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15 Then the king from the north will march south with his army. He will build up heaps of earth around the walls of a strong city.[a] He will take the city for himself. The soldiers of the kingdom in the south will not be able to stop him. Even their best soldiers will not be strong enough to win the fight. 16 The king who attacked from the north will do whatever he wants to do. Nobody will be able to stop him. He will march into the Beautiful Land. He will have the power to destroy it.[b]

17 The king from the north will decide to march south with all his kingdom's strong army. He will make an agreement with the king of the south. He will give one of his daughters to marry the king of the south. He will try to destroy that kingdom, but his plan will fail. His daughter will not be able to do anything to help him.

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Footnotes

  1. 11:15 Soldiers built heaps of earth like this so that they could climb over the walls and attack the city.
  2. 11:16 The Beautiful Land was Israel, the land that God had given to his people as their home.