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1. And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I was standing for a supporter and for a fortress for him.
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1. Also I H589 in the first H259 year H8141 of Darius H1867 the Mede H4075 , even I, stood H5975 to confirm H2388 and to strengthen H4581 him.
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2. And now I will declare the truth to you: Behold! Three kings shall stand up in Persia; and the fourth shall be rich in all greater riches. And when he is strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the kingdom of Greece.
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2. And now H6258 will I show H5046 thee the truth H571 . Behold H2009 , there shall stand up H5975 yet H5750 three H7969 kings H4428 in Persia H6539 ; and the fourth H7243 shall be far richer H6238 H1419 H6239 than they all H4480 H3605 : and by his strength H2393 through his riches H6239 he shall stir up H5782 all H3605 against H854 the realm H4438 of Greece H3120 .
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3. And a mighty king shall stand up and shall rule with great authority and do according to his will.
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3. And a mighty H1368 king H4428 shall stand up H5975 , that shall rule H4910 with great H7227 dominion H4474 , and do H6213 according to his will H7522 .
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4. And when he stands up his kingdom shall be shattered and shall be divided to the four winds of the heavens, and not to his posterity, nor according to his authority with which he ruled. For his kingdom shall be pulled up and given to others besides these.
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4. And when he shall stand up H5975 , his kingdom H4438 shall be broken H7665 , and shall be divided H2673 toward the four H702 winds H7307 of heaven H8064 ; and not H3808 to his posterity H319 , nor H3808 according to his dominion H4915 which H834 he ruled H4910 : for H3588 his kingdom H4438 shall be plucked up H5428 , even for others H312 beside H4480 H905 those H428 .
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5. And the king of the south shall be strong. And one of his rulers, even he will be strong on him, and he will rule. His rule shall be a great rule.
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5. And the king H4428 of the south H5045 shall be strong H2388 , and one of H4480 his princes H8269 ; and he shall be strong H2388 above H5921 him , and have dominion H4910 ; his dominion H4474 shall be a great H7227 dominion H4474 .
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6. And at the end of the years they shall join together, and the king of the south's daughter shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement. But she shall not keep the power of the arm. And he will not stand, nor his arm. But she and those who brought her shall be given up, also her begetter and her supporter in these times.
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6. And in the end H7093 of years H8141 they shall join themselves together H2266 ; for the king H4428 's daughter H1323 of the south H5045 shall come H935 to H413 the king H4428 of the north H6828 to make H6213 an agreement H4339 : but she shall not H3808 retain H6113 the power H3581 of the arm H2220 ; neither H3808 shall he stand H5975 , nor his arm H2220 : but she H1931 shall be given up H5414 , and they that brought H935 her , and he that begot H3205 her , and he that strengthened H2388 her in these times H6256 .
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7. But the shoots of her roots will stand in his place, and he shall come to the army and will enter into the fortress of the king of the north. And he will act against them and will show strength.
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7. But out of a branch H4480 H5342 of her roots H8328 shall one stand up H5975 in his estate H3653 , which shall come H935 with H413 an army H2428 , and shall enter H935 into the fortress H4581 of the king H4428 of the north H6828 , and shall deal H6213 against them , and shall prevail H2388 :
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8. And he will also bring their gods with their casted images, with silver and gold vessels of their possessions, into exile to Egypt. And for years he will stand away from the king of the north.
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8. And shall also H1571 carry H935 captives H7628 into Egypt H4714 their gods H430 , with H5973 their princes H5257 , and with H5973 their precious H2532 vessels H3627 of silver H3701 and of gold H2091 ; and he H1931 shall continue H5975 more years H8141 than the king H4480 H4428 of the north H6828 .
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9. And the king of the south will come into his kingdom and will return to his own land.
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9. So the king H4428 of the south H5045 shall come H935 into his kingdom H4438 , and shall return H7725 into H413 his own land H127 .
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10. But his sons shall be stirred up and shall gather a multitude of great forces. And one certainly shall come and overflow and pass through. And he will return to his fortress and be stirred up.
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10. But his sons H1121 shall be stirred up H1624 , and shall assemble H622 a multitude H1995 of great H7227 forces H2428 : and one shall certainly come H935 H935 , and overflow H7857 , and pass through H5674 : then shall he return H7725 , and be stirred up H1624 , even to H5704 his fortress H4581 .
