Daniel 9
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Daniel’s Prayer for His People
1 # ch. 11:1 In the first year of #See ch. 5:31 Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a #[ch. 8:20] Mede, who was made king over the realm of the #ch. 5:30Chaldeans— 2in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to #[Ezra 1:1; Jer. 25:12]the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years.
3Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by #ver. 17, 18, 23; [Neh. 1:4]prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. 4I prayed to the Lord my God and #ver. 20; [Ezra 10:1; Neh. 1:6] made confession, saying, #Neh. 1:5; 9:32 “O Lord, the #Neh. 1:5; 9:32 great and awesome God, who #Deut. 7:9keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, 5#ver. 15 we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly #Lam. 3:42and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. 6#2 Chr. 36:15, 16 We have not listened to #Ezra 9:11; Zech. 1:6 your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to #Ezra 9:7; Neh. 9:34our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7To you, #[ver. 14; Lam. 1:18] O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, #[Esth. 9:20] those who are near and #[Esth. 9:20] those who are far away, in #See Jer. 8:3 all the lands to which you have driven them, because of #Lev. 26:40the treachery that they have committed against you. 8To us, O Lord, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because #[See ver. 5 above]we have sinned against you. 9#Neh. 9:17; Ps. 86:15To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him 10#[See ver. 6 above] and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by walking in his laws, which he set before us by #[See ver. 6 above]his servants the prophets. 11#See Isa. 1:4-6 All Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside, #[Jer. 40:3; 44:23] refusing to obey your voice. #Jer. 44:22 And the curse and oath #See Lev. 26:14-45; Deut. 28:15-68 that are written in the Law of #1 Chr. 6:49; 2 Chr. 24:9; Neh. 10:29 Moses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because #[See ver. 5 above]we have sinned against him. 12He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against #[Ps. 82:2, 3] our rulers who ruled us,#9:12 Or our judges who judged us by #Jer. 39:16 bringing upon us a great calamity. #Ezek. 5:9; [Lam. 1:12]For under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem. 13#[See ver. 11 above] As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us; yet we have not entreated the favor of the Lord our God, #Hos. 7:10turning from our iniquities and gaining insight by your truth. 14#[Jer. 1:12] Therefore the Lord has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us, #Neh. 9:33; See ver. 7 for the Lord our God is righteous in all the works that he has done, and #ver. 10we have not obeyed his voice. 15And now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt #Ex. 32:11; [Ex. 6:1; Neh. 1:10] with a mighty hand, and #Ex. 14:18; Neh. 9:10 have made a name for yourself, as at this day, #See ver. 5we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
16“O Lord, #Ps. 31:1; 71:2 according to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem, #ver. 20; ch. 11:45; Jer. 31:23; Zech. 8:3 your holy hill, #Lam. 1:5 because for our sins, and for #[Ex. 20:5] the iniquities of our fathers, #Lam. 2:15, 16 Jerusalem and your people have become #Ps. 44:13; 79:4; Ezek. 36:4; Mic. 6:16a byword among all who are around us. 17Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord,#9:17 Hebrew for the Lord’s sake #Num. 6:25 make your face to shine upon #Lam. 5:18your sanctuary, which is desolate. 18#2 Kgs. 19:16; Isa. 37:17 O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see #ver. 26; See ver. 27 our desolations, and #Jer. 25:29the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy. 19O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. #Ps. 40:17; 70:5 Delay not, #Ps. 25:11; 79:9 for your own sake, O my God, because #[See ver. 18 above] your city and #Jer. 14:9your people are called by your name.”
Gabriel Brings an Answer
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Isa. 65:24 While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my plea before the Lord my God for #See ver. 16the holy hill of my God, 21while I was speaking in prayer, the man #See ch. 8:16 Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the first, #See ch. 8:18 came to me in swift flight at #Ex. 29:39; [1 Kgs. 18:36; Ezra 9:4, 5]the time of the evening sacrifice. 22#[ch. 8:16] He made me understand, speaking with me and saying, “O Daniel, I have now come out to give you #[ch. 1:4, 17]insight and understanding. 23#[ver. 20] At the beginning of your pleas for mercy a word went out, #[ch. 10:12, 14] and I have come to tell it to you, for #ch. 10:11, 19 you are greatly loved. Therefore consider the word #[Matt. 24:15; Mark 13:14]and understand the vision.
