cyrus, king of the Persians, a word was revealed to Daniel, surnamed Baltasar. And the word is true and great power and knowledge was given him by the vision.

²⁰ Then he said, that thou knewest that for which I came to thee, then would I return to fight for the chief of the Persians, for as I was coming, the chief of the Grecians came. ²¹ But I will tell thee that only which is ordered in a writing of truth. There is indeed none with me solicitous about him, but only Michael your chief.

²⁵ And his power and his heart will be stirred up against a king of the south, with a great army; and the king of the south will join battle with an exceeding great and powerful army;

⁷ Seeing the Lord will not do any thing without giving warning to his servants;

³⁵ If it stileth them gods to whom the word of God was addressed, [now the scripture cannot be set aside]

³⁷ Thereupon Pilate said to him, Thou art a king then? Jesus answered, It is as thou sayest, I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to bear testimony for the truth. Every one who is of the truth hearkeneth to my voice. ³⁸ Pilate saith to him, What is truth? And having said this, he went out again to the Jews, and saith to them, I find no fault in him.

⁵ And he who sat on the throne said, Behold I make all things new. Then he saith to me, Write that these words are true and faithful;

³⁵ and all the inhabitants of the earth are reckoned as nothing; and he doth according to his pleasure in the army of heaven and in the habitations of the earth; and there is none who can stay his hand, or say to him, What hast thou done.

¹⁹ And because of the majesty which he gave him, all the peoples, tribes and languages trembled and were struck with awe at his presence. Whom he would he slew, and whom he would he smote, and whom he would he set up, and whom he would he put down.

⁶ After this I looked, and lo! another beast like a leopard; and it had four wings of a bird on it; and this beast had four heads and to it dominion was given.

⁴ And I saw the ram butting westward and northward and southward, and of all the beasts none could stand before him nor was there any to deliver out of his hand. So he acted according to his pleasure and became great. ⁵ And while I was considering, behold a he goat came from the south west over the face of the whole earth and he did not seem to touch the ground. And the goat had a horn between his eyes. ⁶ And he came to the ram which had two horns and which I saw standing before the Oubal and ran up to him with all his might. ⁷ I saw him indeed coming up to the ram and he was exasperated against him, and he smote the ram and broke his two horns and the ram had not power to stand before him. So he threw him on the ground and trampled him, and there was none to deliver the ram out of his hand. ⁸ And the goat of the goats became very great and when he was in full strength, that great horn of his was broken; and four others sprang up from under it towards the four winds of heaven. ⁹ And out from the first of them there came forth one strong horn which became very great towards the south and towards the host, ¹⁰ and its greatness reached even to the host of heaven. And there fell on the earth some of the host of heaven and some of the stars, and these were trodden down. ¹¹ And until the captain general should deliver the captivity, even by reason of him the sacrifice was disturbed; and he was prospered; and the sanctuary is to be desolated; ¹² and sin was permitted against the sacrifice; and this righteousness was cast on the ground; so he acted and was prospered. ¹³ And I heard a holy one speaking; and a holy one said to the Phelmoni who spoke, "How long shall this vision last, respecting the sacrifice which is taken away, and the sin of desolation which is permitted; and the sanctuary and the host be trodden down?" ¹⁴ And he said to him, Even till there shall be of an evening and a morning two thousand four hundred days. Then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

²¹ The goat of the goats, is the king of the Grecians; and the great horn which was between his eyes is the first king.

¹⁶ So that he who cometh against him, will do according to his pleasure, and there is none able to stand before him. So he will stand in the land of Sabei, and it will be perfected by his hand.

³⁶ Because it is still for a time, therefore he will act according to his pleasure. And this king will be exalted and magnified above every god, and will speak swelling words, and prosper until the indignation is completed: for it is coming to a completion.

¹¹ by whom we, [having been previously marked out in a determinate manner, according to the purpose of him who effecteth all things according to the counsel of his will] were made his inheritance,

⁴ God giving a joint testimony, by signs, and wonders, and divers miracles, and distributions of a holy spirit, according to his own will.

⁵ But the mirth of the wicked is sudden ruin, and the joy of transgressors, destruction, ⁶ though his gifts mount up to heaven, and his sacrifice reach the clouds. ⁷ For when he thinketh that he is now firmly established, then shall he be utterly destroyed; and they who have seen him will say, Where is he?

³⁵ I have seen the wicked highly exalted, towering aloft like the cedars of Lebanon. ³⁶ Again I passed by, and lo! he was gone. Though I sought him, his place could not be found.

⁶ Man indeed walketh about as an image; still he troubleth himself in vain. He heapeth up treasures and knoweth not for whom he is to gather them.

⁶ Some put confidence in their power: and some boast of the abundance of their wealth. ⁷ A brother is not redeemed. Is a man to redeem himself? ⁸ He cannot give to God an atonement for himself; and the price for the redemption of his life: ⁹ Though he laboured for the age that he may live to the end. Shall he therefore not see corruption? ¹⁰ When he seeth the wise dying; together the foolish and senseless shall perish. And they shall leave their wealth to others, ¹¹ [a] But their graves shall be their houses forever; their dwelling places to all generations. On these parcels of earth, they have put their names, ¹² [b] When a man, who is in honour, hath not understanding: he hath been compared to the brute beasts and is like them;

¹⁷ When I go to the sanctuary of God; I may understand the final issue. ¹⁸ It is but for their frauds thou hast dealt thus with them. Thou hast overthrown them by their exaltation.! ¹⁹ how they were for destruction! They are gone in a moment! They perished for their iniquity! ²⁰ As a dream of one awaked out of sleep. Thou, Lord, in thy city wilt spurn their ghost;

¹⁸ and I hated all this labour of mine for which I am toiling under the sun; because I must leave it to a man who is coming after me; ¹⁹ and who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? Now if he hath power over all my labour for which I have toiled and in which I have displayed wisdom under the sun; surely this is vanity.

⁸ Here is a single individual who hath no second; at least he hath neither son nor brother, yet there is no end to all his labour. His eye is not satisfied with riches, yet doth he say, For whom do I labour and deprive my soul of good? Surely this is vanity and a sore vexation.

¹⁵ but after I have driven them out, I will return and have compassion on them, and settle them every one in his inheritance even every one in his own land.

¹⁷ they shall be established among my people: but if they will not return; I will assuredly root out that nation with ruin and destruction.

⁷ When I speak to a nation or kingdom; that I will remove and destroy them;

⁴⁰ and it shall be enclosed around with choice stones; and all the Asaremoth as far as Nachal Kedron, even to the corner of the horse gate eastward shall be dedicated to the Lord, and it shall no more fail nor shall it be demolished until the age.

⁴ Say to him, Thus said the Lord, Behold! them whom I built up, I am pulling down; them whom I planted, I am rooting up;

² I Daniel beheld, and lo! the four winds of heaven blew violently on the great sea;

⁸ I attended to its horns, and behold another little horn sprouted up in the midst of them; and three of the horns which were before it were rooted out from before it. And behold in this horn there were eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth speaking great things.

⁸ And the goat of the goats became very great and when he was in full strength, that great horn of his was broken; and four others sprang up from under it towards the four winds of heaven.

²² Now as upon this being broken, four horns shot up from under it, four kings of that nation of his will be raised up, but not by their own might.

²⁵ Thereupon Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. And no city or family divided against itself can subsist.

²⁰ Whereupon God said to him; Fool, this very night this soul of thine will be demanded of thee. Whose then will those things be which thou hast provided?

³ But there will be raised up a mighty king who will be lord of a great dominion and will do according to his pleasure. ⁴ But as soon as his kingdom hath been set up, it will be broken in pieces and divided towards the four winds of heaven, but not to his utmost bounds, nor according to his dominion which he ruled. For his kingdom will be torn to pieces, and given to others besides these.

⁸ And he will carry their gods with their molten images, all his precious vessels of silver and gold, with captives to Egypt; and he will stand above the king of the north ⁹ who will come to the kingdom of the king of the south; and return again to his own land. But his sons will collect a multitude among many, and one will come with effect, and like a deluge, and will pass through and establish himself and the war will be

¹¹ carried even to his fortress. Then will the king of the south be furiously enraged, and he will come out and fight the king of the north, who will array a great multitude, but this multitude will be delivered into his hand.

¹⁴ And in those times many will rise up against the king of the south, and the sons of the pests of thy people will be stirred up to establish a phantom, but they will be weak.

⁴⁰ And at the end of a time there will be conflicts with the king of the south, and against him there will be brought a king of the north, with chariots and horsemen, and many ships, which shall invade the land,

¹⁵ Hast thou withdrawn the light from the wicked, and broken in pieces the arms of the haughty?

⁵ his ways are polluted on every occasion. Thy judgments are removed from his sight; shall he have a mastery over all his enemies?

²¹ Son of man, I bruised the arms of Pharao king of Egypt; and behold he hath made no supplication for a cure to be given, for a poultice to be applied; for strength to be given to handle a sword,

⁸ After many days he will be in a state of preparation, and in the last of years he will begin his march, and come into the land which is withdrawn from the sword; the land of them who have been collected from many nations, to the land of Israel, which had been made an entire desert. When he from nations hath begun his march, they will be all dwelling in peace. ⁹ Then thou wilt come up like rain, and advance like a cloud to cover the land. When thou shalt be with all thy bands around thee, and many nations with thee;

⁷ Out of the blossom of her root one having a government of his own will be raised up, and will come to this power, and enter the strong holds of the king of the north, and perform exploits in them and prevail.

¹³ For the king of the north will return, and bring a multitude greater than the former and at the end of times of years invade the frontiers with a great army, and with much wealth.

¹⁵ For a king of the north will come and cast up a mount and take strong cities. Though the arms of the king of the south will make a stand, and his chosen men will be raised up, yet there will not be power to withstand. ¹⁶ for behold I am about to raise up a shepherd against this land, who will not visit what is fainting, nor seek what is scattered; nor heal what is bruised; nor lead aright what is sound; but will devour the flesh of the choice, and tear their joints asunder.

⁷ For there is hope for a tree; for if lopped, it may sprout again, and the tender branch may not fail.

¹⁰ When he seeth the wise dying; together the foolish and senseless shall perish. And they shall leave their wealth to others, ¹¹ [a] But their graves shall be their houses forever; their dwelling places to all generations. On these parcels of earth, they have put their names, ¹² [b] When a man, who is in honour, hath not understanding: he hath been compared to the brute beasts and is like them; ¹³ this very way of theirs was to them a stumbling block; and after this shall it with their mouth be praised?

²³ But thou, O God, wilt drag them down to the pit of destruction. Bloody and deceitful men shall not live half their days. But as for me I will trust in thee, Lord.

⁸ Let his days be few; and let another take his office.

¹⁴ therefore the Lord cut off from Israel, head and tail, great and little in one day;

¹ And there shall spring up a shoot from the root of Jessai; even from that root shall spring up a blooming shoot;

² Thou hast planted them and they have taken root, they have generated and produced fruit. Thou art near in their mouth, but far from their reins.

