“And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.”
Through cunning he causes deceit to prosper under his hand; he magnifies himself in his heart, rises against the Prince of princes, yet will be broken—not by human hands—emphasizing Antiochus's blasphemous pride and his ultimate destruction by divine, not military, intervention. His rise against the "Prince of princes" (God) represents the limit of human rebellion and the point at which divine judgment must fall. The promise of breaking "not by human hands" foreshadows miraculous deliverance of the faithful and supernatural divine judgment.
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