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diff --git a/8254.txt b/8254.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ba0a12d --- /dev/null +++ b/8254.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1498 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of The World English Bible (WEB): Daniel + +Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check the +copyright laws for your country before downloading or redistributing +this or any other Project Gutenberg eBook. + +This header should be the first thing seen when viewing this Project +Gutenberg file. Please do not remove it. Do not change or edit the +header without written permission. + +Please read the "legal small print," and other information about the +eBook and Project Gutenberg at the bottom of this file. Included is +important information about your specific rights and restrictions in +how the file may be used. 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so would you endanger my head + with the king. +001:011 Then said Daniel to the steward whom the prince of the eunuchs + had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: +001:012 Prove your servants, I beg you, ten days; and let them give + us pulse to eat, and water to drink. +001:013 Then let our faces be looked on before you, and the face + of the youths who eat of the king's dainties; and as you see, + deal with your servants. +001:014 So he listened to them in this matter, and proved them ten days. +001:015 At the end of ten days their faces appeared fairer, + and they were fatter in flesh, than all the youths who ate + of the king's dainties. +001:016 So the steward took away their dainties, and the wine that they + should drink, and gave them pulse. +001:017 Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill + in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding + in all visions and dreams. +001:018 At the end of the days which the king had appointed for + bringing them in, the prince of the eunuchs brought them + in before Nebuchadnezzar. +001:019 The king talked with them; and among them all was found + none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: + therefore stood they before the king. +001:020 In every matter of wisdom and understanding, concerning which + the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than + all the magicians and enchanters who were in all his realm. +001:021 Daniel continued even to the first year of king Cyrus. +002:001 In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar + dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep + went from him. +002:002 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the enchanters, + and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams. + So they came in and stood before the king. +002:003 The king said to them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit + is troubled to know the dream. +002:004 Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language, + O king, live forever: tell your servants the dream, and we + will show the interpretation. +002:005 The king answered the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: + if you don't make known to me the dream and the interpretation + of it, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall + be made a dunghill. +002:006 But if you show the dream and the interpretation of it, + you shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor: + therefore show me the dream and the interpretation of it. +002:007 They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell + his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation. +002:008 The king answered, I know of a certainty that you would gain time, + because you see the thing is gone from me. +002:009 But if you don't make known to me the dream, there is but + one law for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt + words to speak before me, until the time be changed: + therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can + show me the interpretation of it. +002:010 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is + not a man on the earth who can show the king's matter, + because no king, lord, or ruler, has asked such a thing + of any magician, or enchanter, or Chaldean. +002:011 It is a rare thing that the king requires, and there is no + other who can show it before the king, except the gods, + whose dwelling is not with flesh. +002:012 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded + to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. +002:013 So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; + and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain. +002:014 Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch + the captain of the king's guard, who was gone forth to kill + the wise men of Babylon; +002:015 he answered Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so urgent + from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. +002:016 Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint + him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation. +002:017 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known + to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: +002:018 that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning + this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish + with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. +002:019 Then was the secret revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. + Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. +002:020 Daniel answered, Blessed be the name of God forever and ever; + for wisdom and might are his. +002:021 He changes the times and the seasons; he removes kings, + and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge + to those who have understanding; +002:022 he reveals the deep and secret things; he knows what is in + the darkness, and the light dwells with him. +002:023 I thank you, and praise you, you God of my fathers, + who have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known + to me what we desired of you; for you have made known to us + the king's matter. +002:024 Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed + to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus to him: + Don't destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before + the king, and I will show to the king the interpretation. +002:025 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said + thus to him, I have found a man of the children of the captivity + of Judah, who will make known to the king the interpretation. +002:026 The king answered Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Are you + able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, + and the interpretation of it? +002:027 Daniel answered before the king, and said, The secret which the king + has demanded can neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, + nor soothsayers, show to the king; +002:028 but there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has made + known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. + Your dream, and the visions of your head on your bed, are these: +002:029 as for you, O king, your thoughts came [into your mind] on + your bed, what should happen hereafter; and he who reveals + secrets has made known to you what shall happen. +002:030 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any + wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent + that the interpretation may be made known to the king, + and that you may know the thoughts of your heart. +002:031 You, O king, saw, and behold, a great image. This image, + which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, + stood before you; and the aspect of it was awesome. +002:032 As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast + and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass, +002:033 its legs of iron, its feet part of iron, and part of clay. +002:034 You saw until a stone was cut out without hands, which struck + the image on its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke + them in pieces. +002:035 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, + and the gold, broken in pieces together, and became like + the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind + carried them away, so that no place was found for them: + and the stone that struck the image became a great mountain, + and filled the whole earth. +002:036 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation of it + before the king. +002:037 You, O king, are king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has + given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory; +002:038 and wherever the children of men dwell, the animals of the field + and the birds of the sky has he given into your hand, and has + made you to rule over them all: you are the head of gold. +002:039 After you shall arise another kingdom inferior to you; + and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule + over all the earth. +002:040 The fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, because iron breaks + in pieces and subdues all things; and as iron that crushes + all these, shall it break in pieces and crush. +002:041 Whereas you saw the feet and toes, part of potters' + clay, and part of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; + but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, + because you saw the iron mixed with miry clay. +002:042 As the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, + so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. +002:043 Whereas you saw the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle + themselves with the seed of men; but they shall not cling + to one another, even as iron does not mingle with clay. +002:044 In the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom + which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty + of it be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces + and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. +002:045 Because you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain + without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, + the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God + has made known to the king what shall happen hereafter: + and the dream is certain, and the interpretation of it sure. +002:046 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, and worshiped Daniel, + and commanded that they should offer an offering and sweet + odors to him. +002:047 The king answered to Daniel, and said, Of a truth your God + is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer + of secrets, seeing you have been able to reveal this secret. +002:048 Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, + and made him to rule over the whole province of Babylon, + and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon. +002:049 Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, + and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: + but Daniel was in the gate of the king. +003:001 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height + was sixty cubits, and the breadth of it six cubits: + he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. +003:002 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, + the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, + the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, + to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar + the king had set up. +003:003 Then the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, + the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers + of the provinces, were gathered together to the dedication + of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; + and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. +003:004 Then the herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, + peoples, nations, and languages, +003:005 that whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, + lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, you fall down + and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king + has set up; +003:006 and whoever doesn't fall down and worship shall the same hour + be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. +003:007 Therefore at that time, when all the peoples heard the sound + of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds + of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the languages, + fell down and worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar + the king had set up. +003:008 Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and brought + accusation against the Jews. +003:009 They answered Nebuchadnezzar the king, O king, live for ever. +003:010 You, O king, have made a decree, that every man that shall hear + the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all + kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image; +003:011 and whoever doesn't fall down and worship shall be cast into + the midst of a burning fiery furnace. +003:012 There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs + of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; + these men, O king, have not regarded you: they don't serve + your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up. +003:013 Then Nebuchadnezzar in [his] rage and fury commanded to + bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought + these men before the king. +003:014 Nebuchadnezzar answered them, Is it on purpose, Shadrach, Meshach, + and Abednego, that you don't serve my god, nor worship + the golden image which I have set up? +003:015 Now if you are ready whenever you hear the sound of the horn, + flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music + to fall down and worship the image which I have made, + [well]: but if you don't worship, you shall be cast + the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; + and who is that god that shall deliver you out of my hands? +003:016 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, Nebuchadnezzar, + we have no need to answer you in this matter. +003:017 If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us + from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out + of your hand, O king. +003:018 But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve + your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up. +003:019 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his + visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: + [therefore] he spoke, and commanded that they should heat + the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated. +003:020 He commanded certain mighty men who were in his army to + bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, [and] to cast them + into the burning fiery furnace. +003:021 Then these men were bound in their pants, their tunics, + and their mantles, and their [other] garments, and were cast + into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. +003:022 Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, + and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire killed + those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. +003:023 These three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down + bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. +003:024 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose + up in haste: he spoke and said to his counselors, + Didn't we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? + They answered the king, True, O king. +003:025 He answered, Look, I see four men loose, walking in the midst + of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the aspect of the fourth + is like a son of the gods. +003:026 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning + fiery furnace: he spoke and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, + you servants of the Most High God, come forth, and come here. + Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came forth out of the midst + of the fire. +003:027 The satraps, the deputies, and the governors, and the + king's counselors, being gathered together, saw these men, + that the fire had no power on their bodies, nor was the hair + of their head singed, neither were their pants changed, + nor had the smell of fire passed on them. +003:028 Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed be the God + of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel, + and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and have changed + the