DANIEL

EZE 14:14  Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they 
should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord 
GOD.

28:3  Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can 
hide from thee:

DAN 1:6  Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, 
Mishael, and Azariah:

7  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.

8  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.

9  Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince 
of the eunuchs.

10  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.

11  Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over 
Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

12  Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us 
pulse to eat, and water to drink.

13  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.

14  So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.

15  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.

16  Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they 
should drink; and gave them pulse.

17  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.

18  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.

19  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.

20  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.

21  And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.

2:13  And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they 
sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

14  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:

15  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.

16  Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him 
time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.

17  Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, 
Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:

18  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.

19  Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel 
blessed the God of heaven.

20  Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: 
for wisdom and might are his:

21  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:

22  He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the 
darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

23  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.

24  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.

25  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.

26  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?

27  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;

28  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;

29  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.

30  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.

31  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.

32  This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, 
his belly and his thighs of brass,

33  His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.

34  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.

35  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.

36  This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before 
the king.

37  Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given 
thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.

38  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.

39  And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and 
another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

40  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.

41  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.

42  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.

43  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.

44  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.

45  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.

46  Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, 
and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.

47  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.

48  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.

49  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.

4:8  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,

9  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.

18  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.

19  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.

20  The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height 
reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;

21  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:

22  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.

23  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;

24  This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most 
High, which is come upon my lord the king:

25  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.

26  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.

27  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.

28  All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.

29  At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of 
Babylon.

5:11  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;

12  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.

13  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?

14  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.

16  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.

17  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.

18  O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a 
kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:

19  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.

20  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:

21  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.

22  And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though 
thou knewest all this;

23  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:

24  Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was 
written.

25  And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

26  This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy 
kingdom, and finished it.

27  TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

28  PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

29  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.

6:2  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.

3  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.

4  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.

5  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.

10  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.

11  Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making 
supplication before his God.

13  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.

16  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.

17  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.

20  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?

21  Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.

22  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.

23  Then was the king exceeding 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.

24  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.

26  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.

28  So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of 
Cyrus the Persian.

7:1  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.

2  Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the 
four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.

3  And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.

4  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.

5  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.

6  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.

7  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.

8  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.

9  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.

10  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.

11  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.

12  As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken 
away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.

13  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.

14  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.

15  I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the 
visions of my head troubled me.

16  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.

17  These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise 
out of the earth.

18  But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the 
kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.

19  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;

20  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.

21  I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed 
against them;

22  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.

23  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.

24  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.

25  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.

26  But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to 
consume and to destroy it unto the end.

27  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.

28  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.

8:1  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.

2  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.

3  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.

4  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.

5  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.

6  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.

7  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.

8  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.

9  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.

10  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.

11  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.

12  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.

13  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?

14  And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then 
shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

15  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.

16  And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and 
said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.

17  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.

18  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.

19  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.

20  The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and 
Persia.

21  And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is 
between his eyes is the first king.

22  Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms 
shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.

23  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.

24  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.

25  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.

26  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.

27  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.

9:1  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;

2  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.

3  And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and 
supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

4  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;

5  We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and 
have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:

6  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.

7  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.

8  O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, 
and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.

9  To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have 
rebelled against him;

10  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.

11  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.

12  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.

13  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.

14  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.

15  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.

16  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.

17  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.

18  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.

19  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.

20  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;

21  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.

22  And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now 
come forth to give thee skill and understanding.

23  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.

24  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.

25  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.

26  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.

27  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.

10:1  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.

2  In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.

3  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.

4  And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the 
side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;

5  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:

6  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.

7  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.

8  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.

9  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.

10  And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon 
the palms of my hands.

11  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.

12  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.

13  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.

14  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.

15  And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the 
ground, and I became dumb.

16  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.

17  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.

18  Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, 
and he strengthened me,

19  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.

20  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.

21  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.

11:1  Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm 
and to strengthen him.

2  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.

3  And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, 
and do according to his will.

4  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.

5  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.

6  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.

7  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:

8  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.

9  So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return 
into his own land.

10  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.

11  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.

12  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.

13  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.

14  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.

15  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.

16  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.

17  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.

18  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.

19  Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he 
shall stumble and fall, and not be found.

20  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.

21  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.

22  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.

23  And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he 
shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.

24  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.

25  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.

26  Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and 
his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.

27  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.

28  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.

29  At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but 
it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.

30  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.

31  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.

32  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.

33  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.

34  Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but 
many shall cleave to them with flatteries.

35  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.

36  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.

37  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.

38  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.

39  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.

40  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.

41  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.

42  He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land 
of Egypt shall not escape.

43  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.

44  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.

45  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.

12:1  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.

2  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.

3  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.

4  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.

5  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.

6  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?

7  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.

8  And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be 
the end of these things?

9  And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed 
till the time of the end.

10  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.

11  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.

12  Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred 
and five and thirty days.

13  But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in 
thy lot at the end of the days.

MAT 24:15  When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, 
spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, 
let him understand:)

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