“Now at that time aMichael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a btime of distress csuch as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the dbook, will be rescued.Dan 10:13, 21; Rev 12:7Rev 7:14; 16:18Jer 30:7; Ezek 5:9; Dan 9:12; Matt 24:21; Mark 13:19Dan 7:10; 10:21 2 aMany of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, bthese to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting 1contempt.Lit abhorrenceIs 26:19; Ezek 37:12-14Matt 25:46; John 5:28, 29 3 1Those who have ainsight will bshine brightly like the brightness of the 2expanse of heaven, and those who clead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.Or The instructors willOr firmamentDan 11:33, 35; 12:10John 5:35Is 53:11; Dan 11:33 4 But as for you, Daniel, aconceal these words and bseal up the book until the cend of time; dmany will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase.”Dan 8:26; 12:9Is 8:16; Dan 12:9; Rev 22:10Dan 8:17; 12:9, 13Is 11:9; 29:18, 19; Dan 11:33
5 Then I, Daniel, looked and behold, two others were standing, one on this bank of the river and the other on that bank of the river. 6 And aone said to the man bdressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “cHow long will it be until the end of these wonders?”Dan 8:16; Zech 1:12, 13Ezek 9:2; Dan 10:5Dan 8:13; 12:8; Matt 24:3; Mark 13:4 7 I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, 1as he araised his right hand and his left toward heaven, and swore by bHim who lives forever that it would be for a 2ctime, 3times, and half a 4time; and as soon as 5they finish dshattering the 6power of the holy people, all these events will be completed.Lit andI.e. year(s)Lit to finishLit handEzek 20:5; Rev 10:5, 6Dan 4:34Dan 7:25; Rev 12:14Dan 8:24; Luke 21:24 8 As for me, I heard but could not understand; so I said, “My lord, what will be the 1outcome of these events?”Or final end 9 He said, “Go your way, Daniel, for these words are concealed and asealed up until the end time.Dan 12:4 10 aMany will be purged, 1purified and refined, but the bwicked will act wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but 2those who chave insight will understand.Lit made whiteOr the instructors willZech 13:9Is 32:6, 7; Rev 22:11Dan 12:3; Hos 14:9; John 7:17; 8:47 11 From the time that the regular sacrifice is abolished and the 1aabomination of desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days.Or horrible abominationDan 9:27; 11:31; Matt 24:15; Mark 13:14 12 How ablessed is he who keeps waiting and attains to the b1,335 days!Is 30:18Dan 8:14; Rev 11:2; 12:6; 13:5 13 But as for you, go your way to the 1end; then you will enter into arest and rise again for your ballotted portion at the end of the 2age.”I.e. end of your lifeLit daysIs 57:2; Rev 14:13Ps 16:5