¹⁸ As he hath dishonoured an oath, by breaking a covenant, [when lo! he had given his hand] and hath done all these things to him, he shall not escape.

¹⁹ Then he will turn his face to the strength of his own land, and will be weak and fall, and will not be found. ²⁰ And from his root there will be set upon his throne a plant of royalty plundering, and taxing the glory of a kingdom. And in those days he also will be destroyed, but not with open violence nor in battle.

³⁸ yet in his place he will glorify god Maozim; even a god which his fathers knew not, he will glorify with gold and silver, and precious stones, and with desirable things, ³⁹ and act for the fortresses of them who have taken refuge with a strange God, and he will multiply glory and subject many to them and distribute lands for gifts.

¹ For behold a day is coming, heated like an oven, which shall set them on fire. And all aliens and all workers of iniquity shall be like stubble. The day which is coming shall blaze upon them, saith the Lord Almighty, and of them neither root nor branch shall be left.

³⁰ Now grant that thou hast gone because thou hadst a longing desire to return to thy father's house, yet why hast thou stolen my Gods?

¹² For in that night I will pass through the land of Egypt, and smite all the first born in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast. And upon all the gods of the Egyptians I will execute vengeance. I am the Lord.

⁴ while they were burying their dead; all those whom the Lord had smitten; even all the first born of the land of Egypt. When the Lord had executed vengeance on their gods,

³ You shall level their mounts, and break in pieces their pillars, and cut down their groves, and burn the graven images of their gods with fire, so that their name may be destroyed out of that place.

²⁴ And Micah said, Because you have taken my graven image, which I made, and the priest; and have gone away. What more could have happened to me? Why then do you say to me, Why dost thou shout?

¹⁶ and against every ship of the sea; and against every ensign of beauteous ships:

¹⁹ and have cast their idols into the fire; for they were not gods; but works of mens" hands, stocks and stones;

¹ Bel is fallen; Nabo is broken to pieces, Their graven images were a load for wild beasts and cattle, You are carrying them bound like a burden on the weary, fainty, and hungry, who are all without strength ² and unable to escape from battle; and as for them, they are carried away captives!

¹² And he will kindle a fire in the houses of their gods, and burn the houses and carry away the god's captives: and he will search the land of Egypt, as a shepherd doth his garment, and shall go thence in peace. ¹³ And he will break in pieces the pillars of Heliopolis, even those of On, and burn their houses with fire.

²⁵ Behold I will punish her son Ammon in the person of Pharao, and in the persons of them who trusted in him.

² And the Lord delivered into his hand Joakim king of Juda and a part of the vessels of the house of God, which he carried to the land of Sennaar to the house of his god: and having deposited the vessels in the treasure house of his god, ³ the king ordered Asphanez his high chamberlain to bring in of the children of the captivity of Israel, namely, of the seed royal and of the nobility,

³ I had not eaten palatable bread, nor had flesh or wine entered my mouth, neither had I anointed myself to the full end of three weeks.

⁶ How long shall things which cannot be made clean be in Israel? A carpenter made it; it is no God. Because thy calf, Samaria, was an imposture;

⁵ Let the inhabitants of Samaria sojourn with the calf of the house of On, because its people mourned for it. Now as they provoked it they should rejoice at its glory; that it hath been removed from them. ⁶ They indeed having bound it; carried it to the Assyrians, as a present to the king Iarim. As an homage gift of Ephraim he will receive it, and Israel shall be exposed to shame by his counsel.

¹⁵ Since he will make a distinction among brethren; let the Lord bring upon him a blasting wind from the desert, and let it dry up his veins and lay waste his fountains; let it parch up his land and all his precious stores.

⁷ therefore behold the Lord will bring upon you the water of the river which is strong and abundant; even the king of Assyria and his glory; and he will rise over all your channels, and over flow all your banks; ⁸ and sweep away from Judea every man who can raise his head, or is capable of executing any thing. And the circuit of his camp shall be such as to fill the breadth of thy country, Emmanuel.

¹² and shall lower the height of his wall of refuge; and it shall be laid low in the dust: in that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judea.

⁷ Who is this that will rush forth like the river, and whose stream will billow like a flood? ⁸ The waters of Egypt will rush forth like a river: for he said, "I will issue forth and overwhelm the earth, and destroy the inhabitants thereof.

⁴² The sea came up against Babylon with its roaring waves, and she is overwhelmed.

²⁶ and after the sixty two weeks, the Messiah shall be cut off, though there is no crime in him; and he, with the ruler who is coming, will destroy the city and the sanctuary. They shall be destroyed with a deluge, and even to the end of the war determined on in course, with desolations.

²² And the arms of the overwhelmer will be overwhelmed at his presence, and they with the ruler of the covenant will be destroyed.

²⁶ but they will not stand; for they will form devices against him and devour his substance and crush him, and armies will be overwhelmed, and many wounded shall fall.

³⁹ and act for the fortresses of them who have taken refuge with a strange God, and he will multiply glory and subject many to them and distribute lands for gifts. ⁴⁰ And at the end of a time there will be conflicts with the king of the south, and against him there will be brought a king of the north, with chariots and horsemen, and many ships, which shall invade the land,

¹³ behold a certain prophet came to Achab king of Israel and said, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou seen this great multitude? Behold I deliver them up this day into thy hands, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

²⁸ the man of God came and said to the king of Israel, Thus saith the Lord, Because Syria hath said, The Lord God of Israel is a god of the mountains, but he is not a god of the vallies, therefore I will deliver this great army into thy hand, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

¹⁶ A king is not saved because of a numerous army: nor can a giant be saved by his abundant strength. ¹⁷ A horse is a false thing for safety; nor can he with all his power save himself.

¹⁰ Since the secret purpose of man can contribute to thy praise, let the remainder of it cause a festival to be celebrated for thee.

¹¹ Having turned about, I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the mighty; nay not even bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding; nor favour to men of knowledge; that time and chance will happen to them all as forming one whole. ¹² That man indeed no more knoweth his time than the fishes which are enclosed in an evil dredge, or than birds which are caught in a net. Like them the sons of men are drawn into an evil time when it cometh upon them suddenly.

⁶ I have given this land to Nabuchodonosar king of Babylon to serve him, and the beasts of the field to work for him.

³⁸ in every place where the sons of men dwell. Into thy hand he hath delivered the beasts of the field, and the birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, and appointed thee lord over all. Thou art the head of gold.

⁷ I saw him indeed coming up to the ram and he was exasperated against him, and he smote the ram and broke his two horns and the ram had not power to stand before him. So he threw him on the ground and trampled him, and there was none to deliver the ram out of his hand.

⁵ And the king of the south will grow strong; and one of these chiefs will grow strong against him, and will rule over a great dominion.

⁹ who will come to the kingdom of the king of the south; and return again to his own land. But his sons will collect a multitude among many, and one will come with effect, and like a deluge, and will pass through and establish himself and the war will be

⁴⁴ And when reports and disturbances shall trouble him from the east, and from the north, he will then come with great wrath to destroy many,

¹⁴ be not elated in heart, nor forget the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;

¹⁰ Thou hast smitten Idumea, and thy heart is elated. Enjoy thy glory at home. Why seekest thou a quarrel to thy hurt, that thou shouldst fall and Juda with thee?

¹⁹ Thou hast said, Behold I have smitten Idumea, therefore thy stupid heart lifteth thee up. Abide now at home: why dost thou take counsel to thy hurt, that thou mayest fall and Juda with thee?

¹⁶ But when he became strong his heart was elated to his destruction; for he trespassed against the Lord his God and went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.

²⁵ But Ezekias did not make a suitable return for the favour conferred on him, but his heart was lifted up, so there was wrath against him, and against Juda and Jerusalem.

¹⁸ Pride goeth before destruction: and a haughty spirit before a fall.

⁷ But he did not harbour such thoughts; nor did he reason thus in his mind; but his mind will prompt him to destroy nations not a few. ⁸ Even though they should say to him, Thou alone art chief. ⁹ He indeed will say, "Have I not taken the whole country above Babylon and Chalene, where the tower had been builded? Nay have I not taken Arabia and Damascus and Samaria? ¹⁰ In the same manner as I have taken these; so will I take all the governments. Howl ye graven images in Jerusalem and in Samaria; ¹¹ for as I have done to Samaria and her images, so will I do to Jerusalem and her idols." ¹² But it shall come to pass, when the Lord hath accomplished his whole work on mount Sion and Jerusalem; that I will cast a look on the stout heart; on the chief ruler of the Assyrians, and on the loftiness of the glory of his eyes.

² and thou son of man say to the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord, Because thy heart is elated, and thou hast said, "I am a God."" I inhabit the dwelling of a god in the heart of the sea." Now as for thee thou art a man and not a God; though thou hast set thy heart as the heart of a God.

⁵ By thy great skill and thy traffic thou hast increased thy wealth; and with thy wealth thy heart is elated;

¹⁷ Thy heart was elated because of thy beauty; with thy beauty thine understanding was perverted. For the multitude of thy sins I have dashed thee on the ground; in the presence of kings I have made thee a public example.

¹⁹ And because of the majesty which he gave him, all the peoples, tribes and languages trembled and were struck with awe at his presence. Whom he would he slew, and whom he would he smote, and whom he would he set up, and whom he would he put down. ²⁰ But when his heart became elated and his spirit emboldened to shew its arrogance, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom and his glory was taken from him;

²³ Yet thou hast exalted thyself against the Lord God of heaven. And the vessels of his house have been brought before thee, and thou and thy nobles and thy concubines and thy wives have drunk wine out of them, and thou hast praised the gods of gold and silver and brass and iron and wood and stone which neither see nor hear, nor understand: but the God in whose hand is thy breath and all thy ways; him thou hast not glorified.

²⁵ And the yoke of his chain will prosper; and by his hand and by his heart, deceit will be magnified, and with deceit he will destroy many and for the destruction of many he will be raised up and will break them like eggs with his hands.

⁴ If any one draw back my soul hath no pleasure in him. But the just shall live by faith in me. ⁵ Now this arrogant and contemptuous man; this man of boasts shall not exceed a certain bound. He enlarged his soul like Hades and like death was not satisfied. When he shall have gathered to him all the nations and received for himself all the peoples, ⁶ will they not all take up a parable against him and a fable to tell of him, saying, Woe to him who is heaping up for himself things which do not belong to him? For how long? And making his yoke grievously heavy.

²² upon which the people shouted, It is the voice of a god and not of a man! ²³ And instantly an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory. And being gnawed by worms he died.

⁶ not one newly converted, lest, being lifted up with pride, he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

⁵ Likewise ye who are young, submit to those more advanced in years. And being all submissive to one another; adorn yourselves with humility; because "God resisteth the proud and granteth favour to the humble;"

¹⁶ His heart shall be changed from men and the heart of a wild beast shall be given him and seven seasons shall revolve over him.

