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Also I in the first[H259]year[H8141] of Darius[H1867] the Mede[H4075], even I, stood[H5977] to confirm[H2388] and to strengthen[H4581] him.
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And now will I shew[H5046] thee the truth[H571]. Behold, there shall stand up[H5975] yet three[H7969]kings[H4428] in Persia[H6539]; and the fourth[H7243] shall be far[H6239]richer[H6238] than they all[H1419]: and by his strength[H2393] through his riches[H6239] he shall stir up[H5782]all[H1419] against the realm[H4438] of Grecia[H3120].
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And a mighty[H1368]king[H4428] shall stand up[H5975], that shall rule[H4910] with great[H7227]dominion[H4474], and do[H6213] according to his will[H7522].
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And when he shall stand up[H5975], his kingdom[H4438] shall be broken[H7665], and shall be divided[H2673] toward the four[H702]winds[H7307] of heaven[H8064]; and not to his posterity[H319], nor according to his dominion[H4915] which he ruled[H4910]: for his kingdom[H4438] shall be plucked up[H5428], even for others[H312] beside those.
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And the king[H4428] of the south[H5045] shall be strong[H2388], and one of his princes[H8269]; and he shall be strong[H2388] above him, and have dominion[H4910]; his dominion[H4475] shall be a great[H7227]dominion[H4474].
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And in the end[H7093] of years[H8141] they shall join themselves together[H2266]; for the king[H4428]'s daughter[H1323] of the south[H5045] shall come[H935] to the king[H4428] of the north[H6828] to make[H6213] an agreement[H4339]: but she shall not retain[H6113] the power[H3581] of the arm[H2220]; neither shall he stand[H5975], nor his arm[H2220]: but she shall be given up[H5414], and they that brought[H935] her, and he that begat[H3205] her, and he that strengthened[H2388] her in these times[H6256].
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But out of a branch[H5342] of her roots[H8328] shall one stand up[H5975] in his estate[H3653], which shall come[H935] with an army[H2428], and shall enter[H935] into the fortress[H4581] of the king[H4428] of the north[H6828], and shall deal[H6213] against them, and shall prevail[H2388]:
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And shall also carry[H935]captives[H7628] into Egypt[H4714] their gods[H430], with their princes[H5257], and with their precious[H2532]vessels[H3627] of silver[H3701] and of gold[H2091]; and he shall continue[H5975] more years[H8141] than the king[H4428] of the north[H6828].
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So the king[H4428] of the south[H5045] shall come[H935] into his kingdom[H4438], and shall return[H7725] into his own land[H127].
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But his sons[H1121] shall be stirred up[H1624], and shall assemble[H622] a multitude[H1995] of great[H7227]forces[H2428]: and one shall certainly[H935]come[H935], and overflow[H7857], and pass through[H5674]: then shall he return[H7725], and be stirred up[H1624], even to his fortress[H4581].
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And the king[H4428] of the south[H5045] shall be moved with choler[H4843], and shall come forth[H3318] and fight[H3898] with him, even with the king[H4428] of the north[H6828]: and he shall set forth[H5975] a great[H7227]multitude[H1995]; but the multitude[H1995] shall be given[H5414] into his hand[H3027].
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And when he hath taken away[H5375] the multitude[H1995], his heart[H3824] shall be lifted up[H7311]; and he shall cast down[H5307] many ten thousands[H7239]: but he shall not be strengthened[H5810] by it.
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For the king[H4428] of the north[H6828] shall return[H7725], and shall set forth[H5975] a multitude[H1995]greater[H7227] than the former[H7223], and shall certainly[H935]come[H935]after[H7093]certain[H6256]years[H8141] with a great[H1419]army[H2428] and with much[H7227]riches[H7399].
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And in those times[H6256] there shall many[H7227] stand up[H5975] against the king[H4428] of the south[H5045]: also the robbers[H1121] of thy people[H5971] shall exalt[H5375] themselves to establish[H5975] the vision[H2377]; but they shall fall[H3782].
