A contemptible ruler

21And in his place a despised man will arise, on whom they had not bestowed the majesty of kingship; he will come in quietly and seize the kingdom by intrigues.

22The flood-like forces will be swept away from before him and be broken, and also the prince of the covenant.

23And from the time of an alliance with him, he will act deceitfully; and he will rise and become strong with a small nation.

24In a time of security he will come into the richest parts of the province, and he will do what neither his fathers nor his fathers’ fathers did: he will scatter among them plunder, spoil, and goods; and against fortresses he will devise his plans, but only until a time.