1 bch. 11:1 In the first year ofcSee ch. 5:31 Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent ad[ch. 8:20] Mede, who was made king over the realm of theech. 5:30 Chaldeans— 2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according tof[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.
3 Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him bygver. 17, 18, 23; [Neh. 1:4] prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. 4 I prayed to the Lord my God andhver. 20; [Ezra 10:1; Neh. 1:6] made confession, saying,iNeh. 1:5; 9:32 “O Lord, theiNeh. 1:5; 9:32 great and awesome God, whojDeut. 7:9 keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, 5 kver. 15 we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedlylLam. 3:42 and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. 6 m2 Chr. 36:15, 16 We have not listened tonEzra 9:11; Zech. 1:6 your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name tooEzra 9:7; Neh. 9:34 our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7 To you,p[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,q[Esth. 9:20] those who are near andq[Esth. 9:20] those who are far away, inrSee Jer. 8:3 all the lands to which you have driven them, because ofsLev. 26:40 the treachery that they have committed against you. 8 To us, O Lord, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, becausek[See ver. 5 above] we have sinned against you. 9 tNeh. 9:17; Ps. 86:15 To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him 10 m[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 byn[See ver. 6 above] his servants the prophets. 11 uSee Isa. 1:4-6 All Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside,v[Jer. 40:3; 44:23] refusing to obey your voice.wJer. 44:22 And the curse and oathxSee Lev. 26:14-45; Deut. 28:15-68 that are written in the Law ofy1 Chr. 6:49; 2 Chr. 24:9; Neh. 10:29 Moses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, becausek[See ver. 5 above] we have sinned against him. 12 He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and againstz[Ps. 82:2, 3] our rulers who ruled us,1Or our judges who judged us byaJer. 39:16 bringing upon us a great calamity.bEzek. 5:9; [Lam. 1:12] For under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem. 13 x[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,cHos. 7:10 turning from our iniquities and gaining insight by your truth. 14 d[Jer. 1:12] Therefore the Lord has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us,eNeh. 9:33; See ver. 7 for the Lord our God is righteous in all the works that he has done, andfver. 10 we have not obeyed his voice. 15 And now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of EgyptgEx. 32:11; [Ex. 6:1; Neh. 1:10] with a mighty hand, andhEx. 14:18; Neh. 9:10 have made a name for yourself, as at this day,iSee ver. 5 we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
16 O Lord,jPs. 31:1; 71:2 according to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem,kver. 20; ch. 11:45; Jer. 31:23; Zech. 8:3 your holy hill,lLam. 1:5 because for our sins, and form[Ex. 20:5] the iniquities of our fathers,nLam. 2:15, 16 Jerusalem and your people have becomeoPs. 44:13; 79:4; Ezek. 36:4; Mic. 6:16 a byword among all who are around us. 17 Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord,pNum. 6:25 make your face to shine uponqLam. 5:18 your sanctuary, which is desolate. 18 r2 Kgs. 19:16; Isa. 37:17 O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and seesver. 26; See ver. 27 our desolations, andtJer. 25:29 the 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. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act.uPs. 40:17; 70:5 Delay not,vPs. 25:11; 79:9 for your own sake, O my God, becauset[See ver. 18 above] your city andwJer. 14:9 your people are called by your name. ”
20 xIsa. 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 forySee ver. 16 the holy hill of my God, 21 while I was speaking in prayer, the manzSee ch. 8:16 Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the first,aSee ch. 8:18 came to me in swift flight atbEx. 29:39; [1 Kgs. 18:36; Ezra 9:4, 5] the time of the evening sacrifice. 22 c[ch. 8:16] He made me understand, speaking with me and saying, “O Daniel, I have now come out to give youd[ch. 1:4, 17] insight and understanding. 23 e[ver. 20] At the beginning of your pleas for mercy a word went out,f[ch. 10:12, 14] and I have come to tell it to you, forgch. 10:11, 19 you are greatly loved. Therefore consider the wordh[Matt. 24:15; Mark 13:14] and understand the vision.
24 i[Ezek. 4:6] Seventy weeks are decreed about your people andjNeh. 11:1 your holy city, to finishkch. 8:13 the transgression, to put an end to sin,l[Ps. 78:38; Heb. 2:17]; See Jer. 31:34 and to atone for iniquity,mRom. 3:25, 26; See Jer. 23:5, 6 to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, andn[Ps. 45:7; Isa. 61:1; Acts 4:26, 27] to anoint a most holy place.1Or thing, or one 25 o[ver. 23] Know therefore and understand thatp[2 Chr. 36:23; Ezra 1:3; 4:24; 6:15; Neh. 6:15] from the going out of the word to restore andq[Ps. 51:18] build Jerusalem to the coming of anrJohn 1:41 anointed one, asIsa. 55:4 prince, there shall be seven weeks. Then for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again with squares and moat,tSee Neh. 4:7, 8, 16-18 but in a troubled time. 26 And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shalluIsa. 53:8; [Mark 9:12; Luke 24:26] be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to comev[Matt. 24:2; Mark 13:2; Luke 19:43, 44] shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.wNah. 1:8; [ch. 11:10, 22, 26, 40] Its1Or His end shall come with a flood,xMatt. 24:6, 14 and to the end there shall be war.yver. 18; See ver. 27 Desolations are decreed. 27 And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week, and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering.zMatt. 24:15; Mark 13:14; [Luke 21:20] And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, untilaIsa. 10:23 the decreed end is poured out on the desolator. ”