Daniel 9:24-26

EasyEnglish Bible

²⁴ God has decided the time of punishment for your people and your holy city. It will continue for 70 weeks.^[a] That will finish the punishment for their sins. The people will no longer turn against God. They will have paid the price for their sins. God will cause them to live for ever in a way that is right. God will show that the visions and messages of the prophets are true. The Most Holy Place will belong to God again.

²⁵ I want you, Daniel, to understand this properly. There will be a command to build Jerusalem again. Then 7 weeks will pass, and 62 weeks will also pass. After that, a ruler that God has chosen will arrive.^[b] People will build the city of Jerusalem again. It will have streets and a strong wall around it. But there will be a lot of trouble at that time. ²⁶ After the 62 weeks have passed, people will kill the ruler that God had chosen. He will have nothing. Then a foreign ruler and his army will attack the city and the temple. He will destroy them quickly, like a flood of water. War and terrible trouble will continue until the end that God has decided.