Daniel 8:10-26, Daniel 11:21-45, Daniel 12:1, Zechariah 13:9, Zechariah 14:2, Zechariah 14:3 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

Daniel 8:10-26

10 Then it grew up to the host of heaven and caused some of the host and some of the ^astars to fall to the earth, and it ^btrampled them down. 11 And it even ^amagnified itself ¹to be equal with the ²Commander of the host; and it removed the ^bregular sacrifice from Him, and the place of His sanctuary was thrown down. 12 And on account of transgression the host will be given over to the horn along with the regular sacrifice; and it will ^athrow truth down to the ground and do its will and succeed. 13 Then I heard a ^aholy one speaking, and another holy one said to that particular one who was speaking, “^bHow long will the vision about the regular sacrifice apply, ¹while the transgression causes desolation, so as to allow both the holy place and the host ²to be ^ctrampled?” 14 He said to me, “For ^a2,300 evenings and mornings; then the holy place will be ¹made righteous.”

Daniel Seeks to Understand the Vision

15 Now it happened when ^aI, Daniel, had seen the vision, that I sought ¹to understand it; and behold, standing before me was one ²who had the appearance of a ^bman. 16 And I heard the voice of a man between the banks of Ulai, and he called out and said, “^aGabriel, give this man an understanding of what has appeared.” 17 So he came near to where I was standing, and when he came I was terrified and ^afell on my face; but he said to me, “Son of man, understand that the vision pertains to the ^btime of the end.”
18 Now while he was talking with me, I ^asank into a deep sleep with my face to the ground; but he ^btouched me and made me stand ¹upright. 19 Then he said, “Behold, I am going to ^alet you know what will happen at the final period of the indignation, for it pertains to the appointed time of the end. 20 The ^aram which you saw with the two horns is the kings of Media and Persia. 21 Now the shaggy ¹goat is the ²king of Greece, and the large horn that is between his eyes is the first king. 22 And the ^abroken horn and the four horns that stood in its place are four kingdoms which will take their stand from his nation, although not with his power.
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In the latter period of their ¹reign,

When the transgressors have ²run their course,

A king will stand,

³Insolent and skilled in ⁴intrigue.

His power will be mighty, but not by his own power,

And he will ¹^adestroy to an ²astonishing degree

And succeed and do his will;

He will ¹destroy mighty men and ³the holy people.

And through his insight

He will cause deceit to succeed by his hand;

And he will magnify himself in his heart,

And he will ¹destroy many while they are ²at ease.

He will even ^astand against the Prince of princes,

But he will be broken ^bwithout hands.

And what had appeared about the evenings and mornings

Which has been told is ^atrue;

But as for you, ^bconceal the vision,

For it pertains to many ^cdays in the future.”

Daniel 11:21-45

21 And in his place a despised person will stand, to whom the splendor of the kingdom has not been given, but he will come in a time of ease and ^atake hold of the kingdom by intrigue. 22 But the overflowing ¹^amight will be flooded away before him and broken, and also the prince of the covenant. 23 And after an alliance is made with him, he will ¹practice deception, and he will go up and gain power with a small force of people. 24 ¹In a time of ease he will enter the ^arichest parts of the province, and he will do what his fathers never did, nor his fathers’ fathers; he will distribute plunder, spoil, and possessions among them, and he will devise his schemes against strongholds, but only for a time. 25 And he will stir up his strength and heart against the ^aking of the South with a great military force; so the king of the South will wage war with an extremely large and mighty military force for war; but he will not stand, for schemes will be devised against him. 26 And those who eat his choice food will break him, and his military force will ¹^aoverflow, but many will fall down slain. 27 And as for both kings, their hearts will be intent on ^aevil, and they will ^bspeak falsehood at the same table; but it will not succeed, for the ^cend is still to come at the appointed time. 28 Then he will return to his land with great possessions; but his heart will be set against the holy covenant, and he will take action and then return to his own land.
29 “At the appointed time he will return and come into the South, but ¹this last time it will not happen the way it did before. 30 Indeed, ships of ¹^aKittim will come against him; therefore he will be disheartened and will return and become indignant at the holy covenant and take action; so he will come back and show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant. 31 Mighty forces from him will stand, ^aprofane the sanctuary fortress, and abolish the regular sacrifice. And they will set up the ^babomination ¹of desolation. 32 And by ^asmooth words he will ¹turn to godlessness those who act wickedly toward the covenant, but the people who know their God will display ^bstrength and take action. 33 And ¹^athose who have insight among the people will give understanding to the many; yet they will ^bfall by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder for many days. 34 Now when they fall, they will be granted a little help, and many will ^ajoin with them in ¹^bintrigue. 35 And some of ¹those who have insight will fall, in order to ^arefine, ^bpurge, and make them ²^cpure until the time of the ^dend, because it is still to come at the appointed time.
36 “Then the king will ^ado as he pleases, and he will exalt and ^bmagnify himself above every god and will ^cspeak ¹astonishing things against the ^dGod of gods; and he will succeed until the ^eindignation is finished, for that which is ^fdecreed will be done. 37 He will show no regard for the ¹gods 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. 38 But ¹instead 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 desirable things. 39 And he will take action against the strongest of fortresses with the help of a foreign god; he will give great honor to ¹those who recognize him and will cause them to rule over the many and will apportion land for a price.
40 “And at ^athe time of the end, the ^bking of the South will collide with him, and the ^cking of the North will ^dstorm against him with chariots, with horsemen, and with many ships; and he will enter lands, ^eoverflow them, and pass through. 41 And he will also enter the ¹^aBeautiful Land, and many countries will fall; but these will be rescued out of his hand: Edom, ^bMoab, and the foremost of the sons of ^cAmmon. 42 Then he will send forth his hand against other countries, and the land of Egypt will not escape. 43 But he will rule over the hidden treasures of gold and silver and over all the desirable things of Egypt; and ^aLibyans and ^bEthiopians will follow at his ¹heels. 44 But reports from the East and from the North will dismay him, and he will go forth with great wrath to destroy and ¹devote many to destruction. 45 And he will pitch the tents of his royal pavilion between the seas and the beautiful ^aHoly Mountain; yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him.

Daniel 12:1

The End of the Days

“Now at that time, ^aMichael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will stand. And there will be a ^btime of distress ^csuch as never happened since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the ^dbook, will be rescued.