BOOK OF DANIEL CHAPTER 9-12 KJV

Chapter 9
In the rst year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus,
of the seed of the Medes, which was made king
over the realm of the Chaldeans;
2 In the rst year of his reign I Daniel under
stood by books the number of the years, whereof
the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the
prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years
in the desolations of Jerusalem.
3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to
seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting,
and sackcloth, and ashes:
4 And I prayed unto the LORD my God,
and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the
great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant
and mercy to them that love him, and to them
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that keep his commandments;
5 We have sinned, and have committed iniq
uity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled,
even by departing from thy precepts and from
thy judgments:
6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants
the prophets, which spake in thy name to our
kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all
the people of the land.
7 O LORD, righteousness belongeth unto
thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this
day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants
of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near,
and that are far o , through all the countries
whither thou hast driven them, because of their
trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face,
to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers,
because we have sinned against thee.
9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and
forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against
him;
10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the
LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he
set before us by his servants the prophets.
11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law,
even by departing, that they might not obey thy
voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and
the oath that is written in the law of Moses the
servant of God, because we have sinned against
him.
12 And he hath con rmed his words, which
he spake against us, and against our judges that
judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for
under the whole heaven hath not been done as
hath been done upon Jerusalem.
13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this
evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer
before the LORD our God, that we might turn
from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
14 Therefore hath the LORD watched upon
the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD
our God is righteous in all his works which he
doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast
brought thy people forth out of the land of
Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee
renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have
done wickedly.
16 O LORD, according to all thy righteous
ness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury
be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy
mountain: because for our sins, and for the in
iquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people
are become a reproach to all that are about us.
17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer
of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause
thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is des
olate, for the Lords sake.
18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear;
open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and
the city which is called by thy name: for we do
not present our supplications before thee for our
righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord,
hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O
my God: for thy city and thy people are called
by thy name.
20 And whiles I was speaking, and praying,
and confessing my sin and the sin of my peo
ple Israel, and presenting my supplication before
the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my
God;
21 Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even
the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vi
sion at the beginning, being caused to y swiftly,
touched me about the time of the evening obla
tion.
22 And he informed me, and talked with me,
and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give
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thee skill and understanding.
23 At the beginning of thy supplications the
commandment came forth, and I am come to
shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore
understand the matter, and consider the vision.
24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy
people and upon thy holy city, to nish the trans
gression, and to make an end of sins, and to make
reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in ever
lasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision
and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
25 Know therefore and understand, that from
the going forth of the commandment to restore
and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the
Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and
two weeks: the street shall be built again, and
the wall, even in troublous times.
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall
Messiah be cut o , but not for himself: and the
people of the prince that shall come shall destroy
the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof
shall be with a ood, and unto the end of the
war desolations are determined.
27 And he shall con rm the covenant with
many for one week: and in the midst of the week
he shall cause the sacri ce and the oblation to
cease, and for the overspreading of abominations
he shall make it desolate, even until the con
summation, and that determined shall be poured
upon the desolate.
Chapter 10
In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing
was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called
Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the
time appointed was long: and he understood the
thing, and had understanding of the vision.
2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three
full weeks.
3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came esh
nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint my
self at all, till three whole weeks were ful lled.
4 And in the four and twentieth day of the
rst month, as I was by the side of the great
river, which is Hiddekel;
5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and
behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose
loins were girded with ne gold of Uphaz:
6 His body also was like the beryl, and his
face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes
as lamps of re, and his arms and his feet like
in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his
words like the voice of a multitude.
7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the
men that were with me saw not the vision; but
a great quaking fell upon them, so that they ed
to hide themselves.
8 Therefore 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.
9 Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when
I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a
deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the
ground.
10 And, behold, an hand touched me, which
set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my
hands.
11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man
greatly beloved, understand the words that I
speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto
thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken
this word unto me, I stood trembling.
12 Thensaid he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for
from the rst day that thou didst set thine heart
to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy
God, thy words were heard, and I am come for
thy words.
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13 But 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 remained there with the kings of Per
sia.
14 Now I am come to make thee understand
what shall befall thy people in the latter days:
for yet the vision is for many days.
15 And when he had spoken such words unto
me, I set my face toward the ground, and I be
came dumb.
16 And, behold, one like the similitude of the
sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my
mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood
before me, O my lord, by the vision my sor
rows are turned upon me, and I have retained
no strength.
17 For how can the servant of this my lord
talk with this my lord? for as for me, straight
way there remained no strength in me, neither
is there breath left in me.
