7. The man dressed in linen who stood over the water raised his hands toward heaven. And I heard him make a promise. He used the name of God who lives forever. He said, “It will be for three and one-half years. The power of the holy people will finally be broken. Then all these things will come true.”
8. I heard the answer, but I did not really understand. So I asked, “Master, what will happen after all these things come true?”
9. He answered, “Go your way, Daniel. The message is closed up and sealed until the time of the end.
10. Many people will be made clean, pure and spotless. But the wicked will continue to be wicked. And those wicked people will not understand these things. But the wise people will understand them.
11. “The daily sacrifice will be stopped. There will be 1,290 days from that time. Then the horrible thing that destroys will be set up.
12. Those who wait for the end of the 1,335 days will be happy.