⁶ And after his years they will come to an agreement. And a daughter of a king of the south will come to a king of the north for the purpose of making leagues with him. But he will not retain strength of arm, nor shall his seed stand; for she will be delivered up and they who bring her, both the young woman, and he who strengtheneth her in those times. ⁷ Out of the blossom of her root one having a government of his own will be raised up, and will come to this power, and enter the strong holds of the king of the north, and perform exploits in them and prevail.

⁷ And I heard the man clothed with the fine robes who was over the water of the river. He lifted up his right and his left hand to heaven and sware by him who liveth forever and ever that it will be until a time of times and the half of a time. When an end is put to the dispersion, they will know all these things.

²⁵ who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, "Why did nations rage, and tribes meditate vain things?" ²⁶ The kings of the earth combined, and the chiefs assembled together against the Lord and against his Anointed." ²⁷ For indeed against thy holy Child Jesus whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and the tribes of Israel, were gathered together, ²⁸ to do what thy hand and thy council had determinately marked out beforehand to be brought to pass.

¹⁷ For God hath put it into their hearts to execute his sentence and to execute one design and to give their kingdom to the beast until the words of God are accomplished.

⁵ Not a man shall withstand you all the clays of thy life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with thee. I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

³⁰ There is no wisdom, there is no fortitude, no counsel in the wicked. ³¹ A horse is provided for the day of battle: but help cometh from the Lord.

¹⁰ Go up against her battlements and demolish them: but you must not make a complete destruction; leave her buttresses, for they are the Lord's.

⁶ For thus saith the Lord, Cut down her trees: discharge engines against Jerusalem: lying city! in it all is oppression.

⁴ For thus said the Lord concerning the houses of this city; and concerning the houses of the king of Juda which have been pulled down to make mounts and ramparts

⁴ And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, Nabuchodonosar king of Babylon, came with his whole army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it and built a wall around it of square stones,

² and thou shalt lay siege to it and build mounts against it and throw up a circumvallation around it and pitch camps against it and arrange the towers for engines round about.

¹⁷ shall Pharao support him in the war, when ramparts are a raising, and towers a building to destroy lives.

⁶ And after his years they will come to an agreement. And a daughter of a king of the south will come to a king of the north for the purpose of making leagues with him. But he will not retain strength of arm, nor shall his seed stand; for she will be delivered up and they who bring her, both the young woman, and he who strengtheneth her in those times.

⁸ and sweep away from Judea every man who can raise his head, or is capable of executing any thing. And the circuit of his camp shall be such as to fill the breadth of thy country, Emmanuel.

¹⁹ [p] [Whereupon I said, so be it, Lord.] [J] Because I am to rank thee among children and give thee a choice land; the heritage of God the Supreme Ruler of nations; therefore I said, "Call me Father, and, From me you shall not turn away."

⁹ And out from the first of them there came forth one strong horn which became very great towards the south and towards the host,

³ But there will be raised up a mighty king who will be lord of a great dominion and will do according to his pleasure.

⁴¹ and he will break in pieces and pass through and come to the land of Sabaim, and many will be weak. But these will escape out of his hand, namely, Edom and Moab and the children of Ammon.

⁴⁵ and he will pitch his tent at Ephadanus between the seas on the holy mountain Sabaim. Then he will come to his portion, and there is none to deliver him.

¹⁷ At that time Azael king of Syria went up and fought against Geth and took it. And when Azael set his face to come up against Jerusalem,

³ Thereupon Josaphat was terrified, and set his face to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast through all Juda

⁹ According to thy promise mine enemies shall turn back; on the day when I invoke thee. Behold I know that thou art my God.

²¹ There are many thoughts in a man's heart; but the counsel of the Lord shall endure forever.

³ Then take thee an iron pan and place it as an iron wall between thee and the city and set thy face against it and it shall be besieged and thou shalt besiege it. This is a sign for the children of Israel.

⁷ Therefore thou shalt prepare thy face for the siege of Jerusalem and strengthen thine arm and prophesy against it.

² Son of man, set thy face against the children of Ammon and prophesy against them

¹⁹ Then he will turn his face to the strength of his own land, and will be weak and fall, and will not be found.

³⁰ He who is not for me is against me; and he who gathereth not with me, scattereth.

⁵¹ Now when the days of his being received up were about to be completed, he resolutely set his face to go to Jerusalem,

²³ He who is not with me is against me. And he who doth not gather with me scattered!

³¹ What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

⁴ And the children of Jovan, Elisa, and the Tharsians, Ketians, Rhodians. ⁵ By these the islands of the nations were set apart in their land, each according to their language in their tribes and in their nations.

⁷ Whereupon Adonibezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, have been under my table, gathering up the offals thereof; therefore as I have done, so hath God requited me: And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

¹⁹ And I will leave among them a sign, and those of them who escape I will send to the nations; to Tharsis and Phud and Lud and Mosach and to Thobel and Greece and to the far distant isles. They who have not heard my name nor seen my glory; even they shall proclaim my glory among the nations;

¹⁰ For go to the isles of Chettim and see; and send to Kedar and make strict inquiry; and see if such things have ever happened:

¹⁰ Hear the words of the Lord, ye nations! and proclaim them to the far distant isles. Say, He, who scattered Israel, will gather them, and guard them as a shepherd doth his flock.

⁶ from the groves of Bashan they made thy oars. Thy temples they built of ivory and thy roomy houses from the isles of the Chetians:

¹⁴ [J] Ephraim hath kindled indignation and provoked to wrath; his blood therefore shall be poured out on him, and the Lord will retribute to him his reproach.

¹¹ The Lord will display himself illustriously against them, and will root out all the gods of the nations of the earth, and all the isles of the nations shall worship him, every one from his place;

² for as you judge, you shall be judged: and the measure which you mete, shall be measured to you again.

⁸ Like a dream which is gone, he cannot be found. He is vanished, like a spectre in the night.

² When evil doers approached me, to devour my flesh; they, who afflicted me, even mine enemies fainted and fell.

³⁶ Again I passed by, and lo! he was gone. Though I sought him, his place could not be found.

⁶ Let not the swift flee, nor the mighty escape to the north. The forces at the river Euphrates are weak and have fallen.

²¹ I will make thee a desolation; and thou shalt never come into existence again, saith the Lord, Lord.

² And this is the ordinance touching this release. Thou shalt remit every private debt which thy neighbour oweth thee, and shalt not demand it of thy brother; for the release for the Lord thy God is proclaimed. ³ Of a stranger thou mayst demand what may be due to thee from him; but to a brother thou shalt make a release of what he oweth thee,

³⁵ And Joakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharao: moreover he assessed the land to give the money at the command of Pharao. Every man of rank according to his assessment gave with the people of the land silver and gold to be given to Pharao Nechao.

³³ Churn milk and there will be butter, and if thou wringest the nose, blood will issue forth; so if thou usest provoking language contentions and quarrels will ensue.

¹⁷ And instead of brass I will bring thee gold; and instead of iron I will bring thee silver; and instead of wood I will bring thee brass and instead of stones iron. And I will make thy chiefs peaceful and thine overseers righteous;

²¹ And on his throne one will be settled, who was despised and on whom they did not confer the honour of a kingdom. But he will come to it peaceably and obtain the kingdom by obsequiousness.

¹ For when Abimelech, son of Jerobaal, went to Sychem, to his mother's brethren, and spoke to them, and to all the relations of the house of his mother's father, saying, ² Speak I pray you in the hearing of all the men of Sychem, Which is best for you; that seventy men, even all the sons of Jerobaal, should rule over you; or that one man should rule over you? Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh, ³ his mother's brethren spoke all these words for him in the hearing of the men of Sychem, and their heart inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother. ⁴ So they gave him seventy weight of silver, out of the house of Baal-berith; and Abimelech hired for himself vain profligate men, who followed him; ⁵ and he went to his father's house at Ephratha, and slew his brothers, the sons of Jerobaal, seventy men, on one stone. Jotham indeed, the youngest son of Jerobaal was left, for he bad hid himself. ⁶ Then all the Sychemites, and all the house of Bethmaalo, assembled and went and proclaimed Abimelech king, near the oak grove, which was invented for the assembling at Sychem. ⁷ When the news of this was told Jotham, he went and stood on the top of mount Garizin, and raising his voice, he wept, and said to them, Hear me, ye Sychemites, that God may hear you. ⁸ The trees went forth to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive, Reign thou over us. ⁹ But the olive said to them, Shall I leave my fatness with which men honour God, and go to wave over the trees? ¹⁰ Then the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou and reign over us. ¹¹ But the fig tree said to them, Shall I leave my sweetness, and good fruit, and go to wave over the trees? ¹² Then the trees said to the vine, Come and reign over us. ¹³ But the vine said to them, Shall I leave my wine, which cheereth gods and men, and go to wave over the trees? ¹⁴ Then all the trees said to the bramble, Come thou and reign over us. ¹⁵ Upon which the bramble said to the trees, If in truth you anoint me to reign over you, come and stand in my shade; if not, let a fire go out from me, and consume the cedars of Lebanon. ¹⁶ Now therefore if you have acted with truth and uprightness in making Abimelech king; and if you have dealt righteously with Jerobaal, and his house, or done to him according to the deserving of his hand; ¹⁷ As my father fought for you, and adventured his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Madiam, ¹⁸ and you have risen up against my father's house, and have slain his seventy sons on one stone, and made Abimelech, the son of his concubine, king over the men of Sychem, because he is your brother; ¹⁹ if therefore you have this day acted with truth, and uprightness, in regard to Jerobaal, and his house, may you have joy in Abimelech, and he have joy in you: ²⁰ but if not; may a fire come out from Abimelech, and consume the Sychemites, and the house of Bethmaalo; and may a fire come out from the Sychemites, and the house of Bethmaalo, and consume Abimelech.

¹³ I have indeed told him that I will take vengeance on his house for ever, for the iniquities of his sons. Because his sons spoke evil of God, and be did not chastise them,

² And Abessalom rose early in the morning, and took his stand at the place where the road turned off to the gate. And when any man who had a controversy came to the king for judgment, Abessalom called to him, and said, Of what city art thou? And when he said, Thy servant is of such a one of the tribes of Israel, ³ Abessalom said to him, Behold thy cause is good, and easily determined, but there is none appointed by the king to hear thee. ⁴ Then would Abessalom say, that they would make me a judge in the land! In that case if any man had a defence to make, or a suit to prosecute, and would come to me, I would do him justice. ⁵ And when any man came to make obeisance to him, he stretched forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him. ⁶ In this manner Abessalom acted to all Israel who were coming to the king for judgment, so that Abessalom won the hearts of the men of Israel.

⁸ The wicked are walking about: thou, in thy sublimity, hast carefully observed the sons of men.

⁴ In whose sight an evil doer is contemned; but who honoureth them who fear the Lord: who sweareth to his neighbour; and doth not violate his engagements:

²¹ they were scattered by the indignation of his countenance. When his heart was near, his words were smoother than oil. Now they are daggers.

⁵ And they will no more order the fool to govern, nor shall thy servants any more command silence.

