In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim
king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem,
and besieged it.
And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah
into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which
he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he
brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.
And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master
of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of
Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the princes;
Children in whom was no blemish, but well
favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and
understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in
the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the
tongue of the Chaldeans.
And the king appointed them a daily provision
of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing
them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before
the king.
Now among these were of the children of
Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave
names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to
Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah,
of Abednego.
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he
would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor
with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince
of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
Now God had brought Daniel into favour and
tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.
And the prince of the eunuchs said unto
Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and
your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the
children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my
head to the king.
Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince
of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and
Azariah,
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten
days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
Then let our countenances be looked upon
before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the
portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy
servants.
So he consented to them in this matter, and
proved them ten days.
And at the end of ten days their
countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the
children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.
Thus Melzar took away the portion of their
meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them
pulse.
As for these four children, God gave them
knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had
understanding in all visions and dreams.
Now at the end of the days that the king had
said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs
brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
And the king communed with them; and among
them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and
Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.
And in all matters of wisdom and
understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten
times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in
all his realm.
And Daniel continued even unto the first
year of king Cyrus.
And in the second year of the reign of
Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit
was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
Then the king commanded to call the
magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the
Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood
before the king.
And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a
dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in
Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we
will shew the interpretation.
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans,
The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the
dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces,
and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
But if ye shew the dream, and the
interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards
and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the
interpretation thereof.
They answered again and said, Let the king
tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of
it.
The king answered and said, I know of
certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is
gone from me.
But if ye will not make known unto me the
dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying
and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed:
therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me
the interpretation thereof.
The Chaldeans answered before the king, and
said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's
matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked
such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
And it is a rare thing that the king
requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the
king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
For this cause the king was angry and very
furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
And the decree went forth that the wise men
should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be
slain.
Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom
to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to
slay the wise men of Babylon:
He answered and said to Arioch the king's
captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made
the thing known to Daniel.
Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king
that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the
interpretation.
Then Daniel went to his house, and made the
thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
That they would desire mercies of the God of
heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should
not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in
a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the
name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
And he changeth the times and the seasons:
he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the
wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
He revealeth the deep and secret things: he
knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with
him.
I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of
my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known
unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known
unto us the king's matter.
Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom
the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went
and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring
me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the
interpretation.
Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the
king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the
captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the
interpretation.
The king answered and said to Daniel, whose
name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the
dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?
Daniel answered in the presence of the king,
and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise
men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the
king;
But there is a God in heaven that revealeth
secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be
in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy
bed, are these;
As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into
thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he
that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to
pass.
But as for me, this secret is not revealed
to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for
their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king,
and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great
image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood
before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
This image's head was of fine gold, his
breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of
brass,
His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and
part of clay.
Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out
without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of
iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the
silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like
the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them
away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote
the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
This is the dream; and we will tell the
interpretation thereof before the king.
Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the
God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and
glory.
And wheresoever the children of men dwell,
the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given
into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art
this head of gold.
And after thee shall arise another kingdom
inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall
bear rule over all the earth.
And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as
iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things:
and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and
bruise.
And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes,
part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be
divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron,
forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
And as the toes of the feet were part of
iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and
partly broken.
And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry
clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they
shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with
clay.
And in the days of these kings shall the God
of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the
kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in
pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for
ever.
Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was
cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces
the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great
God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter:
and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his
face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer
an oblation and sweet odours unto him.
The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of
a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings,
and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this
secret.
Then the king made Daniel a great man, and
gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole
province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise
men of Babylon.
Then Daniel requested of the king, and he
set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the
province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of
gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof
six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of
Babylon.
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather
together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges,
the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers
of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which
Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
Then the princes, the governors, and
captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the
sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered
together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the
king had set up; and they stood before the image that
Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is
commanded, O people, nations, and languages,
That at what time ye hear the sound of the
cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of
musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that
Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth
shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery
furnace.
Therefore at that time, when all the people
heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and
all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the
languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that
Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came
near, and accused the Jews.
