In the first <H0259> year <H8141> of Darius <H1867> the son <H1121> of Ahasuerus, <H0325> of the seed <H2233> of the Medes, <H4074> which was made king <H4427> over the realm <H4438> of the Chaldeans; <H3778>
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In the first <H0259> year <H8141> of his reign <H4427> I Daniel <H1840> understood <H0995> by books <H5612> the number <H4557> of the years, <H8141> whereof the word <H1697> of the LORD <H3068> came to Jeremiah <H3414> the prophet, <H5030> that he would accomplish <H4390> seventy <H7657> years <H8141> in the desolations <H2723> of Jerusalem. <H3389>
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And I set <H5414> my face <H6440> unto the Lord <H0136> God, <H0430> to seek <H1245> by prayer <H8605> and supplications, <H8469> with fasting, <H6685> and sackcloth, <H8242> and ashes: <H0665>
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And I prayed <H6419> unto the LORD <H3068> my God, <H0430> and made my confession, <H3034> and said, <H0559> O <H0577> Lord, <H0136> the great <H1419> and dreadful <H3372> God, <H0410> keeping <H8104> the covenant <H1285> and mercy <H2617> to them that love <H0157> him, and to them that keep <H8104> his commandments; <H4687>
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We have sinned, <H2398> and have committed iniquity, <H5753> and have done wickedly, <H7561> and have rebelled, <H4775> even by departing <H5493> from thy precepts <H4687> and from thy judgments: <H4941>
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Neither have we hearkened <H8085> unto thy servants <H5650> the prophets, <H5030> which spake <H1696> in thy name <H8034> to our kings, <H4428> our princes, <H8269> and our fathers, <H0001> and to all the people <H5971> of the land. <H0776>
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O Lord, <H0136> righteousness <H6666> [belongeth] unto thee, but unto us confusion <H1322> of faces, <H6440> as at this day; <H3117> to the men <H0376> of Judah, <H3063> and to the inhabitants <H3427> of Jerusalem, <H3389> and unto all Israel, <H3478> [that are] near, <H7138> and [that are] far off, <H7350> through all the countries <H0776> whither thou hast driven <H5080> them, because of their trespass <H4604> that they have trespassed <H4603> against thee.
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O Lord, <H0136> to us [belongeth] confusion <H1322> of face, <H6440> to our kings, <H4428> to our princes, <H8269> and to our fathers, <H0001> because we have sinned <H2398> against thee.
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To the Lord <H0136> our God <H0430> [belong] mercies <H7356> and forgivenesses, <H5547> though we have rebelled <H4775> against him;
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Neither have we obeyed <H8085> the voice <H6963> of the LORD <H3068> our God, <H0430> to walk <H3212> in his laws, <H8451> which he set <H5414> before <H6440> us by <H3027> his servants <H5650> the prophets. <H5030>
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Yea, all Israel <H3478> have transgressed <H5674> thy law, <H8451> even by departing, <H5493> that they might not obey <H8085> thy voice; <H6963> therefore the curse <H0423> is poured <H5413> upon us, and the oath <H7621> that [is] written <H3789> in the law <H8451> of Moses <H4872> the servant <H5650> of God, <H0430> because we have sinned <H2398> against him.
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And he hath confirmed <H6965> his words, <H1697> which he spake <H1696> against us, and against our judges <H8199> that judged <H8199> us, by bringing <H0935> upon us a great <H1419> evil: <H7451> for under the whole heaven <H8064> hath not been done <H6213> as hath been done <H6213> upon Jerusalem. <H3389>
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As [it is] written <H3789> in the law <H8451> of Moses, <H4872> all this evil <H7451> is come <H0935> upon us: yet made we not our prayer <H2470> before <H6440> the LORD <H3068> our God, <H0430> that we might turn <H7725> from our iniquities, <H5771> and understand <H7919> thy truth. <H0571>
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Therefore hath the LORD <H3068> watched <H8245> upon the evil, <H7451> and brought <H0935> it upon us: for the LORD <H3068> our God <H0430> [is] righteous <H6662> in all his works <H4639> which he doeth: <H6213> for we obeyed <H8085> not his voice. <H6963>
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And now, O Lord <H0136> our God, <H0430> that hast brought thy people <H5971> forth <H3318> out of the land <H0776> of Egypt <H4714> with a mighty <H2389> hand, <H3027> and hast gotten <H6213> thee renown, <H8034> as at this day; <H3117> we have sinned, <H2398> we have done wickedly. <H7561>
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O Lord, <H0136> according to all thy righteousness, <H6666> I beseech thee, let thine anger <H0639> and thy fury <H2534> be turned away <H7725> from thy city <H5892> Jerusalem, <H3389> thy holy <H6944> mountain: <H2022> because for our sins, <H2399> and for the iniquities <H5771> of our fathers, <H0001> Jerusalem <H3389> and thy people <H5971> [are become] a reproach <H2781> to all [that are] about <H5439> us.
