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And a despised one shall stand up on his place, and they shall not give to him the honor of the king. But he shall come in while at ease and make strong the kingdom by intrigues.

And he will stir up his power and his heart against the king of the south with a great army. And the king of the south will be stirred up to battle with a great and very mighty army. But he shall not stand, for they will devise plots againsthim.

And both of them, the kings, shall have in their hearts to do evil, and they will speak lies at one table. But it will not prosper, for the end still shall be at the appointed time.

At the appointed time he will return and come against the south. But it will not be as the former or as the latter.

And he will defile by flatteries those who do evil against the covenant. But the people who know their God will be strong and will work.

And when they shall stumble, they will be helped with a little help. But many will join them with hypocrisy.

But in his place he shall honor the god of forces, and he shall honor a god whom his fathers did not know, with gold and silver and with precious stones, and desirable things.

And he shall enter into the glorious land, and many will be stumbled. But these shall escape out of his hand: Edom and Moab, and the chief of the sons of Ammon.

But he will rule over the treasures of gold and silver, and over all Egypt's desirable things. And the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.

But news shall trouble him from the east and from the north. And he will go out with great fury to destroy and to devote many to destruction.

But you, O Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, to the end time. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

And I heard, but I did not understand. And I said, O my lord, what shall be the end of these things ?

Many shall be purified and made white and tested. But the wicked shall do wickedly. And not one of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.

But you go on to the end, for you shall rest and stand for your lot at the end of the days.

And she conceived again and bore a daughter. And He said to him, Call her name No Mercy, for I will not again still have mercy on the house of Israel; but I will completely take them away.

And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them. And she shall look for them, but she shall not find them . Then she shall say, I will go and return to my first husband, for then it was better with me thannow.

They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah, but they shall not find Him ; He has withdrawn Himself from them.

But, like Adam, they have broken the covenant; they have acted like traitors against Me there.

They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a treacherous bow. Their rulers shall fall by the sword from the rage of the tongue. This shall be their scorn in the land of Egypt.

They have set up kings, but not by Me. They have made rulers, but I did not know. They made idols for themselves with their silver and their gold, so that they may be cut off.