Daniel 9:1-3

Living Bible

9 It was now the first year of the reign of King Darius, the son of Ahasuerus. (Darius was a Mede but became king of the Chaldeans.) ² In that first year of his reign, I, Daniel, learned from the book of Jeremiah the prophet that Jerusalem must lie desolate for seventy years.^{[a] 3} So I earnestly pleaded with the Lord God to end our captivity and send us back to our own land.^[b]

As I prayed, I fasted and wore rough sackcloth, and I sprinkled myself with ashes