Daniel 9:2

9:2 in the first year of his reign ¹  I, Daniel, came to understand from the sacred books ²  that, according to the word of the LORD ³  disclosed to the prophet Jeremiah, the years for the fulfilling of the desolation of Jerusalem ⁴  were seventy in number.

Daniel 9:7

9:7 “You are righteous, ⁵  O Lord, but we are humiliated this day ⁶  – the people ⁷  of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far away in all the countries in which you have scattered them, because they have behaved unfaithfully toward you.

Daniel 9:12

9:12 He has carried out his threats ⁸  against us and our rulers ⁹  who were over ¹⁰  us by bringing great calamity on us – what has happened to Jerusalem has never been equaled under all heaven!

Daniel 9:25

9:25 So know and understand:

From the issuing of the command ¹¹  to restore and rebuild

Jerusalem ¹²  until an anointed one, a prince arrives, ¹³ 

there will be a period of seven weeks ¹⁴  and sixty-two weeks.

It will again be built, ¹⁵  with plaza and moat,

but in distressful times.

[9:2]  ¹ tc This phrase, repeated from v. 1, is absent in Theodotion.

[9:2]  ² tn The Hebrew text has “books”; the word “sacred” has been added in the translation to clarify that it is Scriptures that are referred to.

[9:2]  ³ sn The tetragrammaton (the four Hebrew letters which constitute the divine Name, YHWH) appears eight times in this chapter, and nowhere else in the book of Daniel.

[9:2]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “to you (belongs) righteousness.”

[9:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “and to us (belongs) shame of face like this day.”

[9:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “men.”

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

[9:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “our judges.”

[9:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “who judged.”

[9:25]  ¹³ tn Or “decree” (NASB, NIV); or “word” (NAB, NRSV).

[9:25]  ¹⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:25]  ¹⁵ tn The word “arrives” is added in the translation for clarification.

[9:25]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “sevens” (also later in this line and in v. 26).

[9:25]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “it will return and be built.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.