Daniel 9:16–20

¹⁶“O Lord, ^saccording to all Your righteousness, I pray, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, ^tYour holy mountain; because for our sins, ^uand for the iniquities of our fathers, ^vJerusalem and Your people ^ware a reproach to all those around us. ¹⁷Now therefore, our God, hear the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, ^xand ^yfor the Lord’s sake ¹cause Your face to shine on ²Your sanctuary, ^zwhich is desolate. ^18aO my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes ^band see our desolations, and the city ^cwhich is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies. ¹⁹O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”

The Seventy-Weeks Prophecy

²⁰Now while I was speaking, 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,