Daniel 12:7
I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by him who lives forever that it will be for a time, times, and a half; and when they have finished breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things will be finished.
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In Context
8I heard, but I didn’t understand. Then I said, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 26:19He will make you high above all nations that he has made, in praise, in name, and in honour, and that you may be a holy people to the LORD your God, as he has spoken.
Deuteronomy 32:40For I lift up my hand to heaven and declare, as I live forever,
Isaiah 62:12They will call them “The Holy People, The LORD’s Redeemed”. You will be called “Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken”.
Daniel 4:31While the word was in the king’s mouth, a voice came from the sky, saying, “O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: ‘The kingdom has departed from you.
Daniel 7:21I saw, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them,
Daniel 8:14He said to me, “To two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings. Then the sanctuary will be cleansed.”
Matthew Henry on Daniel 12:6-13
Daniel's Solicitude to Know the Times; Period of Prophecy; Daniel Comforted. ( b. c. 534.) 5 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. 6 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? 7 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… Read the whole commentary →