²³ And in the last days of their kingdom, their sins being come to the full, a king will be raised up of an unblushing countenance, skilled in problems,

²⁰ And from his root there will be set upon his throne a plant of royalty plundering, and taxing the glory of a kingdom. And in those days he also will be destroyed, but not with open violence nor in battle.

³² which they who break covenant will bring in by flatteries. But the people who acknowledge their God will take courage and act.

³⁴ And when they are weak, they will be helped with a little help. And many will join them by flatteries.

¹⁴ Concerning thee the Lord will command, let none of thy name be sown any more. From the house of thy God I will root out the graven and molten images;" I will make it a sepulchre for thee."

¹⁰ and its greatness reached even to the host of heaven. And there fell on the earth some of the host of heaven and some of the stars, and these were trodden down. ¹¹ And until the captain general should deliver the captivity, even by reason of him the sacrifice was disturbed; and he was prospered; and the sanctuary is to be desolated;

⁸ Now for these things shall not the land be troubled and every inhabitant therein mourn? Destruction indeed shall swell like a river, and flow down like the river of Egypt.

⁵ even I who am the Lord, the Lord God Almighty who toucheth the earth and shaketh it, and all its inhabitants shall mourn, and its destruction shall swell like a river, and flow down like the river of Egypt;

⁸ When with a deluging march he maketh destruction; them who raise themselves up and are his enemies, darkness shall pursue.

¹⁵ And the serpent spouted out of his mouth after the woman water like a river that she might be swept away by the stream; ¹⁶ and the earth helped the woman; and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the torrent which the dragon spouted out of his mouth:

¹³ But the sons of Jacob answered Sychem and Emmor his father deceitfully. And because their sister had been defiled,

² Thy tongue is like a sharp razor: thou hast practised deceit.

¹⁸ A wicked man doth works of injustice: but the seed of the righteous is a reward of truth.

¹³ and shall take one of the royal seed and make a covenant with him, and shall lay him under an oath and comprehend the generals of the land, ¹⁴ that it shall be a weak kingdom and never be independent; that he will keep this covenant with him and that it shall stand. ¹⁵ Now should he revolt from him so as to send his ambassadors to Egypt, that it may furnish him with horses and a great army, shall he prosper? Shall he who is perfidious escape? And shall he who breaketh a covenant be delivered? ¹⁶ As I live saith the Lord, in the place where the king liveth, who made him king; even with him in Babylon shall he die who hath dishonoured my oath and broken my covenant: and neither with a great army nor with much people, ¹⁷ shall Pharao support him in the war, when ramparts are a raising, and towers a building to destroy lives. ¹⁸ As he hath dishonoured an oath, by breaking a covenant, [when lo! he had given his hand] and hath done all these things to him, he shall not escape. ¹⁹ Therefore say, As I live saith the Lord, The oath which he hath dishonoured, and the covenant which he hath broken, even this I will requite upon his head.

²⁹ filled as they were with all manner of injustice, lewdness, maliciousness, covetousness, mischief, being full of envy, murder, contention, fraud, evil habits; being whisperers,

³ but I am afraid lest by some means as the serpent by his subtilty deceived Eve, so your affections should be corrupted from their singleness for the Christ.

⁹ of him, whose coming is according to the energy of satan, with' all the power, and signs, and wonders of falsehood,

⁴ So they gave him seventy weight of silver, out of the house of Baal-berith; and Abimelech hired for himself vain profligate men, who followed him;

²⁵ and they had taken lofty cities, and got possession of houses filled with all good things, of cisterns ready hewn out of stone, of vineyards and olive yards, and all sorts of fruit trees in abundance, and had eaten and were filled, and became fat, they rioted on thy great bounty,

⁸ Instruction is a precious reward to them who use it: and whithersoever it turneth it will prosper.

⁶ Many court the favour of kings; but every one who is wicked is a disgrace to a man in power.

⁷ for he eateth and drinketh as one swallowing a hair. Neither invite him to thy house, nor eat thy morsel with him:

¹⁰ [Thus saith the Lord, Lord,] In that day things will come into thy heart, and thou wilt form wicked devices

²⁵ and shall speak words against the Most High and wear out the holy ones of the Most High and think of changing times and law, and his shall be put in its power for a time and times and the half of a time.

⁴ But Jesus knowing their thoughts, said, Why do ye harbour evil thoughts in your hearts?

¹⁸ A wrathful man prepareth battles; but he who is slow to anger appeaseth the rising quarrel. A man slow to anger will extinguish law suits; but the wicked rather promote them.

²⁵ A faithless man judgeth rashly: but he who trusteth in the Lord will be careful.

² And now I will tell the truth: Behold yet three kings shall be raised up in Persia, and the fourth shall abound in great wealth above all. And after he hath gotten this his great wealth he will be stirred up against all the kingdoms of the Greeks.

² Now Jebosthe, son of Saul, had two captains of bands. The name of the one was Baana, and the name of the other Rechab. They were sons of Remmon, the Berothite, of the children of Benjamin, for Beroth had been assigned to the Benjaminites, ³ and the Berothites had fled to Gothaim, and have continued to sojourn there even to this day. ⁴ And Jonathan, son of Saul, had a son, who was lame in both his feet. He was five years old when the news of Saul and of his son Jonathan came from Jezrael, and his nurse took him up and fled, and as she was hasting to carry him off, he happened to fall, and became lame, so he was called Memphibosthe. ⁵ And the sons of Remmon, the Berothite, Rechab, and Baana, set out, and came in the heat of the clay to the house of Jebosthe, while he was sleeping on his couch at noon. ⁶ Now behold the door keeper of his house had been cleaning wheat, and being drowsy, had fallen asleep. So Rechab and Baana, the brothers, escaped notice, and went into the house, while Jebosthe was asleep on his couch in his bed chamber. ⁷ And they smote him, and killed him, and cut off his head. And they took his head, and travelled all night, by the way leading westward, ⁸ and brought the head of Jebosthe to David at Chebron, and said to the king, Behold here is the head of Jebosthe son of Saul thine enemy, who sought thy life; but the Lord hath executed vengeance for our lord the king on his enemies as at this day; on Saul thine enemy, and on his seed. ⁹ Whereupon David answered Rechab, and Baana his brother, the sons of Remmon, the Berothite, and said to them, As the Lord liveth who hath redeemed my soul from all affliction, ¹⁰ when one told me that Saul was dead, and thought himself a messenger of good news to me, I apprehended him, and slew him at Sekelak, though he thought himself entitled to a reward from me for his good news. ¹¹ But now wicked men have slain a righteous person, in his house, upon his bed. Now therefore I will avenge his blood on you and cut you off from the earth. ¹² Then David gave orders to his servants, and they instantly slew them, and cut off their hands, and their feet, and hanged them up by the pool of Chebron. And they buried the head of Jebosthe in the grave of Abenner son of Ner.

¹⁴ Then he departed from Elisha, and went to his master, who said to him, What did Elisha say to thee? To which he replied, He said thou shalt be in vigour of life.

⁶ Thereupon Jehu wrote them a second letter saying, If you are for me and will hearken to my voice, take the heads of the men; the sons of your lord and bring them to me about this time tomorrow to Jezrael. Now the king's sons were seventy men and the nobles of that city brought them up. ⁷ So when this letter reached them, they took the king's sons and slew them, the seventy men, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him at Jezrael. ⁸ And when a messenger came and told him saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons; he said, Pile them up in two heaps at the gate of the city till the morning. ⁹ And in the morning he went out, and standing up, said to all the people, Ye righteous men! behold I conspired against my master and slew him; but who hath slain all these?

⁹ Nay, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted; who ate of my bread, lifted up his heel against me.

⁵ Trust not in friends, nor confide in rulers, against the wife of thy bosom be on thy guard; to trust nothing to her: ⁶ for a son dishonoureth a father; a daughter will rise up against her mother; a daughter in law against her mother in law; all a man's household are his enemies."

²³ Whereupon he answering, said, One who hath dipped his hand in the dish with me is to deliver me up.

²⁰ And he answering, said to them, It is one of the twelve who is dipping with me in the dish.

¹⁸ I do not speak of you all. I know whom I have chosen. But that the scripture may be fulfilled, He Who is eating bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.

²⁶ then Abessalom said to him, If not; let my brother Amnon, I pray thee, go with us. And the king said, Why should he go with thee?

² They spoke vanities one to another: their lips are deceitful, they spoke with a double heart:

¹ For the conclusion. On understanding. By David, when Dock the Idumean came and told Saul and said to him, David went to Abimelech's house. Why boastest thou in mischief, mighty man of iniquity? All the day long he devised injustice.

² In heart, indeed, you are working iniquity in the land: your hands are weaving injustice.

⁹ But as for the vain sons of men; the lying sons of men; Even in an unfair balance they are altogether vanity.

⁶ They searched for iniquity: they failed in the search. A man is to come with a deep heart; and God is to be exalted.

²⁰ Deceit is in the heart of him, who contriveth evils: but the counsellors of peace shall have joy.

⁶ Eat not with an envious man, nor desire his meats: ⁷ for he eateth and drinketh as one swallowing a hair. Neither invite him to thy house, nor eat thy morsel with him: ⁸ for it will cause him to vomit and he will blame thy kind invitations.

²³ Silver given with deceit, should be accounted as a potsherd. Smooth lips disguise a wicked heart.

³ and have bent their tongue like a bow; lying and infidelity prevailed in the land; because they have proceeded from evils to evils, and have not known me, saith the Lord; ⁴ be upon your guard every man against his neighbour, and in your own brothers place no confidence; for every brother will supplant, and every friend walk deceitfully; ⁵ every one will treat his friend with contempt. They cannot speak truth; their tongue hath learned to speak lies. They have done injustice, and have not stopped to rectify it.

¹ Now it came to pass that in the seventh month Ismael son of Nathanias son of Eleasa of the royal family and ten chief men with him came to Godolias at Massepha and they there ate bread together. ² And Ismael arose and the ten chiefs who were with him, and smote Godolias whom the king of Babylon had set over the land, ³ and all the Jews who were with him at Massepha and all the Chaldeans who were found there.

⁹ Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord, Shall it prosper? Shall not the roots of this tender shoot and its fruit be blasted? Yes; all its former shoots shall wither; so that it will not require a strong arm nor much people to pull it up by its roots.

¹⁹ and said, Behold I make known to thee the things which shall be in the last days of the indignation; for this vision also is for the end of a time.

²⁹ At the time he will return and come to the south; but this last expedition will not be like the first:

³⁵ Then some of the wise will be weak that they may be tried and chosen, and that at a time the end may be revealed.

³ for the vision is for a time yet to come. But it will spring up at last and will not be vain. Though he may tarry, wait for him; for he will assuredly come and will not fail.

⁷ Whereupon he said to them, It is not for you to know times and seasons which the Father hath reserved in his own disposal.

³¹ because he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world righteously, by a man whom he hath pointed out: of which he hath given assurance to all men, by raising him. from the dead.

¹ Now, in respect to the times and the seasons, you brethren, have no need of our writing to you;

²⁴ and his power will be great, and he will destroy things which are objects of admiration and will prosper and act and destroy mighty men, and a holy people.