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11. And the king of the south will be bitter and will go out and fight with him, with the king of the north. And he shall raise a great multitude, but the multitude shall be given into his hand.
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11. And the king H4428 of the south H5045 shall be moved with anger H4843 , and shall come forth H3318 and fight H3898 with H5973 him, even with H5973 the king H4428 of the north H6828 : and he shall set forth H5975 a great H7227 multitude H1995 ; but the multitude H1995 shall be given H5414 into his hand H3027 .
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12. And having carried away the host, his heart will be lifted up. And he will cause myriads to fall, but he shall not be strong.
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12. And when he hath taken away H5375 the multitude H1995 , his heart H3824 shall be lifted up H7311 ; and he shall cast down H5307 many ten thousands H7239 : but he shall not H3808 be strengthened H5810 by it .
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13. For the king of the north shall return and raise a greater host than the former. And at the end of times, years, coming he shall come with a great army and with much equipment.
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13. For the king H4428 of the north H6828 shall return H7725 , and shall set forth H5975 a multitude H1995 greater H7227 than H4480 the former H7223 , and shall certainly come H935 H935 after H7093 certain H6256 years H8141 with a great H1419 army H2428 and with much H7227 riches H7399 .
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14. And in those times many shall stand up against the king of the south. And the sons of the violent ones of your people shall rise up to establish the vision, but they shall stumble.
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14. And in those H1992 times H6256 there shall many H7227 stand up H5975 against H5921 the king H4428 of the south H5045 : also the robbers H1121 H6530 of thy people H5971 shall exalt themselves H5375 to establish H5975 the vision H2377 ; but they shall fall H3782 .
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15. And the king of the north shall come and pour out a siege mound and seize a fortified city. And the arms of the south shall not stand, nor his choice people, for there will be no firmness to stand.
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15. So the king H4428 of the north H6828 shall come H935 , and cast up H8210 a mount H5550 , and take H3920 the most fenced H4013 cities H5892 : and the arms H2220 of the south H5045 shall not H3808 withstand H5975 , neither his chosen H4005 people H5971 , neither H369 shall there be any strength H3581 to withstand H5975 .
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16. But he who comes against him will do as he desires, and none shall stand before him. And he shall stand in the glorious land, and destruction shall be in his hand.
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16. But he that cometh H935 against H413 him shall do H6213 according to his own will H7522 , and none H369 shall stand H5975 before H6440 him : and he shall stand H5975 in the glorious H6643 land H776 , which by his hand H3027 shall be consumed H3615 .
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17. And he shall set his face to go in with the might of all his kingdom, and upright ones with him; so he shall do. And he shall give the daughter of women to him, to destroy it. But she shall not stand, nor be for him.
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17. He shall also set H7760 his face H6440 to enter H935 with the strength H8633 of his whole H3605 kingdom H4438 , and upright ones H3477 with H5973 him ; thus shall he do H6213 : and he shall give H5414 him the daughter H1323 of women H802 , corrupting H7843 her : but she shall not H3808 stand H5975 on his side , neither H3808 be H1961 for him.
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18. And he shall turn his face to the coastlands and shall capture many. But a ruler shall make cease his reproach for him, but his reproach shall return to him.
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18. After this shall he turn H7725 his face H6440 unto the isles H339 , and shall take H3920 many H7227 : but a prince H7101 for his own behalf shall cause the reproach H2781 offered by him to cease H7673 ; without H1115 his own reproach H2781 he shall cause it to turn H7725 upon him.
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19. And he shall turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and shall not be found.
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19. Then he shall turn H7725 his face H6440 toward the fort H4581 of his own land H776 : but he shall stumble H3782 and fall H5307 , and not H3808 be found H4672 .
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20. And one who passes over a tax exacter shall stand in his place, for the glory of the kingdom. But within a few days he will be shattered, but not in anger and not in battle.
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20. Then shall stand up H5975 in H5921 his estate H3653 a raiser H5674 of taxes H5065 in the glory H1925 of the kingdom H4438 : but within few H259 days H3117 he shall be destroyed H7665 , neither H3808 in anger H639 , nor H3808 in battle H4421 .
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21. 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.
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21. And in H5921 his estate H3653 shall stand up H5975 a vile person H959 , to H5921 whom they shall not H3808 give H5414 the honor H1935 of the kingdom H4438 : but he shall come in H935 peaceably H7962 , and obtain H2388 the kingdom H4438 by flatteries H2519 .
