9IN THE first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, of the offspring of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans--H259H8141H1867H1121H325H2233H4074H4427H4438H3778 2In 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.H259H8141H4427H1840H995H5612H4557H8141H1697H3068H3414H5030H4390H7657H8141H2723H3389 3And I set my face to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes;H5414H6440H136H430H1245H8605H8469H6685H8242H665 4And 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,H6419H3068H430H3034H559H577H136H1419H3372H410H8104H1285H2617H157H8104H4687 5We have sinned and dealt perversely and done wickedly and have rebelled, turning aside from Your commandments and ordinances.H2398H5753H7561H4775H5493H4687H4941 6Neither 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.H8085H5650H5030H1696H8034H4428H8269H1H5971H776 7O 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.H136H6666H1322H6440H3117H376H3063H3427H3389H3478H7138H7350H776H5080H4604H4603 8O 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.H136H1322H6440H4428H8269H1H2398 9To the Lord our God belong mercy {and} loving-kindness and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against Him;H136H430H7356H5547H4775 10And 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.H8085H6963H3068H430H3212H8451H5414H6440H3027H5650H5030 11Yes, 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.H3478H5674H8451H5493H8085H6963H423H5413H7621H3789H8451H4872H5650H430H2398 12And 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.H6965H1697H1696H8199H8199H935H1419H7451H8064H6213H6213H3389 13Just 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.H3789H8451H4872H7451H935H2470H6440H3068H430H7725H5771H7919H571 14Therefore 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.H3068H8245H7451H935H3068H430H6662H4639H6213H8085H6963 15And 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!H136H430H3318H5971H3318H776H4714H2389H3027H6213H8034H3117H2398H7561 16O 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.H136H6666H639H2534H7725H5892H3389H6944H2022H2399H5771H1H3389H5971H2781H5439 17Now 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.H430H8085H8605H5650H8469H6440H215H4720H8076H136 18O 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.H430H5186H241H8085H6491H5869H7200H8074H5892H7121H8034H5307H8469H6440H6666H7227H7356 19O 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.H136H8085H136H5545H136H7181H6213H309H408H430H5892H5971H7121H8034 20While 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--H1696H6419H3034H2403H2403H5971H3478H5307H8467H6440H3068H430H6944H2022H430 21Yes, 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.H1696H8605H376H1403H7200H2377H8462H3286H3288H5060H6256H6153H4503 22He 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.H995H1696H559H1840H3318H7919H998 23At 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.H8462H8469H1697H3318H935H5046H2532H995H1697H995H4758 24Seventy 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.H7657H7620H2852H5971H6944H5892H3607H6588H8552H2856H2403H3722H5771H935H5769H6664H2856H2377H5030H4886H6944H6944 25Know 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.H3045H7919H4161H1697H7725H1129H3389H4899H5057H7651H7620H8346H8147H7620H7339H1129H7725H2742H6695H6256 26And 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.H310H8346H8147H7620H4899H3772H5971H5057H935H7843H5892H6944H7093H7858H7093H4421H8074H2782 27And 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.H1396H1285H7227H259H7620H2677H7620H2077H4503H7673H3671H8251H8074H3617H2782H5413H8074
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