‘When you see the abomination of desolation , standing where it should not be’ (let the reader understand), ‘then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.
He will make a firm covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and offering. And the abomination of desolation will be on a wing of the temple , until the decreed destruction
But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Don’t measure it, because it is given to the nations, , and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months.
He will speak words against the Most High and oppress the holy ones of the Most High. He will intend to change religious festivals and laws, and the holy ones will be handed over to him for a time, times, and half a time. ,
The vision of the evenings and the mornings that has been told is true. Now you are to seal up the vision because it refers to many days in the future.’
When you have completed these days, lie down again, but on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah. I have assigned you forty days, a day for each year.