25. “He will boldly raise a large army to attack the king of Egypt, who will prepare to fight back with a huge and powerful army. But the king of Egypt will be deceived and will not be successful.
26. His closest advisers will ruin him. Many of his soldiers will be killed, and his army will be wiped out.
27. Then the two kings will sit down to eat at the same table, but their motives will be evil, and they will lie to each other. They will not get what they want, because the time for it has not yet come.
28. The king of Syria will return home with all the loot he has captured, determined to destroy the religion of God's people. He will do as he pleases and then return to his own land.
29. “Later on he will invade Egypt again, but this time things will turn out differently.
30. The Romans will come in ships and oppose him, and he will be frightened.“Then he will turn back in a rage and try to destroy the religion of God's people. He will follow the advice of those who have abandoned that religion.
31. Some of his soldiers will desecrate the Temple. They will stop the daily sacrifices and set up The Awful Horror.
32. By deceit the king will win the support of those who have already abandoned their religion, but those who follow God will fight back.