14 And in those times many shall stand up against the king of the south: also the violent ones among your people shall lift themselves up to fulfill the vision; but they shall fall.
15 So the king of the north shall come, and build a siege mound, and take the fortified city: and the forces of the south shall not withstand him, neither his chosen people, nor shall there be any strength to withstand.
16 But he who comes 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, nor be for him.
18 After this, he shall turn his face to the coastlands and shall take many: but a ruler for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered 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 fortress of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
20 Then in his place shall stand a collector of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within a few days, he shall be destroyed, neither in anger nor in battle.
21 And in his place shall stand a despicable person, to whom they shall not give the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
22 And with the force of a flood, they shall be swept away from before him, and shall be broken; also the prince of the covenant.
23 And after the agreement made with him, he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up and shall become strong with a small number of people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even into the richest places of the province, and he shall do what his fathers have not done, nor his ancestors: he shall disperse among them the plunder, spoil, and riches; yea, and he shall devise his plans against the strongholds, but only 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 devise plans against him.
26 Yes, those who eat of his delicacies shall destroy him, and his army shall be swept away, and many shall fall down slain.
27 And both these kings' hearts shall be bent on evil, and they shall speak lies at the same table; but it shall not prosper, for the end shall be at the appointed time.
28 Then he shall return to 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 appointed time he shall return and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former or as the latter.
30 For ships from Kittim 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 show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant.
31 And forces shall stand on his side, and they shall defile the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifices, and place the abomination that causes desolation.
32 And he shall corrupt with flattery those who do wickedly against the covenant; but the people who know their God shall be strong and carry out great exploits.