What Will the Outcome Be?

I heard, but I did not understand.  So I asked,
"My lord, what will the outcome of all this be?"

He replied, "Go your way, Daniel,
because the words are closed up and sealed
until the time of the end.
Many will be purified,
made spotless and refined,
but the wicked will continue to be wicked.
None of the wicked will understand,
but those who are wise will understand."

(Daniel 12:8-9)