"His sonswill mobilizeand assemblea multitudeof greatforces;and one of them will keepon comingand overflowand passthrough,that he may againwagewarup to his [very] fortress.
The unassailablefortificationsof your wallsHe will bringdown,Laylow[and] castto the ground,evento the dust.
"The seahas comeup overBabylon;She has been engulfedwith its tumultuouswaves.
"The overflowingforceswill be floodedawaybeforehim and shattered,and alsothe princeof the covenant.
"Those who eathis choicefoodwill destroyhim, and his armywill overflow,but manywill falldownslain.
"But one of the descendantsof her linewill arisein his place,and he will comeagainst[their] armyand enterthe fortressof the kingof the North,and he will dealwith them and display[great] strength.
"Then the latter will enterthe realmof the kingof the South,but will returnto his [own] land.
"Then afterthe sixty-twoweeksthe Messiahwill be cutoffand havenothing,and the peopleof the princewho is to comewill destroythe cityand the sanctuary.And its end[will come] with a flood;even to the endthere will be war;desolationsare determined.
