Daniel 9:23

9:23 At the beginning of your requests a message went out, and I have come to convey it to you, for you are of great value in God’s sight. ¹  Therefore consider the message and understand the vision: ² 

Daniel 9:25

9:25 So know and understand:

From the issuing of the command ³  to restore and rebuild

Jerusalem ⁴  until an anointed one, a prince arrives, ⁵ 

there will be a period of seven weeks ⁶  and sixty-two weeks.

It will again be built, ⁷  with plaza and moat,

but in distressful times.

¹ tn Or “a precious treasure”; KJV “greatly beloved”; NASB, NIV “highly esteemed.”

² tn This sentence is perhaps a compound hendiadys (“give serious consideration to the revelatory vision”).

³ tn Or “decree” (NASB, NIV); or “word” (NAB, NRSV).

⁴ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁵ tn The word “arrives” is added in the translation for clarification.

⁶ tn Heb “sevens” (also later in this line and in v. 26).

⁷ tn Heb “it will return and be built.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.