The Daily Audio Bible

² And now I will show you the truth. Behold, there shall stand up three kings in Persia. And the fourth shall be far richer than them all. And by his strength, and by his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece.

³ But a mighty king shall stand up, who shall rule with great dominion and do according to his pleasure.

⁴ And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken. And it shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven, and not for his posterity, nor according to his dominion, with which he ruled. For his kingdom shall be uprooted, even for others besides these.

⁵ And the king of the South shall be mighty, as well as one of his princes. And they shall prevail against him, and bear rule. His dominion shall be a great dominion.

⁶ And after some years, they shall be joined together. For the king’s daughter of the South shall come to the king of the North, to make an agreement. But she shall not retain the power of her position. Nor shall he continue, or his power. But she shall be delivered to death at that time, and those who brought her, and he who fathered her, and he who strengthened her.

⁷ But out of the bud of her roots shall one stand up in his place; who shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the North, and do with them as he pleases. And he shall prevail.

⁸ And he shall also carry their gods, captives, into Egypt, with their molten images, and their precious vessels of silver and of gold. And he shall continue more years than the king of the North.

⁹ So the king of the South shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land.

¹⁰ Therefore, his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a mighty, great army. And one shall come and overwhelm, and pass through. Then shall he return to his fortress to provoke strife.

¹¹ And the king of the South shall be angry, and shall come forth, and fight with him; even with the king of the North. For he shall set forth a great multitude. And the multitude shall be given into his hand.

¹² Then the multitude shall be carried away. And his heart shall be lifted up. For he shall cast down thousands, but he still shall not prevail.

¹³ For the king of the North shall return with a greater multitude than before, and shall come forth (after certain years) with a mighty army, and great riches.

¹⁴ And at the same time, many shall stand up against the king of the South. Also, the rebellious children of your people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision. But they shall fall.

¹⁵ So the king of the North shall come and build a siege mound, and take the strong city. And the armies of the South shall not resist, nor his chosen people; nor shall there be any strength to withstand.

¹⁶ But he who shall come, shall do to him as he pleases, and no one shall stand against him. And he shall stand in the pleasant land; which, by his hand, shall be completed.

¹⁷ Again he shall set his face to enter, with the power of his whole kingdom, including his confederates. Thus shall he do. And he shall give him the daughter of women to destroy her. But she shall neither stand at his side, nor be for him.

¹⁸ After this, shall he turn his face to the coastlands, and shall take many. But a prince shall cause his reproach to be removed; and moreover, shall cause him to turn.

¹⁹ For he shall turn his face toward the forts of his own land. But he shall be overthrown and fall, and be found no more.

²⁰ Then shall stand up in his place, in the glory of the kingdom, one that shall raise taxes. But after a few days, he shall be destroyed, though neither in anger nor in battle.

²¹ And in his place, shall stand up a vile person; to whom they shall not give the honor of the kingdom. But he shall come in peaceably and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

²² And the armies shall be overthrown like a flood, before him, and shall be broken; and also the prince of the covenant.

²³ And after an alliance is made with him, he shall work deceitfully. For he shall come up, and overcome with a small force.

²⁴ He shall enter into the quiet and plentiful province, and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers. He shall divide among them the prey and the spoil and the substance. Yea, and he shall make his plans against the strongholds, but only for a time.

²⁵ Also, he shall stir up his power, and his courage against the king of the South, with a great army. And the king of the South shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army. But he shall not stand. For they shall plan and scheme against him.

²⁶ Yea, those who feed upon the portion of his food, shall destroy him. And his army shall be swept away. And many shall fall, and be killed.

²⁷ And both these kings’ hearts shall be to do evil. And they shall talk of deceit at the same table. But it shall not happen. For the end shall still be at the time appointed.

²⁸ Then shall he return into his land with great riches. But his heart shall be moved against the holy covenant, and he shall do damage and return to his own land.

²⁹ At the time appointed, he shall return, and come toward the South. But the last shall not be as the first.

³⁰ For the ships of Chittim shall come against him. Therefore, he shall be sorry and return with anger toward the holy covenant. So shall he do damage, and return, and identify with those who forsake the holy covenant.

³¹ And armies shall stand on his part. And they shall pollute the Sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice. And they shall set up the abominable desolation.

³² And those who wickedly break the covenant, shall he cause to sin with flattery. But the people who do know their God, shall prevail and prosper.

³³ And those who understand among the people, shall instruct many. Still, they shall fall by sword, and by flame; by captivity and by spoil, for many days.

³⁴ Now when they shall fall, they shall be helped with a little help. But many shall still cling to the hypocrisy. And some of them of understanding shall fall - to help them, and to purge, and to make them white - till the time comes. For there is a time appointed.

⁷ Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous (as He is righteous).

⁸ Whoever commits sin is of the devil. For the devil sins from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose: that He might destroy the works of the devil.

⁹ Whoever is born of God does not sin. For His seed remains in him. Nor can he sin, because he is born of God.

¹⁰ In this are the children of God and the children of the devil known. Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.

¹¹ For this is the message that you heard from the beginning: that we should love one another;

¹² not as Cain, who was of the wicked one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were evil and his brother’s good.

¹³ Do not marvel, my brothers, though this world hates you.

¹⁴ We know that we have passed over from death to life because we love the brothers. The one who does not love his brother remains in death.

¹⁵ Whoever hates his brother is a murderer. And you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

¹⁶ By this we have perceived love: that He laid down His life for us. Therefore, we also ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

¹⁷ And whoever has this world’s goods and sees his brother has need and shuts up his compassion from him, how does the love of God dwell in him?

¹⁸ My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue only, but in deed and in truth.

¹⁹ For by this we know that we are of the truth and shall assure our hearts before Him.

²⁰ For if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things.

²¹ Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, then we have boldness toward God.

²² And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His Commandments and do those things which are pleasing in His sight.

²³ This, then, is His Commandment: that we believe in the Name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another as He commanded.

²⁴ For the one who keeps His Commandments dwells in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us: by that Spirit which He has given us.

122 I rejoiced when they said to me, “We will go into the House of the LORD.”

² Our feet shall stand in Your gates, O Jerusalem!

³ Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together in itself,

⁴ to which the tribes—even the Tribes of the LORD—go up (according to the testimony to Israel) to praise the Name of the LORD.

⁵ For there are thrones set for judgment, the thrones of the House of David.

⁶ Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Let those who love You prosper.

⁷ Peace be within Your walls and prosperity within Your palaces.

⁸ For my brothers’ and neighbors’ sakes, I will now wish you prosperity.

⁹ Because of the House of the LORD our God, I will seek your good. A song of degrees

29 A man who hardens his neck when he is rebuked shall suddenly be destroyed, and cannot be cured.