king's word, and have yielded their bodies, that they + might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. +003:029 Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, + which speak anything evil against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, + and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall + be made a dunghill; because there is no other god who is able + to deliver after this sort. +003:030 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego + in the province of Babylon. +004:001 Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all the peoples, nations, and languages, + who dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you. +004:002 It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that + the Most High God has worked toward me. +004:003 How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his + kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from + generation to generation. +004:004 I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my house, and flourishing + in my palace. +004:005 I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts on my bed + and the visions of my head troubled me. +004:006 Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon + before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation + of the dream. +004:007 Then came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, + and the soothsayers; and I told the dream before them; + but they did not make known to me the interpretation of it. +004:008 But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, + according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit + of the holy gods: and I told the dream before him, [saying], +004:009 Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know + that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no secret + troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, + and the interpretation of it. +004:010 Thus were the visions of my head on my bed: I saw, and behold, + a tree in the midst of the earth; and the height of it was great. +004:011 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height of it reached + to the sky, and the sight of it to the end of all the earth. +004:012 The leaves of it were beautiful, and the fruit of it much, + and in it was food for all: the animals of the field had shadow + under it, and the birds of the sky lived in the branches of it, + and all flesh was fed from it. +004:013 I saw in the visions of my head on my bed, and behold, + a watcher and a holy one came down from the sky. +004:014 He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off + its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit: + let the animals get away from under it, and the fowls + from its branches. +004:015 Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, + even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass + of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of the sky: + and let his portion be with the animals in the grass + of the earth: +004:016 let his heart be changed from man's, and let an animal's heart + be given to him; and let seven times pass over him. +004:017 The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand + by the word of the holy ones; to the intent that the living + may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, + and gives it to whoever he will, and sets up over it + the lowest of men. +004:018 This dream I, king Nebuchadnezzar, have seen; and you, Belteshazzar, + declare the interpretation, because all the wise men of my + kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation; + but you are able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in you. +004:019 Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was stricken + mute for a while, and his thoughts troubled him. + The king answered, Belteshazzar, don't let the dream, + or the interpretation, trouble you. Belteshazzar answered, + My lord, the dream be to those who hate you, and the interpretation + of it to your adversaries. +004:020 The tree that you saw, which grew, and was strong, whose height + reached to the sky, and the sight of it to all the earth; +004:021 whose leaves were beautiful, and the fruit of it much, and in it + was food for all; under which the animals of the field lived, + and on whose branches the birds of the sky had their habitation: +004:022 it is you, O king, that are grown and become strong; + for your greatness is grown, and reaches to the sky, + and your dominion to the end of the earth. +004:023 Whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down + from the sky, and saying, Hew down the tree, and destroy it; + nevertheless leave the stump of the roots of it in the earth, + even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass + of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of the sky: + and let his portion be with the animals of the field, + until seven times pass over him; +004:024 this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree + of the Most High, which is come on my lord the king: +004:025 that you shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall + be with the animals of the field, and you shall be made to eat + grass as oxen, and shall be wet with the dew of the sky, + and seven times shall pass over you; until you know that + the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it + to whoever he will. +004:026 Whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree; + your kingdom shall be sure to you, after that you shall + have known that the heavens do rule. +004:027 Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, + and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities + by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening + of your tranquility. +004:028 All this came on the king Nebuchadnezzar. +004:029 At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal + palace of Babylon. +004:030 The king spoke and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I + have built for the royal dwelling place, by the might of my + power and for the glory of my majesty? +004:031 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from + the sky, [saying], O king Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: + The kingdom is departed from you: +004:032 and you shall be driven from men; and they dwelling shall + be with the animals of the field; you shall be made to eat + grass as oxen; and seven times shall pass over you; + until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, + and gives it to whoever he will. +004:033 The same hour was the thing fulfilled on Nebuchadnezzar: + and he was driven from men, and ate grass as oxen, and his body + was wet with the dew of the sky, until his hair was grown + like eagles' [feathers], and his nails like birds' [claws]. +004:034 At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes + to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed + the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever; + for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom + from generation to generation. +004:035 All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; + and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, + and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay + his hand, or tell him, What do you? +004:036 At the same time my understanding returned to me; + and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and brightness + returned to me; and my counselors and my lords sought to me; + and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent greatness + was added to me. +004:037 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King + of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; + and those who walk in pride he is able to abase. +005:001 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, + and drank wine before the thousand. +005:002 Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring + the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his + father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; + that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, + might drink from them. +005:003 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out + of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; + and