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Daniel 11:1
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"In the first year of Darius the Mede, I arose
to be an encouragement and a protection for him. |
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Daniel 11:2
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"And now I will tell you the truth. Behold,
three more kings are going to arise in Persia. Then a fourth will gain far more
riches than all of them; as soon as he becomes strong through his riches, he will
arouse the whole empire against the realm of Greece. |
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Daniel 11:3
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"And a mighty king will arise, and he will rule
with great authority and do as he pleases. |
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Daniel 11:4
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"But as soon as he has arisen, his kingdom will
be broken up and parceled out toward the four points of the compass, though not
to his own descendants, nor according to his authority which he wielded, for his
sovereignty will be uprooted and given to others besides them. |
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Daniel 11:5
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"Then the king of the South will grow strong,
along with one of his princes who will gain ascendancy over him and obtain dominion;
his domain will be a great dominion indeed. |
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Daniel 11:6
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"After some years they will form an alliance,
and the daughter of the king of the South will come to the king of the North to
carry out a peaceful arrangement. But she will not retain her position of power,
nor will he remain with his power, 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. |
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Daniel 11:7
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"But one of the descendants of her line will
arise in his place, and he will come against their army and enter the fortress
of the king of the North, and he will deal with them and display great strength.
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Daniel 11:8
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"Also their gods with their metal images and
their precious vessels of silver and gold he will take into captivity to Egypt,
and he on his part will refrain from attacking the king of the North for some
years. |
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Daniel 11:9
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"Then the latter will enter the realm of the
king of the South, but will return to his own land. |
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Daniel 11:10
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"His sons will mobilize and assemble a multitude
of great forces; and one of them will keep on coming and overflow and pass through,
that he may again wage war up to his very fortress. |
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Daniel 11:11
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"The king of the South will be enraged and go
forth and fight with the king of the North. Then the latter will raise a great
multitude, but that multitude will be given into the hand of the former. |
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Daniel 11:12
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"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. |
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Daniel 11:13
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"For the king of the North will again raise
a greater multitude than the former, and after an interval of some years he will
press on with a great army and much equipment. |
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Daniel 11:14
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"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 fall down. |
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Daniel 11:15
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"Then the king of the North will come, cast
up a siege ramp and capture a well-fortified city; and the forces of the South
will not stand their ground, not even their choicest troops, for there will be
no strength to make a stand. |
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Daniel 11:16
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"But he who comes against him will do as he
pleases, and no one will be able to withstand him; he will also stay for a time
in the Beautiful Land, with destruction in his hand. |
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Daniel 11:17
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"He will set his face to come with the power
of his whole kingdom, bringing with him a 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 on his side. |
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Daniel 11:18
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"Then he will turn his face to the coastlands
and capture many. But a commander will put a stop to his scorn against him; moreover,
he will repay him for his scorn. |
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Daniel 11:19
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"So he will turn his face toward the fortresses
of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and be found no more. |
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Daniel 11:20
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"Then in his place one will arise who will send
an oppressor through the Jewel of his kingdom; yet within a few days he will be
shattered, though not in anger nor in battle. |
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Daniel 11:21
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"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 seize the kingdom by intrigue. |
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Daniel 11:22
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"The overflowing forces will be flooded away
before him and shattered, and also the prince of the covenant. |
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Daniel 11:23
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"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.
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Daniel 11:24
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"In a time of tranquility he will enter the
richest parts of the realm, and he will accomplish what his fathers never did,
nor his ancestors; he will distribute plunder, booty and possessions among them,
and he will devise his schemes against strongholds, but only for a time. |
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Daniel 11:25
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"He will stir up his strength and courage against
the king 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. |
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Daniel 11:26
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"Those who eat his choice food will destroy
him, and his army will overflow, but many will fall down slain. |
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Daniel 11:27
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"As for both kings, their hearts will be intent
on evil, and they will speak lies to each other at the same table; but it will
not succeed, for the end is still to come at the appointed time. |
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Daniel 11:28
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"Then he will return to his land with much plunder;
but his heart will be set against the holy covenant, and he will take action and
then return to his own land. |
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Daniel 11:29
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"At the appointed time he will return and come
into the South, but this last time it will not turn out the way it did before. |
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Daniel 11:30
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"For ships of Kittim 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. |
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Daniel 11:31
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"Forces from him will arise, desecrate the sanctuary
fortress, and do away with the regular sacrifice. And they will set up the abomination
of desolation. |
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Daniel 11:32
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"By smooth words he will turn to godlessness
those who act wickedly toward the covenant, but the people who know their God
will display strength and take action. |
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Daniel 11:33
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"Those who have insight among the people will
give understanding to the many; yet they will fall by sword and by flame, by captivity
and by plunder for many days. |
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Daniel 11:34
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"Now when they fall they will be granted a little
help, and many will join with them in hypocrisy. |
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Daniel 11:35
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"Some of those who have insight will fall, in
order to refine, purge and make them pure until the end time; because it is still
to come at the appointed time. |
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Daniel 11:36
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"Then the king will do as he pleases, and he
will exalt and magnify himself above every god and will speak monstrous things
against the God of gods; and he will prosper until the indignation is finished,
for that which is decreed will be done. |
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Daniel 11:37
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"He will show no regard for the gods 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. |
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Daniel 11:38
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"But instead 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. |
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Daniel 11:39
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"He will take action against the strongest of
fortresses with the help of a foreign god; he will give great honor to those who
acknowledge him and will cause them to rule over the many, and will parcel out
land for a price. |
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Daniel 11:40
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"At the end time the king of the South will
collide with him, and the king of the North will storm against him with chariots,
with horsemen and with many ships; and he will enter countries, overflow them
and pass through. |
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Daniel 11:41
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"He will also enter the Beautiful Land, and
many countries will fall; but these will be rescued out of his hand: Edom, Moab
and the foremost of the sons of Ammon. |
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Daniel 11:42
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"Then he will stretch out his hand against other
countries, and the land of Egypt will not escape. |
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Daniel 11:43
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"But he will gain control over the hidden treasures
of gold and silver and over all the precious things of Egypt; and Libyans and
Ethiopians will follow at his heels. |
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Daniel 11:44
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"But rumors from the East and from the North
will disturb him, and he will go forth with great wrath to destroy and annihilate
many. |
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Daniel 11:45
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"He will pitch the tents of his royal pavilion
between the seas and the beautiful Holy Mountain; yet he will come to his end,
and no one will help him. |
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