³⁰ for the Kitians who set out at the same time will arrive, and he will be humbled. Then he will return and will be inflamed with wrath against the holy covenant. And he will act and return and keep up an intelligence with them who have forsaken the holy covenant. ³¹ And seeds out of him will spring up, and the sanctuary of the dominion will be polluted; and the daily sacrifice will be removed; and there will be set up an abomination which hath caused desolation, ³² which they who break covenant will bring in by flatteries. But the people who acknowledge their God will take courage and act.

²⁵ You are the children of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham "And by thy seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed."

³¹ Raise the mournful cry ye gates of cities; foreign tribes! let harassed cities scream with one consent: for a smoke is coming from the north, which cannot be endured;

²³ Because of the associations against him, he will practise guile and come up and overpower them with a small nation

²⁶ and hath made of one blood the whole nation of men to inhabit the whole face of the earth, having marked out times previously arranged in order, and the boundaries of their habitation,

² but is under governors and guardians till the time prefixed by the Father.

⁴ And the children of Jovan, Elisa, and the Tharsians, Ketians, Rhodians.

²⁴ For bands of Kitians will issue forth, And afflict Assur, and afflict Hebrews: And they themselves shall likewise be destroyed.

⁷ And the sons of Jovan, Elisa and Tharsis, the Kitians and the Rhodians.

¹² And upon inquiry I found that God had not sent him, and that his prophecy was a contrivance against me;

¹ The Oracle concerning Tyre. Raise the mournful cry, ships of Carthage, for Tyre is destroyed and there are no arrivals from the land of the Kitians. She is carried away captive.

¹² and shall it be said, You must not proceed to insult and distress the daughter of Sidon? Nay though thou shouldst go to the Kitians; yet even there thou shalt not have rest.

²⁸ therefore he will return to his own land with much wealth and his heart will be against the holy covenant, and he will act and return to his own land.

¹⁰ And many will then be stumbled and will deliver up one another and hate one another.

¹² Therefore rejoice ye heavens and ye who dwell in them. Alas! for the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! for the devil is gone down to you in great wrath knowing that he hath but a little time.

¹⁰ On all the objects of her desire the oppressor hath laid his hand; for into her sanctuary she saw nations entering, concerning whom thou hast commanded that they should not come into thy congregation.

⁷ The Lord hath cast off his altar; he hath shaken off his sanctuary. With the hand of an enemy he hath demolished the wall of her palaces. They uttered a shout in the house of the Lord as on the day of a festival.

²⁰ With their choice apparel which was laid by for ostentation; even with this they adorned the images of their abominations; therefore I have given it to them for defilement; ²¹ even into the hand of strangers I will deliver it for plunder, and to be a spoil for the ravagers of the earth; and they shall defile it.

⁷ And he said to them, Defile this house and fill the ways with dead as you are going out and continue the slaughter.

²¹ Say to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord, Behold I will profane my sanctuary, the boast of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and for which your souls are moved with compassion; and your sons and your daughters whom you left shall fall by the sword: ²² and you shall do as I have done. You shall not receive comfort from their mouth nor eat funeral bread;

¹¹ And until the captain general should deliver the captivity, even by reason of him the sacrifice was disturbed; and he was prospered; and the sanctuary is to be desolated; ¹² and sin was permitted against the sacrifice; and this righteousness was cast on the ground; so he acted and was prospered. ¹³ And I heard a holy one speaking; and a holy one said to the Phelmoni who spoke, "How long shall this vision last, respecting the sacrifice which is taken away, and the sin of desolation which is permitted; and the sanctuary and the host be trodden down?"

²⁷ Now one week shall confirm a covenant for many and in the half of that week my sacrifice and libation shall be taken away. And upon the temple shall be an abomination of the desolations, and at the end of a time, an end shall be put to that desolation.

¹¹ Now from the time of the change of the daily sacrifice, when the abomination of desolation shall be set up there will be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

¹⁵ Therefore when you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in a holy place, [reader attend!]

¹⁴ Now when you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by the prophet Daniel, erected where it ought not [ Reader attend!] then let them who are in Judea flee to the mountains;

²⁰ and when you see Jerusalem encompassed by armies, then know that its desolation is near.

⁴⁰ Take heed therefore that what is said in the prophets may not come upon you ⁴¹ "Behold ye despisers, and express your amaze and vanish. For I am working a work in your days, which you will not believe, though one tell you."

¹² and the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but are about to take authority as kings one short period of time with the beast.

⁹ And now, Solomon, my son, know thou the God of thy fathers, and serve him with a perfect heart and a willing mind; for the Lord searcheth all hearts and knoweth every thought. If thou seek him, he will be found by thee; but if thou forsake him, he will at last forsake thee.

¹⁰ Let them who know thy name confide in thee; For thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them who seek thee.

⁵ A false witness shall not go unpunished; and he who accuseth unjustly shall not escape.

²⁸ A lying tongue hateth truth; and a flattering mouth Worketh ruin.

³⁴ And they shall no more teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord; for all will know me from the greatest to the least of them: for I will be merciful to their iniquities and no more remember their sins.

⁷ And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations in the midst of many people, like dew falling from the Lord and like lambs upon the wilds. That none may be ungathered or left behind among the children of men, ⁸ the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among beasts of the forest, and like a young lion among flocks of sheep; so that when he passeth through and hath made a choice, he may tear and there shall be none to deliver. ⁹ Thy hand shall be raised up against them who afflict thee; and all thine enemies shall be utterly cut off.

¹⁵ And as in the days of thy coming out of Egypt, you shall see wonderful things. ¹⁶ Nations shall see and be confounded, and because of all the mighty power of these, they will lay their hands on their mouths. Their ears will be stopped. ¹⁷ They will lick dust like serpents trailing on the ground; they will be confounded in their enclosure. [p] At the Lord our God let them be confounded and struck with terror because of thee.

¹³ For I have bent thee Juda, a bow for myself and filled it with Ephraim; and I will raise up thy sons, Sion, against the sons of Greece, and I will handle thee as the sword of a warrior. ¹⁴ Let but the Lord be against them and he will dart out like a thunderbolt. The Lord Almighty will sound a trumpet, and march in the billow of his threat. ¹⁵ The Lord Almighty will protect them, and they shall consume them and overwhelm them with sling stones; and drink them up as wine and fill the phials as an altar. ¹⁶ In that day the Lord their God will save them; his people like a flock. Because holy stones are rolled on his land.

³ against the shepherds my wrath is kindled; but over the lambs I will keep a strict watch. The Lord God Almighty will indeed watch over his flock, the house of Juda, and he will array them as his comely horse in battle. ⁴ When from him he hath looked, and from him drawn up in array; then from him shall issue forth the wrathful bow, from him every one who sallieth out at the same time. ⁵ And they shall be like warriors trampling dirt in the highways, and shall be drawn up in array for battle. Because the Lord is with them, therefore the riders on horses shall be put to shame. ⁶ And I will strengthen the house of Juda, and save the house of Joseph, and settle them in their houses, because I have loved them: and they shall be as if I had not cast them off; for I am the Lord their God and I will hearken to them:

¹² And I will strengthen them in the Lord their God, and in his name they shall boast; saith the Lord.

³ and in that day I will make Jerusalem a stone to be trampled by all the nations: every one who trampleth her will make her his mocking stock. When all the nations of the earth shall be gathered against her, ⁴ in that day saith the Lord Almighty, I will smite every horse with astonishment and his rider with madness. But upon the house of Juda I will open mine eyes. When I smite all the horses of the peoples with blindness, ⁵ then will Juda's captains of thousands say in their hearts, "We shall find those for us who inhabit Jerusalem by the Lord Almighty their God." ⁶ In that day I will make Juda's captains of thousands like a firebrand among wood, and like a flaming torch among stubble. And they shall devour on the right and on the left all the peoples around. And Jerusalem shall again dwell by herself in Jerusalem. ⁷ And the Lord will save the dwellings of Juda as at the beginning. That the boasting of the house of David may not be magnified, nor the elevation of the inhabitants of Jerusalem depend upon Juda,

¹ Behold days of the Lord are coming, when thy spoils shall be divided in thee. ² I will indeed gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses rifled and the women polluted. And the half of the city shall go forth into captivity. As for the remainder of my people they shall not be utterly cut off. From this city, ³ the Lord indeed will come forth and draw up in array among the nations, as in the day of his array in the day of battle; ⁴ and on that day his feet will stand on the mount of olives over against Jerusalem on the east side and the mount of olives shall be cleft, east and west, a very great chasm. And the half of the mount will lean to the north and the half of it to the south.

² But to you who fear my name the son of righteousness will arise with healing in his wings; and you shall go forth and leap for joy like young bullocks loosed from yokes.

³ Now this is the life everlasting that they may know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

³ If then these glad tidings of ours are veiled, they are veiled by those perishing things, ⁴ with which the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the disbelieving, that the splendour of the glad tidings of the glory of the Christ, who is an image of God, may not shine upon them. ⁵ For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus sake. ⁶ Because it is God, who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who hath shined in our hearts, to give a lustre of the knowledge of the glory of God in the person of Jesus Christ;

⁹ of him, whose coming is according to the energy of satan, with' all the power, and signs, and wonders of falsehood, ¹⁰ and with all the deceit of this unrighteousness among them who perish. Because they did not embrace the love of the truth that they might be saved; ¹¹ for this cause therefore God will send them the energy of delusion, that they may believe this falsehood; ¹² that all may be condemned who have not believed the truth, but have taken pleasure in unrighteousness.

¹ Do thou, therefore, my son, strengthen thyself with the favour which is in Christ Jesus; ² and what thou hast heard from me, in the presence of many witnesses, commit thou to faithful men, who will be able to teach others. ³ Do thou therefore endure hardships as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

³² But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings, ³³ being publicly exposed to reproaches and afflictions, and at the same time sympathizing with them who were thus treated:

³ Now by this we know that we have known him, if we keep his commandments. ⁴ He who saith I know him, and doth not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

²⁰ and we know that the son of God is come, and hath given us understanding that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, and in his son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and the life eternal.

¹¹ And to every of them were given white robes and they were told that they should rest yet a little while till their fellow servants and their brethren who were about to be slain as well as they were completed.

⁹ After this I looked and behold! a great multitude, which no one could number, of every nation and of tribes and peoples and tongues standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clad in white robes; and palm branches in their hands; ¹⁰ and they cried with a loud voice, saying, "To our God who is sitting on the throne and to the Lamb be ascribed this salvation!"

⁷ And there was a war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought; ⁸ but did not prevail, nor was their place any more found in heaven. ⁹ And the great dragon was cast out that old serpent who is called The Devil and Satan who leadeth the whole world astray. He was thrown on the earth and his angels were thrown with him. ¹⁰ And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven. "Now is come salvation and the power and reign of our God and the authority of Christ himself; for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, he who accused them before our God day and night; ¹¹ and they have conquered him by the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony and have not spared to expose their life even to death.

