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Daniel Is Terrified by a Vision
1 In the third year of aCyrus king of Persia a 1message was revealed to bDaniel, who was named Belteshazzar; and the 1cmessage was true and one of great 2conflict, but he understood the 1message and had an dunderstanding of the vision.
2 In those days, I, Daniel, had been amourning for three entire weeks.
3 I adid not eat any 1tasty food, nor did meat or wine enter my mouth, nor did I use any ointment at all until the entire three weeks were completed.
4 On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, while I was by the bank of the great ariver, that is, the 1Tigris,
5 I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a certain man adressed in linen, whose waist was bgirded with a belt of pure cgold of Uphaz.
6 His body also was like 1beryl, his face 2had the appearance of lightning, ahis eyes were like flaming torches, his arms and feet like the gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a 3tumult.
7 Now I, Daniel, aalone saw the vision, while the bmen who were with me did not see the vision; nevertheless, a great cdread fell on them, and they ran away to hide themselves.
8 So I was aleft alone and saw this great vision; yet bno strength was left in me, for my 1natural color turned to 2a deathly pallor, and I retained no strength.
9 But I heard the sound of his words; and as soon as I heard the sound of his words, I afell into a deep sleep on my face, with my face to the ground.
10 Then behold, a hand atouched me and set me trembling on my 1hands and knees.
11 He said to me, “O aDaniel, man of 1high esteem, bunderstand the words that I am about to tell you and cstand 2upright, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood up dtrembling.
12 Then he said to me, “aDo not be afraid, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart on understanding this and on bhumbling yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response cto your words.
13 “But the prince of the kingdom of Persia was 1withstanding me for twenty-one days; then behold, aMichael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia.
14 “Now I have come to agive you an understanding of what will happen to your people in the 1blatter days, for the vision pertains to cthe days yet future.”
15 When he had spoken to me according to these words, I 1turned my face toward the ground and became aspeechless.
16 And behold, 1aone who resembled a human being was btouching my lips; then I opened my mouth and spoke and said to him who was standing before me, “O my lord, as a result of the vision 2canguish has come upon me, and I have retained no strength.
17 “For ahow can such a servant of my lord talk with such as my lord? As for me, there remains just now bno strength in me, nor has any breath been left in me.”
18 Then this one with human appearance touched me again and astrengthened me.
19 He said, “O man of 1high esteem, ado not be afraid. Peace 2be with you; take bcourage and be courageous!” Now as soon as he spoke to me, I received strength and said, “May my lord speak, for you have cstrengthened me.”
20 Then he said, “Do you 1understand why I came to you? But I shall now return to fight against the 2prince of Persia; so I am going forth, and behold, the 2aprince of 3Greece is about to come.
21 “However, I will tell you what is inscribed in the writing of atruth. Yet there is no one who 1stands firmly with me against these forces except bMichael your prince.
1 “In the afirst year of Darius the Mede, 1I arose to be 2an encouragement and a protection for him.
2 “And now I will tell you the atruth. Behold, three more kings are going to arise 1in Persia. Then a fourth will gain far more riches than all of them; as soon as he becomes strong through his riches, 2he will arouse the whole empire against the realm of 3bGreece.
3 “And a amighty king will arise, and he will rule with great authority and bdo as he pleases.
4 “But as soon as he has arisen, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out atoward the bfour 1points of the compass, though not to his own descendants, nor according to his authority which he wielded, for his sovereignty will be cuprooted and given to others besides 2them.
5 “Then the aking of the South will grow strong, 1along with one of his princes 2who will gain ascendancy over him and obtain dominion; his domain will be a great dominion indeed.
6 “After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will come to the aking of the North to carry out 1a peaceful arrangement. But she will not retain her 2position of power, nor will he remain with his 3power, but she will be given up, along with those who brought her in and the one who sired her as well as he who supported her in those times.
7 “But one of the 1descendants of her line will arise in his place, and he will come against their army and enter the afortress of the king of the North, and he will deal with them and display great strength.
