Daniel 8:26

Dan 8:26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told [is] true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it [shall be] for many days.

Ver. 26. And the vision of the evening. ] See Daniel 8:14 . Lyra by the "morning" would have understood the time of Antiochus; by the "evening" the time of antichrist, who was prefigured by Antiochus.

Is true. ] Heb., Truth, and so plain that I need say no more of it.

Wherefore shut thou up the vision. ] Keep it to thyself in sacred silence, and reserve it in writing for posterity. See Dan 12:4-9 Isaiah 8:16 .

For it shall be for many days, ] i.e., For about three hundred years hence. The Lord would have visions concealed till toward the accomplishment.