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Daniel 9 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:1 - In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasu-e'rus, by birth a Mede, who became king over the realm of the Chalde'ans--
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:2 - in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years which, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:3 - Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and supplications with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:4 - I prayed to the LORD my God and made confession, saying, "O Lord, the great and terrible God, who keepest covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments,
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:5 - we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from thy commandments and ordinances;
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:6 - we have not listened to thy servants the prophets, who spoke in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:7 - To thee, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us confusion of face, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those that are near and those that are far away, in all the lands to which thou hast driven them, because of the treachery which they have committed against thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:8 - To us, O Lord, belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:9 - To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness; because we have rebelled against him,
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:10 - and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God by following his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:11 - All Israel has transgressed thy law and turned aside, refusing to obey thy voice. And the curse and oath which are written in the law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because we have sinned against him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:12 - He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against our rulers who ruled us, by bringing upon us a great calamity; for under the whole heaven there has not been done the like of what has been done against Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:13 - As it is written in the law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us, yet we have not entreated the favor of the LORD our God, turning from our iniquities and giving heed to thy truth.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:14 - Therefore the LORD has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us; for the LORD our God is righteous in all the works which he has done, and we have not obeyed his voice.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:15 - And now, O Lord our God, who didst bring thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast made thee a name, as at this day, we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:16 - O Lord, according to all thy righteous acts, let thy anger and thy wrath turn away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy hill; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people have become a byword among all who are round about us.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:17 - Now therefore, O our God, hearken to the prayer of thy servant and to his supplications, and for thy own sake, O Lord, cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary, which is desolate.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:18 - O my God, incline thy ear and hear; open thy eyes and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name; for we do not present our supplications before thee on the ground of our righteousness, but on the ground of thy great mercy.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:19 - O LORD, hear; O LORD, forgive; O LORD, give heed and act; delay not, for thy own sake, O my God, because thy city and thy people are called by thy name."

Gabriel Brings an Answer

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:20 - While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy hill of my God;
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:21 - while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the first, came to me in swift flight at the time of the evening sacrifice.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:22 - He came and he said to me, "O Daniel, I have now come out to give you wisdom and understanding.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:23 - At the beginning of your supplications a word went forth, and I have come to tell it to you, for you are greatly beloved; therefore consider the word and understand the vision.

Seventy Weeks and the Messiah

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:24 - "Seventy weeks of years are decreed concerning your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:25 - Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the word to restore and build Jerusalem to the coming of an anointed one, a prince, there shall be seven weeks. Then for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again with squares and moat, but in a troubled time.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:26 - And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall be cut off, and shall have nothing; and the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war; desolations are decreed.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:27 - And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week; and for half of the week he shall cause sacrifice and offering to cease; and upon the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until the decreed end is poured out on the desolator."
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