1 Daniel beholds a vision. DANIEL, The overthrow of Persia it desolate, even until the consummation, unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and that determined shall be poured upon and I became dumb. the desolate. CHAP. X. N 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 flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fululled. 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 sorrows 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, 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, 4 And in the four and twentieth day of fear not: peace be unto thee, be str ng, yea, the first month, as I was by the side of the be strong. And when he had spoken unto great river, which is Hiddekel; me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my 5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and look-lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me. ed, and behold a certain man clothed in 20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherelinen, whose loins were girded with fine fore I come unto thee? and now will I regold of Uphaz : turn to fight with the prince of Persia: and 6 His body also was like the beryl, and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of his face as the appearance of lightning, and Grecia shall come. his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and 21 But I will shew thee that which is his feet like in colour to polished brass, and noted in the scripture of truth: and there the voice of his words like the voice of a is none that holdeth with me in these multitude. things, but Michael your prince. CHAP. XI. ALSO 1, in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to 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. strengthen him. 8 Therefore I was left alone, and saw 2 And now will I shew thee the truth. this great vision, and there remained no Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings strength in me: for my comeliness was in Persia ; and the fourth shall be far richer turned in me into corruption, and I retain- than they all: and by his strength through ed no strength. his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia. 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 T And behold, a hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands, 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 king. dom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not 11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a to his posterity, nor according to his doman greatly beloved, understand the words minion which he ruled: for his kingdom that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: shall be pluckedup, even forothers besides for unto thee am I now sent. And when he those. had spoken this word unto me, I stood 5 And the king of the south shall be trembling. strong, and one of his princes; and he shall 12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, be strong above him, and have dominion; Daniel: for from the first day that thou his dominion shall be a great dominion. didst set thy heart to understand, and to 6 And in the end of years they shall join chasten thyself before thy God, thy words themselves together; for the king's daughwere heard, and I am come for thy words. ter of the south shall come to the king of 13 But the prince of the kingdom of the north to make an agreement: but she Persia withstood me one and twenty days: shall not retain the power of the arm; neibut lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, ther shall he stand, nor his arm: but she came to help me; and I remained there shall be given up, and they that brought with the kings of Persia. her, and he that begat her, and he that 14 Now I am come to make thee under- strengthened her in these times. stand what shall befall thy people in the lat- 7 But out of a branch of her roots shall terdays: for yet the vision is for many days. one stand up in his estate, which shall 15 And when he had spoken such words come with an army, and shall enter into Leagues and conflicts between CHAP. XI. the kings of the north and south. the fortress of the king of the north, and vile person, to whom they shall not give shall deal against them, and shall prevail: the honour of the kingdom: but he shall 8 And shall also carry captives into come in peaceably, and obtain the kingEgypt their gods, with their princes, and dom by flatteries. with their precious vessels of silver and of 22 And with the arms of a flood shall gold; and he shall continue more years they be overflown from before him, and than the king of the north. shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant. 9 So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land. 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. 10 But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and over- 24 He shall enter peaceably even upon flow, and pass through: then shall he re- the fattest places of the province; and he turn, and be stirred up, even to his fortress. shall do that which his fathers have not 11 And the king of the south shall be done, nor his fathers' fathers, he shall scatmoved with choler, and shall come forth ter among them the prey, and spoil, and and fight with him, even with the king of riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices the north and he shall set forth a great against the strong holds, even for a time. multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand. 12 And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and be shall cast down many ten thousands but he shall not be strengthened by it. 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. 13 For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude 26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of greater than the former, and shall certainly his meat shall destroy him, and his army come after certain years with a great army shall overflow: and many shall fall down and with much riches. slain. 14 And in those times there shall many 27 And both these kings' hearts shall be stand up against the king of the south also to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at the robbers of thy people shall exalt them- one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet selves to establish the vision; but they the end shall be at the time appointed. shall fall. 28 Then shall he return into his land 15 So the king of the north shall come, with great riches; and his heart shall be and cast up a mount, and take the most against the holy covenant; and he shall do fenced cities: and the arms of the south exploits, and return to his own land. shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand. 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. 