“1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of
the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; 2 In the
first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the
years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that
he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. 3 And
I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications,
with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:”
“4 And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and
said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy
to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; 5 We have
sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have
rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: 6
Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in
thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the
people of the land. 7 O Lord, righteousness [belongeth] unto thee, but
unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, [that are] near, and
[that are] far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven
them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
8 O Lord, to us [belongeth] confusion of face, to our kings, to our
princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. 9 To
the Lord our God [belong] mercies and forgivenesses, though we have
rebelled against him; 10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD
our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the
prophets. 11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by
departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is
poured upon us, and the oath that [is] written in the law of Moses the
servant of God, because we have sinned against him. 12 And he hath
confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges
that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole
heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem. 13 As [it
is] written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made
we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our
iniquities, and understand thy truth. 14 Therefore hath the LORD watched
upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God [is]
righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of
the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at
this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly. 16 O Lord, according to
all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be
turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our
sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people
[are become] a reproach to all [that are] about us. 17 Now therefore, O
our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and
cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the
Lord’s sake. 18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes,
and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name:
for we do not present our supplications before thee for our
righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord,
forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my
God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.”
“20 And whiles I [was] speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin
and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before
the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God; 21 Yea, whiles I [was]
speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision
at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time
of the evening oblation. 22 And he informed [me], and talked with me,
and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and
understanding. 23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment
came forth, and I am come to shew [thee]; for thou [art] greatly
beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision. 24
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to
finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make
reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness,
and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. 25
Know therefore and understand, [that] from the going forth of the
commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the
Prince [shall be] seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street
shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. 26 And
after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for
himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the
city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof [shall be] with a flood, and
unto the end of the war desolations are determined. 27 And he shall
confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the
week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the
overspreading of abominations he shall make [it] desolate, even until
the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the
desolate.” (Daniel 9:1-27 AV)
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