They spake and said to the king
Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.
Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every
man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut,
psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down
and worship the golden image:
And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth,
that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery
furnace.
There are certain Jews whom thou hast set
over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not
thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury
commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they
brought these men before the king.
Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is
it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my
gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear
the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and
dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the
image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye 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?
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered
and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to
answer thee in this matter.
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 thine hand, O king.
But if not, be it known unto thee, O king,
that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which
thou hast set up.
Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and
the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat
the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be
heated.
And he commanded the most mighty men that
were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to
cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
Then these men were bound in their coats,
their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were
cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
Therefore because the king's commandment was
urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flames of the fire slew
those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery
furnace.
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied,
and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did
not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They
answered and said unto the king, True, O king.
He answered and said, Lo, I see four men
loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and
the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth
of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come
forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came
forth of the midst of the fire.
And the princes, governors, and captains,
and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men,
upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their
head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of
fire had passed on them.
Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed
be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his
angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have
changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might
not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
Therefore I make a decree, That every
people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss 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 that can deliver after this sort.
Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abednego, in the province of Babylon.
Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people,
nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be
multiplied unto you.
I thought it good to shew the signs and
wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.
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.
I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house,
and flourishing in my palace:
I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the
thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the
wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me
the interpretation of the dream.
Then came in the magicians, the astrologers,
the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before
them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation
thereof.
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 before him I told the
dream, saying,
O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians,
because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no
secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have
seen, and the interpretation thereof.
Thus were the visions of mine head in my
bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the
height thereof was great.
The tree grew, and was strong, and the
height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the
end of all the earth:
The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit
thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field
had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the
boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.
I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed,
and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven;
He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the
tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter
his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls
from his branches:
Nevertheless leave the stump of his 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 heaven, and let his
portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:
Let his heart be changed from man's, and let
a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over
him.
This matter 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 ruleth in the
kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up
over it the basest of men.
This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen.
Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof,
forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make
known unto me the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit
of the holy gods is in thee.
Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar,
was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king
spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the
interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and
said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the
interpretation thereof to thine enemies.
The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and
was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight
thereof to all the earth;
Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit
thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of
the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven
had their habitation:
It is thou, O king, that art grown and
become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto
heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
And whereas the king saw a watcher and an
holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down,
and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof 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 heaven, and let his
portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over
him;
This is the interpretation, O king, and this
is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the
king:
That they shall drive thee from men, and thy
dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make
thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of
heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that
the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to
whomsoever he will.
And whereas they commanded to leave the
stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after
that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule.
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be
acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and
thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a
lengthening of thy tranquillity.
All this came upon the king
Nebuchadnezzar.
At the end of twelve months he walked in the
palace of the kingdom of Babylon.
The king spake, and said, Is not this great
Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the
might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
While the word was in the king's mouth,
there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to
thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.
And they shall drive thee from men, and thy
dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make
thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee,
until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men,
and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon
Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as
oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs
were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds'
claws.
And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar
lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned
unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured
him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting
dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
And all the inhabitants of the earth are
reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army
of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can
stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
At the same time my reason returned unto me;
and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness
returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me;
and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was
added unto me.
Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and
honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways
judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a
thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine,
commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father
Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem;
that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines,
might drink therein.
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 princes, his wives, and his
concubines, drank in them.
They drank wine, and praised the gods of
gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
In the same hour came forth fingers of a
man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the
plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the
part of the hand that wrote.
Then the king's countenance was changed, and
his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were
loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
The king cried aloud to bring in the
astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king
spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read
this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be
clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and
shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
Then came in all the king's wise men: but
they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the
interpretation thereof.
Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled,
and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were
astonied.
Now the queen by reason of the words of the
king and his lords came into the banquet house: and the queen spake
and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee,
nor let thy countenance be changed:
There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is
the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light
and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was
found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I
say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers,
Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and
knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing
of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same
Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called,
and he will shew the interpretation.
Then was Daniel brought in before the king.
