Ezekiel 40:4

40:4 The man said to me, “Son of man, watch closely, listen carefully, and pay attention ¹  to everything I show you, for you have been brought here so that I can show it to you. ²  Tell the house of Israel everything you see.”

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. ³  Therefore consider the message and understand the vision: ⁴ 

Daniel 9:25

9:25 So know and understand:

From the issuing of the command ⁵  to restore and rebuild

Jerusalem ⁶  until an anointed one, a prince arrives, ⁷ 

there will be a period of seven weeks ⁸  and sixty-two weeks.

It will again be built, ⁹  with plaza and moat,

but in distressful times.

Daniel 10:12-14

10:12 Then he said to me, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel, for from the very first day you applied your mind ¹⁰  to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come in response to your words. 10:13 However, the prince of the kingdom of Persia was opposing me for twenty-one days. But ¹¹  Michael, one of the leading princes, came to help me, because I was left there ¹²  with the kings of Persia. 10:14 Now I have come to help you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision pertains to future days.”

Hebrews 2:1

Warning Against Drifting Away

2:1 Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

Revelation 1:3

1:3 Blessed is the one who reads the words of this ¹³  prophecy aloud, ¹⁴  and blessed are ¹⁵  those who hear and obey ¹⁶  the things written in it, because the time is near! ¹⁷ 

Revelation 3:22

3:22 The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”

¹ tn Heb “look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and set your mind on.”

² tn Heb “in order to show (it) to you.”

³ tn Or “a precious treasure”; KJV “greatly beloved”; NASB, NIV “highly esteemed.”

⁴ tn This sentence is perhaps a compound hendiadys (“give serious consideration to the revelatory vision”).

⁵ tn Or “decree” (NASB, NIV); or “word” (NAB, NRSV).

⁶ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁷ tn The word “arrives” is added in the translation for clarification.

⁸ tn Heb “sevens” (also later in this line and in v. 26).

⁹ tn Heb “it will return and be built.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.

¹⁰ tn Heb “gave your heart.”

¹¹ tn Heb “and behold.”

¹² tc The Greek version of Theodotion reads “I left him [i.e., Michael] there,” and this is followed by a number of English translations (cf. NAB, NRSV, NLT).

¹³ tn The word “this” is used to translate the Greek article τῆς (ths), bringing out its demonstrative force.

¹⁴ tn The word “aloud” has been supplied to indicate that in the original historical setting reading would usually refer to reading out loud in public rather than silently to oneself.

¹⁵ tn The words “blessed are” are repeated from the beginning of this verse for stylistic reasons and for clarity.

¹⁶ tn Grk “keep.” L&N 36.19 has “to continue to obey orders or commandments – ‘to obey, to keep commandments, obedience.’”

¹⁷ sn The time refers to the time when the things prophesied would happen.