Before him great armies will be swept away, including a covenant prince.
Parallel translations
- WEB The overwhelming forces shall be overwhelmed from before him, and shall be broken; yes, also the prince of the covenant.
- KJV And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
- BSB Then a flood of forces will be swept away before him and destroyed, along with a prince of the covenant.
- NKJV With the force of a flood they shall be swept away from before him and be broken, and also the prince of the covenant.
- NASB And the overflowing forces will be flooded away from him and smashed, and also the prince of the covenant.
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Quick answer
Opposing forces are swept away before him, including 'the prince of the covenant.' The tyrant overwhelms his rivals and strikes at sacred leadership.
Overview
The flood of armies is overwhelmed, and even a 'prince of the covenant,' likely a high priest, is removed. Antiochus interfered violently in the Jewish priesthood, attacking the very leadership of God's covenant people. The mention of the covenant signals that this conflict is not merely political but a direct assault on the worship and faith of Israel.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Dan 9:26After the sixty-two weeks the Anointed One shall be cut off, and shall have nothing: and the people of the prince who shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and its end shall be with a flood, and even to the end shall be war; desolations are determined.
- Dan 8:10–11It grew great, even to the army of the sky; and some of the army and of the stars it cast down to the ground, and trampled on them.
- Dan 11:10His sons shall war, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces, which shall come on, and overflow, and pass through; and they shall return and war, even to his fortress.
- Dan 8:25Through his policy he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and he shall destroy many in their security. He shall also stand up against the prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
- Amos 8:8Won’t the land tremble for this, and everyone mourn who dwells in it? Yes, it will rise up wholly like the River; and it will be stirred up and sink again, like the River of Egypt.
- Nah 1:8But with an overflowing flood, he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
- Rev 12:15–16The serpent spewed water out of his mouth after the woman like a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.
- Amos 9:5For the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, is he who touches the land and it melts, and all who dwell in it will mourn; and it will rise up wholly like the River, and will sink again, like the River of Egypt.
- Isa 8:7–8now therefore, behold, the Lord brings upon them the mighty flood waters of the River: the king of Assyria and all his glory. It will come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks.
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