He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate.

May his descendants be cut off! May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives!

He created them male and female; when they were created, he blessed them and named them “humankind.”

You terrified the nations with your battle cry; you destroyed the wicked; you permanently wiped out all memory of them.

From the time that the daily sacrifice is removed and the abomination that causes desolation is set in place, there are 1,290 days.

He will hand over their kings to you and you will erase their very names from memory. Nobody will be able to resist you until you destroy them.

Stand aside and I will destroy them, obliterating their very name from memory, and I will make you into a stronger and more numerous nation than they are.”

You must tear down their altars, shatter their sacred pillars, burn up their sacred Asherah poles, and cut down the images of their gods; you must eliminate their very memory from that place.

And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name).

And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a woman from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name).

Then I heard a holy one speaking. Another holy one said to the one who was speaking, “To what period of time does the vision pertain – this vision concerning the daily sacrifice and the destructive act of rebellion and the giving over of both the sanctuary and army to be trampled?”

He will confirm a covenant with many for one week. But in the middle of that week he will bring sacrifices and offerings to a halt. On the wing of abominations will come one who destroys, until the decreed end is poured out on the one who destroys.”