LORD my God, and made confession, Law of Moses, all this evil is come and said: 'O Lord, the great and aw-upon us; yet have we not entreated ful God, who keepest covenant and the favour of the LORD our God, that mercy with them that love Thee and we might turn from our iniquities, keep Thy commandments, we have and have discernment in Thy truth. sinned, and have dealt iniquitously, 14And so the LORD hath watched over and have done wickedly, and have the evil, and brought it upon us; for rebelled, and have turned aside from the LORD our God is righteous in all Thy commandments and from Thine His works which He hath done, and ordinances; neither have we hearkened we have not hearkened to His voice. unto Thy servants the prophets, 15And now, O Lord our God, that that spoke in Thy name to our kings, hast brought Thy people forth out of our princes, and our fathers, and to all the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, the people of the land. "Unto Thee, O and hast gotten Thee renown, as at Lord, belongeth righteousness, but this day; we have sinned, we have unto us confusion of face, as at this done wickedly. 160 Lord, according day; to the men of Judah, and to the to all Thy righteousness, let Thine inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto anger and Thy fury, I pray Thee, be all Israel, that are near, and that are turned away from Thy city Jerusalem, far off, through all the countries Thy holy mountain; because for our whither Thou hast driven them, be- sins, and for the iniquities of our cause they dealt treacherously with fathers, Jerusalem and Thy people Thee. O LORD, to us belongeth are become a reproach to all that are confusion of face, to our kings, to round about us. 17Now therefore, O our princes, and to our fathers, be- our God, hearken unto the prayer of cause we have sinned against Thee. Thy servant, and to his supplications, "To the Lord our God belong com- and cause Thy face to shine upon passions and forgivenesses; for we Thy_sanctuary that is desolate, for have rebelled against Him; 10neither the Lord's sake. 180 my God, incline have we hearkened to the voice of Thine ear, and hear; open Thine eyes, the LORD our God, to walk in His and behold our desolations, and the laws, which He set before us by His city upon which Thy name is called; servants the prophets. "Yea, all for we do not present our supplicaIsrael have transgressed Thy law, tions before Thee because of our and have turned aside, so as not righteousness, but because of Thy to hearken to Thy voice; and so there great compassions. 190 Lord, hear, hath been poured out upon us the O Lord, forgive, O Lord, attend and curse and the oath that is written do, defer not; for Thine own sake, O in the Law of Moses the servant of my God, because Thy name is called God; for we have sinned against upon Thy city and Thy people.' Him. 12And He hath confirmed His word, which He spoke against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil; so that under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem. 13As it is written in the 20 And while 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; 21yea, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, approached close to me about the time of the evening offering. 22And he made me to understand, and talked with me, and said: 'O Daniel, I am now come forth to make thee skilful of understanding. 23At the beginning of thy supplications a word went forth, and I am come to declare it; for thou art greatly beloved; therefore look into the word, and understand the vision. 24Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sin, and to forgive iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal vision and prophet, and to anoint the most holy place. 25Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the word to restore and to build Jerusalem unto one anointed, a prince, shall be seven weeks; and for threescore and two weeks, it shall be built again, with broad place and moat, but in troublous times. 26And after the threescore and two weeks shall an anointed one be cut off, and be no more; and the people of a prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; but his end shall be with a flood; and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. 27And he shall make a firm covenant with many for one week; and for half of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease; and upon the wing of detestable things shall be that which causeth appalment; and that until the extermination wholly determined be poured out upon that which causeth appalment.' 10 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a word was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the word was true, even a great warfare; and he gave heed to the word, and had understanding of the vision. In those days I Daniel was mourning three whole weeks. 3I 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. And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Tigris, "I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz; his body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as torches of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to burnished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude. 'And I Daniel alone saw the vision; for the men that were with me saw not the vision; howbeit a great trembling fell upon them, and they fled to hide themselves. So 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. the voice of his words; and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I fallen into a deep sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground. 10And, behold, a hand touched me, which set me tottering upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands. "And he said unto me: 'O Daniel, thou man greatly beloved, give heed unto the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright; for now am I sent unto thee'; and when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling. Yet heard I 12Then said he unto me: 'Fear not, Daniel; for from the first day that thou didst set thy heart to understand, and to humble thyself before thy God, thy words. 2And now will I declare unto thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all; and when he is waxed strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece. 3And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. 4And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion wherewith he ruled; for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside these. were heard; and I am come because of thy words. 13But 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 was left over there beside the kings of Persia. 14Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the end of days; for there is yet a vision for the days.' 15And when he had spoken unto me according to these words, I set my face toward the ground, and was dumb. 16And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips; then I opened my mouth, and spoke and said unto him that "And the king of the south shall be stood before me: 'O my lord, by strong, and one of his princes; and reason of the vision my pains are he shall be strong above him, and come upon me, and I retain no have dominion; his dominion shall strength. 