¹⁸ He looses the sash of kings
    and binds a waistcloth on their loins.^(A)

⁷ but it is God who executes judgment,
    putting down one and lifting up another.^(A)

²⁵ He shall speak words against the Most High,
    shall wear out the holy ones of the Most High,
    and shall attempt to change the ritual calendar and the law,
and they shall be given into his power
    for a time, two times,^[a] and half a time.^(A)