26. and those eating his portion of food destroy him, and his force overfloweth, and fallen have many wounded.
27. `And both of the kings' hearts [are] to do evil, and at one table they speak lies, and it doth not prosper, for yet the end [is] at a time appointed.
28. And he turneth back [to] his land with great substance, and his heart [is] against the holy covenant, and he hath wrought, and turned back to his land.
29. At the appointed time he turneth back, and hath come against the south, and it is not as the former, and as the latter.
30. And ships of Chittim have come in against him, and he hath been pained, and hath turned back, and hath been insolent toward the holy covenant, and hath wrought, and turned back, and he understandeth concerning those forsaking the holy covenant.
31. And strong ones out of him stand up, and have polluted the sanctuary, the stronghold, and have turned aside the continual [sacrifice], and appointed the desolating abomination.
32. And those acting wickedly [against] the covenant, he defileth by flatteries; and the people knowing their God are strong, and have wrought.
33. And the teachers of the people give understanding to many; and they have stumbled by sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil--days.
34. And in their stumbling, they are helped--a little help, and joined to them have been many with flatteries.
35. And some of the teachers do stumble for refining by them, and for purifying, and for making white--till the end of the time, for [it is] yet for a time appointed.