21. And in his place shall arise a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honor of royalty: but he shall come in peaceably, and seize the kingdom by flatteries.
22. And with the force of a flood shall they be swept away from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
23. And after the league is made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small number of people.
24. He shall enter peaceably even into the richest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the plunder, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall devise his plans against the strongholds, but only for a time.
25. And 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 devise plans against him.
26. Yea, they that feed of the portion of his rich food shall destroy him, and his army shall be swept away: and many shall fall down slain.
27. And both these kings' hearts shall be to do evil, and they shall speak lies at the same table; but it shall not prosper: for the end shall yet be at the time appointed.
28. Then shall he return into his land with great riches; but his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall work his will, and return to his own land.
29. At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be like the former, or like the latter.
30. For the ships of Kittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and rage against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and show favor toward them that forsake the holy covenant.