cause For this {cause} the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise [men] of Babylon. cause And through his policy also he shall {cause} craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify [himself] in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. cause Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and {cause} thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. cause And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall {cause} the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make [it] desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. cause After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall {cause} the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause [it] to turn upon him. cause After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall {cause} [it] to turn upon him. cause Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge [and] increase with glory: and he shall {cause} them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain. cause And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might {cause} her to be carried away of the flood. cause And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and {cause} that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. ~~~~~~