Daniel 9

Daniel 9:2

I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he should accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.

I, Daniel, understood by the relation of those histories, which were written of those affairs and times, that the number of years, which God had, in his word to Jeremiah the prophet, predefined, for the continuance of the captivity of the Jews and the desolation of Jerusalem, viz. seventy years, were now near to their expiration.

Daniel 9:14

Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us.

Therefore the Lord hath let slip no opportunity, nor no means, that might inflict just punishment upon us.

Daniel 9:21

Yea, while 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.

While I was uttering my prayer unto God, the angel Gabriel, whom I had seen before in my late vision, being sent immediately from God, came to me, and cheered me up, about the time of the evening sacrifice.

Daniel 9:24

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 ever-

lasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Within the space of four hundred and ninety years, which are seventy weeks of years, or seventy times seven, the people of God shall have a double blessing happily conferred upon them; that is, a free and gracious remission of sin, and everlasting righteousness, by the exhibition, and by the death and passion, of Christ the Saviour; who shall fulfil all those prophecies, which have been before of him, and shall preach to the world that saving Gospel, which is only able to give them life; and, by his Eternal Priesthood, shall make way for his Church, to the true Holy of Holies, even the glorious sanctuary of heaven.

Daniel 9:25

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.

Know therefore and understand, that from the first year of king Cyrus, wherein his edict goes forth for the return of the Jews to their native country and for the building of Jerusalem, until the death and accomplishment of the great work of the Messiah, shall be four hundred and ninety years; or seventy weeks of years, accounting seven years to a week: which said number, of four hundred and ninety years, shall be thus reckoned and subdivided; forty-nine of the first years, which are seven weeks of years, shall be taken up in the building of the temple and restoration of God’s worship and service: from thenceforth to the last septenary of years, when the Messiah shall suffer death, shall be four hundred thirty-four years: in which time, the city and the walls shall indeed be built up, but the people of the Jews shall undergo manifold troubles and vexations.

Daniel 9:26

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.

And after the end of the said four hundred thirty-four years, from the restitution of the temple, shall the Messiah be slain; not for any cause that shall be found in him, but for the sins of men, which, by that redemption, he shall expiate: neither shall he have any more part in that city; for the Romans shall soon after come and destroy Jerusalem and the temple, and shall sweep away all before them, like some violent inundation of a flood; and from the beginning to the very end of this war, there shall be grievous desolations to this people.