The Seventy Weeks
24 # [Ezek. 4:6] “Seventy weeks#9:24 Or sevens; also twice in verse 25 and once in verse 26 are decreed about your people and #Neh. 11:1 your holy city, to finish #ch. 8:13 the transgression, to put an end to sin, #[Ps. 78:38; Heb. 2:17]; See Jer. 31:34 and to atone for iniquity, #Rom. 3:25, 26; See Jer. 23:5, 6 to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and #[Ps. 45:7; Isa. 61:1; Acts 4:26, 27]to anoint a most holy place.#9:24 Or thing, or one 25#[ver. 23] Know therefore and understand that #[2 Chr. 36:23; Ezra 1:3; 4:24; 6:15; Neh. 6:15] from the going out of the word to restore and #[Ps. 51:18] build Jerusalem to the coming of an #John 1:41 anointed one, a #Isa. 55:4 prince, there shall be seven weeks. Then for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again#9:25 Or there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It shall be built again with squares and moat, #See Neh. 4:7, 8, 16-18but in a troubled time. 26And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall #Isa. 53:8; [Mark 9:12; Luke 24:26] be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come #[Matt. 24:2; Mark 13:2; Luke 19:43, 44] shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. #Nah. 1:8; [ch. 11:10, 22, 26, 40] Its#9:26 Or His end shall come with a flood, #Matt. 24:6, 14 and to the end there shall be war. #ver. 18; See ver. 27Desolations are decreed. 27And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week,#9:27 Or seven; twice in this verse and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. #Matt. 24:15; Mark 13:14; [Luke 21:20] And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until #Isa. 10:23the decreed end is poured out on the desolator.”
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Daniel 9
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1 IN THE first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, of the offspring of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans–
2 In the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the books the number of years which, according to the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass by before the desolations [which had been] pronounced on Jerusalem should end; and it was seventy years. [Jer. 25:11, 12; 29:10.]
3 And I set my face to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes;
4 And I prayed to the Lord my God and made confession and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, Who keeps covenant, mercy, and loving-kindness with those who love Him and keep His commandments,
5 We have sinned and dealt perversely and done wickedly and have rebelled, turning aside from Your commandments and ordinances.
6 Neither have we listened to and heeded Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our princes and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
7 O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us confusion and shame of face, as at this day–to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, to those who are near and those who are far off, through all the countries to which You have driven them because of the [treacherous] trespass which they have committed against You.
8 O Lord, to us belong confusion and shame of face–to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers–because we have sinned against You.
9 To the Lord our God belong mercy and loving-kindness and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against Him;
10 And we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by walking in His laws which He set before us through His servants the prophets.
11 Yes, all Israel has transgressed Your law, even turning aside that they might not obey Your voice. Therefore the curse has been poured out on us and the oath that is written in the Law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against Him. [Lev. 26:14-45; Deut. 28:15-68.]
12 And He has carried out intact His [threatening] words which He threatened against us and against our judges [the kings, princes, and rulers generally] who ruled us, and He has brought upon us a great evil; for under the whole heavens there has not been done before [anything so dreadful] as [He has caused to be] done against Jerusalem.
13 Just as it is written in the Law of Moses as to all this evil [that would surely come upon transgressors], so it has come upon us. Yet we have not earnestly begged for forgiveness and entreated the favor of the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities and have understanding and become wise in Your truth. [Deut. 4:29; 28:15ff.]
14 Therefore the Lord has kept ready the calamity (evil) and has brought it upon us, for the Lord our God is [uncompromisingly] righteous and rigidly just in all His works which He does [keeping His word]; and we have not obeyed His voice.
15 And now, O Lord our God, Who brought Your people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and secured Yourself renown and a name as at this day, we have sinned, we have done wickedly!
16 O Lord, according to all Your rightness and justice, I beseech You, let Your anger and Your wrath be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain. Because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become a reproach and a byword to all who are around about us.
17 Now therefore, O our God, listen to and heed the prayer of Your servant [Daniel] and his supplications, and for Your own sake cause Your face to shine upon Your sanctuary which is desolate.
18 O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and look at our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You for our own righteousness and justice, but for Your great mercy and loving-kindness.
19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, give heed and act! Do not delay, for Your own sake, O my God, because Your city and Your people are called by Your name.
20 While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy hill of my God–
21 Yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the former vision, being caused to fly swiftly, came near to me and touched me about the time of the evening sacrifice. [Dan. 8:16.]
22 He instructed me and made me understand; he talked with me and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give you skill and wisdom and understanding.
23 At the beginning of your prayers, the word [giving an answer] went forth, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved. Therefore consider the matter and understand the vision.
24 Seventy weeks [of years, or 490 years] are decreed upon your people and upon your holy city [Jerusalem], to finish and put an end to transgression, to seal up and make full the measure of sin, to purge away and make expiation and reconciliation for sin, to bring in everlasting righteousness (permanent moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation) to seal up vision and prophecy and prophet, and to anoint a Holy of Holies.
25 Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem until [the coming of] the Anointed One, a Prince, shall be seven weeks [of years] and sixty-two weeks [of years]; it shall be built again with [city] square and moat, but in troublous times.
26 And after the sixty-two weeks [of years] shall the Anointed One be cut off or killed and shall have nothing [and no one] belonging to [and defending] Him. And the people of the [other] prince who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood; and even to the end there shall be war, and desolations are decreed. [Isa. 53:7-9; Nah. 1:8; Matt. 24:6-14.]
27 And he shall enter into a strong and firm covenant with the many for one week [seven years]. And in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and offering to cease [for the remaining three and one-half years]; and upon the wing or pinnacle of abominations [shall come] one who makes desolate, until the full determined end is poured out on the desolator.
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