22 He gave me this explanation: “Daniel, I’ve come now to give you understanding.(A) 23 At the beginning of your petitions an answer went out, and I have come to give it, for you are treasured by God.(B) So consider the message and understand the vision:(C)

24 Seventy weeks[a] are decreed(D)
about your people and your holy city—
to bring the rebellion to an end,
to put a stop to sin,
to wipe away iniquity,
to bring in everlasting righteousness,(E)
to seal up vision and prophecy,
and to anoint the most holy place.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 9:24 = 490 years

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