12:25 For these are they that shall accomplish his wickedness, and that
shall finish his last end.
12:26 And whereas thou sawest that the great head appeared no more, it
signifieth that one of them shall die upon his bed, and yet with pain.
12:27 For the two that remain shall be slain with the sword.
12:28 For the sword of the one shall devour the other: but at the last
shall he fall through the sword himself.
12:29 And whereas thou sawest two feathers under the wings passing over
the head that is on the right side;
12:30 It signifieth that these are they, whom the Highest hath kept
unto their end: this is the small kingdom and full of trouble, as thou
sawest.
12:31 And the lion, whom thou sawest rising up out of the wood, and
roaring, and speaking to the eagle, and rebuking her for her
unrighteousness with all the words which thou hast heard;
12:32 This is the anointed, which the Highest hath kept for them and
for their wickedness unto the end: he shall reprove them, and shall
upbraid them with their cruelty.
12:33 For he shall set them before him alive in judgment, and shall
rebuke them, and correct them.
12:34 For the rest of my people shall he deliver with mercy, those that
have been pressed upon my borders, and he shall make them joyful until
the coming of the day of judgment, whereof I have spoken unto thee from
the beginning.
12:35 This is the dream that thou sawest, and these are the
interpretations.
12:36 Thou only hast been meet to know this secret of the Highest.
12:37 Therefore write all these things that thou hast seen in a book,
and hide them:
12:38 And teach them to the wise of the people, whose hearts thou
knowest may comprehend and keep these secrets.
12:39 But wait thou here thyself yet seven days more, that it may be
shewed thee, whatsoever it pleaseth the Highest to declare unto thee.
And with that he went his way.
12:40 And it came to pass, when all the people saw that the seven days
were past, and I not come again into the city, they gathered them all
together, from the least unto the greatest, and came unto me, and said,
12:41 What have we offended thee? and what evil have we done against
thee, that thou forsakest us, and sittest here in this place?
12:42 For of all the prophets thou only art left us, as a cluster of
the vintage, and as a candle in a dark place, and as a haven or ship
preserved from the tempest.
12:43 Are not the evils which are come to us sufficient?
12:44 If thou shalt forsake us, how much better had it been for us, if
we also had been burned in the midst of Sion?
12:45 For we are not better than they that died there. And they wept
with a loud voice. Then answered I them, and said,
12:46 Be of good comfort, O Israel; and be not heavy, thou house of
Jacob:
12:47 For the Highest hath you in remembrance, and the Mighty hath not
forgotten you in temptation.
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