“But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.”
He will come into the glorious land, and tens of thousands will fall in his hand; but these will be delivered out of his hand—prophesying Antiochus III's invasion of Judea (the glorious land) with devastating military casualties, but expressing hope that some, the faithful remnant, will escape Seleucid domination and divine judgment. The reference to deliverance suggests divine protection of the righteous despite conquest. This partial salvation foreshadows the later Maccabean triumph.
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