Daniel 9 9:1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus , of the seed of the Medes , which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans ; 9:2 In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years , whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet , that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem . 9:3 And I set my face unto the Lord God , to seek by prayer and supplications , with fasting , and sackcloth , and ashes : 9:4 And I prayed unto the LORD my God , and made my confession , and said , O Lord , the great and dreadful God , keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments ; 9:5 We have sinned , and have committed iniquity , and have done wickedly , and have rebelled , even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments : 9:6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets , which spake in thy name to our kings , our princes , and our fathers , and to all the people of the land . 9:7 O Lord , righteousness [belongeth] unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces , as at this day ; to the men of Judah , and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem , and unto all Israel , [that are] near , and [that are] far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. 9:8 O Lord , to us [belongeth] confusion of face , to our kings , to our princes , and to our fathers , because we have sinned against thee. 9:9 To the Lord our God [belong] mercies and forgivenesses , though we have rebelled against him; 9:10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God , to walk in his laws , which he set before us by his servants the prophets . 9:11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law , even by departing , that they might not obey thy voice ; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that [is] written in the law of Moses the servant of God , because we have sinned against him. 9:12 And he hath confirmed his words , which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil : for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem . 9:13 As [it is] written in the law of Moses , all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God , that we might turn from our iniquities , and understand thy truth . 9:14 Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil , and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God [is] righteous in all his works which he doeth : for we obeyed not his voice . 9:15 And now , O Lord our God , that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand , and hast gotten thee renown , as at this day ; we have sinned , we have done wickedly . 9:16 O Lord , according to all thy righteousness , I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem , thy holy mountain : because for our sins , and for the iniquities of our fathers , Jerusalem and thy people [are become] a reproach to all [that are] about us. 9:17 Now therefore, O our God , hear the prayer of thy servant , and his supplications , and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate , for the Lord's sake . 9:18 O my God , incline thine ear , and hear ; open thine eyes , and behold our desolations , and the city which is called by thy name : for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses , but for thy great mercies . 9:19 O Lord , hear ; O Lord , forgive ; O Lord , hearken and do ; defer not, for thine own sake , O my God : for thy city and thy people are called by thy name . 9:20 And whiles I [was] speaking , and praying , and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel , and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God ; 9:21 Yea, whiles I [was] speaking in prayer , even the man Gabriel , whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning , being caused to fly swiftly , touched me about the time of the evening oblation . 9:22 And he informed [me], and talked with me, and said , O Daniel , I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding . 9:23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth , and I am come to shew [thee]; for thou [art] greatly beloved : therefore understand the matter , and consider the vision . 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city , to finish the transgression , and to make an end of sins , and to make reconciliation for iniquity , and to bring in everlasting righteousness , and to seal up the vision and prophecy , and to anoint the most Holy . 9:25 Know therefore and understand , [that] from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince [shall be] seven weeks , and threescore and two weeks : the street shall be built again , and the wall , even in troublous times . 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary ; and the end thereof [shall be] with a flood , and unto the end of the war desolations are determined . 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week : and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease , and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make [it] desolate , even until the consummation , and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate . ~~~~~~