"The overflowingforceswill be floodedawaybeforehim and shattered,and alsothe princeof the covenant.
Becauseyou have said,"We have madea covenantwith death,And with Sheolwe have madea pact.The overwhelmingscourgewill not reachus whenit passesby, For we have madefalsehoodour refugeand we have concealedourselves with deception."
"His sonswill mobilizeand assemblea multitudeof greatforces;and one of them will keepon comingand overflowand passthrough,that he may againwagewarup to his [very] fortress.
"Afteran allianceis madewith him he will practicedeception,and he will goup and gainpowerwith a small[force of] people.
"And throughhis shrewdnessHe will cause deceitto succeedby his influence;And he will magnify[himself] in his heart,And he will destroymanywhile [they are] at ease.He will even opposethe Princeof princes,But he will be brokenwithouthumanagency.
"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.
"Becauseof thiswill not the landquakeAnd everyonewho dwellsin it mourn?Indeed, allof it will riseup like the Nile,And it will be tossedaboutAnd subsidelike the Nileof Egypt.
The LordGODof hosts,The One who touchesthe landso that it melts,And allthose who dwellin it mourn,And allof it risesup like the NileAnd subsideslike the Nileof Egypt;
But with an overflowingfloodHe will makea completeendof its site,And will pursueHis enemiesinto darkness.
