In those times many will rise against the king of the south; the violent among your own people will lift themselves up in order to fulfill the vision, but they will stumble—prophesying internal Jewish divisions during Ptolemaic-Seleucid conflict, with some Jews supporting Seleucid expansion against Egypt, but these internal resisters ultimately failing to achieve their goals. The reference to "your people" emphasizes that internal betrayal by Jews represents part of the complex history. The phrase "fulfill the vision" suggests divine purposes unfold through human choices.

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