DANIEL
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9 In the first year of Darius, son of Ahaseurus, who was a Mede and had been made king over the empire of the Chaldeans; 2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood in the Writings that (according to Yahweh’s word to Jeremiah the prophet) the desolations of Jerusalem were to number seventy years. 3 So I turned myself to the Lord, the Godhead, to commit to praying with requests, in fasting, sackcloth and ashes. 4 So I prayed to Yahweh the Godhead and I confessed and said,
“Oh, Lord, the great and fearsome God, who, in committed love, keeps the covenant with those who love him and keep his commands. 5 We have sinned! We have been deviant and are condemned – guilty! We have rebelled by turning away from your commands and judgements. 6 No, we haven’t listened to your servants the prophets who spoke in your name to our kings, our rulers and our fathers – indeed to all the people of the land. 7 Righteousness is yours, Lord, but shame is smeared on our faces, as it is this very day on every man of Judah and on those living in Jerusalem and to all Israel – those near and far in all the earth. You have banished them there in their wrongdoing, in which they have acted without faith in you. 8 Yes, Yahweh, shame is across our faces – our kings, our rulers and our fathers – because we have sinned against you. 9 To my Lord, our Godhead, belong the compassions and the pardons, though we have rebelled while in him. 10 But we have not listened to the voice of Yahweh our Godhead, to live in his laws. He has delivered them right in front of our faces in the hand of his servants the prophets. 11 All Israel has ignored your Law! They are turning away so they can’t hear your voice. The oath and its curse, which were written in the Law of Moses, servant of the Godhead, have been poured out because we have sinned against you. 12 And he stood by his word, which he has spoken against us and against our rulers who have governed us, by bringing great calamity upon us. Nothing has ever been done under all the heavens like that which has been done in Jerusalem. 13 Just as it is written in Moses’ Law, all this calamity has come upon us and we haven’t bowed our faces before Yahweh, our Godhead, by turning from our immorality back to thriving in your truth. 14 But Yahweh was watchful over the calamity. He brought it upon us because Yahweh our Godhead is righteous in all the things he has done and we have not listened to his voice.
15 “So now, my Lord, our Godhead, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt with your powerful hand, you are making a name for yourself even today. We have sinned. We have been wicked. 16 In keeping with all your righteousness, my Lord, please now turn your angry wrath away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. For, because of our sins and the immorality of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people are mocked by those who surround us. 17 So, our Godhead, listen to your servant’s prayer, and to his requests, and make your face shine on your demolished sanctuary for the sake of my Lord. 18 Lean your ear down and listen, my Godhead! Open your eyes and see our ruins and the city which has your name on her! For it’s not on the basis of our righteousness that we’re casting our appeals before your face, but on the basis of your many compassionate mercies. 19 My Lord, listen! My Lord, forgive! My Lord, pay attention and do something and don’t delay! – for your own sake, my Godhead, because your name is on your city and your people!”
20 And while I was speaking and interceding and confessing my sin, as well as the sin of my people Israel, and letting my appeal fall before Yahweh my God concerning his holy mountain – 21 yes, while I was speaking in intercession, then the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the first vision, touched me in my exhaustion at the time of the evening sacrifice. 22 And he spoke to me, informing me. He said, “O Daniel, now I have come to give you wise understanding. 23 At the beginning of your prayers the reply was sent, and I have come to declare it, because you are tremendously valued. So pay attention to the issue and understand the vision:
24 Seventy sevens are laid out for your people and for your holy city –
to quash the disobedience,
and to make an end of sins,
and to atone for iniquity,
and to bring in the righteousness of the ages,
and to seal up vision and prophecy,
and to anoint the Holy of Holies.
25 Therefore know and understand that from the giving of the word to re-establish and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah the ruler, there will be seven sevens plus sixty-two sevens. It shall be built again with street and waterway, even in the distress of those times. 26 And after the sixty-two sevens the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the coming ruler shall destroy the city and the sanctuary, and end it with a flood, and until the end, war and devastation are decreed. 27 And he shall confirm a treaty with many for one seven, and in the middle of the seven he shall stop sacrifices and offerings, and upon a wing there will be devastating abominations until the end. Then that which was decreed shall pour out on the devastator.
