RSV Daniel 12 Chapter
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12:1
'At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time;but at that time your people shall be delivered, every one whose name shall be found written in the book.
12:2
And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
12:3
And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament;and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.
12:4
But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.'
12:5
Then I Daniel looked, and behold, two others stood, one on this bank of the stream and one on that bank of the stream.
12:6
And I said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream, 'How long shall it be till the end of these wonders?'
12:7
The man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven;and I heard him swear by him who lives for ever that it would be for a time, two times, and half a time;and that when the shattering of the power of the holy people comes to an end all these things would be accomplished.
12:8
I heard, but I did not understand. Then I said, 'O my lord, what shall be the issue of these things?'
12:9
He said, 'Go your way, Daniel, for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end.
12:10
Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined;but the wicked shall do wickedly;and none of the wicked shall understand;but those who are wise shall understand.
12:11
And from the time that the continual burnt offering is taken away, and the abomination that makes desolate is set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
12:12
Blessed is he who waits and comes to the thousand three hundred and thirty-five days.
12:13
But go your way till the end;and you shall rest, and shall stand in your allotted place at the end of the days.'