9:1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of Median descent, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—
9:2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, observed in the books the number of the years which was revealed as the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet for the completion of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years.
9:3 So I gave my ①attention to the Lord God, to seek Him by prayer and pleading, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
▷ ①Lit face
9:4 I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, and said, “Oh, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and faithfulness for those who love Him and keep His commandments,
9:5 we have sinned, we have done wrong, and ①acted wickedly and rebelled, even turning aside from Your commandments and ordinances.
▷ ①Or made ourselves guilty
9:6 Moreover, we have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our leaders, our fathers, and all the people of the land.
9:7 “Righteousness belongs to You, Lord, but to us ①open shame, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of their unfaithful deeds which they have committed against You.
▷ ①Lit the shame of face
9:8 ①Open shame belongs to us, LORD, to our kings, our leaders, and our fathers, because we have sinned against You.
▷ ①Lit The shame of face
9:9 To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, ①because we have rebelled against Him;
▷ ①Or though
9:10 and we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in His ①teachings which He set before us through His servants the prophets.
▷ ①Or laws
9:11 Indeed, all Israel has violated Your Law and turned aside, not obeying Your voice; so the curse has gushed forth on us, along with the oath which is written in the Law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against Him.
9:12 So He has confirmed His words which He had spoken against us and against our ①rulers who ruled us, to bring on us great disaster; for under the entire heaven there has not been done anything like what was done in Jerusalem.
▷ ①Lit judges who judged us
9:13 Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come on us; yet we have not ①sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our wrongdoing and ②giving attention to Your truth.
▷ ①Lit softened the face of ②Or having insight into
9:14 So the LORD has ①kept the disaster in store and brought it on us; for the LORD our God is righteous with respect to all His deeds which He has done, but we have not obeyed His voice.
▷ ①Lit watched over the evil
9:15 “And now, Lord, our God, You who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and made a name for Yourself, as it is this day—we have sinned, we have been wicked.
9:16 Lord, in accordance with all Your ①righteous acts, let now Your anger and Your wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the wrongdoings of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become an object of taunting to all those around us.
▷ ①Lit righteousnesses
9:17 So now, our God, listen to the prayer of Your servant and to his pleas, and for ①Your sake, Lord, let Your face shine on Your desolate sanctuary.
▷ ①Lit the sake of the Lord
9:18 My God, incline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not ①presenting our pleas before You based on ②any merits of our own, but based on Your great compassion.
▷ ①Lit casting down ②Lit our righteousnesses
9:19 Lord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord, listen and take action! For Your own sake, my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”
9:20 While I was still speaking and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and ①presenting my plea before the LORD my God in behalf of the holy mountain of my God,
▷ ①Lit casting down
9:21 while I was still speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision ①previously, ②came to me ③in my extreme weariness about the time of the evening offering.
▷ ①Lit at the beginning ②Lit was reaching; or touching ③Or in swift flight
9:22 And he instructed me and talked with me and said, “Daniel, I have come now to give you insight with understanding.
9:23 At the beginning of your pleas the ①command was issued, and I have come to tell you, because you are ②highly esteemed; so pay attention to the message and gain understanding of the vision.
▷ ①Lit word went out ②Lit desirable; or precious
9:24 “Seventy ①weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to ②finish the wrongdoing, to ③make an end of sin, to make atonement for guilt, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and ④prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
▷ ①Or units of seven, and so throughout the ch ②Or bring to an end ③Another reading is seal up sins ④Lit prophet
9:25 So you are to know and understand that from the issuing of a ①decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, until ②Messiah the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with ③streets and moat, even in times of distress.
▷ ①Lit word ②Or an anointed one ③Or city square
9:26 Then after the sixty-two weeks, the ①Messiah will be cut off and have ②nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And ③its end will come with a flood; even to the end ④there will be war; desolations are determined.
▷ ①Or anointed one ②Or no one ③Or his ④Or war will be decreed for desolations
9:27 And he will confirm a covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of ①abominations will come the one who ②makes desolate, until a complete destruction, one that is ③decreed, gushes forth on the one who ④makes desolate.”
▷ ①Or detestable things ②Or causes horror ③Or determined ④Or causes horror