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Out of one of them came a little horn[a] which grew and grew toward the south, the east, and the glorious land. 10 It grew even to the host of heaven,[b] so that it cast down to earth some of the host and some of the stars and trampled on them. 11 It grew even to the Prince of the host, from whom the daily sacrifice was removed, and whose sanctuary was cast down. 12 The host was given over together with the daily sacrifice in the course of transgression. It cast truth to the ground, and was succeeding in its undertaking.

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Footnotes

  1. 8:9 A little horn: as in chap. 7, Antiochus IV. The glorious land: Israel.
  2. 8:10–12 The host of heaven: the angelic host, symbolized by the stars. The Prince of the host: the Most High God, whose worship Antiochus suppressed (1 Mc 1:45).