the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, + drank from them. +005:004 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, + of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. +005:005 In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man's hand, + and wrote over against the lampstand on the plaster of + the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part + of the hand that wrote. +005:006 Then the king's face was changed in him, and his thoughts + troubled him; and the joints of his thighs were loosened, + and his knees struck one against another. +005:007 The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, + and the soothsayers. The king spoke and said to the wise + men of Babylon, Whoever shall read this writing, and show + me the interpretation of it, shall be clothed with purple, + and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third + ruler in the kingdom. +005:008 Then came in all the king's wise men; but they could not read + the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation. +005:009 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his face was + changed in him, and his lords were perplexed. +005:010 [Now] the queen by reason of the words of the king and his + lords came into the banquet house: the queen spoke and said, + O king, live forever; don't let your thoughts trouble you, + nor let your face be changed. +005:011 There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the spirit + of the holy gods; and in the days of your father light + and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, + were found in him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar your father, + the king, [I say], your father, made him master of the magicians, + enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers; +005:012 because an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, + interpreting of dreams, and showing of dark sentences, + and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, + whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, + and he will show the interpretation. +005:013 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. The king spoke + and said to Daniel, Are you that Daniel, who are of the children + of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought + out of Judah? +005:014 I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, + and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are + found in you. +005:015 Now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me, + that they should read this writing, and make known to me the + interpretation of it; but they could not show the interpretation + of the thing. +005:016 But I have heard of you, that you can give interpretations, + and dissolve doubts; now if you can read the writing, + and make known to me the interpretation of it, you shall be + clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about your neck, + and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. +005:017 Then Daniel answered before the king, Let your gifts be to yourself, + and give your rewards to another; nevertheless I will read + the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation. +005:018 You king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father + the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty: +005:019 and because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, + nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: + whom he would he killed, and whom he would he kept alive; + and whom he would he raised up, and whom he would he put down. +005:020 But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened + so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, + and they took his glory from him: +005:021 and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made + like the animals', and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys; + he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with + the dew of the sky; until he knew that the Most High God + rules in the kingdom of men, and that he sets up over it + whoever he will. +005:022 You his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, + though you knew all this, +005:023 but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; + and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, + and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, + have drunk wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver + and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which don't see, + nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand your breath is, + and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified. +005:024 Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this + writing was inscribed. +005:025 This is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. +005:026 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God has numbered + your kingdom, and brought it to an end; +005:027 TEKEL; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting. +005:028 PERES; your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. +005:029 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, + and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation + concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. +005:030 In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain. +005:031 Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about + sixty-two years old. +006:001 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred twenty satraps, + who should be throughout the whole kingdom; +006:002 and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; + that these satraps might give account to them, and that the king + should have no damage. +006:003 Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents + and the satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; + and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. +006:004 Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion + against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find + no occasion nor fault, because he was faithful, neither was + there any error or fault found in him. +006:005 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against + this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law + of his God. +006:006 Then these presidents and satraps assembled together to the king, + and said thus to him, King Darius, live forever. +006:007 All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, + the counselors and the governors, have consulted together + to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong interdict, + that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, + save of you, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. +006:008 Now, O king, establish the interdict, and sign the writing, + that it not be changed, according to the law of the Medes + and Persians, which doesn't alter. +006:009 Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict. +006:010 When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house + (now his windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem) + and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, + and gave thanks before his God, as he did before. +006:011 Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making + petition and supplication before his God. +006:012 Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning + the king's interdict: Haven't you signed an interdict, that every + man who shall make petition to any god or man within thirty days, + save to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? + The king answered, The thing is true, according to the law + of the Medes and Persians, which doesn't alter. +006:013 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, who is + of the children of the captivity of Judah, doesn't regard you, + O king, nor the interdict that you have signed, but makes + his petition three times a day. +006:014 Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased, + and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he labored + until the going down of the sun to rescue him. +006:015 Then these men assembled together to the king, and said + to the king, Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes + and Persians, that