“And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.”
Forces sent by him will profane the sanctuary fortress, and will do away with the regular burnt offering, and they will set up the abomination of desolation—prophesying the desecration of the Jerusalem Temple (167 BCE), abolition of daily sacrifices, and installation of a foreign altar (or idolatrous image), representing the nadir of Jewish religious persecution. The "abomination of desolation" becomes a key eschatological term connoting ultimate blasphemy and idolatry. The prohibition of sacrifice directly attacks the covenant worship practice central to Jewish identity.
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