And the king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel,
which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king
my father brought out of Jewry?
I have even heard of thee, that the spirit
of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and
excellent wisdom is found in thee.
And now the wise men, the astrologers, have
been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and
make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not
shew the interpretation of the thing:
And I have heard of thee, that thou canst
make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read
the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou
shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy
neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
Then Daniel answered and said before the
king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another;
yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him
the interpretation.
O thou king, the most high God gave
Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and
honour:
And for the majesty that he gave him, all
people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him:
whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he
would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
But when his heart was lifted up, and his
mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and
they took his glory from him:
And he was driven from the sons of men; and
his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the
wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet
with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled
in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he
will.
And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not
humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord
of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before
thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have
drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and
gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor
know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all
thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
Then was the part of the hand sent from him;
and this writing was written.
And this is the writing that was written,
MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
This is the interpretation of the thing:
MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and
art found wanting.
PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to
the Medes and Persians.
Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed
Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and
made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third
ruler in the kingdom.
In that night was Belshazzar the king of the
Chaldeans slain.
And Darius the Median took the kingdom,
being about threescore and two years old.
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an
hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole
kingdom;
And over these three presidents; of whom
Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them,
and the king should have no damage.
Then this Daniel was preferred above the
presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and
the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
Then the presidents and princes sought to
find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could
find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither
was there any error or fault found in him.
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.
Then these presidents and princes assembled
together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for
ever.
All the presidents of the kingdom, the
governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have
consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm
decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for
thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of
lions.
Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign
the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the
Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and
the decree.
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was
signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his
chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a
day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did
aforetime.
Then these men assembled, and found Daniel
praying and making supplication before his God.
Then they came near, and spake before the
king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree,
that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within
thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of
lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to
the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
Then answered they and said before the king,
That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah,
regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed,
but maketh his petition three times a day.
Then the king, when he heard these words,
was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to
deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to
deliver him.
Then these men assembled unto the king, and
said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and
Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth
may be changed.
Then the king commanded, and they brought
Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and
said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will
deliver thee.
And a stone was brought, and laid upon the
mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and
with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed
concerning Daniel.
Then the king went to his palace, and passed
the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought
before him: and his sleep went from him.
Then the king arose very early in the
morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.
And when he came to the den, he cried with a
lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to
Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou
servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?
Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live
for ever.
My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut
the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before
him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I
done no hurt.
Then was the king exceedingly glad for him,
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
upon him, because he believed in his God.
And the king commanded, and they brought
those men which 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 brake all their bones in pieces or ever
they came at the bottom of the den.
Then king Darius wrote unto all people,
nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be
multiplied unto you.
I make a decree, That in every dominion of
my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is
the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which
shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the
end.
He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh
signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel
from the power of the lions.
So this Daniel prospered in the reign of
Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
In the first year of Belshazzar king of
Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed:
then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.
Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by
night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the
great sea.
And four great beasts came up from the sea,
diverse one from another.
The first was like a lion, and had eagle's
wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was
lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man,
and a man's heart was given to it.
And behold another beast, a second, like to a
bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in
the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto
it, Arise, devour much flesh.
After this I beheld, and lo another, like a
leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the
beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
After this I saw in the night visions, and
behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong
exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in
pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was
diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten
horns.
I considered the horns, and, behold, there
came up among them another little horn, before whom there were
three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in
this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking
great things.
I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and
the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and
the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the
fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
A fiery stream issued and came forth from
before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten
thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set,
and the books were opened.
I beheld then because of the voice of the
great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was
slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.
As concerning the rest of the beasts, they
had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a
season and time.
I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one
like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the
Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
And there was given him dominion, and glory,
and a kingdom, that all people, 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.
I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the
midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
I came near unto one of them that stood by,
and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me
know the interpretation of the things.
These great beasts, which are four, are four
kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
But the saints of the most High shall take
the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and
ever.
Then I would know the truth of the fourth
beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful,
whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured,
brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
And of the ten horns that were in his head,
and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of
that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things,
whose look was more stout than his fellows.