no interdict nor statute which the king + establishes may be changed. +006:016 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, + and cast him into the den of lions. [Now] the king spoke + and said to Daniel, Your God whom you serve continually, + he will deliver you. +006:017 A stone was brought, and laid on the mouth of the den; + and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet + of his lords; that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel. +006:018 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; + neither were instruments of music brought before him: + and his sleep fled from him. +006:019 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste + to the den of lions. +006:020 When he came near to the den to Daniel, he cried with a + lamentable voice; the king spoke and said to Daniel, Daniel, + servant of the living God, is your God, whom you serve continually, + able to deliver you from the lions? +006:021 Then said Daniel to the king, O king, live forever. +006:022 My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions' mouths, and they + have not hurt me; because as before him innocence was found in me; + and also before you, O king, have I done no hurt. +006:023 Then was the king exceeding glad, and commanded that they + should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken + up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found on him, + because he had trusted in his God. +006:024 The king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, + and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, + and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, + and broke all their bones in pieces, before they came + to the bottom of the den. +006:025 Then king Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages, + who dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you. +006:026 I make a decree, that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble + and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God, + and steadfast forever, His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed; + and his dominion shall be even to the end. +006:027 He delivers and rescues, and he works signs and wonders in + heaven and in earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power + of the lions. +006:028 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign + of Cyrus the Persian. +007:001 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel + had a dream and visions of his head on his bed: + then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters. +007:002 Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, + the four winds of the sky broke forth on the great sea. +007:003 Four great animals came up from the sea, diverse one from another. +007:004 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: + I saw until the wings of it were plucked, and it was lifted + up from the earth, and made to stand on two feet as a man; + and a man's heart was given to it. +007:005 Behold, another animal, a second, like a bear; and it was raised up + on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth: + and they said thus to it, Arise, devour much flesh. +007:006 After this I saw, and behold, another, like a leopard, which had + on its back four wings of a bird; the animal had also four heads; + and dominion was given to it. +007:007 After this I saw in the night visions, and, behold, a fourth + animal, awesome and powerful, and strong exceedingly; + and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke + in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet: + and it was diverse from all the animals that were before it; + and it had ten horns. +007:008 I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among + them another horn, a little one, before which three + of the first horns were plucked up by the roots: + and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, + and a mouth speaking great things. +007:009 I saw until thrones were placed, and one who was ancient of days sat: + his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head + like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, [and] the wheels + of it burning fire. +007:010 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: + thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand + times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, + and the books were opened. +007:011 I saw at that time because of the voice of the great words + which the horn spoke; I saw even until the animal was slain, + and its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire. +007:012 As for the rest of the animals, their dominion was taken away: + yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time. +007:013 I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds + of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the ancient + of days, and they brought him near before him. +007:014 There was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, + that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him: + his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, + and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. +007:015 As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved in the midst of my body, + and the visions of my head troubled me. +007:016 I came near to one of those who stood by, and asked him + the truth concerning all this. So he told me, and made me + know the interpretation of the things. +007:017 These great animals, which are four, are four kings, who shall + arise out of the earth. +007:018 But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, + and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever. +007:019 Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth animal, + which was diverse from all of them, exceedingly terrible, + whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of brass; which devoured, + broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet; +007:020 and concerning the ten horns that were on its head, + and the other [horn] which came up, and before which three fell, + even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spoke great things, + whose look was more stout than its fellows. +007:021 I saw, and the same horn made war with the saints, + and prevailed against them; +007:022 until the ancient of days came, and judgment was given to + the saints of the Most High, and the time came that the saints + possessed the kingdom. +007:023 Thus he said, The fourth animal shall be a fourth kingdom + on earth, which shall be diverse from all the kingdoms, + and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, + and break it in pieces. +007:024 As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom shall ten kings arise: + and another shall arise after them; and he shall be diverse + from the former, and he shall put down three kings. +007:025 He shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear + out the saints of the Most High; and he shall think to change + the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand + until a time and times and half a time. +007:026 But the judgment shall be set, and they shall take away + his dominion, to consume and to destroy it to the end. +007:027 The kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms + under the whole sky, shall be given to the people of the saints + of the Most High: his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, + and all dominions shall serve and obey him. +007:028 Here is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts + much troubled me, and my face was changed in me: + but I kept the matter in my heart. +008:001 In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision + appeared to me, even to me, Daniel, after that which appeared + to me at the first. +008:002 I saw in the vision; now it was so, that when I saw, I was + in the citadel of Susa, which is in the province of Elam; + and I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai. +008:003 Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, + there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: + and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, + and the higher came up last. +008:004 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; + and