8 “Also their agods with their 1metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold he will take into captivity to Egypt, and he on his part will 2refrain from attacking the king of the North for some years.
9 “Then 1the latter will enter the realm of the king of the South, but will return to his own land.
10 “His sons will 1mobilize and assemble a multitude of great forces; and one of them will keep on coming and aoverflow and pass through, that he may 2again wage war up to his very fortress.
11 “The aking of the South will be enraged and go forth and fight 1with the king of the North. Then the latter will raise a great multitude, but that multitude will be given into 2the hand of the former.
12 “When the multitude is carried away, his heart will be lifted up, and he will cause tens of thousands to fall; yet he will not prevail.
13 “For the king of the North will again raise a greater multitude than the former, and 1after an ainterval of some years he will 2press on with a great army and much equipment.
14 “Now in those times many will rise up against the king of the South; the violent ones among your people will also lift themselves up in order to fulfill the vision, but they will 1fall down.
15 “Then the king of the North will come, cast up a asiege ramp and capture a well-fortified city; and the forces of the South will not stand their ground, not even 1their choicest troops, for there will be no strength to make a stand.
16 “But he who comes against him will ado as he pleases, and bno one will be able to withstand him; he will also stay for a time in the 1cBeautiful Land, with destruction in his hand.
17 “He will aset his face to come with the power of his whole kingdom, 1bringing with him 2a proposal of peace which he will put into effect; he will also give him the daughter of women to ruin it. But she will not take a stand for him or be 3on his side.
18 “Then he will turn his face to the acoastlands and capture many. But a commander will put a stop to his scorn against him; moreover, he will brepay him for his scorn.
19 “So he will turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will astumble and fall and be bfound no more.
20 “Then in his place one will arise who will asend an 1oppressor through the 2Jewel of his kingdom; yet within a few days he will be shattered, though not in anger nor in battle.
21 “In his place a despicable person will arise, on whom the honor of kingship has not been conferred, but he will come in a time of tranquility and aseize the kingdom by intrigue.
22 “The overflowing aforces will be flooded away before him and shattered, and also the prince of the covenant.
23 “After an alliance is made with him he will practice deception, and he will go up and gain power with a small force of people.
24 “1In a time of tranquility he will enter the arichest parts of the 2realm, and he will accomplish what his fathers never did, nor his 3ancestors; he will distribute plunder, booty and possessions among them, and he will devise his schemes against strongholds, but only for a time.
25 “He will stir up his strength and 1courage against the aking of the South with a large army; so the king of the South will mobilize an extremely large and mighty army for war; but he will not stand, for schemes will be devised against him.
26 “Those who eat his choice food will 1destroy him, and his army will 2aoverflow, but many will fall down slain.
27 “As for both kings, their hearts will be intent on aevil, and they will bspeak lies to each other at the same table; but it will not succeed, for the cend is still to come at the appointed time.
28 “Then he will return to his land with much 1plunder; but his heart will be set against the holy covenant, and he will take action and then return to his own land.
29 “At the appointed time he will return and come into the South, but 1this last time it will not turn out the way it did before.
30 “For ships of 1aKittim will come against him; therefore he will be disheartened and will return and become enraged at the holy covenant and take action; so he will come back and show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant.
31 “Forces from him will arise, adesecrate the sanctuary fortress, and do away with the regular sacrifice. And they will set up the babomination 1of desolation.
32 “By asmooth words he will 1turn to godlessness those who act wickedly toward the covenant, but the people who know their God will display bstrength and take action.
33 “1aThose who have insight among the people will give understanding to the many; yet they will bfall by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder for many days.
34 “Now when they fall they will be granted a little help, and many will ajoin with them in bhypocrisy.
35 “Some of 1those who have insight will fall, in order to arefine, bpurge and make them 2cpure until the dend time; because it is still to come at the appointed time.
36 “Then the king will ado as he pleases, and he will exalt and bmagnify himself above every god and will cspeak 1monstrous things against the dGod of gods; and he will prosper until the eindignation is finished, for that which is fdecreed will be done.
