Daniel 9:27 - Prayer Tents

Daniel’s Prayer

9"In the first year of the reign of Darius son of Ahasuerus, a descendant of the Medes, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans -H259H8141H1867H1121H325H2233H4074H4427H4438H3778

2in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, noted in the Scripture the total years that were assigned by the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet for the completion of the desolations of Jerusalem: 70 years.H259H8141H4427H1840H995H5612H4557H8141H1697H3068H3414H5030H4390H7657H8141H2723H3389

3"So I turned my attention to the Lord God, seeking him in prayer and supplication, accompanied with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.H5414H6440H136H430H1245H8605H8469H6685H8242H665

4I prayed to the Lord my God, confessing and saying: Lord! Great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant and gracious love for those who love him and obey his commandments,H6419H3068H430H3034H559H577H136H1419H3372H410H8104H1285H2617H157H8104H4687

5we've sinned, we've practiced evil, we've acted wickedly, and we've rebelled, turning away from your commands and from your regulations.H2398H5753H7561H4775H5493H4687H4941

6Furthermore, we haven't listened to your servants, the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, to our officials, to our ancestors, and to all of the people of the land.H8085H5650H5030H1696H8034H4428H8269H1H5971H776

7To you, Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us, open humiliation-even to this day, to the men of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, both those who are nearby and those who are far away in all the lands to which you drove them because of their unfaithful acts that they committed against you.H136H6666H1322H6440H3117H376H3063H3427H3389H3478H7138H7350H776H5080H4604H4603

8Open humiliation belongs to us, Lord, to our kings, our officials, and our ancestors, because we've sinned against you.H136H1322H6440H4428H8269H1H2398

9But to the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, though we've rebelled against himH136H430H7356H5547H4775

10and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by walking in his laws that he gave us through his servants the prophets.H8085H6963H3068H430H3212H8451H5414H6440H3027H5650H5030

11And all Israel flouted your law, turning aside from it and not obeying your voice. Because we've sinned against him, the curse has been poured upon us, along with the oath written in the Law of Moses the servant of God.H3478H5674H8451H5493H8085H6963H423H5413H7621H3789H8451H4872H5650H430H2398

12He has confirmed his accusation that he spoke against us and against our rulers who governed us by bringing upon us great calamity, because nowhere in the universe has anything been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.H6965H1697H1696H8199H8199H935H1419H7451H8064H6213H6213H3389

13As it's written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has befallen us, but we still haven't sought the Lord our God by turning from our lawlessness to pay attention to your truth.H3789H8451H4872H7451H935H2470H6440H3068H430H7725H5771H7919H571

14So the Lord watched for the right time to bring the calamity upon us, because the Lord our God is righteous regarding everything he does, but we have not obeyed his voice.13H3068H8245H7451H935H3068H430H6662H4639H6213H8085H6963

15And now, Lord our God, who brought your people from the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and who made a name for yourself that remains to this day - we've sinned. We've acted wickedly.H136H430H3318H5971H3318H776H4714H2389H3027H6213H8034H3117H2398H7561

16Lord, in view of all your righteous acts, please turn your anger and wrath away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. Because of our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and your people have become an embarrassment to all of those around us.H136H6666H639H2534H7725H5892H3389H6944H2022H2399H5771H1H3389H5971H2781H5439

17So now, O God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his requests, and look with favor on your desolate sanctuary, for the sake of the Lord.H430H8085H8605H5650H8469H6440H215H4720H8076H136

18Lord, turn your ear and listen. Open your eyes and look at our desolation and at the city that is called by your name. We're not presenting our requests before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great compassion.H430H5186H241H8085H6491H5869H7200H8074H5892H7121H8034H5307H8469H6440H6666H7227H7356

19Lord, listen! Lord, forgive! Lord, take note and take action! For your own sake, don't delay, my God, because your city and your people are called by your name."H136H8085H136H5545H136H7181H6213H309H408H430H5892H5971H7121H8034

Gabriel’s Answer: The Seventy Weeks

20"While I was still speaking in prayer, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and placing my request in the presence of the Lord my God on behalf of the holy mountain of God -H1696H6419H3034H2403H2403H5971H3478H5307H8467H6440H3068H430H6944H2022H430

21while I was still speaking, Gabriel the man of God whom I had seen in the previous vision, appeared to me about the time of the evening offering.H1696H8605H376H1403H7200H2377H8462H3286H3288H5060H6256H6153H4503

22He gave instructions, and this is what he spoke to me: 'Daniel, I've now come to give you insight and understanding.H995H1696H559H1840H3318H7919H998

23Because you're highly regarded, the answer was issued when you began your prayer, and I've come to tell you. Pay attention to my message and you'll understand the vision.H8462H8469H1697H3318H935H5046H2532H995H1697H995H4758

24Seventy weeks have been decreed concerning your people and your holy city: to restrain transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for lawlessness, to establish everlasting righteousness, to conclude vision and prophecy, and to anoint the holy of holies.H7657H7620H2852H5971H6944H5892H3607H6588H8552H2856H2403H3722H5771H935H5769H6664H2856H2377H5030H4886H6944H6944

25So be informed and discern that seven weeks andH3045H7919H4161H1697H7725H1129H3389H4899H5057H7651H7620H8346H8147H7620H7339H1129H7725H2742H6695H6256

26Then after the 62 weeks, the anointed one will be cut off, and will have no successor. Then the people of the coming commander will destroy both the city and the Sanctuary. Its ending will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war, with desolations having been decreed.H310H8346H8147H7620H4899H3772H5971H5057H935H7843H5892H6944H7093H7858H7093H4421H8074H2782

27He will make a binding covenant with many for one week, and for half of the week he will pause both the sacrifice and grain offerings. Destructive people will cause desolation on the pinnacle until it is complete and what has been decreed is poured out on the desolator.'"H1396H1285H7227H259H7620H2677H7620H2077H4503H7673H3671H8251H8074H3617H2782H5413H8074

62weeks will elapse from the issuance of the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the anointed commander. The street will be rebuilt, along with the wall, though in troubled times.