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9 In the first year of Darius, son of Ahaseurus, who was a Mede and had been made king over the empire of the Chaldeans; 2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood in the Writings that (according to Yahweh’s word to Jeremiah the prophet) the desolations of Jerusalem were to number seventy years. 3 So I turned myself to the Lord, the Godhead, to commit to praying with requests, in fasting, sackcloth and ashes. 4 So I prayed to Yahweh the Godhead and I confessed and said,
“Oh, Lord, the great and fearsome God, who, in committed love, keeps the covenant with those who love him and keep his commands. 5 We have sinned! We have been deviant and are condemned – guilty! We have rebelled by turning away from your commands and judgements. 6 No, we haven’t listened to your servants the prophets who spoke in your name to our kings, our rulers and our fathers – indeed to all the people of the land. 7 Righteousness is yours, Lord, but shame is smeared on our faces, as it is this very day on every man of Judah and on those living in Jerusalem and to all Israel – those near and far in all the earth. You have banished them there in their wrongdoing, in which they have acted without faith in you. 8 Yes, Yahweh, shame is across our faces – our kings, our rulers and our fathers – because we have sinned against you. 9 To my Lord, our Godhead, belong the compassions and the pardons, though we have rebelled while in him. 10 But we have not listened to the voice of Yahweh our Godhead, to live in his laws. He has delivered them right in front of our faces in the hand of his servants the prophets. 11 All Israel has ignored your Law! They are turning away so they can’t hear your voice. The oath and its curse, which were written in the Law of Moses, servant of the Godhead, have been poured out because we have sinned against you. 12 And he stood by his word, which he has spoken against us and against our rulers who have governed us, by bringing great calamity upon us. Nothing has ever been done under all the heavens like that which has been done in Jerusalem. 13 Just as it is written in Moses’ Law, all this calamity has come upon us and we haven’t bowed our faces before Yahweh, our Godhead, by turning from our immorality back to thriving in your truth. 14 But Yahweh was watchful over the calamity. He brought it upon us because Yahweh our Godhead is righteous in all the things he has done and we have not listened to his voice.
15 “So now, my Lord, our Godhead, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt with your powerful hand, you are making a name for yourself even today. We have sinned. We have been wicked. 16 In keeping with all your righteousness, my Lord, please now turn your angry wrath away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. For, because of our sins and the immorality of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people are mocked by those who surround us. 17 So, our Godhead, listen to your servant’s prayer, and to his requests, and make your face shine on your demolished sanctuary for the sake of my Lord. 18 Lean your ear down and listen, my Godhead! Open your eyes and see our ruins and the city which has your name on her! For it’s not on the basis of our righteousness that we’re casting our appeals before your face, but on the basis of your many compassionate mercies. 19 My Lord, listen! My Lord, forgive! My Lord, pay attention and do something and don’t delay! – for your own sake, my Godhead, because your name is on your city and your people!”
20 And while I was speaking and interceding and confessing my sin, as well as the sin of my people Israel, and letting my appeal fall before Yahweh my God concerning his holy mountain – 21 yes, while I was speaking in intercession, then the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the first vision, touched me in my exhaustion at the time of the evening sacrifice. 22 And he spoke to me, informing me. He said, “O Daniel, now I have come to give you wise understanding. 23 At the beginning of your prayers the reply was sent, and I have come to declare it, because you are tremendously valued. So pay attention to the issue and understand the vision:
24 Seventy sevens are laid out for your people and for your holy city –
to quash the disobedience,
and to make an end of sins,
and to atone for iniquity,
and to bring in the righteousness of the ages,
and to seal up vision and prophecy,
and to anoint the Holy of Holies.
25 Therefore know and understand that from the giving of the word to re-establish and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah the ruler, there will be seven sevens plus sixty-two sevens. It shall be built again with street and waterway, even in the distress of those times. 26 And after the sixty-two sevens the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the coming ruler shall destroy the city and the sanctuary, and end it with a flood, and until the end, war and devastation are decreed. 27 And he shall confirm a treaty with many for one seven, and in the middle of the seven he shall stop sacrifices and offerings, and upon a wing there will be devastating abominations until the end. Then that which was decreed shall pour out on the devastator.
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