Daniel 12

¹ ‘At that time Michael will stand up, the great prince who mounts guard over your people. There is going to be a time of great distress, unparalleled since nations first came into existence. When that time comes, your own people will be spared, all those whose names are found written in the Book.

² Of those who lie sleeping in the dust of the earth many will awake, some to everlasting life, some to shame and everlasting disgrace.

³ The learned will shine as brightly as the vault of heaven, and those who have instructed many in virtue, as bright as stars for all eternity.

⁴ ‘But you, Daniel, must keep these words secret and the book sealed until the time of the End. Many will wander this way and that, and wickedness will go on increasing.’

⁵ Then I, Daniel, looked on and saw two others standing, one on the near bank of the river, one on the other.

⁶ One said to the man dressed in linen who was standing further up the stream, ‘How long until these wonders take place?’

⁷ I heard the man speak who was dressed in linen, standing further up the stream: he raised his right hand and his left to heaven and swore by him who lives for ever, ‘A time and two times, and half a time; and all these things are going to happen when he who crushes the power of the holy people meets his end’.

⁸ I listened but did not understand. Then I said, ‘My lord, what is to be the outcome?’

⁹ ‘Daniel,’ he said ‘go away: these words are to remain secret and sealed until the time of the End.

¹⁰ Many will be cleansed, made white and purged; the wicked will go on doing wrong; the wicked will never understand; the learned will understand.

¹¹ From the moment that the perpetual sacrifice is abolished and the disastrous abomination erected: one thousand two hundred and ninety days.

¹² Blessed is he who stands firm and attains a thousand three hundred and thirty-five days.

¹³ But you, go away and rest; and you will rise for your share at the end of time.’