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;
02 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.
03 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek
by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and
sackcloth, and ashes:
04 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;
05 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity,
and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even
by departing from thy precepts and from thy
judgments:
06 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.
07 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.
08 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to
our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers,
because we have sinned against thee.
09 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.
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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.
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