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• Thus, although that fourth horn would wax great, and although he would magnify himself against God himself (the powers of heaven), and although he would destroy the holy people (the Jews in the Land of Israel, God’s chosen people), and although he would cause craft (deceit) to prosper, and although he would magnify himself in his pride and arrogance, and although he would stand up against God himself - yet he would be destroyed and his power broken.
• That king who would arise would be of a fierce countenance, and would understand dark sentences - a language hard to understand.