11:7 “There will arise in his 8 place one from her family line 9 who will come against their army and will enter the stronghold of the king of the north and will move against them successfully. 10 11:8 He will also take their gods into captivity to Egypt, along with their cast images and prized utensils of silver and gold. Then he will withdraw for some years from 11 the king of the north. 11:9 Then the king of the north 12 will advance against the empire of the king of the south, but will withdraw to his own land. 11:10 His sons 13 will wage war, mustering a large army which will advance like an overflowing river and carrying the battle all the way to the enemy’s 14 fortress. 15
11:11 “Then the king of the south 16 will be enraged and will march out to fight against the king of the north, who will also muster a large army, but that army will be delivered into his hand. 11:12 When the army is taken away, the king of the south will become arrogant. 17 He will be responsible for the death 18 of thousands and thousands of people, 19 but he will not continue to prevail. 11:13 For the king of the north will again muster an army, one larger than before. At the end of some years he will advance with a huge army and enormous supplies.
11:14 “In those times many will oppose 20 the king of the south. 21 Those who are violent 22 among your own people will rise up in confirmation of 23 the vision, but they will falter. 11:15 Then the king of the north will advance and will build siege mounds and capture a well-fortified city. 24 The forces of the south will not prevail, not even his finest contingents. 25 They will have no strength to prevail. 11:16 The one advancing against him will do as he pleases, and no one will be able to stand before him. He will prevail in the beautiful land, and its annihilation will be within his power. 26 11:17 His intention 27 will be to come with the strength of his entire kingdom, and he will form alliances. 28 He will give the king of the south 29 a daughter 30 in marriage in order to destroy the kingdom, but it will not turn out to his advantage. 11:18 Then he will turn his attention 31 to the coastal regions and will capture many of them. But a commander 32 will bring his shameful conduct to a halt; in addition, 33 he will make him pay for his shameful conduct. 34 11:19 He will then turn his attention to the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall, not to be found again. 11:20 There will arise after him 35 one 36 who will send out an exactor 37 of tribute to enhance the splendor of the kingdom, but after a few days he will be destroyed, 38 though not in anger or battle.
11:21 “Then there will arise in his place a despicable person 39 to whom the royal honor has not been rightfully conferred. He will come on the scene in a time of prosperity and will seize the kingdom through deceit. 11:22 Armies 40 will be suddenly 41 swept away in defeat 42 before him; both they and a covenant leader 43 will be destroyed. 44 11:23 After 45 entering into an alliance with him, he will behave treacherously; he will ascend to power with only a small force. 46 11:24 In a time of prosperity for the most productive areas of the province he will come and accomplish what neither his fathers nor their fathers accomplished. He will distribute loot, spoils, and property to his followers, and he will devise plans against fortified cities, but not for long. 47 11:25 He will rouse his strength and enthusiasm 48 against the king of the south 49 with a large army. The king of the south will wage war with a large and very powerful army, but he will not be able to prevail because of the plans devised against him. 11:26 Those who share the king’s fine food will attempt to destroy him, and his army will be swept away; 50 many will be killed in battle. 11:27 These two kings, their minds 51 filled with evil intentions, will trade 52 lies with one another at the same table. But it will not succeed, for there is still an end at the appointed time. 11:28 Then the king of the north 53 will return to his own land with much property. His mind will be set against the holy covenant. He will take action, and then return to his own land. 11:29 At an appointed time he will again invade the south, but this latter visit will not turn out the way the former one did. 11:30 The ships of Kittim 54 will come against him, leaving him disheartened. 55 He will turn back and direct his indignation against the holy covenant. He will return and honor 56 those who forsake the holy covenant. 11:31 His forces 57 will rise up and profane the fortified sanctuary, 58 stopping the daily sacrifice. In its place they will set up 59 the abomination that causes desolation. 11:32 Then with smooth words he will defile 60 those who have rejected 61 the covenant. But the people who are loyal to 62 their God will act valiantly. 63 11:33 These who are wise among the people will teach the masses. 64 However, they will fall 65 by the sword and by the flame, 66 and they will be imprisoned and plundered for some time. 67 11:34 When they stumble, they will be granted some help. But many will unite with them deceitfully. 11:35 Even some of the wise will stumble, resulting in their refinement, purification, and cleansing until the time of the end, for it is still for the appointed time.
11:36 “Then the king 68 will do as he pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself above every deity and he will utter presumptuous things against the God of gods. He will succeed until the time of 69 wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must occur. 70 11:37 He will not respect 71 the gods of his fathers – not even the god loved by women. 72 He will not respect any god; he will elevate himself above them all. 11:38 What he will honor is a god of fortresses – a god his fathers did not acknowledge he will honor with gold, silver, valuable stones, and treasured commodities. 11:39 He will attack 73 mighty fortresses, aided by 74 a foreign deity. To those who recognize him he will grant considerable honor. He will place them in authority over many people, and he will parcel out land for a price. 75
11:40 “At the time of the end the king of the south will attack 76 him. Then the king of the north will storm against him 77 with chariots, horsemen, and a large armada of ships. 78 He 79 will invade lands, passing through them like an overflowing river. 80 11:41 Then he will enter the beautiful land. 81 Many 82 will fall, but these will escape: 83 Edom, Moab, and the Ammonite leadership. 11:42 He will extend his power 84 against other lands; the land of Egypt will not escape. 11:43 He will have control over the hidden stores of gold and silver, as well as all the treasures of Egypt. Libyans and Ethiopians 85 will submit to him. 86 11:44 But reports will trouble him from the east and north, and he will set out in a tremendous rage to destroy and wipe out many. 11:45 He will pitch his royal tents between the seas 87 toward the beautiful holy mountain. But he will come to his end, with no one to help him.