²⁸ While returning to his land with great riches, his heart shall be moved against the holy covenant; so he shall do damage and return to his own land.

^25 (A)You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ^(B)‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’

^30 (A)For ships from ^[a]Cyprus shall come against him; therefore he shall be grieved, and return in rage against the holy covenant, and do damage.

“So he shall return and show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant. ³¹ And ^[b]forces shall be mustered by him, ^(B)and they shall defile the sanctuary fortress; then they shall take away the daily sacrifices, and place there the abomination of desolation. ³² Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall ^[c]corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.

²² With the ^[a]force of a ^(A)flood they shall be swept away from before him and be broken, ^(B)and also the prince of the covenant.