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Dan 9:2 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

understood		Dan 8:15,16; Psa 119:24,99,100; Mat 24:15; Mar 13:14; Act 8:34; 1Ti 4:13; 2Ti 3:15-17; 1Pe 1:10-12; 2Pe 1:19-21; Rev 1:3
to Jeremiah		2Ch 36:21; Jer 25:11,12; Jer 27:7; Jer 29:10; Zec 7:5
the desolations		Psa 74:3-7; Psa 79:1,2; Isa 6:11,12; Isa 24:10-12; Isa 64:10; Jer 7:34; Jer 25:18; Jer 26:6,18; Lam 1:1; Mic 3:12

Correlating Passages

understood

	Dan 8:15	And it came to pass, when I, [even] I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
	Dan 8:16	And I heard a man's voice between [the banks of] Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this [man] to understand the vision.
	Psa 119:24	Thy testimonies also [are] my delight [and] my counsellors.
	Psa 119:99	I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies [are] my meditation.
	Psa 119:100	I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
	Mat 24:15	When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
	Mar 13:14	But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
	Act 8:34	And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
	1Ti 4:13	Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
	2Ti 3:15	And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
	2Ti 3:16	All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
	2Ti 3:17	That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
	1Pe 1:10	Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace [that should come] unto you:
	1Pe 1:11	Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
	1Pe 1:12	Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
	2Pe 1:19	We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
	2Pe 1:20	Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
	2Pe 1:21	For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake [as they were] moved by the Holy Ghost.
	Rev 1:3	Blessed [is] he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time [is] at hand.

to Jeremiah

	2Ch 36:21	To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: [for] as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
	Jer 25:11	And this whole land shall be a desolation, [and] an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
	Jer 25:12	And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, [that] I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.
	Jer 27:7	And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.
	Jer 29:10	For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
	Zec 7:5	Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh [month], even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, [even] to me?

the desolations

	Psa 74:3	Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; [even] all [that] the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
	Psa 74:4	Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns [for] signs.
	Psa 74:5	[A man] was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
	Psa 74:6	But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
	Psa 74:7	They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled [by casting down] the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
	Psa 79:1	[[A Psalm of Asaph.]] O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
	Psa 79:2	The dead bodies of thy servants have they given [to be] meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
	Isa 6:11	Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
	Isa 6:12	And the LORD have removed men far away, and [there be] a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
	Isa 24:10	The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
	Isa 24:11	[There is] a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
	Isa 24:12	In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
	Isa 64:10	Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
	Jer 7:34	Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
	Jer 25:18	[To wit], Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as [it is] this day;
	Jer 26:6	Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
	Jer 26:18	Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed [like] a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
	Lam 1:1	How doth the city sit solitary, [that was] full of people! [how] is she become as a widow! she [that was] great among the nations, [and] princess among the provinces, [how] is she become tributary!
	Mic 3:12	Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed [as] a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.

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Scott, Thomas. "Daniel 9:2," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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