He said to me, &#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid, you who are valued.<n id="1" /> Peace be to you! Be strong! Be really strong!&#8221; When he spoke to me, I was strengthened. I said, &#8220;Sir, you may speak now,<n id="2" /> for you have given me strength.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Then the king of the south<n id="1" /> and one of his subordinates<n id="2" /> will grow strong. His subordinate<n id="3" /> will resist<n id="4" /> him and will rule a kingdom greater than his.<n id="5" />

Then the one who appeared to be a human being touched me again<n id="1" /> and strengthened me.

And in the first year of Darius the Mede, I<n id="1" /> stood to strengthen him and to provide protection for him.)

Then with smooth words he will defile<n id="1" /> those who have rejected<n id="2" /> the covenant. But the people who are loyal to<n id="3" /> their God will act valiantly.<n id="4" />

However, I will first tell you what is written in a dependable book.<n id="1" /> (There is no one who strengthens me against these princes,<n id="2" /> except Michael your<n id="3" /> prince.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;There will arise in his<n id="1" /> place one from her family line<n id="2" /> who will come against their army and will enter the stronghold of the king of the north and will move against them successfully.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Then there will arise in his place a despicable person<n id="1" /> to whom the royal honor has not been rightfully conferred. He will come on the scene in a time of prosperity and will seize the kingdom through deceit.

After some years have passed, they<n id="1" /> will form an alliance. Then the daughter<n id="2" /> of the king of the south will come to the king of the north to make an agreement, but she will not retain her power,<n id="3" /> nor will he continue<n id="4" /> in his strength.<n id="5" /> She, together with the one who brought her, her child,<n id="6" /> and her benefactor will all be delivered over at that time.<n id="7" />p>