no animals could stand before him, neither was there + any who could deliver out of his hand; but he did according + to his will, and magnified himself. +008:005 As I was considering, behold, a male goat came from the west over + the surface of the whole earth, and didn't touch the ground: + and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes. +008:006 He came to the ram that had the two horns, which I saw standing + before the river, and ran on him in the fury of his power. +008:007 I saw him come close to the ram, and he was moved with anger + against him, and struck the ram, and broke his two horns; + and there was no power in the ram to stand before him; + but he cast him down to the ground, and trampled on him; + and there was none who could deliver the ram out of his hand. +008:008 The male goat magnified himself exceedingly: and when he was strong, + the great horn was broken; and instead of it there came up + four notable [horns] toward the four winds of the sky. +008:009 Out of one of them came forth a little horn, which grew + exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, + and toward the glorious [land]. +008:010 It grew great, even to the army of the sky; and some + of the army and of the stars it cast down to the ground, + and trampled on them. +008:011 Yes, it magnified itself, even to the prince of the army; + and it took away from him the continual [burnt offering], + and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. +008:012 The army was given over [to it] together with the continual + [burnt offering] through disobedience; and it cast down truth + to the ground, and it did [its pleasure] and prospered. +008:013 Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said + to that certain one who spoke, How long shall be the vision + [concerning] the continual [burnt offering], and the disobedience + that makes desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the army + to be trodden under foot? +008:014 He said to me, To two thousand and three hundred evenings + [and] mornings; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. +008:015 It happened, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, + that I sought to understand it; and behold, there stood + before me as the appearance of a man. +008:016 I heard a man's voice between [the banks of] the Ulai, which called, + and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision. +008:017 So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was frightened, + and fell on my face: but he said to me, Understand, son of man; + for the vision belongs to the time of the end. +008:018 Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my + face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright. +008:019 He said, Behold, I will make you know what shall be in the latter + time of the indignation; for it belongs to the appointed time + of the end. +008:020 The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings + of Media and Persia. +008:021 The rough male goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn + that is between his eyes is the first king. +008:022 As for that which was broken, in the place where four stood up, + four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not + with his power. +008:023 In the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors + are come to the full, a king of fierce face, and understanding + dark sentences, shall stand up. +008:024 His power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall + destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper and do [his pleasure]; + and he shall destroy the mighty ones and the holy people. +008:025 Through his policy he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; + and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and in [their] + security shall he destroy many: he shall also stand up against + the prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. +008:026 The vision of the evenings and mornings which has been told is true: + but seal up the vision; for it belongs to many days [to come]. +008:027 I, Daniel, fainted, and was sick certain days; then I rose up, + and did the king's business: and I wondered at the vision, + but none understood it. +009:001 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed + of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans, +009:002 in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books + the number of the years about which the word of Yahweh came + to Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations + of Jerusalem, even seventy years. +009:003 I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, + with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. +009:004 I prayed to Yahweh my God, and made confession, and said, Oh, Lord, + the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and loving + kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments, +009:005 we have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, + and have rebelled, even turning aside from your precepts + and from your ordinances; +009:006 neither have we listened to your servants the prophets, + who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, + and to all the people of the land. +009:007 Lord, righteousness belongs to you, but to us confusion of face, + as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants + of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, who are near, and who are + far off, through all the countries where you have driven them, + because of their trespass that they have trespassed against you. +009:008 Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, + and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you. +009:009 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we + have rebelled against him; +009:010 neither have we obeyed the voice of Yahweh our God, to walk + in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. +009:011 Yes, all Israel have transgressed your law, even turning aside, + that they should not obey your voice: therefore has the curse + been poured out on us, and the oath that is written in the law + of Moses the servant of God; for we have sinned against him. +009:012 He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us, + and against our judges who judged us, by bringing on us + a great evil; for under the whole sky has not been done as has + been done on Jerusalem. +009:013 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come on us: + yet have we not entreated the favor of Yahweh our God, + that we should turn from our iniquities, and have discernment + in your truth. +009:014 Therefore has Yahweh watched over the evil, and brought it on us; + for Yahweh our God is righteous in all his works which he does, + and we have not obeyed his voice. +009:015 Now, Lord our God, who has brought your people forth out of + the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have gotten you renown, + as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly. +009:016 Lord, according to all your righteousness, let your anger and + please let your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, + your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities + of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people are become a reproach + to all who are round about us. +009:017 Now therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, + and to his petitions, and cause your face to shine on your + sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. +009:018 My God, turn your ear, and hear; open your eyes, and see + our desolations, and the city which is called by your name: + for we do not present our petitions before you for our righteousness, + but for your great mercies' sake. +009:019 Lord, hear; Lord, forgive; Lord, listen and do; don't defer, + for your own sake, my God, because your city and your people + are called by your name. +009:020 While I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and + the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication + before Yahweh my God for the holy mountain of my God; +009:021 yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had + seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, + touched me about the time of the evening offering. +009:022 He instructed me, and talked with me, and said, Daniel, I am + now come forth to give you wisdom and understanding. +009:023 At the beginning of your petitions the commandment went forth, + and I am come to tell you; for you are greatly beloved: + therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision. +009:024 Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your holy city, + to finish disobedience, and to make an end of sins, + and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in + everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, + and to anoint the most holy. +009:025 Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth + of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem to the + Anointed One,{"Anointed One" can also be translated "Messiah" + (same as "Christ").