THESE three chapters contain one vision, the last of those communications from God through his angel to the prophet, of which the record is given us in this book. The time when it took place is stated to have been “in the third year of Cyrus, king of Persia.” Daniel had then already witnessed the faithfulness of God in causing the desolation of Jerusalem to cease; the decree of Cyrus for the rebuilding of the temple, and the permission
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