Daniel 9

Daniel 9:3

VNto the Lord] that is to say, Towards heaven; or, towards Jerusalem: a City chosen by him to be the place of his presence: as Daniel 6:10.

Daniel 9:9

To the Lord] Thou hast a large subject to exercise thine infinit mercy upon us which is as it were, the Queen of thy perfections: to which we also have recourse; and not to thy Justice, in this our height of iniquitie. Or, having sinned so excessively, as we confesse we have; to Thee it belongs to use mercie and forgivenesse; for thou alone hast power to doe it, v. 18.

Daniel 9:13

Understand] Endevouring to to repent truly; according to thy Word, by meanes of which, we may be made partakers of the fruit of thy holy promises.

Daniel 9:14

Watched upon the evill] His providence hath been attentive, to bring it in the prefixed time, and instant: see Jer. 1. 12. and 31. 28. and 44. 27. 2 Peter 2:3.

Daniel 9:16

Thy righteousnesse] namely, Thy goodnesse and loyalty in thy promises, and fatherly equitie towards thy poore children, cruelly tormented by their enemies upon unjust causes: See Psal. 31.

Daniel 9:17

To shine] Shew thy Grace and Favour in effects; which like a 〈…〉lfying and cheaing sunne, may disperse all these mists of extreme desolations, Numb. 6. 25. Psal. 8. 3. 7. 19.For the Lords sake] For thine owne sake: or, as some will have it; for the promised Messias and Mediators sake.

Daniel 9:19

Thy Name] They are, and professe themselves to be thine; and doe beare the bages and markes of it.

Daniel 9:21

Touched me] In token of encouragement to heare these mysteries, and of infusion of new divine vertue, to understand and remember them; and of comfort in these promises.

Daniel 9:23

The commandement] the Italian, The Word] God hath revealed to us Angels; and to me especially; the secrets of his Councell, concerning the restauration of Jerusalem: and how long it shall last afterward untill the Messias, and hath sent me to declare it unto thee. See Daniel 10:12 Beloved] Singularly beloved of God, and favoured with his graces, Daniel 10:11; Daniel 10:19.

Daniel 9:24

Seventie weekes] Thou hast prayed to God concerning the seventy yeeres of the peoples captivity which the Lord hath appointed. And I will tell thee moreover, That after the accomplishment of those yeeres, there be seventie times seven yeeres (which are the weeke of yeeres) that is to lay; foure hundred and ninty yeeres appointed for the lasting of the people, and of the city of Jerusalem: in which time the Messias shall come, shall fulfill the Prophecies, shall satisfie for the sins of the world by his death, and shall establish the true righteousnesse of the Gospell, which shall remain for ever; through Which, all believers shall be absolved and justified, and shall by his spirit be regenerate to a new and godly life; and hee shall be consecrated and made an everlasting King, at the right hand of God his Father; having obtained the fulnesse of Gods-spirit, as head of his Church. And after all this; the City and the Nation shall be destroyed by the Romans The most holy] Heb The Holinesse of Holinsse: that is to say. He that is Holinesse it self: and in Whom consists all the Churches holinesse; who is in Spirit and truth, that which the Arke, the Propitiatory, the Altar; and the Sanctuary, which were called most holy things; and were consecrated by unction, Exodus 30:36. were but in shadow and figurative.

Daniel 9:25

From the going forth] He sheweth, when the beginning of these seventie weekes shall be: namely; After that, by Darius his decree: Ezr. 4. 24. and 6. 1. 15. The Temple was re-edified, and consequently the City also; after Darius had given way for that which the enemies would have hindred: namely; the restauration of the City: Ezra 4:12-13; Ezra 4:24 Unto the Messiah] Untill the Son of God; made manifest in the flesh, and consecrated everlasting King of the Church, v. 2. doe by a secred conduct make Himselfe, as it were, Captaine of the Romans, v. 26. Matth. 22. 7. and utterly destroy Jerusalem Seven weekes] Of yeeres, which are nine and forty yeeres from Darius his decree; untill such time as the walls of Jerusalem were finished by Nehemiah Threescore and two] Which are foure hundred foure and thirty yeeres: namely; from the restauration of Jerusalem, untill the time of the last ruine of it by the Romans Built againe] that is to say; Jerusalem shall subsist, being continually built, and beautified with new buildings within side; and fortified on the outside: notwithstanding the grievous oppressions which it shall suffer under the Empires of Persia, Greece and Rome.

Daniel 9:26

And after] Joyned to the seven precedent weekes; which make in all, threescore and nine weeks, that is to say; In the last of the seventie Be cut off] By the Jewes; and in their opinion, quite destroyed, without any residue or hope of restauration. Isaiah 53:8 But not for] the Italian, And shall have nothing left] Being brought to nothing by death; having no life, strength nor dignitie in shew left him. See Psalms 22:6. Isaiah 53:2-3. Philippians 2:3. Others there, being nothing in him; namely, no cause nor fault, Isaiah 53:9. Or, there being nothing therein for him; that is to say, All being done for the good and redemption of mankind The people of] namely, The Romans Shall be with] It shall be sudden, irreparable and violent; like to a destruction, caused by a deluge of waters Desolations are] After the warre with the Romans is once begun, it shall never cease, untill Jerusalem be quite destroyed, according to Gods decree.

Daniel 9:27

And he] namely, Christ, being come; and comming in the world, shall in one of those weekes by the Gospel, renew the Covenant (with the Jewes which shall believe) which he had made with their forefathers; and shall ratifie it by new sacraments Of the weeke] Of that weeke which remaines after the foresaid sixty nine, to make up the number of seventy: for, indeed the revolts and troubles of the Jewes lasted three yeeres and a halfe; or foure yeeres after the threescore and nine weeks Shall cause] Through the desolation of the Temple by the Romans, the Jewish service and sacrifices shall cease And for the] the Italian, The destroyer shall come upon the abominable wings] that is to say, The Roman army, led by Titus, shall come with great speed: as if it were carryed flying upon Eagles wings; which were the ensignes of the Roman legions: called abominable; because the Romans did worship them, as God-heads of armies and did place them in the Temple of God for to prophane it, Matthew 24:15. Mark 13:14. Luke 21:20 Uti] See Isaiah 10:23 The consummation] the Italian, The inundation]Whereof see v. 26.