²³ At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment went forth, and I am come to tell thee; for thou art ^[a]greatly beloved: therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision.

²⁴ Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, ^[b]to finish ^[c]transgression, and ^[d]to make an end of sins, and to ^[e]make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and ^[f]prophecy, and to anoint ^[g]the most holy. ²⁵ Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto ^[h]the anointed one, the prince, shall be ^[i]seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: it shall be built again, with street and moat, even in troublous times.