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9:1 In the first <0259> year <08141> of Darius <01867> son <01121> of Ahasuerus <0325>, who was of Median <04074> descent <02233> and who <0834> had been appointed king <04427> over <05921> the Babylonian <03778> empire <04438>– 9:2 in the first <0259> year <08141> of his reign <04427> I <0589>, Daniel <01840>, came to understand <0995> from the sacred books <05612> that <0834>, according to the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> disclosed <01961> to <0413> the prophet <05030> Jeremiah <03414>, the years <08141> for the fulfilling <04390> of the desolation <02723> of Jerusalem <03389> were seventy <07657> in number <04557>. 9:3 So I turned <05414> my attention <06440> to <0413> the Lord <0136> God <0430> to implore <01245> him by prayer <08605> and requests <08469>, with fasting <06685>, sackcloth <08242>, and ashes <0665>. 9:4 I prayed <06419> to the LORD <03068> my God <0430>, confessing <03034> in this way: “O <0577> Lord <0136>, great <01419> and awesome <03372> God <0410> who is faithful <08104> to his covenant <02617> <01285> with those who love <0157> him and keep <08104> his commandments <04687>, 9:5 we have sinned <02398>! We have done what is wrong <05753> and wicked <07561>; we have rebelled <04775> by turning away <05493> from your commandments <04687> and standards <04941>. 9:6 We have not <03808> paid attention <08085> to <0413> your servants <05650> the prophets <05030>, who <0834> spoke <01696> by your authority <08034> to <0413> our kings <04428>, our leaders <08269>, and our ancestors <01>, and to <0413> all <03605> the inhabitants <05971> of the land <0776> as well. 9:7 “You are righteous <06666>, O Lord <0136>, but we are humiliated <01322> this <02088> day <03117>– the people <0376> of Judah <03063> and the inhabitants <03427> of Jerusalem <03389> and all <03605> Israel <03478>, both near <07138> and far <07350> away in all <03605> the countries <0776> in which <0834> you have scattered <05080> them, because they have behaved <04603> unfaithfully <04604> toward you. 9:8 O LORD <03068>, we have been humiliated <01322>– our kings <04428>, our leaders <08269>, and our ancestors <01>– because <0834> we have sinned <02398> against you. 9:9 Yet the Lord <0136> our God <0430> is compassionate <07356> and forgiving <05547>, even though <03588> we have rebelled <04775> against him. 9:10 We have not <03808> obeyed <06963> <08085> the LORD <03069> our God <0430> by living <01980> according to his laws <08451> that <0834> he set <05414> before <06440> us through <03027> his servants <05650> the prophets <05030>. 9:11 “All <03605> Israel <03478> has broken <05674> your law <08451> and turned away <05493> by not <01115> obeying <08085> you <06963>. Therefore you have poured out <05413> on <05921> us the judgment <0423> solemnly <07621> threatened <03789> in the law <08451> of Moses <04872> the servant <05650> of God <0430>, for <03588> we have sinned <02398> against you. 9:12 He has carried out <06965> his threats <01697> against <05921> us and our rulers <08199> who <0834> were over <08199> us by bringing <0935> great <01419> calamity <07451> on <05921> us– what <0834> has happened <06213> to Jerusalem <03389> has never <03808> been equaled <06213> under <08478> all <03605> heaven <08064>! 9:13 Just as <0834> it is written <03789> in the law <08451> of Moses <04872>, so all <03605> this <02063> calamity <07451> has come <0935> on <05921> us. Still we have not <03808> tried to pacify <02470> the LORD <03068> our God <0430> by turning back <07725> from our sin <05771> and by seeking wisdom <07919> from your reliable moral standards <0571>. 9:14 The LORD <03068> was mindful <08245> of the calamity <07451>, and he brought <0935> it on <05921> us. For <03588> the LORD <03068> our God <0430> is just <06662> in all <03605> he has done <06213>, and we have not <03808> obeyed <08085> him <06963>. 9:15 “Now <06258>, O Lord <0136> our God <0430>, who <0834> brought <03318> your people <05971> out <03318> of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> with great <02389> power <03027> and made <06213> a name <08034> for yourself that is remembered to this <02088> day <03117>– we have sinned <02398> and behaved wickedly <07561>. 