37 “He will show no regard for the 1gods of his fathers or for the desire of women, nor will he show regard for any other god; for he will magnify himself above them all.
38 “But 1instead he will honor a god of fortresses, a god whom his fathers did not know; he will honor him with gold, silver, costly stones and treasures.
39 “He will take action against the strongest of fortresses with the help of a foreign god; he will give great honor to 1those who acknowledge him and will cause them to rule over the many, and will parcel out land for a price.
40 “At the aend time the bking of the South will collide with him, and the cking of the North will dstorm against him with chariots, with horsemen and with many ships; and he will enter countries, eoverflow them and pass through.
41 “He will also enter the 1aBeautiful Land, and many countries will fall; but these will be rescued out of his hand: Edom, bMoab and the foremost of the sons of cAmmon.
42 “Then he will stretch out his hand against other countries, and the land of Egypt will not escape.
43 “But he will 1gain control over the hidden treasures of gold and silver and over all the precious things of Egypt; and aLibyans and bEthiopians will follow at his 2heels.
44 “But rumors from the East and from the North will disturb him, and he will go forth with great wrath to destroy and 1annihilate many.
45 “He will pitch the tents of his royal pavilion between the seas and the beautiful aHoly Mountain; yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him.
1 “Now at that time aMichael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a btime of distress csuch as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the dbook, will be rescued.
2 “aMany of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, bthese to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting 1contempt.
3 “1Those who have ainsight will bshine brightly like the brightness of the 2expanse of heaven, and those who clead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
4 “But as for you, Daniel, aconceal these words and bseal up the book until the cend of time; dmany will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase.”
5 Then I, Daniel, looked and behold, two others were standing, one on this bank of the river and the other on that bank of the river.
6 And aone said to the man bdressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “cHow long will it be until the end of these wonders?”
7 I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, 1as he araised his right hand and his left toward heaven, and swore by bHim who lives forever that it would be for a 2ctime, 2times, and half a 2time; and as soon as 3they finish dshattering the 4power of the holy people, all these events will be completed.
8 As for me, I heard but could not understand; so I said, “My lord, what will be the 1outcome of these events?”
9 He said, “Go your way, Daniel, for these words are concealed and asealed up until the end time.
10 “aMany will be purged, 1purified and refined, but the bwicked will act wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but 2those who chave insight will understand.
11 “From the time that the regular sacrifice is abolished and the 1aabomination of desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days.
12 “How ablessed is he who keeps waiting and attains to the b1,335 days!
13 “But as for you, go your way to the 1end; then you will enter into arest and rise again for your ballotted portion at the end of the 2age.”
1 The word of the Lord which came to aHosea the son of Beeri, during the days of bUzziah, cJotham, dAhaz and eHezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the days of fJeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
2 When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, “aGo, take to yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry; for bthe land commits flagrant harlotry, 1forsaking the Lord.”
3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and abore him a son.
4 And the Lord said to him, “Name him aJezreel; for yet a little while, and bI will 1punish the house of Jehu for the bloodshed of Jezreel, and cI will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
5 “On that day I will abreak the bow of Israel in the bvalley of Jezreel.”
6 Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And 1the Lord said to him, “Name her 2Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer ahave compassion on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them.
7 “But I will have acompassion on the house of Judah and bdeliver them by the Lord their God, and will not deliver them by cbow, sword, battle, horses or horsemen.”
8 When she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived and gave birth to a son.
9 And 1the Lord said, “Name him 2Lo-ammi, for you are not My people and I am not 3your God.”
10 1Yet the number of the sons of Israel
Will be like the asand of the sea,
Which cannot be measured or numbered;
And bin the place
Where it is said to them,
“You are cnot My people,”
It will be said to them,
“You are the dsons of the living God.”
11 And the asons of Judah and the sons of Israel will be bgathered together,
And they will appoint for themselves cone leader,
And they will go up from the land,
For great will be the day of Jezreel.
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