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Daniel 9:24-26
Contemporary English Version
Daniel 9:24-26
Contemporary English Version
24 God has decided that for 70 weeks,[a] your people and your holy city must suffer as the price of their sins. Then evil will disappear, and justice will rule forever; the visions and words of the prophets will come true, and a most holy place will be dedicated.[b]
25 You need to realize that from the command to rebuild Jerusalem until the coming of the Chosen Leader,[c] it will be 7 weeks and another 62 weeks.[d] Streets will be built in Jerusalem, and a trench will be dug around the city for protection, but these will be difficult times.[e] 26 At the end of the 62 weeks,[f] the Chosen Leader[g] will be killed and left with nothing.[h]
A foreign ruler and his army will sweep down like a mighty flood, leaving both the city and the temple in ruins, and war and destruction will continue until the end, just as God has decided.
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- 9.24 70 weeks: Or “70 times 7 years.”
- 9.24 a most holy place will be dedicated: Or “God's Holy One will appear.”
- 9.25 the Chosen Leader: Or “a chosen leader.” In Hebrew the word “chosen” means “to pour oil (on someone's head).” In Old Testament times it was the custom to pour oil on a person's head when that person was chosen to be a priest or a king.
- 9.25 7 weeks and another 62 weeks: Or “7 times 7 years and another 62 times 7 years.”
- 9.25 it will be 7 … difficult times: Or “it will be 7 weeks. Then streets will be built in Jerusalem, and a trench will be dug around the city for protection. But Jerusalem will have difficult times for 62 weeks.”
- 9.26 62 weeks: Or “62 times 7 years.”
- 9.26 the Chosen Leader: See the note at 9.25.
- 9.26 left with nothing: Or “no one will take his place.”
Daniel 9:24-26
New International Version
Daniel 9:24-26
New International Version
24 “Seventy ‘sevens’[a] are decreed for your people and your holy city(A) to finish[b] transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone(B) for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness,(C) to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the Most Holy Place.[c]
25 “Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild(D) Jerusalem until the Anointed One,[d](E) the ruler,(F) comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble.(G) 26 After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death(H) and will have nothing.[e] The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood:(I) War will continue until the end, and desolations(J) have been decreed.(K)
Footnotes
- Daniel 9:24 Or ‘weeks’; also in verses 25 and 26
- Daniel 9:24 Or restrain
- Daniel 9:24 Or the most holy One
- Daniel 9:25 Or an anointed one; also in verse 26
- Daniel 9:26 Or death and will have no one; or death, but not for himself
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