Daniel 8:12 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 8:12

And in the rebellion, the host and the daily sacrifice were given over to the horn, and it flung truth to the ground and prospered in whatever it did.

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ASV

And the host was given over to it together with the continual burnt-offering through transgression; and it cast down truth to the ground, and it did its pleasure and prospered.

KJV

And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.

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Commentary

4 voices

Ishodad of Merv

COMMENTARY ON DANIEL 8:12 (850)

"The sanctuary was cast to the ground." Indeed, when Antiochus gets into Jerusalem and kills forty thousand [inhabitants] and rapes the women, he then enters the temple, destroys the candlestick, breaks the table of the breads of the presence and all the vessels of the …

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER EIGHT (420)

Verses 11, 12. And as for the statement, "And he glorified himself even against the Prince of Power," this means that he lifted himself up against God and persecuted His saints. He even took away the endelekhismos or "continual offering" which was customarily sacrificed in the morning and at even, and he prevailed to the casting down of the "place of His sanctuary." And he did not do this by his own prowess, but only "on account of the sins of the people."

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The interpretation of this vision by an angel, showing that the ram signified the Persian empire, the he-goat the Grecian, and the little horn a king of the Grecian monarchy, that should set himself against the Jews and religion, which was Antiochus Epiphanes,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But transgression was not at the full (Da 8:23) under Antiochus; for Onias the high priest administered the laws in godliness at the time (2 Maccabees 3:1). Therefore the "transgression" must refer to that of the Jews hereafter restored to Palestine in unbelief. the truth--the worship of the true God.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְצָבָ֛א	ve.tza.Va'	and an army	H6635 →
תִּנָּתֵ֥ן	ti.na.Ten	it will be set	H5414 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
הַתָּמִ֖יד	ha.ta.Mid	the perpetual [offering]	H8548 →
בְּפָ֑שַׁע	be.Fa.sha'	in transgression	H6588 →
וְתַשְׁלֵ֤ךְ	ve.tash.Lekh	and it will throw down	H7993 →
אֱמֶת֙	'e.Met	truth	H571 →
אַ֔רְצָה	'Ar.tzah	[the] ground towards	H776 →
וְעָשְׂתָ֖ה	ve.'a.se.Tah	and it will act	H6213 →
וְהִצְלִֽיחָה׃	ve.hitz.Li.chah	and it will succeed	H6743 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 13:7
Then the beast was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.
leads to
- Daniel 7:21
  As I watched, this horn was waging war against the saints and prevailing against them,
- Revelation 11:7
  When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.
- Daniel 7:25
  He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for…
Through
Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live…
leads to
- Malachi 3:15
  So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
- Psalms 92:7
  that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
- Psalms 37:1
  Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
- Psalms 73:3–28
  For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- Psalms 51:4
  Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.

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The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Daniel