Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
shut . . . up . . . vision—implying the vision was not to be understood for the present. In Revelation 22:10 it is said, "Seal not the vision, for the time is at hand." What in Daniel's time was hidden was more fully explained in Revelation, and as the time draws nearer, it will be clearer still.
it shall be for many days—It refers to remote times (Ezekiel 12:27).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Daniel 8:26:
Isaiah 8:16
Daniel 9:22
Daniel 12:9
Revelation 22:10
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