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So the king[H4428] of the north[H6828] shall come[H935], and cast up[H8210] a mount[H5550], and take[H3920] the most fenced[H4013]cities[H5892]: and the arms[H2220] of the south[H5045] shall not withstand[H5975], neither his chosen[H4005]people[H5971], neither shall there be any strength[H3581] to withstand[H5975].
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But he that cometh[H935] against him shall do[H6213] according to his own will[H7522], and none shall stand[H5975]before[H6440] him: and he shall stand[H5975] in the glorious[H6643]land[H776], which by his hand[H3027] shall be consumed[H3617].
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He shall also set[H7760] his face[H6440] to enter[H935] with the strength[H8633] of his whole kingdom[H4438], and upright ones[H3477] with him; thus shall he do[H6213]: and he shall give[H5414] him the daughter[H1323] of women[H802], corrupting[H7843] her: but she shall not stand[H5975] on his side, neither be for him.
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After this shall he turn[H7760] his face[H6440] unto the isles[H339], and shall take[H3920]many[H7227]: but a prince[H7101] for his own behalf shall cause the reproach[H2781] offered by him to cease[H7673]; without[H1115] his own reproach[H2781] he shall cause it to turn[H7725] upon him.
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Then he shall turn[H7725] his face[H6440] toward the fort[H4581] of his own land[H776]: but he shall stumble[H3782] and fall[H5307], and not be found[H4672].
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Then shall stand up[H5975] in his estate[H3653] a raiser[H5674] of taxes[H5065] in the glory[H1925] of the kingdom[H4438]: but within few[H259]days[H3117] he shall be destroyed[H7665], neither in anger[H639], nor in battle[H4421].
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And in his estate[H3653] shall stand up[H5975] a vile person[H959], to whom they shall not give[H5414] the honour[H1935] of the kingdom[H4438]: but he shall come[H935] in peaceably[H7962], and obtain[H2388] the kingdom[H4438] by flatteries[H2519].
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And with the arms[H2220] of a flood[H7858] shall they be overflown[H7857] from before[H6440] him, and shall be broken[H7665]; yea, also the prince[H5057] of the covenant[H1285].
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And after the league[H2266] made with him he shall work[H6213]deceitfully[H4820]: for he shall come up[H5927], and shall become strong[H6105] with a small[H4592]people[H1471].
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He shall enter[H935]peaceably[H7962] even upon the fattest places[H4924] of the province[H4082]; and he shall do[H6213] that which his fathers[H1] have not done[H6213], nor his fathers[H1]' fathers[H1]; he shall scatter[H967] among them the prey[H961], and spoil[H7998], and riches[H7399]: yea, and he shall forecast[H2803] his devices[H4284] against the strong holds[H4013], even for a time[H6256].
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And he shall stir up[H5782] his power[H3581] and his courage[H3824] against the king[H4428] of the south[H5045] with a great[H1419]army[H2428]; and the king[H4428] of the south[H5045] shall be stirred up[H1624] to battle[H4421] with a very[H3966]great[H1419] and mighty[H6099]army[H2428]; but he shall not stand[H5975]: for they shall forecast[H2803]devices[H4284] against him.
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Yea, they that feed[H398] of the portion of his meat[H6598] shall destroy[H7665] him, and his army[H2428] shall overflow[H7857]: and many[H7227] shall fall[H5307] down slain[H2491].
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And both[H8147] these kings[H4428]' hearts[H3824] shall be to do mischief[H4827], and they shall speak[H1696]lies[H3577] at one[H259]table[H7979]; but it shall not prosper[H6743]: for yet the end[H7093] shall be at the time appointed[H4150].
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Then shall he return[H7725] into his land[H776] with great[H1419]riches[H7399]; and his heart[H3824] shall be against the holy[H6944]covenant[H1285]; and he shall do[H6213] exploits, and return[H7725] to his own land[H776].
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At the time appointed[H4150] he shall return[H7725], and come[H935] toward the south[H5045]; but it shall not be as the former[H7223], or as the latter[H314].
