Daniel 9
1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes,
who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans,
2 in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number
of the years whereof the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah the prophet, for the
accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy years.
3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with
fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
4 And I prayed unto Jehovah my God, and made confession, and said, Oh, Lord, the
great and dreadful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that
love him and keep his commandments,
5 we have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have
rebelled, even turning aside from thy precepts and from thine ordinances;
6 neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, that spake in thy
name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the
land.
7 O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of face, as
at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto
all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries
whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have
trespassed against thee.
8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and
to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we have rebelled
against him;
10 neither have we obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God, to walk in his laws,
which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even turning aside, that they
should not obey thy voice: therefore hath the curse been poured out upon us, and
the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God; for we have
sinned against him.
12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our
judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil; for under the whole
heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet have
we not entreated the favor of Jehovah our God, that we should turn from our
iniquities, and have discernment in thy truth.
14 Therefore hath Jehovah watched over the evil, and brought it upon us; for
Jehovah our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth, and we have not
obeyed his voice.
15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land
of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we
have sinned, we have done wickedly.
16 O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, let thine anger and thy wrath, I
pray thee, be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain; because
for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people
are become a reproach to all that are round about us.
17 Now therefore, O our God, hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his
supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate,
for the Lord's sake.
18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our
desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our
supplications before thee for our righteousness, but for thy great mercies'
sake.
19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine
own sake, O my God, because thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
20 And while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of
my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before Jehovah my God for the
holy mountain of my God;
21 yea, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the
vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time
of the evening oblation.
22 And he instructed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come
forth to give thee wisdom and understanding.
23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment went forth, and I am
come to tell thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore consider the matter,
and understand the vision.
24 Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish
transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for
iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and
prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.
25 Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the commandment to
restore and to build Jerusalem unto the anointed one, the prince, shall be seven
weeks, and threescore and two weeks: it shall be built again, with street and
moat, even in troublous times.
26 And after the threescore and two weeks shall the anointed one be cut off, and
shall have nothing: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy
the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and even
unto the end shall be war; desolations are determined.
27 And he shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of
the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease; and upon the
wing of abominations [shall come] one that maketh desolate; and even unto the
full end, and that determined, shall [wrath] be poured out upon the desolate.