Daniel 9–10

9^*aIn the first year of ^bDarius the son of ^cAhasuerus, of the seed of ^dthe Medes, ^||which was made king over the realm of ^ethe Chaldeans; ²In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to ^fJeremiah the prophet, ^gthat he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. ³And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek ^hby prayer and ⁱsupplications, ^hkwith fasting, and ^lsackcloth, and ^lashes: ⁴And ^hI ^mprayed unto the Lord my God, and ^mnmade my confession, and said,

^oO Lord, ^opthe great and dreadful God, ^oqkeeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; ^5rWe have sinned, and ^rhave committed iniquity, and ^rhave done wickedly, and ^rrhave rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: ^6sNeither have we hearkened unto ^tthy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name ^uzto our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. ⁷O Lord, ^vrighteousness ^||belongeth unto thee, but ^vzunto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, ^wthat are near, and that are far off, through all the countries ^xwhither thou hast driven them, ^ybecause of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. ⁸O Lord, ^vzto us belongeth confusion of face, ^uato our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because ^bwe have sinned against thee. ^9cTo the Lord our God belong mercies and ^dforgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; ^10efNeither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, ^fto walk in his laws, which he set before us by ^ehis servants the prophets. ¹¹Yea, ^gall Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, ^hthat they might not obey thy voice; therefore ⁱthe curse ^kis poured upon us, and the oath ^lthat is written in the law of Moses ^llthe servant of God, ^bhbecause we have sinned against him. ¹²And ^mhe hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against ⁿour judges that judged us, ^oby bringing upon us a great evil: ^mfor under the whole heaven ^phath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem. ¹³As ^lmit is written in the law of Moses, ^qall this evil is come upon us: ^ryet ^†made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and ^sunderstand thy truth. ¹⁴Therefore ^thath the Lord watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for ^uthe Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for ^ewe obeyed not his voice. ^15vAnd now, O Lord our God, ^vwthat hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt ^xwith a mighty hand, and ^vhast ^†ygotten thee renown, as at this day; ^zwe have sinned, we have done wickedly. ¹⁶O Lord, ^aaccording to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, ^bthy holy mountain: ^cbecause for our sins, and ^dfor the iniquities of our fathers, ^eJerusalem and thy people ^fare become a reproach ^fgto all that are about us. ¹⁷Now therefore, O our God, ^hhear the prayer of thy servant, and ^hhis supplications, and ⁱcause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary ^kthat is desolate, ^lfor the Lord’s sake. ¹⁸O my God, ^mincline thine ear, and hear; ^mopen thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city ^†which is called by thy name: for we do not ^†present our ^hsupplications before thee ⁿfor our ^orighteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. ¹⁹O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; ^pdefer not, for ^lqthine own sake, O my God: for ^rthy city and thy people are called by thy name.

²⁰And ^swhiles I was speaking, and ^tpraying, and ^tconfessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for ^bthe holy mountain of my God; ²¹Yea, ^swhiles I was speaking in prayer, even ^uthe man ^vGabriel, ^vwhom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly ^†swiftly, ^wtouched me ^xabout the time of the evening oblation. ²²And ^yhe informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth ^†to give thee skill and understanding. ^23sAt the beginning of thy ^hsupplications the ^†commandment came forth, and ^zI am come to shew thee; ^afor thou art ^†greatly beloved: therefore ^bunderstand the matter, and consider the vision. ^24*Seventy ^cweeks are determined upon thy people and upon ^dthy holy city, ^||to finish ^ethe transgression, and ^||fto make an end of sins, and ^gto make reconciliation for iniquity, and to ^hbring in everlasting righteousness, and ⁱto seal up the vision and ^†prophecy, and ^kto anoint ^lthe most Holy. ^25bKnow therefore and understand, that ^mfrom the going forth of the commandment ^||to restore and to build Jerusalem ⁿunto ^othe Messiah ^pthe Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street ^†shall be built again, and the ^||wall, ^qeven ^†in troublous times. ²⁶And ^rafter threescore and two weeks ^sshall ^oMessiah be cut off, ^||*tbut not for himself: ^||and ^uthe people of the prince that shall come ^vshall destroy the city and ^wthe sanctuary; and ^xthe end thereof shall be ^ywith a flood, and unto ^xthe end of the war ^||desolations are determined. ²⁷And he shall confirm ^||zzthe covenant with ^amany for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, ^*and ^||for ^bthe overspreading of ^cabominations he shall make it desolate, ^deven until the consummation, and ^dthat determined ^eshall be poured ^||upon ^fthe desolate.

10^*aIn the third year of Cyrus ^bking of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, ^cwhose name was called Belteshazzar; and ^dthe thing was true, but ^ethe time appointed ^fwas ^†long: and ^ghe understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision. ²In those days I Daniel was mourning ^hthree ^†full weeks. ³I ate no ^†pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, ⁱneither did I ^janoint myself at all, till ^hthree whole weeks were fulfilled. ⁴And in the four and twentieth day of ^kthe first month, as I was ^lby the side of the great river, which is ^mHiddekel; ⁵Then ⁿI lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold ^o†a certain man ^pclothed in linen, ^qwhose loins were girded with ^rfine gold of ^sUphaz: ⁶His body also was ^tlike the beryl, and ^uhis face ^vas the appearance of lightning, and ^whis eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and ^xyhis ^zfeet like in colour to polished brass, and ^yathe voice of his words like the voice of a multitude. ⁷And ^bI Daniel alone saw the vision: for ^bthe men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. ⁸Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and ^cthere remained no strength in me: for my ^||dcomeliness was turned in me into corruption, and ^eI retained no strength. ⁹Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, ^fthen was I in a deep sleep on my face, and ^fmy face toward the ground. ¹⁰And, behold, ^fgan hand touched me, which ^†set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands. ¹¹And he said unto me, O Daniel, ^†a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and ^†hstand upright: for ⁱunto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood ^ktrembling. ¹²Then said he unto me, ^lFear not, Daniel: for ^mfrom the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and ⁿto chasten thyself before thy God, ^mthy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. ¹³But ^othe prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me ^pone and twenty days: but, lo, ^qMichael, one of ^||the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. ¹⁴Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people ^rin the latter days: for ^syet the vision is for ^tmany days. ¹⁵And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set ^umy face toward the ground, and ^vI became dumb. ¹⁶And, behold, ^wone ^xlike the similitude of the sons of men ^gytouched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and ^ceI have retained no strength. ¹⁷For how can ^||the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me. ¹⁸Then there came again and ^gtouched me ^wone like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me, ¹⁹And said, ^zO man greatly beloved, ^afear not: peace be unto thee, ^bbe strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.

²⁰Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with ^cthe prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of ^dGrecia shall come. ²¹But I will shew thee ^ethat which is noted in the scripture of ^ftruth: and there is none that ^†holdeth with me in these things, but ^cMichael your prince.