16 But he that cometh against him shall 30 ¶ For the ships of Chittim shall come do according to his own will, and none against him: therefore he shall be grieved, shall stand before him: and he shall stand and return, and have indignation against in the glorious land, which by his hand the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall shall be consumed. even return, and have intelligence with 17 He shall also set his face to enter them that forsake the holy covenant. with the strength of his whole kingdom, 31 And arms shall stand on his part, and and upright ones with him; thus shall be they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, do: and he shall give him the daughter of and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and women, corrupting her: but she shall not they shall place the abomination that stand on his side, neither be for him. maketh desolate. 18 After this shall he turn his face unto 32 And such as do wickedly against the the isles, and shall take many: but a prince covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but for his own behalf shall cause the reproach the people that do know their God shall offered by him to cease; without his own be strong, and do exploits. reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him. 33 And they that understand among the 19 Then he shall turn his face toward people shall instruct many: yet they shall the fort of his own land: but he shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by capstumble and fail, and not be found. tivity, and by spoil, many days. 20 Then shall stand up in his estate a 34 Now when they shall fall, they shall raiser of taxes in the glory of the king-be holpen with a little help: but many. dom: but within few days he shall be de- shall cleave to them with flatteries. stroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle. 35 And some of them of understanding 21 And in his estate shall stand up a shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to The deliverance of Israel. HOSEA. make them white, even to the time of the shall be a time of trouble, such as never Daniel informed of the limes. end: because it is yet for a time appointed. was since there was a nation even to that 36 And the king shall do according to same time and at that time thy people his will; and he shall exalt himself, and shall be delivered, every one that shall be magnify himself above every god, and shall found written in the book. speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation dust of the earth shall awake, some to ever2 And many of them that sleep in the be accomplished: for that that is deter- lasting life, and some to shame and everreined shall be done. lasting contempt. 37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, 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 plea sant 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, shall divide the land for gain. and 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 overflow and pass over. 3 And they that be wise,shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness,as the stars for ever and ever. and seal the book, even to the time of the 4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. there stood other two, the one on this side 5¶ Then I Daniel looked, and behold, 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 river, How long shall it be to the end of linen, which was upon the waters of the these wonders? which was upon the waters of the river, 7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that 41 He shall enter also into the glorious times, and a half; and when he shall have liveth for ever, that it shall be for a time, land, and many countries shall be over-accomplished to scatter the power of the thrown but these shall escape out of his holy people, all these things shall be hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the finished. chief of the children of Ammon. 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 treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious 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, then said I, O my lord, what shall be the 8 And I heard, but I understood not: end of these things? the words are closed up and sealed till the 9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for time of the end. white, and tried; but the wicked shall do 10 Many shall be purified, and made wickedly and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. 11 And from the time that the daily sacri45 And he shall plant the tabernacles tion that maketh desolate set up, there shall fice shall be taken away, and the abominaof his palace between the seas in the glo-be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. rious holy mountain: yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him. CHAP. XII. A 12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. ND at that time shall Michael standi up, the great prince which standeth for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at 13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for the children of thy people: and there the end of the days. CHAP. I. 1 HOSEA. HE word of the LORD that came unto doms and children of whoredoms; for the |Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whore Beer, in days whoredom, of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, departing from the LORD. 3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and e him on. 2 The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to 4 And the LORD said unto him, Call his 670 The idolatry of the people. CHAP. II, III. God's promises of reconciliation. name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I[silver and gold, which they prepared for will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the Baal. house of Jehu, 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 him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. 9 Therefore, will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness. 10 And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of my hand. 11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new-moons, and 7 But I will have mercy upon the house her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts. of Judah, and will save them by the LORD 12 And I will destroy her vines and her their God, and will not save them by bow, fig-trees, whereof she hath said, These are nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor my rewards that my lovers have given me : by horsemen. and I will make them a forest, and the 8 Now when she had weaned Lo-ru-beasts of the field shall eat them. hamah, she conceived, and bare a son. 13 And I will visit upon her the days of 9 Then said God, Call his name Lo- Baalim, wherein she burned incense to ammi: for ye are not my people, and I them, and she decked herself with her earwill not be your God. rings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the Lord. 14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and 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 speak comfortably unto her. it was said unto them, Ye are not my peo- 15 And I will give her her vineyards ple, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. 