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Daniel 9

Daniél desireth to have that performed of God, which he had promised concerning the return of the people from their banishment in Babylón 5 A true confession 20 Daniél’s prayer is heard 21 Gabriél the Angel expoundeth unto him the vision of the seventie weeks 24 The anointing of Christ. 25 The buylding again of Jerusalém. 26 The death of Christ.
1.In the first year of Darius the son of aAhashuerósh, of the seed of the Medes, which was made King over the brealm of the Caldeans,
2.Even in the first year of his reign, I Daniél understood by cbooks the number of the years, whereof the Lord had spoken unto Jeremiáh the Prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolation of Jerusalém.
3.And I turned my face unto the Lord God, and dsought by praier and supplications with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
4.And I praied unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, saying, Oh Lord God, which art egreat and fearful, and kepest covenant and mercy toward them which love ^thee, and toward them that keep thy commandments,
5.We have sinned, and have committed iniquity and have done wickedly, yea, we have rebelled, and have departed from thy precepts, and from thy judgements.
6.For we would not obey thy servants the Prophets, which spake in thy Name to our Kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
7.O Lord, frighteousness belongeth unto thee, and unto us ^open shame, as appeareth this day unto every man of Judáh, & to the inhabitants of Jerusalém: yea, unto all Israél, both near and far off, through all the countries, whether thou hast driven them, because of their offences, that they have committed against thee.
8.O Lord, unto us apperteineth open shame, to our gKIngs, to our princes, & to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
9.Yet compassion and forgiveness is in the Lord our God, albeit we have rebelled against him.
10.For we have not obeyed the hvoice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws, which he had laid before us by the ministry of his servants the Prophets.
11.Yea, all Israél have transgressed thy Law, and are turned back, and have not heard thy voice: therefore the icurse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Mosés the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
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 plague: for under the whole heaven hath not been the like, as hath been brought upon Jerusalém.
13.All this plague is come upon us, as it is written in the Law of Mosés: yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities and understand thy truth.
14.Therefore hath the Lord ^made ready the plague, and brought it upon us: for the Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we would not hear his voice.
15.*And now, ô Lord our God, that hast brought thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, & hast gotten thee renown, as appeareth this day, we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
16.O Lord, according to all thy krighteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy wrath be turned away from thy city Jerusalém thine holy Mountain: for because of our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalém and thy people are a reproach to all that are about us.
17.Now therefore, ô our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to ishine upon thy Sanctuary, that lyeth waste for the mLord’s sake.
18.O my God, incline thine ear and hear: open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city whereupon thy Name is called: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our own nrighteousness, but for thy great tender mercies.
19.O Lord, hear, ô Lord forgive, ô Lord oconsider, and do it: differ not, for thine own sake, ô my God: for thy Name is called upon thy city, and upon thy people.
20.¶ And whiles I was speaking and praying, and confessing my sin, and the sin of my people Israél, and did present my supplication before the Lord my God, for the holy Mountain of my God,
21.Yea, while I was speaking in prayer, even the man *Gabriél, whom I had seen before in the vision, came flying, and touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
22.And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniél, I am now come forth to give thee knowledge and understanding.
23.At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shewe thee, for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter and consider the vision.
25.Know therefore and understand, that from sthe going forth of the commandment to bring again the people, and to build Jerusalém, unto Messiáh the prince, shalbe seven tweeks, and threescore and two weeks, and the street shalbe built again, and the wall even in a ^troublous time.
26.And after three score and two uweeks, shal Messiáh be slain, and shal xhave nothing, and the people of ythe prince that shal come, shal destroy the city and the Sanctuary, and the end thereof shalbe with a flood · and unto the end of the battle it shalbe destroyed by desolations.
27.And he zshal confirm the convenant with many for one week: and in the middes of the week he shal cause the sacrifice & the oblation to acease, band for the overspreading of the abominations, he shal make it desolate, even until the consummation determined shalbe poured upon the desolate.

Notes

1-a.
Who was also called Astyages.
1-b.
For Cyrus led with ambition, went about wars in other countries, and therefore Darius had the title of the kingdom, though Cyrus was King in effect.
2-c.
For though he was an excellent Prophet, yet he daily increased in knowledge by reading of the Scriptures.
3-d.
He speaks not of that ordinary prayer, which he used in his house thrise a day, but of a rare and vehement prayer, lest their sins should cause God to delay the time of their deliverance prophecied by Jeremiah.
4-^.
Ebr., him.
4-e.
That is, has all power in yourself to execute your terrible judgements against obstinate sinners, as you are rich in mercy to comfort them, which obey your word and love you.
7-^.
Ebr., confusion of face.
7-f.
He shows that when soever God punishes, he does it for just cause: and thus the godly never accuse him of rigor as the wicked do, but acknowledge that in themselves there is just cause, why he should so treat them.
8-g.
He does not excuse the Kings because of their authority, but prays chiefly for them as the chief occasions of these great plagues.
10-h.
He shows that they rebell against God, which serve him not according to his commandment and word.
11-i.
As Deu. 27.15, or the curse confirmed by an oath.
12-^.
Or, governed us.
14-^.
Ebr., watched upon the evil.
15-*.
Ex. 14.28, Baru. 2.11.
16-k.
That is, according to all your merciful promises and the performance thereof.
17-l.
Show yourself favourable.
17-m.
That is, for your Christ’s sake in whom you will accept all our prayers.
18-n.
Declaring, that the godly live only unto God’s mercies and renounce their own works when they seek for remission of their sins.
19-o.
Thus he could not content himself with any vehemency of words: for he was so lead with a fervent zeal considering God’s promise, made to the city in respect of his Church and for the advancement of God’s glory.
21-*.
Ch. 8.16.
24-p.
He alludes to Jeremiah’s prophecy, who prophecied that their captivity should be seventy years: but now God’s mercy should sevenfold exceed his judgement, which should be four hundred and ninety years, even to the coming of Christ, and so then it should continue forever.
24-q.
Meaning Daniel’s nation, over whom he was careful.
24-r.
To show mercy and to put sin out of remembrance.
25-^.
Ebr., in straightness of time.
25-s.
From the time that Cyrus gave them leave to depart: and these weeks make 49 year, whereof 46 are referred to the time of the Temple, and 3 to the laying of the foundation.
25-t.
Counting from the sixth year of Darius who gave the second commandment for the building of the Temple, are 62 weeks, which make
26-u.
In this last week of the seventy shall Christ come and preach and suffer death.
26-x.
He shall seem to have no beauty, nor to be of any estimation, as Is. 53.2.
26-y.
Meaning, Titus Vespasian’s son, who should come and destroy both the Temple and the people without all hope of recovery.
27-a.
Christ accomplished this by his death and resurrection.
27-b.
Meaning that Jerusalem and the Sanctuary should be utterly destroyed for their rebellion against God and their idolatry: or some read that the plagues shall be so great, that they shall all be astonied at them.
27-z.
By the preaching of the Gospel he confirmed he promise, first, to the Jews, and after to the Gentiles.
439-y.
ears, which comprehend the time from this building of the Temple unto the Baptism of Christ.