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The kings of Egypt and Syria are noticed: Judea was between their dominions, and affected by their contests. From ver. 5-30, is generally considered to relate to the events which came to pass during the continuance of these governments; and from ver. 21, to relate to Antiochus Epiphanes, who was a cruel and violent persecutor of the Jews. See what decaying, perishing things worldly pomp and possessions are, and the power by which they are gotten. God, in his providence, sets up one, and pulls down another, as he pleases. This world is full of wars and fightings, which come from men's lusts. All changes and revolutions of states and kingdoms, and every event, are plainly and perfectly foreseen by God. No word of God shall fall to the ground; but what he has designed, what he has declared, shall infallibly come to pass. While the potsherds of the earth strive with each other, they prevail and are prevailed against, deceive and are deceived; but those who know God will trust in him, and he will enable them to stand their ground, bear their cross, and maintain their conflict.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-2.htm">Daniel 11:2</a></div><div class="verse">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 <i>they</i> all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-3.htm">Daniel 11:3</a></div><div class="verse">And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-4.htm">Daniel 11:4</a></div><div class="verse">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.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-5.htm">Daniel 11:5</a></div><div class="verse">And the king of the south shall be strong, and <i>one</i> of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion <i>shall be</i> a great dominion.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-6.htm">Daniel 11:6</a></div><div class="verse">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 <i>these</i> times.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-7.htm">Daniel 11:7</a></div><div class="verse">But out of a branch of her roots shall <i>one</i> 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:</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-8.htm">Daniel 11:8</a></div><div class="verse">And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, <i>and</i> with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue <i>more</i> years than the king of the north.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-9.htm">Daniel 11:9</a></div><div class="verse">So the king of the south shall come into <i>his</i> kingdom, and shall return into his own land.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-10.htm">Daniel 11:10</a></div><div class="verse">But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and <i>one</i> shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, <i>even</i> to his fortress.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-11.htm">Daniel 11:11</a></div><div class="verse">And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, <i>even</i> with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-12.htm">Daniel 11:12</a></div><div class="verse"><i>And</i> when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down <i>many</i> ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened <i>by it</i>.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-13.htm">Daniel 11:13</a></div><div class="verse">For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-14.htm">Daniel 11:14</a></div><div class="verse">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.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-15.htm">Daniel 11:15</a></div><div class="verse">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 <i>shall there be any</i> strength to withstand.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-16.htm">Daniel 11:16</a></div><div class="verse">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.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-17.htm">Daniel 11:17</a></div><div class="verse">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 <i>on his side</i>, neither be for him.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-18.htm">Daniel 11:18</a></div><div class="verse">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 offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause <i>it</i> to turn upon him.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-19.htm">Daniel 11:19</a></div><div class="verse">Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-20.htm">Daniel 11:20</a></div><div class="verse">Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes <i>in</i> the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-21.htm">Daniel 11:21</a></div><div class="verse">And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-22.htm">Daniel 11:22</a></div><div class="verse">And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-23.htm">Daniel 11:23</a></div><div class="verse">And after the league <i>made</i> with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-24.htm">Daniel 11:24</a></div><div class="verse">He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do <i>that</i> which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: <i>yea</i>, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-25.htm">Daniel 11:25</a></div><div class="verse">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.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-26.htm">Daniel 11:26</a></div><div class="verse">Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-27.htm">Daniel 11:27</a></div><div class="verse">And both these kings' hearts <i>shall be</i> to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end <i>shall be</i> at the time appointed.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-28.htm">Daniel 11:28</a></div><div class="verse">Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart <i>shall be</i> against the holy covenant; and he shall do <i>exploits</i>, and return to his own land.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-29.htm">Daniel 11:29</a></div><div class="verse">At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-30.htm">Daniel 11:30</a></div><div class="verse">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.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-31.htm">Daniel 11:31</a></div><div class="verse">And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily <i>sacrifice</i>, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.</div><div class="comm">11:31-45 The remainder of this prophecy is very difficult, and commentators differ much respecting it. From Antiochus the account seems to pass to antichrist. Reference seems to be made to the Roman empire, the fourth monarchy, in its pagan, early Christian, and papal states. The end of the Lord's anger against his people approaches, as well as the end of his patience towards his enemies. If we would escape the ruin of the infidel, the idolater, the superstitious and cruel persecutor, as well as that of the profane, let us make the oracles of God our standard of truth and of duty, the foundation of our hope, and the light of our paths through this dark world, to the glorious inheritance above.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-32.htm">Daniel 11:32</a></div><div class="verse">And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do <i>exploits</i>.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-33.htm">Daniel 11:33</a></div><div class="verse">And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, <i>many</i> days.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-34.htm">Daniel 11:34</a></div><div class="verse">Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-35.htm">Daniel 11:35</a></div><div class="verse">And <i>some</i> of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make <i>them</i> white, <i>even</i> to the time of the end: because <i>it is</i> yet for a time appointed.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-36.htm">Daniel 11:36</a></div><div class="verse">And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-37.htm">Daniel 11:37</a></div><div class="verse">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.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-38.htm">Daniel 11:38</a></div><div class="verse">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.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-39.htm">Daniel 11:39</a></div><div class="verse">Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge <i>and</i> increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-40.htm">Daniel 11:40</a></div><div class="verse">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.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-41.htm">Daniel 11:41</a></div><div class="verse">He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many <i>countries</i> shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, <i>even</i> Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-42.htm">Daniel 11:42</a></div><div class="verse">He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-43.htm">Daniel 11:43</a></div><div class="verse">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 <i>shall be</i> at his steps.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-44.htm">Daniel 11:44</a></div><div class="verse">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.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/daniel/11-45.htm">Daniel 11:45</a></div><div class="verse">And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; 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