¹² and it executeth all the authority of the first beast in its presence and causeth the earth and its inhabitants to worship the first beast whose deadly wound was healed. ¹³ And it performeth great signs so as to cause fire to come down out of heaven on the earth, in the sight of men; ¹⁴ and it leadeth astray the dwellers on the earth by the signs which it had power to do in the presence of the beast; commanding the inhabitants of die earth to make an image of the beast which had the wound of a sword and lived. ¹⁵ And power was granted to it to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might speak and cause all to be slain who would not worship the image of the beast.

³ And they shall no more put confidence in men; but shall apply their ears to hear. ⁴ And the heart of the weak will listen attentively; and trifling tongues will soon learn to speak peace.

³ And they who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament, and some of the many righteous like the stars for the ages and longer. ⁴ As for thee, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book till the time of accomplishment; until many be taught and knowledge abound.

¹⁰ Though many be chosen and made white and purified and sanctified, and transgressors transgress; yet no transgressor will understand but the prudent will understand.

²⁰ Thus saith the Lord Almighty, There shall yet come many peoples; and the inhabitants of many cities; ²¹ even the inhabitants of five cities shall come together to one city, saying, Let us go to pray before the Lord and to seek the face of the Lord Almighty. ²² I am going. So many peoples and many nations will come to seek the face of the Lord Almighty at Jerusalem, and to conciliate the favour of the Lord. ²³ Thus saith the Lord Almighty, If in those days ten men of all the tongues of the nations take hold, they must take hold of the skirt of a Jew, saying, We will go with thee, for we have heard that God is with you.

⁷ Because the lips of a priest were to keep knowledge therefore law was to be sought from his mouth; since he is a messenger of the Lord Almighty:

²¹ Now brother will deliver up brother to death; and a father, a son; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.

¹¹ And he in reply said to them, To you it hath been granted to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens; but to them it hath not been granted.

⁵¹ Jesus saith to them, Have you understood all these? They say to him, Yes, Master. ⁵² Then he said to them, Every Scribe then who is instructed for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a family who bringeth out of his treasury things new and old.

²³ Then Jesus saith to them, You will indeed drink my cup and be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, unless to them for whom it is prepared by my father.

⁹ Then they will deliver you up to affliction and put you to death; and you will be hated by all nations on the account of my name.

²⁰ teaching them to observe all that I commanded you. And lo! I am with you all the days to the conclusion of this age. Amen.

⁴⁴ Then he said to them, This is what I told you while I was yet with you, That all the things written concerning me in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the Psalms, must needs be accomplished. ⁴⁵ Then he opened their minds that they might understand the scriptures, ⁴⁶ and he said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved the Christ to suffer and rise from the dead on the third day; ⁴⁷ and that for his name reformation and remission of sins should be proclaimed to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

² They will excommunicate you. Indeed a time is coming, when whosoever killeth you will think he doth an act of religious worship to God.

² displeased at their teaching the people and promulgating by Jesus the resurrection from the dead, came on them, ³ and laid hands on them, and put them in prison till the next day. For it was now evening. ⁴ But many of those who heard the word believed. And the number of the men became about five thousand.

²⁶ And having found him he brought him to Antioch. And for a whole year they assembled with this congregation, and taught a considerable multitude. And the disciples at Antioch first got the name of Christians.

² and slew with the sword James the brother of John. ³ And as he saw that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded to apprehend Peter also.

²¹ And when they had proclaimed the glad tidings in that city, and made a considerable number of disciples, they returned to Lystra, and Iconium, and Antioch,

⁹ For it seems as if God had exhibited us, the apostles, last on the stage as devoted to death since we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.

¹² For which cause also I suffer these things, but am not ashamed; for I know in whom I have trusted, and am persuaded, that he is able to keep that which I have deposited with him till that day.

²⁴ Now, the servant of the Lord ought not to be at strife; but ought to be gentle towards all, ready to teach, patient of ills, ²⁵ with meekness instructing opposers: perhaps God may grant them a change of mind so as to acknowledge the truth,

⁶ For I am now about to be poured out as a libation; and the time of my departure is at hand.

³⁴ quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were strengthened from weakness, became mighty in battle, repelled armies of aliens.

³⁶ and others received the trial of mockings, and scourgings, besides bonds and imprisonments. ³⁷ They were stoned; they were sawn asunder; they were tempted; they were slain with the sword; they wandered about in sheep skins, in goats skins, destitute, afflicted, tormented, ³⁸ [of whom the world was not worthy] wandering in deserts, and mountains, and dens, and caves of the earth.

⁹ I John, who am your brother, and a partaker in this affliction, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the island which is called Patmos, on the account of the word of God and of the testimony of Jesus Christ.

¹³ "I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where the throne of satan is; yet thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied the belief of me, even in the days in which Antipas was my faithful witness, who was slain among you where satan dwelleth.

⁹ And when he opened the fifth seal I saw under the altar the souls of them who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they had borne.

¹⁴ And I said to him, "Sir, thou knowest" Then he said to me, "These are they who have come out of great affliction and have washed their robes and made them white by the blood of the Lamb.

⁷ And power was given it to make war against the saints and to conquer them; and authority was given it over every tribe and tongue and nation; ⁸ and it is to be worshipped by all the inhabitants of the earth whose names are not written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that was slain. ⁹ If any one hath an ear to hear let him hear. ¹⁰ If any one gathereth [prisoners] for captivity; into captivity he goeth; if any one shall kill with the sword; with the sword he ought to be slain. Here is the perseverance and the faith of the saints.

⁶ And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus; and when I saw her I expressed my astonishment with great amaze.

¹⁵ Now beware of false teachers, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but are inwardly ravenous wolves.

²⁹ For this I know, that after my departure there will enter in among you grievous wolves, not sparing the flock. ³⁰ Yes, even from among yourselves men will start up, speaking perverse things to draw the disciples after them.

¹⁸ For such men do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly. And by their fawning speeches and flattering forms of address, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

¹³ For such as they are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. ¹⁴ Nor is this to be wondered at; for Satan himself putteth on the appearance of an angel of light: ¹⁵ No wonder, then, if his ministers transform themselves to appear like ministers of righteousness. But their end will be according to their works.

⁴ nor did I, [on account of the false brethren who had slily introduced themselves, and crept in, to spy out that liberty of ours which we have by Christ Jesus, that they might enslave us]

¹ But the spirit saith expressly that in latter times some will apostatise from this belief, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines concerning demons, ² through the hypocrisy of liars, who have their own conscience seared,

¹ But know this, that in the last days there will be grievous times. ² For the men will be selfish, avaricious, vain, haughty, addicted to slander, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, ³ void of natural affection, perfidious, false accusers, intemperate, fierce, destitute of love for goodness, ⁴ betrayers, headstrong, puffed up with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, ⁵ having a form of religion but denying the power of it. From such turn away; ⁶ for of such sort are they who insinuate themselves into families, and lead captive weak women laden with sin, led aside by various lusts, ⁷ always learning, but never able to come to a knowledge of truth.

³ For a time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine: But when they have an itch of hearing they will, according to their own desires, heap up for themselves teachers,

¹¹ who ought to be curbed, who subvert whole houses teaching what they ought not, for the sake of sordid gain.

¹ Now there were also false prophets among the people, as there will be also among you false teachers, who will introduce destructive sects, denying even the Lord who bought them, bringing on themselves speedy destruction. ² And many will follow their pernicious courses, on the account of whom the way of the truth will be ill spoken of. ³ Indeed, with insatiable covetousness, they will, with smooth words, make merchandize of you. But the judgment prepared of old for them is not idle, nor is their destruction slumbering.

¹⁸ For uttering, with a solemn tone, swelling words of vanity, they by the lusts of the flesh. by acts of lasciviousness, ensnare them who are indeed flying from those conversant in error; ¹⁹ promising them liberty while they themselves are slaves to corruption; for by whatever one is subdued, by that he is enslaved

¹⁸ Children, the last period is come: and as you have heard that the Antichrist cometh, there are even now many Antichrists, by which we know that it is the last period. ¹⁹ They went out from us; but they were not of us. For if they had been of us, they would have continued with us.

¹ Beloved, trust not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they be of God; for many false teachers, are gone forth into the world.

⁵ They are of the world, therefore they speak suitably to the world, and the world hearkeneth to them.

⁷ Because there are many deceivers come into the world, who do not acknowledge that Jesus Christ is come in flesh. [This is the deceiver, and the Antichrist]

⁴ For Certain persons have slily crept in among us, who have been of old written of, and for this very crime, wicked men, who are turning the favour of our God into licentiousness, and denying our only sovereign God, and Lord Jesus Christ.

²⁰ but I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezabel, who calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.

² and being with child she crieth out being in labour and in the pangs of child birth. ³ And another sign was seen in heaven and behold! a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns and on his heads seven crowns; ⁴ and his tail dragged the third part of the stars of heaven and threw them on the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was in labour, that when she brought forth he might devour her child. ⁵ And she brought forth a masculine son who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. And this child of hers was suddenly conveyed away to God and his throne; ⁶ and the woman fled to the wilderness where she hath a place prepared of God that she may be nourished there a thousand two hundred and sixty days.

¹³ And when the dragon saw that he was cast on the earth he persecuted the woman who had brought forth the masculine child;

¹¹ And I saw another wild beast coming up out of the earth; and it had two horns like a lamb; and it spake like a dragon; ¹² and it executeth all the authority of the first beast in its presence and causeth the earth and its inhabitants to worship the first beast whose deadly wound was healed. ¹³ And it performeth great signs so as to cause fire to come down out of heaven on the earth, in the sight of men; ¹⁴ and it leadeth astray the dwellers on the earth by the signs which it had power to do in the presence of the beast; commanding the inhabitants of die earth to make an image of the beast which had the wound of a sword and lived.

² and thou shalt keep in remembrance all the way which the Lord thy God led thee in the wilderness, that he might afflict thee, and prove thee, and know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldst keep his commandments or not. ³ And when he had afflicted thee, and suffered thee to hunger, then he fed thee with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might shew thee, that man can live not on bread only; but that man can live on any thing which God is pleased to appoint.

¹⁶ who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thou didst not know, and which was not known by thy fathers, that he might afflict thee, and try thee, and do thee good in thy latter days.

³¹ But in his transactions with the ambassadors from the chiefs of Babylon, who were sent to him to make inquiry touching the miracle which had been done in the land, the Lord left him to himself in order to try him, to know all that were in his heart.

³ As silver and gold are tried in a furnace; so are chosen hearts, by the Lord.

¹⁰ and its greatness reached even to the host of heaven. And there fell on the earth some of the host of heaven and some of the stars, and these were trodden down.

¹⁷ So he came and stood near where I was standing. And when he came, I was struck with terror and fell on my face. And he said to me, Son of man, understand; for this vision also is for the end of a time.

²⁷ Now one week shall confirm a covenant for many and in the half of that week my sacrifice and libation shall be taken away. And upon the temple shall be an abomination of the desolations, and at the end of a time, an end shall be put to that desolation.

