Chapter 9

In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king⁹⁰ over the realm of the Chaldeans;

In the first year of his reign² I Daniel understood¹ by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish¹⁵ seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.

And I set⁴ my face unto the Lord God, to seek¹⁵ by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

And I prayed¹⁰¹ unto the LORD my God, and made my confession,¹⁰¹ and said,⁴ O Lord, the great and dreadful¹² God, keeping⁶ the covenant and mercy to them that love⁶ him, and to them that keep⁶ his commandments;

We have sinned,¹ and have committed iniquity,¹ and have done wickedly,⁵² and have rebelled,¹ even by departing² from thy precepts and from thy judgments:

Neither have we hearkened¹ unto thy servants the prophets, which spake¹⁴ in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

O Lord, righteousness [belongeth] unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants⁶ of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, [that are] near, and [that are] far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven⁵² them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed¹ against thee.

O Lord, to us [belongeth] confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned¹ against thee.

To the Lord our God [belong] mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled¹ against him;

Neither have we obeyed¹ the voice of the LORD our God, to walk² in his laws, which he set¹ before us by his servants the prophets.

Yea, all Israel have transgressed¹ thy law, even by departing,² that they might not obey² thy voice; therefore the curse is poured⁴ upon us, and the oath that [is] written⁷ in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned¹ against him.

And he hath confirmed⁵⁵ his words, which he spake¹⁴ against us, and against our judges⁶ that judged¹ us, by bringing⁵³ upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done⁸ as hath been done⁸ upon Jerusalem.

As [it is] written⁷ in the law of Moses, all this evil is come¹ upon us: yet made we not our prayer¹⁴ before the LORD our God, that we might turn² from our iniquities, and understand⁵³ thy truth.

Therefore hath the LORD watched⁴ upon the evil, and brought⁵⁵ it upon us: for the LORD our God [is] righteous in all his works which he doeth:¹ for we obeyed¹ not his voice.

And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth⁵² out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten⁴ thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned,¹ we have done wickedly.¹

O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away⁴ 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.

Now therefore, O our God, hear³ the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine⁵⁴ upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.

O my God, incline⁵⁴ thine ear, and hear;³ open³ thine eyes, and behold³ our desolations,⁶ and the city which is called⁸ by thy name: for we do not present⁵⁶ our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

O Lord, hear;³ O Lord, forgive;³ O Lord, hearken⁵⁴ and do;³ defer¹⁷ not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called⁸ by thy name.

And whiles I [was] speaking,¹⁸ and praying,¹⁰² and confessing¹⁰² my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting⁵⁶ my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;

Yea, whiles I [was] speaking¹⁸ in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen¹ in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly⁹⁴ swiftly, touched⁶ me about the time of the evening oblation.

And he informed⁴ [me], and talked¹⁷ with me, and said,⁴ O Daniel, I am now come forth¹ to give thee skill⁵³ and understanding.

At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth,¹ and I am come¹ to shew⁵³ [thee]; for thou [art] greatly beloved: therefore understand³ the matter, and consider⁵⁴ the vision.

Seventy weeks are determined⁸ upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish¹⁵ the transgression, and to make an end^{53 2856 2} of sins, and to make reconciliation¹⁵ for iniquity, and to bring in⁵³ everlasting righteousness, and to seal up² the vision and prophecy, and to anoint² the most Holy.

Know⁴ therefore and understand,⁵⁵ [that] from the going forth of the commandment to restore⁵³ and to build² Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince [shall be] seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built⁸ again,⁴ and the wall, even in troublous times.

And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off,¹¹ but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come⁶ shall destroy⁵⁵ the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof [shall be] with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations⁶ are determined.¹²

And he shall confirm⁵² the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,⁵⁵ and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make [it] desolate,³⁵ even until the consummation, and that determined¹² shall be poured⁴ upon the desolate.⁶