98Josephus Antiq. X, xi, 4 says, When Babylon was taken by Darius, and when he, with his kinsman [nephew] Cyrus, had put an end to the dominion of the Babylonians, he was 62 years old. He was the son of Astyages, and he had another name among the Greeks.
9: 2 in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years whereof the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy years.
9: 3 And I set my face unto 99Jehovah God, 100to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
99Sopherim changed to the Lord Also in verse 9.
100Or, to seek after prayer etc.
9: 4 And I prayed unto Jehovah my God, and made confession, and said, Oh, 101Jehovah, the great and awesome God, who keepeth the covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments,
101Sopherim changed to Lord Also in verse 7.
9: 5 we have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from thy precepts and from thine ordinances;
9: 6 neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, that spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
9: 7 O Jehovah, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of face, 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 Jehovah our God belong mercies and forgiveness; 102for we have rebelled against him;
102Or, though
9: 10 neither have we obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
9: 11 Yes, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even turning aside, that they should not obey thy voice: therefore hath the curse been poured out upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God; for 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 have we not entreated the favor of Jehovah our God, that we should turn from our iniquities, and 103have discernment in thy truth.
103Or, deal wisely in thy truth.
9: 14 Therefore hath Jehovah watched over the evil, and brought it upon us; for Jehovah our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth, and we have not obeyed his voice.
9: 15 And now, O 104Jehovah 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.
104Sopherim changed to Lord Also in verse 16, and three times in verse 19.
9: 16 O Jehovah, according to all thy 105righteousness, let thine anger and thy wrath, I pray thee, 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 round about us.
105Hb. righteousnesses,
9: 17 Now therefore, O our God, hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for 106Jehovah’s sake.
106Sopherim changed to the Lord’s
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 107present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies’ sake.
107Hb. cause to fall our supplications before thee
9: 19 O Jehovah, hear; O Jehovah, forgive; O Jehovah, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God, because thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
9: 20 And while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before Jehovah my God for the holy mountain of my God;
9: 21 yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, 108being caused to fly swiftly, 109touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
108Or, being sore wearied to fly swiftly,
109Or, came near unto me
9: 22 And he 110instructed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee wisdom and understanding.
110Or, made me to understand,
9: 23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment went forth, and I am come to tell thee; for thou art 111greatly beloved: therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision.
111Or, very precious: Hb. precious things:
9: 24 Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, 112to finish 113the transgression, and 114to make an end of 115sin-offerings, and to 116make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteous ones, and to seal up vision and 117prophecy, and to anoint 118the Most Holy.
112Or, to restrain transgression,
113Or, transgression,
114Massoretictext, GkTh read to seal up sins,
115Or, sins,
116Or, purge away iniquity,
117Hb. prophet,
118Or, a most holy place.
9: 25 Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto 119the anointed one, the prince, shall be 120seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks: it shall be built again, with street and 121new metal work, even in troublous times.
119Hb. Messiah,
120Or, seven weeks: and sixty-two weeks, it shall be
121Or possibly, moat,
9: 26 And after the sixty-two weeks shall the anointed one be cut off, and 122shall have nothing: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the Holy; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and even unto the end shall be war; desolations are determined.
122Or, there shall be none belonging to him: That is, he shall have no descendants:
9: 27 And he shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the 123oblation to cease; and 124upon the wing of abominations shall come one that maketh desolate; and even unto the full end, and that determined, shall wrath be poured out upon the desolate.
123Or, meal-offering to cease;
124Or, upon the pinnacle of abominations shall be etc.
