Daniel 9:12-13

9:12 He has carried out his threats ¹  against us and our rulers ²  who were over ³  us by bringing great calamity on us – what has happened to Jerusalem has never been equaled under all heaven! 9:13 Just as it is written in the law of Moses, so all this calamity has come on us. Still we have not tried to pacify ⁴  the LORD our God by turning back from our sin and by seeking wisdom ⁵  from your reliable moral standards. ⁶ 

Daniel 9:18

9:18 Listen attentively, ⁷  my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins ⁸  and the city called by your name. ⁹  For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you, ¹⁰  but because your compassion is abundant.

Daniel 10:7

10:7 Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men who were with me did not see it. ¹¹  On the contrary, they were overcome with fright ¹²  and ran away to hide.

Daniel 10:16

10:16 Then ¹³  one who appeared to be a human being ¹⁴  was touching my lips. I opened my mouth and started to speak, saying to the one who was standing before me, “Sir, ¹⁵  due to the vision, anxiety has gripped me and I have no strength.

Daniel 11:24-25

11:24 In a time of prosperity for the most productive areas of the province he will come and accomplish what neither his fathers nor their fathers accomplished. He will distribute loot, spoils, and property to his followers, and he will devise plans against fortified cities, but not for long. ¹⁶  11:25 He will rouse his strength and enthusiasm ¹⁷  against the king of the south ¹⁸  with a large army. The king of the south will wage war with a large and very powerful army, but he will not be able to prevail because of the plans devised against him.

Daniel 12:1

12:1 “At that time Michael,

the great prince who watches over your people, ¹⁹ 

will arise. ²⁰ 

There will be a time of distress

unlike any other from the nation’s beginning ²¹ 

up to that time.

But at that time your own people,

all those whose names are ²²  found written in the book,

will escape.

[9:12]  ¹ tn Heb “he has fulfilled his word(s) which he spoke.”

[9:12]  ² tn Heb “our judges.”

[9:12]  ³ tn Heb “who judged.”

[9:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “we have not pacified the face of.”

[9:13]  ⁵ tn Or “by gaining insight.”

[9:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “by your truth.” The Hebrew term does not refer here to abstract truth, however, but to the reliable moral guidance found in the covenant law. See vv 10-11.

[9:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “turn your ear.”

[9:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “desolations.” The term refers here to the ruined condition of Judah’s towns.

[9:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “over which your name is called.” Cf. v. 19. This expression implies that God is the owner of his city, Jerusalem. Note the use of the idiom in 2 Sam 12:28; Isa 4:1; Amos 9:12.

[9:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “praying our supplications before you.”

[10:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the vision.”

[10:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “great trembling fell on them.”

[10:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “Behold.”

[10:16]  ¹⁴ tc So most Hebrew MSS; one Hebrew MS along with the Dead Sea Scrolls and LXX read “something that looked like a man’s hand.”

[10:16]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “my lord,” here a title of polite address. Cf. v. 19.

[11:24]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and unto a time.”

[11:25]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “heart.”

[11:25]  ²⁰ sn This king of the south was Ptolemy Philometer (ca. 181-145 B.C.).

[12:1]  ²² tn Heb “stands over the sons of your people.”

[12:1]  ²³ tn Heb “will stand up.”

[12:1]  ²⁴ tn Or “from the beginning of a nation.”

[12:1]  ²⁵ tn The words “whose names are” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.