²⁷ Then both the kings with their hearts bent on mischief will speak lies at one table. But it will not prosper. Because an end is still put off for a time,

³³ And the men of understanding among the people will keep up an intelligence for many purposes; but they will be weakened by sword and by fire, and by captivity, and by plundering, for days.

⁴ As for thee, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book till the time of accomplishment; until many be taught and knowledge abound.

¹⁰ Though many be chosen and made white and purified and sanctified, and transgressors transgress; yet no transgressor will understand but the prudent will understand. ¹¹ Now from the time of the change of the daily sacrifice, when the abomination of desolation shall be set up there will be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

⁹ And when I have passed this third part through fire, and tried them as silver is tried, and proved them as gold is proved; this people will invoke My name and I will hear them and say, this is my people, and they will say, the Lord is my God.

² And who can abide the day of his coming? Or who can stand his appearance? Since he is coming like the fire of a refiner's furnace; and like the soap of the fullers. ³ He will sit refining and purifying and will purify the sons of Levi like the silver and gold, and melt them like the gold and silver. Then shall they offer to the Lord a sacrifice in righteousness ⁴ and the sacrifice of Juda and Jerusalem will please the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years.

¹ For behold a day is coming, heated like an oven, which shall set them on fire. And all aliens and all workers of iniquity shall be like stubble. The day which is coming shall blaze upon them, saith the Lord Almighty, and of them neither root nor branch shall be left. ² But to you who fear my name the son of righteousness will arise with healing in his wings; and you shall go forth and leap for joy like young bullocks loosed from yokes. ³ And you shall trample down the wicked, for they will be like ashes under your feet, on the day which I make, saith the Lord Almighty.

¹⁷ And Jesus answering, said to him, Happy art thou, Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed this to thee, but my father who is in heaven.

⁵⁶ But all this is done that the writings of the prophets may be confirmed. Then all the disciples forsook him and fled.

⁶⁹ Now when Peter was sitting without, in the court, a servant maid came up to him and said, Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilean. ⁷⁰ And he denied before them all, saying, I do not know what thou sayest ⁷¹ And as he was going out into the porch another maid saw him, and saith to them there, That man also was with Jesus the Nazarene. ⁷² And he again denied, with an oath, I do not know the man. ⁷³ And a little after, some byestanders came up and said to Peter, Thou also art certainly one of them, for thy speech discovereth thee. ⁷⁴ Then he began to curse and to swear, I do not know the man. And immediately a cock crowed. ⁷⁵ Whereupon Peter recollected the word which Jesus said to him, "Before cockcrowing thou wilt three times deny me;" and going out, he wept bitterly.

² Every branch in me which beareth not fruit, he loppeth off; and every branch which beareth fruit he cleaneth to make it more fruitful.

²⁵ The other disciples therefore said to him, We have seen the Lord. But he said to them, Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails; and put my finger into the print of the nails; and put this hand of mine into his side, I will not believe.

¹³ Now Paul and his company, having taken their departure from Paphos, came to Perga in Pamphylia; but John having withdrawn from them, returned to Jerusalem.

³⁷ And Barnabas advised to take along with them, John surnamed Mark. ³⁸ But Paul did not think it proper to take along with them one who had quitted them in Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work. ³⁹ There was therefore a sharp dispute, so that they separated one from the other. And Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus.

² Count it, my brethren, all joy when you fall into divers trials,

⁶ in whom you exult with joy though you are now for a little while, if it be necessary, distressed with divers trials; ⁷ in order that your faith, which hath stood the test and is much more precious than gold which is of a perishable nature though tried by fire, may be found praise worthy, and honourable, and glorious, at the manifestation of Jesus Christ,

¹⁰ Be not terrified at what thou art about to suffer. Behold the devil will soon cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried; and ye will have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

¹⁵ And another angel came out of the temple crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, "Put forth thy sickle and reap, for the time for thee to reap is come; for the harvest of the earth is ripe:"

¹⁷ For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords; the God, great, and mighty, and awful. He respecteth not persons, nor taketh a bribe.

²² The Lord God is our God, and God himself our God hath seen, and Israel themselves may determine. If through apostacy we have trespassed in the sight of the Lord, let him not this day deliver us.

¹³ But if he hath judged thus, who can gainsay him? For he hath done what was his pleasure. ¹⁴ For this cause my shuddering is at him; and on being chastened, I thought of him.

¹⁰ The Lord dissipateth the counsels of nations, and disannulleth the devices of peoples. He disannulleth also the counsels of chiefs.

² O give thanks to the God of Gods, for his mercy endureth forever.

²⁵ For yet a little while and mine indignation shall cease; and my wrath will be against their counsel;"

¹³ Thou indeed didst say in thy heart, I will ascend up into heaven; above the stars of heaven I will place my throne; I will seat myself on a lofty mountain; on the lofty mountains which face the north.

²⁰ Go my people, enter into thy chambers; shut thy door: hide thyself for a little while; until the anger of the Lord is passed.

¹⁰ who can declare events before they happen, as if they were already accomplished. When I have spoken, all my counsel shall stand; and all that I have determined, I will effect.

⁴⁷ And the king answered and said to Daniel, Of a truth, your God is the God of Gods, and the Lord of kings, the revealer of secrets; since thou hast been enabled to reveal this secret.

²⁰ And concerning the ten horns, which were on its head, and that other, which sprouted up and shook off some of the first; and which had eyes and a mouth speaking great things and the appearance of which was greater than the rest, ²¹ I beheld and that horn made war on the holy ones and prevailed against them ²² until the Ancient of days came and gave judgment for the holy ones of the Most High, and the time came and the holy ones possessed the kingdom. ²³ And he said, With regard to the fourth beast, there shall be a fourth kingdom on the earth which shall surpass all the kingdoms and devour all the earth and trample down and cut to pieces. ²⁴ And its ten horns denote that ten kingdoms shall be raised up; and after them another shall be raised up which shall exceed in evils all those before and shall humble three kings ²⁵ and shall speak words against the Most High and wear out the holy ones of the Most High and think of changing times and law, and his shall be put in its power for a time and times and the half of a time.

¹¹ And until the captain general should deliver the captivity, even by reason of him the sacrifice was disturbed; and he was prospered; and the sanctuary is to be desolated; ¹² and sin was permitted against the sacrifice; and this righteousness was cast on the ground; so he acted and was prospered.

²⁴ and his power will be great, and he will destroy things which are objects of admiration and will prosper and act and destroy mighty men, and a holy people. ²⁵ And the yoke of his chain will prosper; and by his hand and by his heart, deceit will be magnified, and with deceit he will destroy many and for the destruction of many he will be raised up and will break them like eggs with his hands.

²⁶ and after the sixty two weeks, the Messiah shall be cut off, though there is no crime in him; and he, with the ruler who is coming, will destroy the city and the sanctuary. They shall be destroyed with a deluge, and even to the end of the war determined on in course, with desolations. ²⁷ Now one week shall confirm a covenant for many and in the half of that week my sacrifice and libation shall be taken away. And upon the temple shall be an abomination of the desolations, and at the end of a time, an end shall be put to that desolation.

¹¹ Now from the time of the change of the daily sacrifice, when the abomination of desolation shall be set up there will be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. ¹² Happy he who will wait and come to a thousand three hundred and thirty five days. ¹³ But as for thee, come and go to rest, for still there will be days and hours to the final accomplishment. And thou shalt stand up for thy portion at the end of days.

³⁰ I can do nothing of myself. As I hear, I judge. And my judgment is just; for I do not seek mine own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.

³⁸ For I am come down from heaven not to do mine own will, but the will of him who sent me.

²⁸ to do what thy hand and thy council had determinately marked out beforehand to be brought to pass.

⁴ who setteth himself against, and exalteth himself above, all that is called God, or an object of worship; so as to seat himself as God in the temple of God, pointing himself out that he is God.

⁷ but that in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall have sounded, as he soon will, the mystery of God shall be completed as he revealed the glad tidings to his servants the prophets.

² but leave out the court which is on the outside of the temple and measure it not; for it is given to the nations and they shall trample the holy city forty two months. ³ And I will give to my two witnesses and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days clothed in sackcloth.

¹⁴ and to the woman were given two wings of the great eagle that she might fly to the wilderness to her place where she is nourished for a time and times and the half of a time from the face of the serpent.

⁵ And to it was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies. And power was given it to make war forty-two months. ⁶ And it opened its mouth for blasphemy against God, to slander his name and his tabernacle and them, who dwell in heaven.

³ And he carried me away in spirit to a wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast full of blasphemous names, which had seven heads and ten horns.

⁵ For God knew that in the day you eat thereof, your eyes would be opened and you would be like gods knowing good and evil."

¹⁶ And to the woman he said, "I will greatly multiply thy sorrows and thy anguish. With sorrows thou shalt bear children and to thy husband shall be thy recourse, and he shall rule over thee."

²¹ Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife; thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, nor his field, nor his man servant, nor his maid servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any of his cattle, nor any thing which is thy neighbour's.

¹¹ and hast seen, among the captives, a woman of a comely appearance, and hast loved her, and hast taken her to thyself for a wife,

¹⁰ I am my dear brother's; and towards me is his desire.

¹⁶ Son of man, Behold I take from thee the desires of thine eyes with a stroke. Thou must not mourn, nor utter lamentation.

³ forbidding marriage, and enjoining an abstinence from meats which God hath created to be partaken of with thankfulness by the faithful, and by them who are convinced of this truth,

⁹ And have not then the fashioners and engravers heard? They are all fools making things to please their fancies; things which cannot profit them: but shame shall cover these god makers,

¹ But the spirit saith expressly that in latter times some will apostatise from this belief, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines concerning demons,

¹² and it executeth all the authority of the first beast in its presence and causeth the earth and its inhabitants to worship the first beast whose deadly wound was healed. ¹³ And it performeth great signs so as to cause fire to come down out of heaven on the earth, in the sight of men; ¹⁴ and it leadeth astray the dwellers on the earth by the signs which it had power to do in the presence of the beast; commanding the inhabitants of die earth to make an image of the beast which had the wound of a sword and lived. ¹⁵ And power was granted to it to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might speak and cause all to be slain who would not worship the image of the beast. ¹⁶ And it causeth all both little and great, both rich and poor, both freemen and slaves to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, ¹⁷ and that none should buy or sell, but he who hath the mark, or the name of the beast or the number of its name.

¹ Then one of the seven angels who had the seven vials came to me and talked with me, saying to me, Come let me shew thee the judgment of the great harlot that sitteth on the many waters, ² with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. ³ And he carried me away in spirit to a wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast full of blasphemous names, which had seven heads and ten horns. ⁴ And the woman was clad in purple and scarlet and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls; and she had in her hand a golden cup full of the abominations and impurity of her fornication; ⁵ and on her forehead there was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, the mother of the harlots and the abominations of the earth.