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Now therefore, O our God, <H0430> hear <H8085> the prayer <H8605> of thy servant, <H5650> and his supplications, <H8469> and cause thy face <H6440> to shine <H0215> upon thy sanctuary <H4720> that is desolate, <H8076> for the Lord's <H0136> sake.
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O my God, <H0430> incline <H5186> thine ear, <H0241> and hear; <H8085> open <H6491> thine eyes, <H5869> and behold <H7200> our desolations, <H8074> and the city <H5892> which is called <H7121> by thy name: <H8034> for we do not present <H5307> our supplications <H8469> before <H6440> thee for our righteousnesses, <H6666> but for thy great <H7227> mercies. <H7356>
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O Lord, <H0136> hear; <H8085> O Lord, <H0136> forgive; <H5545> O Lord, <H0136> hearken <H7181> and do; <H6213> defer <H0309> not, <H0408> for thine own sake, O my God: <H0430> for thy city <H5892> and thy people <H5971> are called <H7121> by thy name. <H8034>
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And whiles I [was] speaking, <H1696> and praying, <H6419> and confessing <H3034> my sin <H2403> and the sin <H2403> of my people <H5971> Israel, <H3478> and presenting <H5307> my supplication <H8467> before <H6440> the LORD <H3068> my God <H0430> for the holy <H6944> mountain <H2022> of my God; <H0430>
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Yea, whiles I [was] speaking <H1696> in prayer, <H8605> even the man <H0376> Gabriel, <H1403> whom I had seen <H7200> in the vision <H2377> at the beginning, <H8462> being caused to fly <H3286> swiftly, <H3288> touched <H5060> me about the time <H6256> of the evening <H6153> oblation. <H4503>
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And he informed <H0995> [me], and talked <H1696> with me, and said, <H0559> O Daniel, <H1840> I am now come forth <H3318> to give thee skill <H7919> and understanding. <H0998>
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At the beginning <H8462> of thy supplications <H8469> the commandment <H1697> came forth, <H3318> and I am come <H0935> to shew <H5046> [thee]; for thou [art] greatly beloved: <H2532> therefore understand <H0995> the matter, <H1697> and consider <H0995> the vision. <H4758>
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Seventy <H7657> weeks <H7620> are determined <H2852> upon thy people <H5971> and upon thy holy <H6944> city, <H5892> to finish <H3607> the transgression, <H6588> and to make an end <H8552> of sins, <H2403> and to make reconciliation <H3722> for iniquity, <H5771> and to bring in <H0935> everlasting <H5769> righteousness, <H6664> and to seal up <H2856> the vision <H2377> and prophecy, <H5030> and to anoint <H4886> the most <H6944> Holy. <H6944>
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Know <H3045> therefore and understand, <H7919> [that] from the going forth <H4161> of the commandment <H1697> to restore <H7725> and to build <H1129> Jerusalem <H3389> unto the Messiah <H4899> the Prince <H5057> [shall be] seven <H7651> weeks, <H7620> and threescore <H8346> and two <H8147> weeks: <H7620> the street <H7339> shall be built <H1129> again, <H7725> and the wall, <H2742> even in troublous <H6695> times. <H6256>
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And after <H0310> threescore <H8346> and two <H8147> weeks <H7620> shall Messiah <H4899> be cut off, <H3772> but not for himself: and the people <H5971> of the prince <H5057> that shall come <H0935> shall destroy <H7843> the city <H5892> and the sanctuary; <H6944> and the end <H7093> thereof [shall be] with a flood, <H7858> and unto the end <H7093> of the war <H4421> desolations <H8074> are determined. <H2782>
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And he shall confirm <H1396> the covenant <H1285> with many <H7227> for one <H0259> week: <H7620> and in the midst <H2677> of the week <H7620> he shall cause the sacrifice <H2077> and the oblation <H4503> to cease, <H7673> and for the overspreading <H3671> of abominations <H8251> he shall make [it] desolate, <H8074> even until the consummation, <H3617> and that determined <H2782> shall be poured <H5413> upon the desolate. <H8074>