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 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 .⇇