“At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has
charge of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such
as never has been since there was a nation till that time. But at
that time your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall
be found written in the book. And many of those who sleep in the
dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some
to shame and everlasting contempt. And those who are wise shall
shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many
to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. But you, Daniel,
shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end.
Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”
Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, two others stood, one on this
bank of the stream and one on that bank of the stream. And someone
said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the
stream, “How long shall it be till the end of these wonders?” And I
heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the
stream; he raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven
and swore by him who lives forever that it would be for a time,
times, and half a time, and that when the shattering of the power
of the holy people comes to an end all these things would be
finished. I heard, but I did not understand. Then I said, “O my
lord, what shall be the outcome of these things?” He said, “Go your
way, Daniel, for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of
the end. Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and
be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the
wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.
And from the time that the regular burnt offering is taken away and
the abomination that makes desolate is set up, there shall be 1,290
days. Blessed is he who waits and arrives at the 1,335 days. But go
your way till the end. And you shall rest and shall stand in your
allotted place at the end of the days.”
