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1. It was the first year of the reign of Darius the Mede, the son of Ahasuerus, who became king of the Babylonians.
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1. In the first H259 year H8141 of Darius H1867 the son H1121 of Ahasuerus H325 , of the seed H4480 H2233 of the Medes H4074 , which H834 was made king H4427 over H5921 the realm H4438 of the Chaldeans H3778 ;
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2. During the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, learned from reading the word of the LORD, as revealed to Jeremiah the prophet, that Jerusalem must lie desolate for seventy years.
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2. In the first H259 year H8141 of his reign H4427 I H589 Daniel H1840 understood H995 by books H5612 the number H4557 of the years H8141 , whereof H834 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to H413 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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3. So I turned to the LORD God and pleaded with him in prayer and fasting. I also wore rough burlap and sprinkled myself with ashes.
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3. And I set H5414 H853 my face H6440 unto H413 the Lord H136 God H430 , to seek H1245 by prayer H8605 and supplications H8469 , with fasting H6685 , and sackcloth H8242 , and ashes H665 :
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4. I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed: "O Lord, you are a great and awesome God! You always fulfill your covenant and keep your promises of unfailing love to those who love you and obey your commands.
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4. And I prayed H6419 unto the LORD H3068 my God H430 , and made my confession H3034 , and said H559 , O H577 Lord H136 , the great H1419 and dreadful H3372 God H410 , keeping H8104 the covenant H1285 and mercy H2617 to them that love H157 him , and to them that keep H8104 his commandments H4687 ;
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5. But we have sinned and done wrong. We have rebelled against you and scorned your commands and regulations.
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5. 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 H4480 H4687 and from thy judgments H4480 H4941 :
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6. We have refused to listen to your servants the prophets, who spoke on your authority to our kings and princes and ancestors and to all the people of the land.
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6. Neither H3808 have we hearkened H8085 unto H413 thy servants H5650 the prophets H5030 , which H834 spoke H1696 in thy name H8034 to H413 our kings H4428 , our princes H8269 , and our fathers H1 , and to H413 all H3605 the people H5971 of the land H776 .
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7. "Lord, you are in the right; but as you see, our faces are covered with shame. This is true of all of us, including the people of Judah and Jerusalem and all Israel, scattered near and far, wherever you have driven us because of our disloyalty to you.
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7. O Lord H136 , righteousness H6666 belongeth unto thee , but unto us confusion H1322 of faces H6440 , as at this H2088 day H3117 ; to the men H376 of Judah H3063 , and to the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 , and unto all H3605 Israel H3478 , that are near H7138 , and that are far off H7350 , through all H3605 the countries H776 whither H834 H8033 thou hast driven H5080 them , because of their trespass H4604 that H834 they have trespassed H4603 against thee.
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8. O LORD, we and our kings, princes, and ancestors are covered with shame because we have sinned against you.
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8. O Lord H3068 , to us belongeth confusion H1322 of face H6440 , to our kings H4428 , to our princes H8269 , and to our fathers H1 , because H834 we have sinned H2398 against thee.
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9. But the Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him.
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9. To the Lord H136 our God H430 belong mercies H7356 and forgivenesses H5547 , though H3588 we have rebelled H4775 against him;
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10. We have not obeyed the LORD our God, for we have not followed the instructions he gave us through his servants the prophets.
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10. Neither H3808 have we obeyed H8085 the voice H6963 of the LORD H3068 our God H430 , to walk H1980 in his laws H8451 , which H834 he set H5414 before H6440 us by H3027 his servants H5650 the prophets H5030 .
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11. All Israel has disobeyed your instruction and turned away, refusing to listen to your voice. "So now the solemn curses and judgments written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured down on us because of our sin.
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11. Yea, all H3605 Israel H3478 have transgressed H5674 H853 thy law H8451 , even by departing H5493 , that they might not H1115 obey H8085 thy voice H6963 ; therefore the curse H423 is poured H5413 upon H5921 us , and the oath H7621 that H834 is written H3789 in the law H8451 of Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of God H430 , because H3588 we have sinned H2398 against him.
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12. You have kept your word and done to us and our rulers exactly as you warned. Never has there been such a disaster as happened in Jerusalem.
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12. And he hath confirmed H6965 H853 his words H1697 , which H834 he spoke H1696 against H5921 us , and against H5921 our judges H8199 that H834 judged H8199 us , by bringing H935 upon H5921 us a great H1419 evil H7451 : for H834 under H8478 the whole H3605 heaven H8064 hath not H3808 been done H6213 as H834 hath been done H6213 upon Jerusalem H3389 .
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13. Every curse written against us in the Law of Moses has come true. Yet we have refused to seek mercy from the LORD our God by turning from our sins and recognizing his truth.
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13. As H834 it is written H3789 in the law H8451 of Moses H4872 , H853 all H3605 this H2063 evil H7451 is come H935 upon H5921 us : yet made we not our prayer H2470 H3808 H853 before H6440 the LORD H3068 our God H430 , that we might turn H7725 from our iniquities H4480 H5771 , and understand H7919 thy truth H571 .
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14. Therefore, the LORD has brought upon us the disaster he prepared. The LORD our God was right to do all of these things, for we did not obey him.
