1 Then there shall be raised up unto them kings bearing rule, and they shall call themselves priests of the Most High God: they shall assuredly work iniquity in the holy of holies.
2 And an insolent king shall succeed them, who will not be of the race of the priests, a man bold and shameless, and he shall judge them as they shall deserve.
3 And he shall cut off their chief men with the sword, and shall destroy them in secret places, so that no one may know where their bodies are.
4 He shall slay the old and the young, and he shall not spare.
5 Then the fear of him shall be bitter unto them in their land.
6 And he shall execute judgments on them as the Egyptians executed upon them, during thirty and four years, and he shall punish them.
7 And he shall beget children, (who) succeeding him shall rule for shorter periods.
8 Into their parts cohorts and a powerful king of the west shall come, who shall conquer them:
9 and he shall take them captive, and burn a part of their temple with fire, (and) shall crucify some around their colony.