18. After this shall he turn his face to the islands, and shall take many: but a prince shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; yes, moreover, he shall cause his reproach to turn on him.
19. Then he shall turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land; but he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found.
20. Then shall stand up in his place one who shall cause a tax collector to pass through the kingdom to maintain its glory; but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.
21. In his place shall stand up a contemptible person, to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in time of security, and shall obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
22. The overwhelming forces shall be overwhelmed from before him, and shall be broken; yes, also the prince of the covenant.
23. After the treaty made with him he shall work deceitfully; for he shall come up, and shall become strong, with a small people.
24. In time of security shall he come even on the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall scatter among them prey, and plunder, and substance: yes, he shall devise his devices against the strongholds, even for a time.