וְעַל־שִׂכְל֗וֹ וְהִצְלִ֤יחַ מִרְמָה֙ בְּיָד֔וֹ וּבִלְבָב֣וֹ יַגְדִּ֔יל וּבְשַׁלְוָ֖ה יַשְׁחִ֣ית רַבִּ֑ים וְעַ֤ל־שַׂר־שָׂרִים֙ יַעֲמֹ֔ד וּבְאֶ֥פֶס יָ֖ד יִשָּׁבֵֽר׃
Oleh kecerdikannya, tipu daya di tangannya akan berhasil. Ia akan membesarkan diri di dalam hatinya, dan di tengah suasana damai ia akan membinasakan banyak orang. Ia bahkan akan bangkit melawan Penguasa segala penguasa, tetapi ia akan dihancurkan bukan oleh tangan manusia.
Sefer Daniel; Opportunity in Exile
The Ibn Ezra
Of the major classic commentators to Sefer Daniel, Ibn Ezra is one of the few who do not try to calculate the arrival date of the Mashi’ach. Ibn Ezra (to Daniel 8:25) notes that the numbers indicating Mashi’ach’s arrival date are obscure to the point of being incomprehensible to human beings. Ibn Ezra notes that Daniel states (8:27) that he finds these dates incomprehensible. Moreover, he notes that Daniel 12:8 states that these numbers are “inaccessible and sealed”. Only when Mashi’ach arrives will our wise men be able, in retrospect, to decipher the meanings of these numbers114This idea brings to mind Shemot 33:23 where Hashem tells Moshe Rabbeinu that he can perceive Hashem only from the back but not from the front..
Of the major classic commentators to Sefer Daniel, Ibn Ezra is one of the few who do not try to calculate the arrival date of the Mashi’ach. Ibn Ezra (to Daniel 8:25) notes that the numbers indicating Mashi’ach’s arrival date are obscure to the point of being incomprehensible to human beings. Ibn Ezra notes that Daniel states (8:27) that he finds these dates incomprehensible. Moreover, he notes that Daniel 12:8 states that these numbers are “inaccessible and sealed”. Only when Mashi’ach arrives will our wise men be able, in retrospect, to decipher the meanings of these numbers114This idea brings to mind Shemot 33:23 where Hashem tells Moshe Rabbeinu that he can perceive Hashem only from the back but not from the front..
Rashi
he will abolish sacrifice and meal-offering This is what he says in the first vision (8: 26): “and in tranquility he will destroy many.” Through a covenant of tranquility, he will destroy them.