11 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel. CHAP. II. Say your sisters, Ruhamah. 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 her 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. from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. 16 And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt_call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali. 17 For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name. 18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely. 19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in 4 And I will not have mercy upon her righteousness, and in judgment, and in children; for they be the children of whore-loving-kindness, and in mercies. doms. 20 I will even betroth thee unto me in 5 For their mother hath played the har- faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD. lot she that conceived them hath done 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, shamefully for she said, I will go after my I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the lovers, that give me my bread and my water, heavens, and they shall hear the earth; my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink. | 22 And the earth shall hear the corn, 6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up and the wine, and the oil; and they shall thy way with thorns, and make a wall, hear Jezreel. that she shall not find her paths. 23 And I will sow her unto me in the 7 And she shall follow after her lovers, earth; and I will have mercy upon her but she shall not overtake them; and she that had not obtained mercy; and I will shall seek them, but shall not find them: say to them which were not my people, then shall she say, I will go and return to Thou art my people; and they shall say, my first husband; for then was it better Thou art my God. with me than now. 3 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her CHAP. III. love a woman beloved of her friend, HEN said the LORD unto me, Go yet, God's judgment on the sins HOSEA. of the people and the priests. yet an adulteress, according to the love of mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, the LORD toward the children of Israel, who under oaks and poplars and elms, because look to other gods, and love flagons of wine. the shadow thereof is good: therefore your 2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces daughters shall commit whoredom, and of silver, and for a homer of barley, and your spouses shall commit adultery. a half homer of barley: 14 I will not punish your daughters when 3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide they commit whoredom, nor your spouses for me many days; thou shalt not play the when they commit adultery: for themharlot, and thou shalt not be for another selves are separated with whores, and they man: so will I also be for thee. sacrifice with harlots: therefore the peo4 For the children of Israel shall abide ple that doth not understand shall fall. many days without a king, and without a 15 Though thou, Israel, play the harprince, and without a sacrifice, and with- lot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not out an image, and without an ephod, and ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethwithout teraphim: aven, nor swear, The LORD liveth. 5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days. CHAP. IV. LORD, ye chil 16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place. 17 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone. 18 Their drink is sour: they have com HEAR the word of the e Lion hath amitted whoredom continually: her rulers controversy with the inhabitants of the with shame do love, Give ye. land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, 19 The wind hath bound her up in her nor knowledge of God in the land. wings, and they shall be ashamed because CHAP. V. 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, of their sacrifices. and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. HEAR ye this. O priests; and hearken, 3 Therefore, shall the land mourn, and ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, every one that dwelleth therein shall lan- O house of the king; for judgment is toguish, with the beasts of the field, and with ward you, because ye have been a snare the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. sea also shall be taken away. 2 And the revolters are profound to make 4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of another: for thy people are as they that them all. strive with the priest. 3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid 5 Therefore, shalt thou fall in the day, from me : for now, O Ephraim, thou comand the prophet also shall fall with thee in mittest whoredom, and Israel is defiled. the night, and I will destroy thy mother. 4 They will not frame their doings to 6 My people are destroyed for lack turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoreof knowledge: because thou hast rejected doms is in the midst of them, and they have knowledge, I will also reject thee, that not known the LORD. thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou 5 And the pride of Israel doth testify to hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim also forget thy children. fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall 7 As they were increased, so they sin-with them. ned against me therefore will I change their glory into shame. 8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. 6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them. 9 And there shall be, like people, like 7 They have dealt treacherously against priest and I will punish them for their the LORD: for they have begotten strange ways, and reward them their doings. children now shall a month devour them 10 For they shall eat, and not have with their portions. enough they shall commit whoredom, 8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and and shall not increase: because they have the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethleft off to take heed to the LORD. aven, after thee, O Benjamin. 11 Whoredom and wine and new wine 9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day take away the heart. of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have 12 ¶ My people ask counsel at their I made known that which shall surely stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: be. for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused 10 The princes of Judah were like them them to err, and they have gone a whoring that remove the bound: therefore I will from under their God. pour out my wrath upon them like water. 13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the 11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken |