1 At that timeMichael the great princewho stands watch over your people will rise up.There will be a time of distress such as never has occurred since nations came into being until that time. But at that time all your peoplewho are found written in the book will escape.
2 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake,some to eternal life, and some to shame and eternal contempt.
3 Those who are wise will shinelike the bright expanse of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
4 “But you, Daniel, keep these words secret and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam about, and knowledge will increase.”
5 Then I, Daniel, looked, and two others were standing there, one on this bank of the river and one on the other.