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22. And the forces of the overflow shall be swept from before his face, and they will be shattered, and also the ruler of a covenant.
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22. And with the arms H2220 of a flood H7858 shall they be overflown H7857 from before H4480 H6440 him , and shall be broken H7665 ; yea, also H1571 the prince H5057 of the covenant H1285 .
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23. And after they join themselves to him, he will practice deceit; for he shall come and shall be strong with a few people.
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23. And after H4480 the league H2266 made with H413 him he shall work H6213 deceitfully H4820 : for he shall come up H5927 , and shall become strong H6105 with a small H4592 people H1471 .
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24. He will go in safely, even into the rich places of the province. And he shall do what his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers. He shall plunder and spoil and scatter goods among them. And he shall devise his plots against the strongholds, even for a time.
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24. He shall enter H935 peaceably H7962 even upon the fattest places H4924 of the province H4082 ; and he shall do H6213 that which H834 his fathers H1 have not H3808 done H6213 , nor his fathers H1 ' fathers H1 ; he shall scatter H967 among them the prey H961 , and spoil H7998 , and riches H7399 : yea , and he shall forecast H2803 his devices H4284 against H5921 the strongholds H4013 , even for H5704 a time H6256 .
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25. 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 against him.
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25. And he shall stir up H5782 his power H3581 and his courage H3824 against H5921 the king H4428 of the south H5045 with a great H1419 army H2428 ; and the king H4428 of the south H5045 shall be stirred up H1624 to battle H4421 with a very H5704 H3966 great H1419 and mighty H6099 army H2428 ; but he shall not H3808 stand H5975 : for H3588 they shall forecast H2803 devices H4284 against H5921 him.
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26. Yea, those who eat his food shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow. And many will fall down slain.
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26. Yea , they that feed H398 of the portion of his meat H6598 shall destroy H7665 him , and his army H2428 shall overflow H7857 : and many H7227 shall fall down H5307 slain H2491 .
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27. 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.
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27. And both H8147 these kings H4428 ' hearts H3824 shall be to do mischief H4827 , and they shall speak H1696 lies H3577 at H5921 one H259 table H7979 ; but it shall not H3808 prosper H6743 : for H3588 yet H5750 the end H7093 shall be at the time appointed H4150 .
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28. And he will return to his land with great wealth. And his heart shall be against the holy covenant. And he will act, and he shall return to his land.
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28. Then shall he return H7725 into his land H776 with great H1419 riches H7399 ; and his heart H3824 shall be against H5921 the holy H6944 covenant H1285 ; and he shall do H6213 exploits , and return H7725 to his own land H776 .
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29. At the appointed time he will return and come against the south. But it will not be as the former or as the latter.
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29. At the time appointed H4150 he shall return H7725 , and come H935 toward the south H5045 ; but it shall not H3808 be H1961 as the former H7223 , or as the latter H314 .
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30. For the Kittim ships will come against him. And he will be pained and turn back and be furious against the holy covenant. And he will act, and he will return and heed the forsakers of the holy covenant.
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30. For the ships H6716 of Chittim H3794 shall come H935 against him : therefore he shall be grieved H3512 , and return H7725 , and have indignation H2194 against H5921 the holy H6944 covenant H1285 : so shall he do H6213 ; he shall even return H7725 , and have intelligence H995 with H5921 them that forsake H5800 the holy H6944 covenant H1285 .
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31. And forces will stand away from him, and they will profane the sanctuary, the fortress. And they shall remove the regular sacrifice, and they will place the abomination that desolates.
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31. And arms H2220 shall stand H5975 on his part H4480 , and they shall pollute H2490 the sanctuary H4720 of strength H4581 , and shall take away H5493 the daily H8548 sacrifice , and they shall place H5414 the abomination H8251 that maketh desolate H8074 .
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32. 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.
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32. And such as do wickedly against H7561 the covenant H1285 shall he corrupt H2610 by flatteries H2514 : but the people H5971 that do know H3045 their God H430 shall be strong H2388 , and do H6213 exploits .
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33. And those who understand among the people will instruct many, yet they will stumble by the sword and by flame, by exile and spoil for days.
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33. And they that understand H7919 among the people H5971 shall instruct H995 many H7227 : yet they shall fall H3782 by the sword H2719 , and by flame H3852 , by captivity H7628 , and by spoil H961 , many days H3117 .