18 Thenthere came again and touched me one
like the appearance of a man, and he strength
ened me,
19 And 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.
20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I
come unto thee? and now will I return to ght
with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone
forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.
21 But I will shew thee that which is noted in
the scripture of truth: and there is none that
holdeth with me in these things, but Michael
your prince.
Chapter 11
Also I in the rst year of Darius the Mede, even
I, stood to con rm and to strengthen him.
2 And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold,
there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia;
and the fourth shall be far richer than they all:
and by his strength through his riches he shall
stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
3 And amighty king shall stand up, that shall
rule with great dominion, and do according to his
will.
4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom
shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the
four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity,
nor according to his dominion which he ruled:
for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for
others beside those.
5 And the king of the south shall be strong,
and one of his princes; and he shall be strong
above him, and have dominion; his dominion
shall be a great dominion.
6 Andin the end of years they shall join them
selves together; for the kings daughter of the
south shall come to the king of the north to make
an agreement: but she shall not retain the power
of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm:
but she shall be given up, and they that brought
her, and he that begat her, and he that strength
ened her in these times.
7 But out of a branch of her roots shall one
stand up in his estate, which shall come with
an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the
king of the north, and shall deal against them,
and shall prevail:
8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt
their gods, with their princes, and with their pre
cious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall
continue more years than the king of the north.
9 So the king of the south shall come into his
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kingdom, and shall return into his own land.
10 But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall
assemble a multitude of great forces: and one
shall certainly come, and over ow, and pass
through: then shall he return, and be stirred up,
even to his fortress.
11 And the king of the south shall be moved
with choler, and shall come forth and ght with
him, even with the king of the north: and he
shall set forth a great multitude; but the multi
tude shall be given into his hand.
12 And when he hath taken away the multi
tude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall
cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not
be strengthened by it.
13 For the king of the north shall return, and
shall set forth a multitude greater than the for
mer, and shall certainly come after certain years
with a great army and with much riches.
14 And in those times there shall many stand
up against the king of the south: also the robbers
of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish
the vision; but they shall fall.
15 So the king of the north shall come, and
cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities:
and the arms of the south shall not withstand,
neither his chosen people, neither shall there be
any strength to withstand.
16 But he that cometh against him shall do
according to his own will, and none shall stand
before him: and he shall stand in the glorious
land, which by his hand shall be consumed.
17 He shall also set his face to enter with the
strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones
with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him
the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she
shall not stand on his side, neither be for him.
18 After this shall he turn his face unto the
isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his
own behalf shall cause the reproach o ered by
him to cease; without his own reproach he shall
cause it to turn upon him.
19 Then he shall turn his face toward the fort
of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall,
and not be found.
20 Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser
of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within
few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger,
nor in battle.
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile per
son, to whom they shall not give the honour of
the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably,
and obtain the kingdom by atteries.
22 And with the arms of a ood shall they be
over own 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 Heshall enter peaceably even upon the fat
test 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 fore
cast devices against him.
26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his
meat shall destroy him, and his army shall over
ow: and many shall fall down slain.
27 And both of 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
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great riches; and his heart shall be against the
holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and re
turn 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 sacri ce, and they shall place
the abomination that maketh desolate.
32 And such as do wickedly against the
covenant shall he corrupt by atteries: but the
people that do know their God shall be strong,
and do exploits.
33 And they that understand among the peo
ple shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the
sword, and by ame, 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 atteries.
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 him
self above every god, and shall speak marvellous
things against the God of gods, and shall pros
per till the indignation be accomplished: for that
that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fa
thers, 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 over ow 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 Am
mon.
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 trea
sures of gold and of silver, and over all the pre
cious 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.
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And at that time shall Michael stand up, the
great prince which standeth for the children of
thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble,
such as never was since there was a nation even
to that same time: and at that time thy people
shall be delivered, every one that shall be found
written in the book.
2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of
the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life,
and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
3 And they that be wise shall shine as the
brightness of the rmament; and they that turn
many to righteousness as the stars for ever and
ever.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and
seal the book, even to the time of the end: many
shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be in
creased.
5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there
stood other two, the one on this side of the bank
of the river, and the other on that side of the
bank of the river.
6 And one said to the man clothed in linen,
which was upon the waters of the river, How long
shall it be to the end of these wonders?
7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which
was upon the waters of the river, when he held
up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven,
and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall
be for a time, times, and an half; and when he
shall have accomplished to scatter the power of
the holy people, all these things shall be nished.
8 And I heard, but I understood not: then
said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these
things?
9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the
words are closed up and sealed till the time o