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For the ships[H6716] of Chittim[H3794] shall come[H935] against him: therefore he shall be grieved[H3512], and return[H7725], and have indignation[H2194] against the holy[H6944]covenant[H1285]: so shall he do[H6213]; he shall even return[H7725], and have intelligence[H995] with them that forsake[H5800] the holy[H6944]covenant[H1285].
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And arms[H2220] shall stand[H5975] on his part, and they shall pollute[H2490] the sanctuary[H4720] of strength[H4581], and shall take away[H5493] the daily[H8548] sacrifice, and they shall place[H5414] the abomination[H8251] that maketh desolate[H8074].
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And such as do[H6213]wickedly[H7561] against the covenant[H1285] shall he corrupt[H2610] by flatteries[H2514]: but the people[H5971] that do[H6213]know[H3045] their God[H430] shall be strong[H2388], and do[H6213] exploits.
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And they that understand[H7919] among the people[H5971] shall instruct[H995]many[H7227]: yet they shall fall[H3782] by the sword[H2719], and by flame[H3852], by captivity[H7628], and by spoil[H961], many[H7227]days[H3117].
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Now when they shall fall[H3782], they shall be holpen[H5826] with a little[H4592]help[H5828]: but many[H7227] shall cleave[H3867] to them with flatteries[H2519].
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And some of them of understanding[H7919] shall fall[H3782], to try[H6884] them, and to purge[H1305], and to make them white[H3835], even to the time[H6256] of the end[H7093]: because it is yet for a time[H6256]appointed[H4150].
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And the king[H4428] shall do[H6213] according to his will[H7522]; and he shall exalt[H7311] himself, and magnify[H1431] himself above every god[H410], and shall speak[H1696] marvellous things[H6381] against the God[H410] of gods[H410], and shall prosper[H6743] till the indignation[H2195] be accomplished[H3615]: for that that is determined[H2782] shall be done[H6213].
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Neither shall he regard[H995] the God[H430] of his fathers[H1], nor the desire[H2532] of women[H802], nor regard[H995] any god[H433]: for he shall magnify[H1431] himself above all.
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But in his estate[H3653] shall he honour[H3513] the God[H433] of forces[H4581]: and a god[H433] whom his fathers[H1]knew[H3045] not shall he honour[H3513] with gold[H2091], and silver[H3701], and with precious[H3368]stones[H68], and pleasant things[H2532].
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Thus shall he do[H6213] in the most strong[H4581]holds[H4013] with a strange[H5236]god[H433], whom he shall acknowledge[H5234] and increase[H7235] with glory[H3519]: and he shall cause them to rule[H4910] over many[H7227], and shall divide[H2505] the land[H127] for gain[H4242].
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And at the time[H6256] of the end[H7093] shall the king[H4428] of the south[H5045]push[H5055] at him: and the king[H4428] of the north[H6828] shall come against him like a whirlwind[H8175], with chariots[H7393], and with horsemen[H6571], and with many[H7227]ships[H591]; and he shall enter[H935] into the countries[H776], and shall overflow[H7857] and pass over[H5674].
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He shall enter[H935] also into the glorious[H6643]land[H776], and many[H7227] countries shall be overthrown[H3782]: but these shall escape[H4422] out of his hand[H3027], even Edom[H123], and Moab[H4124], and the chief[H7225] of the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983].
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He shall stretch forth[H7971] his hand[H3027] also upon the countries[H776]: and the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714] shall not escape[H6413].
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But he shall have power[H4910] over the treasures[H4362] of gold[H2091] and of silver[H3701], and over all the precious[H2532] things of Egypt[H4714]: and the Libyans[H3864] and the Ethiopians[H3569] shall be at his steps[H4703].
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But tidings[H8052] out of the east[H4217] and out of the north[H6828] shall trouble[H926] him: therefore he shall go forth[H3318] with great[H1419]fury[H2534] to destroy[H8045], and utterly to make away[H2763]many[H7227].
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And he shall plant[H5193] the tabernacles[H168] of his palace[H643] between the seas[H3220] in the glorious[H6643]holy[H6944]mountain[H2022]; yet he shall come[H935] to his end[H7093], and none shall help[H5826] him.