in the latter time (R.V.) of the indignation The -indignation" is the Divine wrath implied in Israel's subjection to the nations: the persecution by Antiochus is the last stage of this indignation: when that is over, the kingdom of the saints will be set up. Cf. Daniel 11:36, -and he (Antiochus) shall prosper till the indignationbe accomplished;" and 1Ma 1:64, -and there came exceeding great wrath upon Israel." The word may be suggested by Isaiah 10:25; Isaiah 26:20.

for it (i.e. the vision, Daniel 8:17) belongeth to the appointed-time of the end The sentence seems suggested by Habakkuk 2:3 (quoted on Daniel 8:17), though the word -end" has not there the special sense which it has acquired in Daniel.

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