Daniel 11:32

And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. AND SUCH AS DO WICKEDLY AGAINST THE COVENANT - ( 1Ma 1:52 , 'Then many of the people were gathered unto them-to wit, everyone that forsook the law'). SHALL HE CORRUPT - seduce to apostasy. BY FLATTERIES - promises of favour. BUT THE PEOPLE THAT DO KNOW THEIR GOD SHALL BE STRONG - the Maccabees and their followers ( 1Ma 1:62-63 'Howbeit many in Israel were fully resolved and confirmed in themselves not to eat any unclean thing. Wherefore they chose rather to die, that they might not be defiled with meats, and that they might not profane the holy covenants: so then they died'). Judas, son of the Jewish patriot Mattathias, took, as the motto of his standard, the initial letters of the Hebrew sentence,...

We stated in the last Lecture, the seriousness of the test by which God proved the faithfulness of his people, in allowing Antiochus such unbounded liberty to pollute the Temple, and to abolish, for a time, all the sacrifices and services. He next set up in the midst of the Temple that abomination which cast down the spirits of the pious; for that prodigy could not be witnessed without the most profound astonishment. No one could suppose it possible, that God would expose his own sanctuary to such dishonor, as it was the only one which he had chosen in the whole world. It now follows, _And he shall deceive the transgressors of the covenant with blandishment, but a people knowing their God will retain it firmly and practice it _Here Daniel more clearly expresses what he had previously said of the corruption and overthrow of God’s worship, as Antiochus should enticingly win over to himself...

31-45 The remainder of this prophecy is very difficult, and commentators differ much respecting it. From Antiochus the account seems to pass to antichrist. Reference seems to be made to the Roman empire, the fourth monarchy, in its pagan, early Christian, and papal states. The end of the Lord's anger against his people approaches, as well as the end of his patience towards his enemies. If we would escape the ruin of the infidel, the idolater, the superstitious and cruel persecutor, as well as that of the profane, let us make the oracles of God our standard of truth and of duty, the foundation of our hope, and the light of our paths through this dark world, to the glorious inheritance above....

Verse 32. _SUCH AS DO WICKEDLY AGAINST THE COVENANT_] This if understood of the _Christian Jews_; for the NEW had now succeeded to the OLD, the whole of the Jewish ritual having been abolished, and Jerusalem filled with heathen _temples_. _And he_-the Roman power, did all he could by _flatteries_, as well as threats, to _corrupt_ the Christians, and cause them to sacrifice to the statues of the emperors. _BUT THE PEOPLE THAT DO KNOW THEIR GOD_] The genuine Christians. _SHALL BE STRONG_] Shall be strengthened by his grace and Spirit. _AND DO_ EXPLOITS.] Continue steadfast in all temptations, hold fast their faith, and enjoy a good conscience....

AND SUCH AS DO WICKEDLY AGAINST THE COVENANT - That is, among the Jews. They who apostatized, and who became willing to receive the religion of foreigners. There “was” such a party in Jerusalem, and it was numerous. See Jahn, “Heb. Commonwealth,” pp. 258, 259. Compare 1 Macc. 1:52: “Then many of the people were gathered unto them, to wit, every one that forsook the law; and so they committed evils in the land.” SHALL HE CORRUPT BY FLATTERIES - By flattering promises of his favor, of office, of national prosperity .... See the notes at Daniel 11:21. The margin is, “or, cause to dissemble.” The meaning of the Hebrew word חנף _chânêph_ is, rather, “to profane, to pollute, to defile;” and the idea here is, that he would cause them to become defiled; that is, that he would seduce them to

EXPOSITION DANIEL 11:1 THE KINGS OF THE NORTH AND THE KINGS OF THE SOUTH. DANIEL 11:1 ALSO I IN THE FIRST YEAR OF DARIUS THE MEDE, EVEN I, STOOD TO CONFIRM AND TO STRENGTHEN HIM. The versions show signs of great disturbance having happened here. The rendering of the LXX. is, "In the first year of Cyrus the king, he told me to be strong and to play the man." Theodotion's rendering is yet briefer, "And I, in the first year of Cyrus, stood in strength and might." The Peshitta rendering, "In the first year of Darius the Mede (he)

AND SUCH AS DO WICKEDLY AGAINST THE COVENANT SHALL BE CORRUPTED BY FLATTERIES,.... That forsook the law of God, the book of the covenant, and did things contrary to it; and particularly violated the covenant of circumcision, drawing on the foreskin, and becoming uncircumcised; as well as rejected other ordinances of religious worship the Jews by covenant were obliged to observe: these apostates Antiochus corrupted by good words and fair speeches, by gifts and presents; and they became his tools, to do his pleasure, and were his instruments to seduce the Jews to renounce their religion, and give in to his idolatry; such as Jason, Menelaus, and others; in the Apocrypha: "Now when the kingdom was established before Antiochus, he thought to reign over Egypt that he might have the dominion of two realms.'' (1 Maccabees 1:16) "Now such was the height of Greek fashions, and increase of heathe...

STRONG for example the Maccabees. B.C. 168 and following....

CHAPTER 11 THE WARS OF THE PTOLEMIES AND SELEUCIDAE PREDICTED THE COMING EVENTS OF THE END _ 1. The wars of the Ptolemies and Seleucidae (Daniel 11:1)_ 2. The time of the end and the man of sin (Daniel 11:36) Daniel 11:1. Here we have history pre-written and the greater part of this chapter (Daniel 11:2) is fulfilled historically. So accurate are these predictions and their subsequent fulfillment that the enemies of “the Scripture of truth” have declared that it could never have been written by Daniel several hundred years before these persons came into existence and fought their battles. The pagan Porphyry in t

DANIEL 11:32. SUCH AS DO WICKEDLY: the apostates. BUT THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW: _cf._ 1Ma_1:62, And many in Israel were strong, and they chose to die rather than eat unclean meats or profane the covenant....