Daniel 11:4

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Summary

And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.

He shall stand

Luke 12:20

And shall be

Be plucked

Jeremiah 45:4

Bible References

He shall stand

the joy of the wicked has been brief
and the happiness of the godless has lasted only a moment?

I have seen a wicked, violent man
well-rooted like a flourishing native tree.

They trust in their wealth
and boast of their abundant riches.

until I entered God’s sanctuary.
Then I understood their destiny.

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared—whose will they be?’

And shall be

“While I was watching, another beast appeared. It was like a leopard with four wings of a bird on its back. It had four heads and was given authority to rule.

Then the male goat became very great, but when he became powerful, the large horn was shattered. Four conspicuous horns came up in its place, pointing toward the four winds of heaven.

“Certainly, man walks about like a mere shadow.
Indeed, they frantically rush around in vain,
gathering possessions
without knowing who will get them.

I hated all my work that I labored at under the sun because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

There is a person without a companion, without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches. “So who am I struggling for,” he asks, “and depriving myself from good?” This too is futile and a miserable task.

Knowing their thoughts, He told them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is headed for destruction, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.

Be plucked

“While I was considering the horns, suddenly another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. There were eyes in this horn like a man’s, and it had a mouth that spoke arrogantly.

After I have uprooted them, I will once again have compassion on them and return each one to his inheritance and to his land.

At one moment I might announce concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will uproot, tear down, and destroy it.

The whole valley—the corpses, the ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east—will be holy to the Lord. It will never be uprooted or demolished again.”

“This is what you are to say to him: ‘This is what the Lord says: What I have built I am about to demolish, and what I have planted I am about to uproot—the whole land!