Daniel 9:26

9:26 Now after the sixty-two weeks,

an anointed one will be cut off and have nothing. ¹ 

As for the city and the sanctuary,

the people of the coming prince will destroy ²  them.

But his end will come speedily ³  like a flood. ⁴ 

Until the end of the war that has been decreed

there will be destruction.

Psalms 56:9

56:9 My enemies will turn back when I cry out to you for help; ⁵ 

I know that God is on my side. ⁶ 

Ezekiel 17:17

17:17 Pharaoh with his great army and mighty horde will not help ⁷  him in battle, when siege ramps are erected and siege-walls are built to kill many people.

Matthew 12:30

12:30 Whoever is not with me is against me, ⁸  and whoever does not gather with me scatters. ⁹ 

Luke 11:23

11:23 Whoever is not with me is against me, ¹⁰  and whoever does not gather with me scatters. ¹¹ 

Romans 8:31

8:31 What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

[9:26]  ¹ sn The expression have nothing is difficult. Presumably it refers to an absence of support or assistance for the anointed one at the time of his “cutting off.” The KJV rendering “but not for himself,” apparently suggesting a vicarious death, cannot be defended.

[9:26]  ² tc Some witnesses (e.g., the Syriac) understand a passive verb and the preposition עִם (’im, “with) rather than the noun עַם (’am, “people”), thus reading “the city and the sanctuary will be destroyed with the coming prince.”

[9:26]  ³ tn The words “will come speedily” are not in the Hebrew text but have been added in the translation for clarity.

[9:26]  ⁴ sn Flood here is a metaphor for sudden destruction.

[56:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “then my enemies will turn back in the day I cry out.” The Hebrew particle אָז (’az, “then”) is probably used here to draw attention to the following statement.

[56:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “this I know, that God is for me.”

[17:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “deal with” or “work with.”

[12:30]  ⁸ sn Whoever is not with me is against me. The call here is to join the victor. Failure to do so means that one is being destructive. Responding to Jesus is the issue.

[12:30]  ⁹ sn For the image of scattering, see Pss. Sol. 17:18.

[11:23]  ¹⁰ sn Whoever is not with me is against me. The call here is to join the victor. Failure to do so means that one is being destructive. Responding to Jesus is the issue.

[11:23]  ¹¹ sn For the image of scattering, see Pss. Sol. 17:18.