 1 At that time, Michael will stand up, the great ruler who stands for the children of your people. There will be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation until that time. At that time your people will be delivered, every one who will be found written in the book. 2 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 Those who are wise will shine as the brightness of the sky. And those who turn many to righteousness will shine as the stars forever and ever. 4 But you, O Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, even to the time of the end. Many will run to and fro, and knowledge will be increased. 5 Then I Daniel looked, and behold, there stood another two, the one on this side, and the one on that side of the bank of the river. 6 And one said to the man clothed in linen on the waters of the river: Until when will be the end of these wonders? 7 I heard the man clothed in linen, who was on the waters of the river, when he held up his right and his left hand to Heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever that it will be for a time, times, and a half. And when they have made an end of scattering the power of the holy people, all these things will be finished. 8 I heard, but I did not understand. Then I said, O my lord, what will be the end of these things? 9 He said, Go, Daniel. For the words are closed up and sealed until the end time. 10 Many will be purified, and made white, and tried. But the wicked will do wickedly. And none of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand. 11 From the time that the daily sacrifice will be taken away, and the desolating abomination set up, 1,298 days will occur. 12 Blessed are those who wait and come to the 1,335 days. 13 But you go on to the end, for you shall rest and stand in your lot at the end of the days.
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