¹² the merchandize of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls; and of cotton and purple and silk and scarlet; and every sort of odoriferous wood and the various wares of ivory and of most precious wood and of brass and iron and marble,

⁹ And the kings of the earth who have committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her will wail and beat their breasts for her, when they see the smoke of her burning ¹⁰ standing afar off for fear of her torment, saying, Alas! Alas! that great city Babylon! that 'mighty city! for in one hour thy judgment is come. ¹¹ The merchants of the earth also will weep and mourn for her; because no one any more buyeth their merchandize ¹² the merchandize of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls; and of cotton and purple and silk and scarlet; and every sort of odoriferous wood and the various wares of ivory and of most precious wood and of brass and iron and marble, ¹³ and cinnamon and frankincense and myrrh and incense and wine and oil and fine flour and wheat and cattle and sheep and horses and chariots and the bodies and souls of men.

²⁸ Their arrows are sharp; and their bows are bent: the hoofs of their horses have been accounted as flint, and the wheels of their chariots are like a whirlwind.

¹ The vision of the Desert. As, when a whirlwind having passed through a desert, is rushing out of a desert, the sight from the land is terrible;

¹⁵ For behold! the Lord will come as a fire, and his chariots as a whirlwind, to execute his vengeance with wrath and his rebuke with flaming fire.

¹³ Behold he shall come up like a cloud, and his chariots like a whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. [p] Alas for us! we are undone!

⁴ And I will gather thee and all thine army, horses and horsemen all clad with coats of mail; a great assembly with shields and helmets and swords,

¹⁴ Therefore prophesy Son of man and say to Gog, Thus saith the Lord, At the time when my people Israel shall be dwelling in peace, wilt thou not be roused? ¹⁵ Yes; thou wilt come from thy place, from the extremity of the north: thou and many nations with thee, all mounted on horses, a great assembly, and a mighty army, ¹⁶ will indeed come up against my people Israel, as a cloud to cover the land: in the latter days I will bring thee up against my land, that all the nations may know me when I am hallowed by thee in their sight, ¹⁷ Thus saith the Lord, Lord, to Gog, Thou art he of whom I have spoken in former times, by the ministry of my servants the prophets of Israel, that in these days and years I would bring thee up against them. ¹⁸ But it shall come to pass on that day, on the day when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, my wrath shall come up, saith the Lord, Lord, and my zeal.

⁵ And the king of the south will grow strong; and one of these chiefs will grow strong against him, and will rule over a great dominion. ⁶ And after his years they will come to an agreement. And a daughter of a king of the south will come to a king of the north for the purpose of making leagues with him. But he will not retain strength of arm, nor shall his seed stand; for she will be delivered up and they who bring her, both the young woman, and he who strengtheneth her in those times.

²⁶ but they will not stand; for they will form devices against him and devour his substance and crush him, and armies will be overwhelmed, and many wounded shall fall. ²⁷ Then both the kings with their hearts bent on mischief will speak lies at one table. But it will not prosper. Because an end is still put off for a time,

¹⁴ Let but the Lord be against them and he will dart out like a thunderbolt. The Lord Almighty will sound a trumpet, and march in the billow of his threat.

¹⁶ And the number of the armies of the cavalry was two myriads of myriads: and I heard the number of them;

¹² And the sixth angel poured out his vial on the river the great river Euphrates, and the water thereof was dried up that a way might be prepared for the kings from the rising of the sun.

¹³ And the envy of Ephraim shall be taken away; and the enemies of Juda shall be destroyed: Ephraim shall not envy Juda; nor shall Juda vex Ephraim: ¹⁴ And they shall be wafted in the ships of foreign tribes; and they shall spoil both the sea and them of the east and Idumea; and upon Moab they shall first lay their hands; but the sons of Ammon shall first obey. ¹⁵ And the Lord will dry up the sea of Egypt, and lay his hand on the river with a vehement wind; and smite the seven channels, so that they may be crossed dry shod.

²⁶ Upon Egypt, and upon Idumea, and upon Edom, and upon the Ammonites, and upon the Moabites, and upon all that have their foreheads shaven; namely them who dwell in the wilderness. Because all the nations are uncircumcised in flesh, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in their hearts;

⁶ [Omitted]

⁸ After many days he will be in a state of preparation, and in the last of years he will begin his march, and come into the land which is withdrawn from the sword; the land of them who have been collected from many nations, to the land of Israel, which had been made an entire desert. When he from nations hath begun his march, they will be all dwelling in peace. ⁹ Then thou wilt come up like rain, and advance like a cloud to cover the land. When thou shalt be with all thy bands around thee, and many nations with thee; ¹⁰ [Thus saith the Lord, Lord,] In that day things will come into thy heart, and thou wilt form wicked devices ¹¹ and say, "I will go up against an abject land: I shall come upon them who are living at ease, and dwelling in peaceful security; all inhabiting a land in which there is not a walled town, and who have neither bars nor gates; ¹² to take prey and to gather their spoils, by turning my hand against this wasted country which is re-settled, and against a nation gathered together from many nations who have gotten wealth and inhabit the navel of the earth." ¹³ Saba and Daidan and the merchants of Carthage, and all their colonies, will say to thee, Thou art coming for prey, just to collect plunder and spoil: thou hast assembled thy troops to take silver and gold, to carry off cattle, to gather the spoil.

¹⁴ and I will bring back the Egyptian captives, and settle them in the land of Pathora; in the land from which they were taken.

¹⁰ and I will bring them back out of the land of Egypt; and gather them from amongst the Assyrians; and bring them to Galaaditis and Lebanon and not one of them shall be left behind. ¹¹ And they shall cross over a narrow sea and lash waves at sea; and all the depths of rivers shall be dried up, and all the haughtiness of the Assyrians shall be removed; and the sceptre of Egypt shall be taken quite away.

¹⁷ And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall not come up to Jerusalem from all the tribes of this land, to worship the king, the Lord Almighty, even they shall be added to those.

⁸ and their corpses will be in the broad street of the great city which is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt where our Lord was crucified;

⁸ And all these thy servants will come down to me and make obeisance to me and say, Go away thou and all thy people whom thou wouldst take with thee. Then Moses went out from Pharao with indignation

¹⁰ And Barak called out Zabulon and Nephthaleim from Kades, and there went up after him ten thousand men, and Debbora went up with him.

³ with twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen, but of the multitude who came with him out of Egypt, Lybians, Trogodytes and Ethiopeans there was no numbering them.

⁹ Mount your horses, prepare your chariots: march forth ye warriors of Ethiopia! and ye Libyans well clad in armour! go up also ye Lydians who bend the bow." ¹⁰ [p] This is indeed a day for the Lord our God: a day of vengeance, to execute vengeance on his enemies. And the sword of the Lord shall devour and be filled; it shall indeed be glutted with their blood; for there is a sacrifice for the Lord in the land of the north at the river Euphrates.

⁴ A sword shall come upon the Egyptians; and there shall be consternation in the land of Ethiopia; and the wounded shall fall in Egypt, and its foundations shall be shaken. ⁵ Persians and Cretans and Lydians and Libyans and all the mixed people, and some of the children of my covenant shall fall in it by the sword.

⁵ Persians and Ethiopians and Libyans, all armed with helmets and shields;

⁹ and Ethiopia and Egypt, her strength; and the end of her flight was not stopped and the Lybians were her auxiliaries.

⁹ Then thou wilt come up like rain, and advance like a cloud to cover the land. When thou shalt be with all thy bands around thee, and many nations with thee; ¹⁰ [Thus saith the Lord, Lord,] In that day things will come into thy heart, and thou wilt form wicked devices ¹¹ and say, "I will go up against an abject land: I shall come upon them who are living at ease, and dwelling in peaceful security; all inhabiting a land in which there is not a walled town, and who have neither bars nor gates; ¹² to take prey and to gather their spoils, by turning my hand against this wasted country which is re-settled, and against a nation gathered together from many nations who have gotten wealth and inhabit the navel of the earth."

³⁰ for the Kitians who set out at the same time will arrive, and he will be humbled. Then he will return and will be inflamed with wrath against the holy covenant. And he will act and return and keep up an intelligence with them who have forsaken the holy covenant.

¹³ These have one mind and will transfer their power and authority to the beast.

¹⁹ And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to come to a battle with him who was mounted on the horse and with his army. ²⁰ And the beast was taken and with him the false prophet who did these signs before him by which he led astray them who had received the mark of the beast, and them who worshipped his image. Both these were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone; ²¹ and the rest were slain with the sword of him who was mounted on the horse; with that which issueth out of his mouth; and all the birds were glutted with their flesh.

² To the great joy of the whole earth, he is establishing firmly Sion's mountains. On the sides to the north is the city of the great king.

² Because in the last days, the mount of the Lord will be conspicuous; and the house of God will be on the top of mountains; and exalted above the hills: therefore all the nations will come to it.

²² And I will execute judgment on him, with pestilence and blood and with tempests of rain and hailstones; and I will rain down fire and brimstone on him, and on all with him, even on the many nations with him. ²³ And I shall be magnified and hallowed and glorified; and made known in the sight of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord.

² and I will assemble thee and lead thee and cause thee to come from the farthest north, and bring thee up to the mountains of Israel;

³⁵ Then were broken to pieces at once, the clay, the iron, the brass, the silver, the gold. And they became like the dust of a threshing floor in summer: and a great wind swept them away, and there was no place found for them. And the stone which smote the image became a great mountain and filled all the earth.

²⁶ When the court hath sat they will change this government to abolish and destroy it utterly.

²⁰ This army from the north I will remove from you, and drive it to a land without water, and destroy its front in the first and its rear in the last sea: and its smell shall come up and its stench shall ascend, because it hath magnified its works.

² And many nations shall come; they will say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; that they may point out to us his ways, and that we may walk in his paths." For out of Sion shall go forth a law; and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

⁸ And on that day living water will flow out of Jerusalem; the one half of it to the eastern sea and the one half of it to the western sea, both in summer and spring it shall be so.

⁸ then will be revealed that lawless one, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of his mouth. With the brightness of his coming he will indeed put a stop to the operations

¹⁰ If any one gathereth [prisoners] for captivity; into captivity he goeth; if any one shall kill with the sword; with the sword he ought to be slain. Here is the perseverance and the faith of the saints.

¹⁴ And I looked and behold! a white cloud and on the cloud one sitting like a son of man having on his head a crown of gold and in his hand a sharp sickle. ¹⁵ And another angel came out of the temple crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, "Put forth thy sickle and reap, for the time for thee to reap is come; for the harvest of the earth is ripe:" ¹⁶ and he who was sitting on the cloud put forth his sickle on the earth and the earth was reaped. ¹⁷ And another angel came out of the temple in the heaven and he also had a sharp sickle. ¹⁸ And another angel came out from the altar, having power over the fire and he cried with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle saying, Put forth that sharp sickle of thine and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for its grapes are ripe: ¹⁹ and the angel put forth his sickle on the earth and gathered the grapes of the vine of the earth and cast them into the great wine press of the wrath of God; ²⁰ and the wine press was trodden without the city; and blood flowed out of the wine press up to the bridles of the horses for a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

² and he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent which is the Devil and Satan and bound him a thousand years

⁹ And they came up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them.