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34. And when they shall stumble, they will be helped with a little help. But many will join them with hypocrisy.
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34. Now when they shall fall H3782 , they shall be helped H5826 with a little H4592 help H5828 : but many H7227 shall cleave H3867 to H5921 them with flatteries H2519 .
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35. And many of those who understand shall stumble, to refine and to purge them, and to make white to the time of the end. For it is yet for the appointed time.
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35. And some of H4480 them of understanding H7919 shall fall H3782 , to try H6884 them , and to purge H1305 , and to make them white H3835 , even to H5704 the time H6256 of the end H7093 : because H3588 it is yet H5750 for a time appointed H4150 .
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36. And the king shall do according to his will. And he shall exalt and magnify himself above every god; he shall even speak marvelous things against the God of gods and shall prosper until the fury is completed. For that which is decreed shall be done.
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36. And the king H4428 shall do H6213 according to his will H7522 ; and he shall exalt himself H7311 , and magnify himself H1431 above H5921 every H3605 god H410 , and shall speak H1696 marvelous things H6381 against H5921 the God H410 of gods H410 , and shall prosper H6743 till H5704 the indignation H2195 be accomplished H3615 : for H3588 that that is determined H2782 shall be done H6213 .
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37. He shall not regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women; yea, he will not come to any god. For he shall magnify himself above all.
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37. Neither shall he regard H5921 H3808 H995 the God H430 of his fathers H1 , nor the desire H2532 of women H802 , nor regard any H3605 H3808 H995 god H433 : for H3588 he shall magnify himself H1431 above H5921 all H3605 .
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38. 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.
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38. But in H5921 his estate H3653 shall he honor H3513 the God H433 of forces H4581 : and a god H433 whom H834 his fathers H1 knew H3045 not H3808 shall he honor H3513 with gold H2091 , and silver H3701 , and with precious H3368 stones H68 , and pleasant things H2530 .
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39. And he shall act in the strongholds of the fortresses with a foreign god, whom he shall acknowledge. He shall multiply in glory, and he shall cause them to rule over many and shall divide the land for a price.
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39. Thus shall he do H6213 in the most strong holds H4013 H4581 with H5973 a strange H5236 god H433 , whom H834 he shall acknowledge H5234 and increase H7235 with glory H3519 : and he shall cause them to rule H4910 over many H7227 , and shall divide H2505 the land H127 for gain H4242 .
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40. And at the end time, the king of the south will engage in butting with him. And the king of the north shall come against him like a tempest, with chariots and with horsemen and with many ships. And he shall go into the lands and shall overflow and pass over.
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40. And at the time H6256 of the end H7093 shall the king H4428 of the south H5045 push H5055 at H5973 him : and the king H4428 of the north H6828 shall come against him like a whirlwind H8175 H5921 , with chariots H7393 , and with horsemen H6571 , and with many H7227 ships H591 ; and he shall enter H935 into the countries H776 , and shall overflow H7857 and pass over H5674 .
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41. 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.
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41. He shall enter H935 also into the glorious H6643 land H776 , and many H7227 countries shall be overthrown H3782 : but these H428 shall escape H4422 out of his hand H4480 H3027 , even Edom H123 , and Moab H4124 , and the chief H7225 of the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 .
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42. And his hand will stretch out against the lands, and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
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42. He shall stretch forth H7971 his hand H3027 also upon the countries H776 : and the land H776 of Egypt H4714 shall not H3808 escape H1961 H6413 .
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43. 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.
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43. But he shall have power H4910 over the treasures H4362 of gold H2091 and of silver H3701 , and over all H3605 the precious things H2530 of Egypt H4714 : and the Libyans H3864 and the Ethiopians H3569 shall be at his steps H4703 .
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44. 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.
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44. But tidings H8052 out of the east H4480 H4217 and out of the north H4480 H6828 shall trouble H926 him : therefore he shall go forth H3318 with great H1419 fury H2534 to destroy H8045 , and utterly to make away H2763 many H7227 .
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45. And he shall plant his palace tents between the seas, in the glorious holy mountain. Yet he shall come to his end, and there is not a helper for him.
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45. And he shall plant H5193 the tabernacles H168 of his palace H643 between H996 the seas H3220 in the glorious H6643 holy H6944 mountain H2022 ; yet he shall come H935 to H5704 his end H7093 , and none H369 shall help H5826 him.
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