I beheld, and the same horn made war with
the saints, and prevailed against them;
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.
Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the
fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all
kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it
down, and break it in pieces.
And the ten horns out of this kingdom are
ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and
he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three
kings.
And he shall speak great words against the
most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and
think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his
hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
But the judgment shall sit, and they shall
take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the
end.
And the kingdom and dominion, and the
greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to
the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an
everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey
him.
Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me
Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed
in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
In the third year of the reign of king
Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after
that which appeared unto me at the first.
And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass,
when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the
province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of
Ulai.
Then I lifted up mine 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.
I saw the ram pushing westward, and
northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him,
neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he
did according to his will, and became great.
And as I was considering, behold, an he goat
came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not
the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
And he came to the ram that had two horns,
which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the
fury of his power.
And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he
was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his
two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him,
but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there
was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and
when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up
four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
And out of one of them came forth a little
horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the
east, and toward the pleasant land.
And it waxed great, even to the host of
heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the
ground, and stamped upon them.
Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince
of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the
place of the sanctuary was cast down.
And an host was given him against the daily
sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to
the ground; and it practised, and prospered.
Then I heard one saint speaking, and another
saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be
the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of
desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden
under foot?
And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and
three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel,
had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold,
there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
And I heard a man's voice between the banks
of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to
understand the vision.
So he came near where I stood: and when he
came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me,
Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the
vision.
Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a
deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set
me upright.
And he said, Behold, I will make thee know
what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time
appointed the end shall be.
The ram which thou sawest having two horns
are the kings of Media and Persia.
And the rough goat is the king of Grecia:
and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
Now that being broken, whereas four stood up
for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in
his power.
And in the latter time of their kingdom,
when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce
countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
And his power shall be mighty, but not by
his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper,
and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy
people.
And through his policy also he shall cause
craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his
heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up
against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without
hand.
And the vision of the evening and the
morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision;
for it shall be for many days.
And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain
days; afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was
astonished at the vision, but none understood it.
In the first year of Darius the son of
Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the
realm of the Chaldeans;
In the first year of his reign I Daniel
understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of
the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish
seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek
by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and
ashes:
And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made
my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God,
keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them
that keep his commandments;
We have sinned, and have committed iniquity,
and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from
thy precepts and from thy judgments:
Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants
the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes,
and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
O LORD, righteousness belongeth unto thee,
but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of
Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel,
that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries
whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they
have trespassed against thee.
O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to
our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have
sinned against thee.
To the Lord our God belong mercies and
forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD
our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his
servants the prophets.
Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law,
even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore
the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the
law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against
him.
And he hath confirmed his words, which he
spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by
bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not
been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
As it is written in the law of Moses, all
this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the
LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and
understand thy truth.
Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the
evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in
all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought
thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and
hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have
done wickedly.
O LORD, according to all thy righteousness,
I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from
thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and
for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are
become a reproach to all that are about us.
Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of
thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine
upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open
thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is
called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before
thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord,
hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy
city and thy people are called by thy name.
And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and
confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting
my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my
God;
Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even
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 oblation.
And he informed me, and talked with me, and
said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and
understanding.
At the beginning of thy supplications the
commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art
greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the
vision.
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people
and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an
end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring
in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and
prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Know therefore and understand, that from the
going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem
unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore
and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even
in troublous times.
And after threescore and two weeks shall
Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the
prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;
and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the
war desolations are determined.
And he shall confirm the covenant with many
for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the
sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of
abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the
consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the
desolate.
In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a
thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar;
and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he
understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
In those days I Daniel was mourning three
full weeks.
I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh
nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till
three whole weeks were fulfilled.
And in the four and twentieth day of the
first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is
Hiddekel;
Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and
behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with
fine gold of Uphaz:
His body also was like the beryl, and his
face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire,
and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the
voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the
men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell
upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves.
Therefore 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.
Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when
I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my
face, and my face toward the ground.
And, behold, an hand touched me, which set
me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.
And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man
greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and
stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken
this word unto me, I stood trembling.
Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for
from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand,
and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I
am come for thy words.
But the prince of the kingdom of Persia
withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the
chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings
of Persia.
Now I am come to make thee understand what
shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is
for many days.
And when he had spoken such words unto me,
I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.
And, behold, one like the similitude of the
sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and
said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my
sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.
For how can the servant of this my lord
talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained
no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.
Then there came again and touched me one
like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not:
peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had
spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak;
for thou hast strengthened me.
Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come
unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of
Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall
come.
But I will shew thee that which is noted in
the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in
these things, but Michael your prince.
Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede,
even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold,
there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth
shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his
riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall
rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
And when he shall stand up, his kingdom
shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of
heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion
which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for
others beside those.
And 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.
And in the end of years they shall join
themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall
come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall
not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his
arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he
that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.
But out of a branch of her roots shall one
stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall
enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal
against them, and shall prevail:
And shall also carry captives into Egypt
their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of
silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king
of the north.
So the king of the south shall come into his
kingdom, and shall return into his own land.
But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall
assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come,
and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be
stirred up, even to his fortress.
And the king of the south shall be moved
with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the
king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but
the multitude shall be given into his hand.
And when he hath taken away the multitude,
his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten
thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it.
For the king of the north shall return, and
shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall
certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much
riches.
And in those times there shall many stand
up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people
shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall
fall.
So the king of the north shall come, and
cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of
the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither
shall there be any strength to withstand.
But he that cometh against him shall do
according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he
shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be
consumed.
He shall also set his face to enter with
the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus
shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women,
corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for
him.
After this shall he turn his face unto the
isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall
cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own
reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him.
Then he shall turn his face toward the fort
of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be
found.
Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser
of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall
be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.
And in his estate shall stand up a vile
person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but
he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by
flatteries.
And with the arms of a flood shall they be
overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the
prince of the covenant.
And after the league made with him he shall
work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong
with a small people.
He shall enter peaceably even upon 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 the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall
forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a
time.
And 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 be stirred up to battle with a very great
and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast
devices against him.
Yea, they that feed of the portion of his
meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall
fall down slain.
And both of these kings' 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.
Then shall he return into his land with
great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and
he shall do exploits, and return to his own land.
At the time appointed he shall return, and
come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the
latter.
For the ships of Chittim shall come against
him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have
indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall
even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy
covenant.
And arms shall stand on his part, and they
shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the
daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh
desolate.
And such as do wickedly against the
covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do
know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
And they that understand among the people
shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by
flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
Now when they shall fall, they shall be
holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with
flatteries.
And some of them of understanding shall
fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to
the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.
And the king shall do according to his
will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every
god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and
shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that
is determined shall be done.
Neither shall he regard the God of his
fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall
magnify himself above all.
But in his estate shall he honour the God
of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with
gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant
things.
Thus shall he do in the most strong holds
with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with
glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide
the land for gain.
And at the time of the end shall the king
of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come
against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and
with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall
overflow and pass over.
He shall enter also into the glorious land,
and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out
of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of
Ammon.
He shall stretch forth his hand also upon
the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
But he shall have power over the treasures
of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt:
and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
But tidings out of the east and out of the
north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great
fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
And he shall plant the tabernacles of his
palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall
come to his end, and none shall help him.
And at that time shall Michael stand up, the
great prince which standeth for the children of thy 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 thy people shall
be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the
book.
And many of them that sleep in the dust of
the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame
and everlasting contempt.
And they that be wise shall shine as the
brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to
righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and
seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and
fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there
stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and
the other on that side of the bank of the river.
And one said to the man clothed in linen,
which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the
end of these wonders?
And I heard the man clothed in linen, which
was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand
and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for
ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he
shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people,
all these things shall be finished.
And I heard, but I understood not: then said
I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the
words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
Many shall be purified, and made white, and
tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked
shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
And from the time that the daily sacrifice
shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set
up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to
the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
But go thou thy way till the end be: for
thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.