The seventy weeks foretold.

B. C. about 538.

built.

I Or, breach, er, ditch,

† Heb. in trait of times.

Or, and shall hure nothing. a John 1. 41. bls. 55. 4.

1 Or, it shall be cut off by de olations.

1 Or, a

dis. 53. 8.

• Pet. 2. 21. &. 3. 18.

ness, and to seal up the vision and + prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

An angel comforteth Daniel.

8 Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my

B. C. about 534.

Or, vigour. ch. 8. 27.

⚫ ch. 7. 28.

с

26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, e 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 flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

27 And he shall confirm the covNeb. 4. 8, 16. enant with many for one week and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to Or, with the cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, Luke 19. 44. and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

abominable

armies. (Matt. 22. 7.

Or, upon the declator.

b Matt. 24. 2.

i Matt. 24. 6, IL

Nab. 1. 8.

about 534. 11. 42. 6.

m Is. 53, 11.

+ Heb. one

• Matt. 6. 17.

I Gen. 2. 14. Josh. 5. 13. b ch. 12. 6, 7.

h

5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were igirded with fine gold of Uphaz : 6 His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of Rev. 1. 13, 14, lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, P and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.

15. & 15.6.

* Jer. 10. 9. 1 Ez. 1. 16. Ez. 1. 14.

L

* Rev, 1. 14.

& 19.12.

⚫ Ez. 1. 7.

Rev. 1. 15. P Ez. 1. 24. Rev. 1. 15. 42 Kings 6.

17. Acts 9.7.

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 fled to hide themselves.

15 And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.

b ver. 21. ch. 12. 1. Jude 9. Rev. 12.7.

c Gen. 49. 1. ch. 2. 28.

d ch. 8. 26. ver. 1. Hab. 2. 3.

e ver. 9. ch. 8 18.

g ver. 10. Jer. 1. 9.

16 And, behold, one like the simil-f ch. 8. 15. itude 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 sorrows are turned upon me, and h ver. 8. I have retained no strength.

17 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.

18 Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened 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

Overthrow of Persia.

B. C. about 534.

a ch. 9. 1. b ch. 5. 31.

c ch. 7. 6. & 8. 5.

d ch. 8. 4. ver. 16, 36. e ch. 8. 8.

f ch. 8. 22.

+ Heb. shall associate themselves.

+ Heb. rights.

Or, whom "she brought forth.

Or, in his place, ver, 20,

+ Heb. ressels of their desire.

I Or, shall

war.

d

3 And a mighty 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 besides those.

5 T 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 And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's 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 strengthened 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 precious 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 kingdom, and shall return into his own land.

10 But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of

Leagues and conflicis.

14 And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy + Heb. the people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.

children of robbers.

22 PAnd with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before 1 ch. 8. 10, 11, him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.

125

r ch. 8. 25.

1 Or, into the peaceable and fat, &c.

+ Heb. think his thoughts.

I ver. 10, 22.

+ Heb. their hearta,

Iver, 29, 35, 40. ch. 8. 19.

= ver. 22.

x ver. 23. y ver. 25.

Num. 24. 24. Jer. 2. 10.

a ver. 28.

ch. 8. 11. & 12. 11.

1 Or, astmisheth

dissemble.

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 He shall enter peaceably 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 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 forecast devices against him.

26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall 'overflow: and many shall fall down slain.

27 And both 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 great riches; and "his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return 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, y 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 sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.

32 And such as do wickedly against Or, cause to the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.

Mal. 2. 7.

4 Heb. 11. 35,

C

33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet

His impious conduct.

A season of troubles.

B. C.

about 534.

a ch. 10. 13, 21.

b Is. 26. 20, 21. Jer. 30. 7. Matt. 24. 21. Rev. 16. 18.

c Rom. 11. 26. d Ex. 32. 32. Ps. 56. 8. & 69. 28. Ez.13. 9. Luke 10.

B. C.

CHAPTER XII.

The duration of these wonders.

7 And I heard the man clothed in

ND at that time shall a Michael

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 20. Phil. 4.3. people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

Rev. 3. 5. &
13. 8.

e Matt. 25. 46. John 5, 28,

2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to 8 ch. 11. 33, 35. shame and everlasting contempt. 3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many as the stars for to righteousness, ever and ever.

Or, teachers.

h Prov. 4. 18. Matt. 13. 43.

i James 5. 20.

k 1 Cor. 15.

41, 42.

1 ch. 8. 26. ver. 9.

m Rev. 10. 4. & 22. 10. n.ch. 10. 1. ver. 9.

+ Heb. lip.

6 ch. 10. 4.

P ch. 10. 5.

ever, that it shall be for a time, times, and a half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.

8 And I heard, but I understood ch. 8. 24 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 seal-ver ed ' till the time of the end.

10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.

11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.

d

e

z ch. 11. 35. Zech. 13. 9.

■ Hos. 14. 9. Rev. 9. 20. & 22.11.

b ch. 11. 33, 35. John 7. 17. & 8. 47. & 18. $7.

e ch. 8. 11. & 11. 31.

Heb, to set

up the abcmination, &c.

Or, aston

isheth.

d ver, 9.

| Or, and thou, &c.

13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the 157.2

794

Rev. 14 13 (Ps. 1.5.

B. C.

about 785.

So ch. 3. 1.

THE word of the LORD that came

Tunto Hosen, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

2 The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoreDeut. 31. 16. doms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the

Ps. 73, 27. Jer. 2. 13.

Ez 23. 3, &c. LORD.

2 Kings 10. II.

+ Heb. visit.

2 Kings 15. I 10, 12.

e 2 Kings 15. 29.

karing obLained mercy.

+ Heb. I will not add any

I more to.

Or, that I should altogether par don them.

f 2 Kings 17. 16, 23.

2 Kings 19.

35.

b Zech. 4. 6. & 9. 10. That is, Not my people.

3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.

4 And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, d and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

5 And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.

6 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto That is, Not him, Call her name "Lo-ruhamah: ffort I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. 7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen. 8¶ Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son. 9 Then said God, Call his name Loammi for ye are not my people, and I will not be God. your 10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them,' Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. 11 Then shall the children of JuEz 31 28.& dah and the children of Israel be 37.16-24. gathered together, and appoint them

Gen. 32. 12. Rom. 9. 27, 28.

Rom. 9. 25, 25. 1 Pet. 2. 1 10.

1 Or, instead
of that
Ich. 2. 23

m John 1. 12. 1 John 3, 1. la 11. 12, 13. Jer. 3. 18.

m

SAY ye unto your brethren, "Am- "That is, My mi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.

people. That is, Having obtained mercy.

a Is. 50. 1.

2 Plead with your mother, plead; for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of herb Ez. 16. 25. sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

3 Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.

4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the dren of whoredoms.