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"28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.

 

29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

 

30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

 

31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.

 

32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.

 

33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste." (KJV)

"28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.

 

29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

 

30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

 

31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.

 

32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.

 

33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste." (KJV)

"28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.

29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.

32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.

33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste." (KJV)

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No. Definitions will help in understanding the entire phrase - abomination of desolation.

The word "desolation" was used to indicate complete destruction, and usually by a foreign army. Leviticus c. 26 spells out the consequences if the Israelite ignored God's commandments, and walked contrary to Him. We find in Lev. 26:28-33:

"28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.

29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.

32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.

33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste." (KJV)

The word "desolation" in vs. 31 is Strong's Heb. 8074, "שָׁמֵם", or "shamem", and means appalled (at the judgment handed out), horrified, devastation, laying waste, ravaged, ruins.(1) In other words, complete destruction.

The "abomination" was that which caused the desolation. In Dan. 12:11 the word is Strong's Heb. 8251, "שִׁקּוּץ", or "shiqquts" and means detested thing, or filth. (2)

So the abomination of desolation was the filthy destestable things that caused the desolation. Those destested things were quite often the foreign, armies of the pagan nations that worshiped idols.

God promised in Lev. 26:25 that He would bring "a sword against them". This was the promise of their destruction at the hands of a foreign army for walking away from God; and the prophesy of the destruction of Jerusalem which was completely fulfilled in AD 70.

A partial and first fulfillment of these judgments occurred with the captivity and scattering of the northern 10 tribes at the hands of the Assyrians in approx. 722 BC, and again with Babylonian captivity of Judah around 584 BC. But, neither of those had them eating their own children, which did happen in Roman siege of AD 70.

The reference to Dan. 12:11 which Christ made in Matt. 24:15 for the abomination to be standing in the holy place is explained more fully in Luke 21:20.

"And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh." (KJV)

The Roman army, that pagan nation that worshiped the Caesars as gods, as well as their pagan idols was that foreign army that would cause the desolation of Jerusalem. They stood on Mount Olive watching as all entered into the city for the Passover, and they surrounded it laying siege when the gates of the city were shut.

Many study the Bible today without considering the original use of the language as it was written in the day and time of its authorship. The books of the New Testament were written in the 1st century A.D. The use of "all the world" in Matt. 24:14 was the Roman empire.

The word used for the English "world" was Strong’s Greek 3625: “oikoumené: the inhabited earth” and the definition is:

“(properly: the land that is being inhabited, the land in a state of habitation), the inhabited world, that is, the Roman world, for all outside it was regarded as of no account.” (3)

The apostles were charged with preaching the gospel throughout the known inhabited land of the Roman empire before the "end" would come. That end was the desolation of Jerusalem, the judgment Christ pronounced against it and the Sanhedrin all throughout the NT books, and again in Revelation for crucifying their Messiah and persecuting His saints.

Christ used the Roman armies to bring about that desolation, which was ironic as the Jews had used the Romans to crucify Him.

More evidences are offered in all of the posts at my blog ShreddingTheVeil. "Frequent Mistakes - Part IV: Where was All The World?" here and "Daniel and The End Times" here explain in more detail.

Notes:

(1) desolation - BibleHub

(2) abomination - Biblehub

(3) world - Biblehub