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23 As you began your supplications, an answer was given, and I have come to make it known to you, for you are greatly beloved. Therefore, consider carefully the answer and comprehend the vision.

24 “Seventy weeks are decreed
    for your people and your holy city:
for bringing an end to transgression,
    for putting an end to sin,
for expiating iniquity,
    for introducing everlasting righteousness,
for ratifying vision and prophecy,
    and for anointing the Holy of Holies.
25 “Know therefore, and understand this:
    From the time that the message was sent:
    ‘Return and rebuild Jerusalem,’
until the coming of an anointed prince,
    there shall be seven weeks.
During sixty-two weeks
    it shall be rebuilt and restored
with streets and trenches
    in a troubled time.

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