Ships of Kittim

29At the appointed time he will return and come into the south, but it will not be as the former or as the latter.

30For ships of Kittim will come against him, and he will be disheartened. Then he will turn back and rage against the holy covenant, and he will act. He will turn back and pay attention to those who forsake the holy covenant.

31And forces from him will arise, and they will profane the sanctuary fortress, and remove the regular burnt offering, and set up the abomination that desolates.

32He will corrupt with smooth words those who act wickedly against the covenant, but the people who know their God will stand firm and take action.

33And those among the people who have insight will give understanding to the many, but they will stumble by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, for days.

34When they stumble, they will receive a little help, and many will join themselves to them with smooth words.

35And some of those who have insight will stumble, so that they may be refined among them, purified, and made white, until the time of the end; for it is still for the appointed time.