17For how can this servant be a great dominion. daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement; but she shall not retain the strength of her arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm; but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begot her, and he that obtained her in those times. of my lord talk with this my lord? "And at the end of years they shall for as for me, straightway there re-join themselves together; and the mained no strength in me, neither was there breath left in me.' 18Then there touched me again one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me. 19And he 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.' 20Then said he: 'Knowest thou wherefore I am come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia; and when I go forth, lo, the prince of Greece shall come. 21Howbeit I will declare unto thee that which is inscribed in the writing of truth; and there is none that holdeth with me against these, except Michael your prince. 11 And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to be a supporter and a stronghold unto him. "But one of the shoots of her roots shall stand up in his place, and shall come unto the army, and shall enter into the stronghold of the king of the north, and shall deal with them, and shall prevail; and also their gods, with their molten images, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold, shall he bring into captivity into Egypt; and he shall desist some years from the king of the north. And he shall come into the kingdom of the king of the south, but he shall return into his own land. 20Then shall stand up in his place one that shall cause an exactor to pass through the glory of the kingdom; but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle. 21 And in his place shall stand up a contemptible person, upon whom had not been conferred the majesty of the kingdom; but he shall come in time of security, and shall obtain the kingdom by blandishments. 22 And the arms of the flood shall be swept away 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; and he shall come up and become strong, with a little nation. 24In time of security shall he come 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 prey, and spoil, and substance; yea, he shall devise his devices against fortresses, but only until the time. 1oAnd his sons shall stir themselves yea, he shall cause his own reproach up, and shall assemble a multitude to return upon him. 19Then he shall of great forces, and he shall come on, turn his face toward the strongholds and overflow, as he passeth through; of his own land; but he shall stumble and he shall return and stir himself and fall, and shall not be found. up, even to his stronghold. 11And 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; 12and the multitude shall be carried away, and his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail. 13And the king of the north shall again set forth a multitude, greater than the former; and he shall come on at the end of the times, even of years, with a great army and with much substance. 14And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south; also the children of the violent among thy people shall lift themselves up to establish the vision; but they shall stumble. 15And the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mound, and take a well-fortified city; and the arms of the south shall not withstand; and as for his chosen people, there shall be no strength in them to withstand. 16But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him; and he shall stand in the beauteous land, and in his hand shall be extermination. 17And he shall set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, but shall make an agreement with him; and he shall give him the daughter of women, to destroy it; but it shall not stand, neither be for him. 18After this shall he set his face unto the isles, and shall take many; but a captain shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; him. 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 stir himself up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand, for they shall devise devices against 26Yea, they that eat of his food shall destroy him, and his army shall be swept away; and many shall fall down slain. 27 And as for both these kings, their hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper, for the end remaineth yet for the time appointed. 28 And he shall return to his own land with great substance; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do his pleasure, and return to his own land. done. Neither shall he regard the gods of his fathers; and neither the desire of women, nor any god, shall he regard; for he shall magnify himself above all. 38But in his place shall he honour the god of strongholds; and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and costly things. 39And he shall deal with the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god; whom he shall acknowledge, shall increase glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for a price. 29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come into the south; but it shall not be in the latter time as it was in the former. 30 For ships of Kittim shall come against him, and he shall be cowed, and he shall return, and have indignation against the holy covenant, and shall do his pleasure; and he shall return, and have regard unto them that forsake the holy cove- 40 And at the time of the end shall nant. 31 And arms shall stand up on the king of the south push at him; and his part, and they shall profane the the king of the north shall come sanctuary, even the stronghold, and against him like a whirlwind, with shall take away the continual burnt- chariots, and with horsemen, and with offering, and they shall set up the many ships; and he shall enter into detestable thing that causeth appal- the countries, and shall overflow, as he ment. 32And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall be corrupt by blandishments; but the people that know their God shall show strength, and prevail. 33 And they that are wise among the people shall cause the many to understand; yet they shall stumble by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by spoil, many days. 34 Now when they shall stumble, they shall be helped with a little help; but many shall join themselves unto them with blandishments. 35And some of them that are wise shall stumble, to refine among them, and to purify, and to make white, even to the time of the end; for it is yet for the time appointed. passeth through. He shall enter also into the beauteous land, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall be delivered out of his hand, Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. 42He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries; and the land of Egypt shall not escape. 43But 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. 44But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall affright him; and he shall go forth with great fury to destroy and utterly to make away many. 45 And he shall plant the tents of his palace 36And the king shall do according to between the seas and the beauteous his will; and he shall exalt himself, and holy mountain; and he shall come to magnify himself above every god, and his end, and none shall help him. shall speak strange things against the 12 And at that time shall Michael God of gods; and he shall prosper till stand up, the great prince who the indignation be accomplished; for standeth for the children of thy that which is determined shall be people; and there shall be a time of |