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Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, two others were standing, one on this bank of the stream and the other on that bank of the stream.

Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.

And someone said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream, "How long will it be until the end of these wonders?"

And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?

And I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream, as he raised his right hand and his left toward heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever that it would be for a time, times, and half a time; and as soon as they finish smashing the power of the holy people, all these events will be completed.

And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.

But as for me, I heard but did not understand; so I said, "My lord, what will be the outcome of these events?"

And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?

And he said, "Go your way, Daniel, for these words will be kept secret and sealed up until the end time.

And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.

"Many will be purged, cleansed, and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand.

Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.

"And from the time that the regular sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days.

And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

"Blessed is the one who is patient and attains to the 1,335 days!

Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.

"But as for you, go your way to the end; then you will rest and rise for your allotted portion at the end of the age."

But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.