9:16 O Lord <0136>, according to all <03605> your justice <06666>, please <04994> turn <07725> your raging <0639> anger <02534> away from your city <05892> Jerusalem <03389>, your holy <06944> mountain <02022>. For <03588> due to our sins <02399> and the iniquities <05771> of our ancestors <01>, Jerusalem <03389> and your people <05971> are mocked <02781> by all <03605> our neighbors <05439>. 9:17 “So now <06258>, our God <0430>, accept <08085> the prayer <08605> and requests <08469> of <0413> your servant <05650>, and show <06440> favor <0215> to <05921> your devastated <08076> sanctuary <04720> for <04616> your own sake. 9:18 Listen <05186> attentively <0241>, my God <0430>, and hear <08085>! Open <06491> your eyes <05869> and look on <07200> our desolated ruins <08077> and the city <05892> called <07121> by <05921> your name <08034>. For <03588> it is not <03808> because of <05921> our own righteous <06666> deeds that we <0587> are praying <08469> <05307> to <06440> you, but because <03588> your compassion <07356> is abundant <07227>. 9:19 O Lord <0136>, hear <08085>! O Lord <0136>, forgive <05545>! O Lord <0136>, pay attention <07181>, and act <06213>! Don’t <0408> delay <0309>, for <04616> your own sake <04616>, O my God <0430>! For <03588> your city <05892> and your people <05971> are called <07121> by your name <08034>.” 9:20 While I <0589> was still <05750> speaking <01696> and praying <06419>, confessing <03034> my sin <02403> and the sin <02403> of my people <05971> Israel <03478> and presenting <05307> my request <08467> before <06440> the LORD <03068> my God <0430> concerning <05921> his <0430> holy <06944> mountain <02022>– 9:21 yes, while <05750> I <0589> was still praying <08605> <01696>, the man <0376> Gabriel <01403>, whom <0834> I had seen <07200> previously <08462> in a vision <02377>, was approaching <05060> me in my state of extreme <03286> weariness <03288>, around the time <06256> of the evening <06153> offering <04503>. 9:22 He spoke <01696> with <05973> me, instructing <0995> me as follows <0559>: “Daniel <01840>, I have now <06258> come <03318> to impart <07919> understanding <0998> to you. 9:23 At the beginning <08462> of your requests <08469> a message <01697> went out <03318>, and I <0589> have come <0935> to convey <05046> it to you, for <03588> you <0859> are of great value <02530> in God’s sight. Therefore consider <0995> the message <01697> and understand <0995> the vision <04758>: 9:24 “Seventy <07657> weeks <07620> have been determined <02852> concerning <05921> your people <05971> and your holy <06944> city <05892> to put an end <03607> to rebellion <06588>, to bring <02856> sin <02403> to completion <02856>, to atone <03722> for iniquity <05771>, to bring <0935> in perpetual <05769> righteousness <06664>, to seal up <02856> the prophetic <05030> vision <02377>, and to anoint <04886> a most holy place <06944> <06944>. 9:25 So know <03045> and understand <07919>: From <04480> the issuing <04161> of the command <01697> to restore <07725> and rebuild <01129> Jerusalem <03389> until <05704> an anointed one <04899>, a prince <05057> arrives, there will be a period of seven <07651> weeks <07620> and sixty-two <08147> <08346> weeks <07620>. It will again <07725> be built <01129>, with plaza <07339> and moat <02742>, but in distressful <06695> times <06256>. 9:26 Now after <0310> the sixty-two <08147> <08346> weeks <07620>, an anointed one <04899> will be cut off <03772> and have nothing <0369>. As for the city <05892> and the sanctuary <06944>, the people <05971> of the coming <0935> prince <05057> will destroy <07843> them. But his end <07093> will come speedily like a flood <07858>. Until <05704> the end <07093> of the war <04421> that has been decreed <02782> there will be destruction <08074>.

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• The Seventy Weeks

  

• [Dan 9:3] Now Is The Healing Time Decreed

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