} the prince, shall be seven weeks, + and sixty-two weeks: it shall be built again, with street + and moat, even in troubled times. +009:026 After the sixty-two weeks the Anointed One{"Anointed One" + can also be translated "Messiah" (same as "Christ").} shall be + cut off, and shall have nothing: and the people of the prince + who shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; + and the end of it shall be with a flood, and even to the end + shall be war; desolations are determined. +009:027 He shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: + and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice + and the offering to cease; and on the wing of abominations + [shall come] one who makes desolate; and even to the full end, + and that determined, shall [wrath] be poured out on the desolate. +010:001 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed + to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing + was true, even a great warfare: and he understood the thing, + and had understanding of the vision. +010:002 In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three whole weeks. +010:003 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth, + neither did I anoint myself at all, until three whole + weeks were fulfilled. +010:004 In the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was + by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel, +010:005 I lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold, a man clothed + in linen, whose thighs were girded with pure gold of Uphaz: +010:006 his body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance + of lightning, and his eyes as flaming torches, and his arms + and his feet like burnished brass, and the voice of his words + like the voice of a multitude. +010:007 I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; for the men who were with me + didn't see the vision; but a great quaking fell on them, + and they fled to hide themselves. +010:008 So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there + remained no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned + in me into corruption, and I retained no strength. +010:009 Yet heard I the voice of his words; and when I heard the voice + of his words, then was I fallen into a deep sleep on my face, + with my face toward the ground. +010:010 Behold, a hand touched me, which set me on my knees and on + the palms of my hands. +010:011 He said to me, Daniel, you man greatly beloved, understand the words + that I speak to you, and stand upright; for to you am I now sent. + When he had spoken this word to me, I stood trembling. +010:012 Then said he to me, Don't be afraid, Daniel; for from + the first day that you did set your heart to understand, + and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard: + and I am come for your words' sake. +010:013 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; + but, behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me: + and I remained there with the kings of Persia. +010:014 Now I have come to make you understand what shall happen + to your people in the latter days; for the vision is yet + for [many] days: +010:015 and when he had spoken to me according to these words, + I set my face toward the ground, and was mute. +010:016 Behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips: + then I opened my mouth, and spoke and said to him who stood + before me, my lord, by reason of the vision my sorrows are + turned on me, and I retain no strength. +010:017 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? + for as for me, immediately there remained no strength in me, + neither was there breath left in me. +010:018 Then there touched me again one like the appearance of a man, + and he strengthened me. +010:019 He said, "Greatly beloved man, don't be afraid: + peace be to you, be strong, yes, be strong." When he spoke + to me, I was strengthened, and said, "Let my lord speak; + for you have strengthened me." +010:020 Then he said, "Do you know why I have come to you? + Now I will return to fight with the prince of Persia. + When I go forth, behold, the prince of Greece shall come. +010:021 But I will tell you that which is inscribed in the writing + of truth: and there is none who holds with me against these, + but Michael your prince." +011:001 "As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up + to confirm and strengthen him. +011:002 Now will I show you the truth. Behold, there shall stand up + yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer + than they all: and when he has grown strong through his riches, + he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece. +011:003 A mighty king shall stand up, who shall rule with great dominion, + and do according to his will. +011:004 When he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, + and shall be divided toward the four winds of the sky, + but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion + with which he ruled; for his kingdom shall be plucked up, + even for others besides these. +011:005 The king of the south shall be strong, and [one] of his princes; + and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; + his dominion shall be a great dominion. +011:006 At the end of years they shall join themselves together; + and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king + of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain + the strength of her arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm; + but she shall be given up, and those who brought her, + and he who became the father of her, and he who strengthened + her in those times. +011:007 But out of a shoot from her roots shall one stand up in his place, + who shall come to the army, and shall enter into the fortress + of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, + and shall prevail. +011:008 Also their gods, with their molten images, [and] with their goodly + vessels of silver and of gold, shall he carry captive into Egypt; + and he shall refrain some years from the king of the north. +011:009 He shall come into the realm of the king of the south, + but he shall return into his own land. +011:010 His sons shall war, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces, + which shall come on, and overflow, and pass through; + and they shall return and war, even to his fortress. +011:011 The king of the south shall be moved with anger, and shall come + forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north; + and he shall set forth a great multitude, and the multitude + shall be given into his hand. +011:012 The multitude shall be lifted up, and his heart shall be exalted; + and he shall cast down tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail. +011:013 The king of the north shall return, and shall set forth + a multitude greater than the former; and he shall come on + at the end of the times, [even of] years, with a great army + and with much substance. +011:014 In those times there shall many stand up against the king + of the south: also the children of the violent among your + people shall lift themselves up to establish the vision; + but they shall fall. +011:015 So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mound, + and take a well-fortified city: and the forces of the south + shall not stand, neither his chosen people, neither shall + there be any strength to stand. +011:016 But he who comes against him shall do according to his own will, + and none shall stand before him; and he shall stand in + the glorious land, and in his hand shall be destruction. +011:017 He shall set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, + and with him equitable conditions; and he shall perform them: + and he shall give him the daughter of women, to corrupt her; + but she shall not stand, neither be for him. +011:018 After this shall he turn his face to the islands, and shall + take many: but a prince shall cause the reproach offered + by him to cease; yes, moreover, he shall cause his reproach + to turn on him. +011:019 Then he shall turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land; + but he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found. +011:020 Then shall stand up in his place one who shall cause a tax + collector to pass through the kingdom to maintain its glory; + but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, + nor in battle. +011:021 In his place shall stand up a contemptible person, + to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom: + but he shall come in time of security, and shall obtain + the kingdom by flatteries. +011:022 The overwhelming forces shall be overwhelmed from before him, + and shall be broken; yes, also the prince of the covenant. +011:023 After the league made with him he shall work deceitfully; + for he shall come up, and shall become strong, with a small people. +011:024 In time of security shall he come even on the fattest places of + the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, + nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them prey, + and spoil, and substance: yes, he shall devise his devices + against the strongholds, even for a time. +011:025 He shall stir up his power and his courage against the king + of the south with a great army; and the king of the south + shall war in battle with an exceeding great and mighty army; + but he shall not stand; for they shall devise devices against him. +011:026 Yes, they who eat of his dainties shall destroy him, and his + army shall overflow; and many shall fall down slain. +011:027 As for both these kings, their hearts shall be to do mischief, + and they shall speak lies at one table: but it shall not prosper; + for yet the end shall be at the time appointed. +011:028 Then shall he return into his land with great substance; + and his heart [shall be] against the holy covenant; + and he shall do [his pleasure], and return to his own land. +011:029 At the time appointed he shall return, and come into the south; + but it shall not be in the latter time as it was in the former. +011:030 For ships of Kittim shall come against him; therefore he shall + be grieved, and shall return, and have indignation against the + holy covenant, and shall do [his pleasure]: he shall even return, + and have regard to those who forsake the holy covenant. +011:031 Forces shall stand on his part, and they shall profane the sanctuary, + even the fortress, and shall take away the continual + [burnt offering], and they shall set up the abomination + that makes desolate. +011:032 Such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he pervert + by flatteries; but the people who know their God shall be strong, + and do [exploits]. +011:033 Those who are wise among the people shall instruct many; + yet they shall fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity + and by spoil, [many] days. +011:034 Now when they shall fall, they shall be helped with a little help; + but many shall join themselves to them with flatteries. +011:035 Some of those who are wise shall fall, to refine them, + and to purify, and to make them white, even to the time of the end; + because it is yet for the time appointed. +011:036 The king shall do according to his will; and he shall + exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, + and shall speak marvelous things against the God of gods; + and he shall prosper until the indignation be accomplished; + for that which is determined shall be done. +011:037 Neither shall he regard the gods of his fathers, nor the + desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall magnify + himself above all. +011:038 But in his place shall he honor the god of fortresses; + and a god whom his fathers didn't know shall he honor with gold, + and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things. +011:039 He shall deal with the strongest fortresses by the help of a + foreign god: whoever acknowledges [him] he will increase + with glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, + and shall divide the land for a price. +011:040 At the time of the end shall the king of the south contend with him; + and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, + with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; + and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow + and pass through. +011:041 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many [countries] + shall be overthrown; but these shall be delivered out of his hand: + Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. +011:042 He shall stretch forth his hand also on the countries; + and the land of Egypt shall not escape. +011:043 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, + and over all the precious things of Egypt; and the Libyans + and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps. +011:044 But news out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him; + and he shall go forth with great fury to destroy and utterly + to sweep away many. +011:045 He shall plant the tents of his palace between the sea and + the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, + and none shall help him. +012:001 "At that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who stands + for the children of your people; and there shall be a time + of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to + that same time: and at that time your people shall be delivered, + everyone who shall be found written in the book. +012:002 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to + everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. +012:003 Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; + and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars + forever and ever. +012:004 But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, + even to the time of the end: many shall run back and forth, + and knowledge shall be increased." +012:005 Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, there stood other two, + the one on the brink of the river on this side, and the other + on the brink of the river on that side. +012:006 One said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters + of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? +012:007 I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters + of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand + to heaven, and swore by him who lives forever that it shall + be for a time, times, and a half; and when they have made + an end of breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, + all these things shall be finished. +012:008 I heard, but I didn't understand: then said I, my lord, + what shall be the issue of these things? +012:009 He said, Go your way, Daniel; for the words are shut up + and sealed until the time of the end. +012:010 Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, + and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; + and none of the wicked shall understand; but those who are + wise shall understand. +012:011 From the time that the continual [burnt offering] shall be + taken away, and the abomination that makes desolate set up, + there shall be one thousand two hundred ninety days. +012:012 Blessed is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand three + hundred thirty-five days. +012:013 But go you your way until the end be; for you shall rest, + and shall stand in your lot, at the end of the days. + + + + +*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK, THE WORLD ENGLISH BIBLE (WEB): DANIEL *** + +This file should be named 8254.txt or 8254.zip + +Project Gutenberg eBooks are often created from several printed +editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the US +unless a copyright notice is included. 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