“But then news from the east and the north will alarm him, and he will set out in great anger to destroy and obliterate many.
Parallel translations
- WEB But news out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him; and he shall go out with great fury to destroy and utterly to sweep away many.
- KJV But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
- BSB But news from the east and the north will alarm him, and he will go out with great fury to destroy many and devote them to destruction.
- NKJV But news from the east and the north shall trouble him; therefore he shall go out with great fury to destroy and annihilate many.
- NASB But rumors from the East and from the North will terrify him, and he will go out with great wrath to eliminate and annihilate many.
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Quick answer
News from the east and north alarms him, and he marches out in great fury to destroy many. Even at his peak, the tyrant is troubled and turns to greater violence.
Overview
Disturbing reports drive the king to a final campaign of fury and destruction. His rage betrays an inner insecurity even at the summit of power. The escalating violence sets up the abrupt end described next, illustrating that the wrath of tyrants, however terrible, runs only as far as God permits before being brought to nothing.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Rev 19:19–21I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him who sat on the horse, and against his army.
- Rev 17:13These have one mind, and they give their power and authority to the beast.
- Ezek 38:9–12You shall ascend, you shall come like a storm, you shall be like a cloud to cover the land, you, and all your hordes, and many peoples with you.
- Dan 11:11The king of the south shall be moved with anger, and shall come out and fight with him, even with the king of the north; and he shall send out a great multitude, and the multitude shall be given into his hand.
- Rev 16:12The sixth poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates. Its water was dried up, that the way might be prepared for the kings that come from the sunrise.
- Dan 11:30For ships of Kittim shall come against him; therefore he shall be grieved, and shall return, and have indignation against the holy covenant, and shall take action: he shall even return, and have regard to those who forsake the holy covenant.
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