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14. Therefore hath the LORD H3068 watched H8245 upon H5921 the evil H7451 , and brought H935 it upon H5921 us: for H3588 the LORD H3068 our God H430 is righteous H6662 in H5921 all H3605 his works H4639 which H834 he doeth H6213 : for we obeyed H8085 not H3808 his voice H6963 .
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15. "O Lord our God, you brought lasting honor to your name by rescuing your people from Egypt in a great display of power. But we have sinned and are full of wickedness.
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15. And now H6258 , O Lord H136 our God H430 , that H834 hast brought thy people forth H3318 H853 H5971 out of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 with a mighty H2389 hand H3027 , and hast gotten H6213 thee renown H8034 , as at this H2088 day H3117 ; we have sinned H2398 , we have done wickedly H7561 .
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16. In view of all your faithful mercies, Lord, please turn your furious anger away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. All the neighboring nations mock Jerusalem and your people because of our sins and the sins of our ancestors.
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16. O Lord H136 , according to all H3605 thy righteousness H6666 , I beseech thee H4994 , let thine anger H639 and thy fury H2534 be turned away H7725 from thy city H4480 H5892 Jerusalem H3389 , thy holy H6944 mountain H2022 : because H3588 for our sins H2399 , and for the iniquities H5771 of our fathers H1 , Jerusalem H3389 and thy people H5971 are become a reproach H2781 to all H3605 that are about H5439 us.
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17. "O our God, hear your servant's prayer! Listen as I plead. For your own sake, Lord, smile again on your desolate sanctuary.
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17. Now H6258 therefore , O our God H430 , hear H8085 H413 the prayer H8605 of thy servant H5650 , and his supplications H8469 , and cause thy face H6440 to shine H215 upon H5921 thy sanctuary H4720 that is desolate H8076 , for the Lord's sake H4616 H136 .
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18. "O my God, lean down and listen to me. Open your eyes and see our despair. See how your city-- the city that bears your name-- lies in ruins. We make this plea, not because we deserve help, but because of your mercy.
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18. O my God H430 , incline H5186 thine ear H241 , and hear H8085 ; open H6491 thine eyes H5869 , and behold H7200 our desolations H8074 , and the city H5892 which H834 is called H7121 by H5921 thy name H8034 : for H3588 we H587 do not H3808 present H5307 our supplications H8469 before H6440 thee for H5921 our righteousnesses H6666 , but H3588 for H5921 thy great H7227 mercies H7356 .
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19. "O Lord, hear. O Lord, forgive. O Lord, listen and act! For your own sake, do not delay, O my God, for your people and your city bear your name."
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19. O Lord H136 , hear H8085 ; O Lord H136 , forgive H5545 ; O Lord H136 , hearken H7181 and do H6213 ; defer H309 not H408 , for thine own sake H4616 , O my God H430 : for H3588 thy city H5892 and thy people H5971 are called H7121 by thy name H8034 .
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20. I went on praying and confessing my sin and the sin of my people, pleading with the LORD my God for Jerusalem, his holy mountain.
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20. And while H5750 I H589 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 H430 for H5921 the holy H6944 mountain H2022 of my God H430 ;
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21. As I was praying, Gabriel, whom I had seen in the earlier vision, came swiftly to me at the time of the evening sacrifice.
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21. Yea, while H5750 I H589 was speaking H1696 in prayer H8605 , even the man H376 Gabriel H1403 , whom H834 I had seen H7200 in the vision H2377 at the beginning H8462 , being caused to fly H3286 swiftly H3288 , touched H5060 H413 me about the time H6256 of the evening H6153 oblation H4503 .
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22. He explained to me, "Daniel, I have come here to give you insight and understanding.
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22. And he informed H995 me , and talked H1696 with H5973 me , and said H559 , O Daniel H1840 , I am now H6258 come forth H3318 to give thee skill H7919 and understanding H998 .
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23. The moment you began praying, a command was given. And now I am here to tell you what it was, for you are very precious to God. Listen carefully so that you can understand the meaning of your vision.
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23. At the beginning H8462 of thy supplications H8469 the commandment H1697 came forth H3318 , and I H589 am come H935 to show H5046 thee ; for H3588 thou H859 art greatly beloved H2530 : therefore understand H995 the matter H1697 , and consider H995 the vision H2377 .
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24. "A period of seventy sets of seven has been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish their rebellion, to put an end to their sin, to atone for their guilt, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to confirm the prophetic vision, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
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24. Seventy H7657 weeks H7620 are determined H2852 upon H5921 thy people H5971 and upon H5921 thy holy H6944 city H5892 , to finish H3607 the transgression H6588 , and to make an end H2856 of sins H2403 , and to make reconciliation H3722 for iniquity H5771 , and to bring in H935 everlasting H5769 righteousness H6664 , and to seal up H2856 the vision H2377 and prophecy H5030 , and to anoint H4886 the most Holy H6944 H6944 .
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25. Now listen and understand! Seven sets of seven plus sixty-two sets of seven will pass from the time the command is given to rebuild Jerusalem until a ruler-- the Anointed One-- comes. Jerusalem will be rebuilt with streets and strong defenses, despite the perilous times.
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25. Know H3045 therefore and understand H7919 , that from H4480 the going forth H4161 of the commandment H1697 to restore H7725 and to build H1129 Jerusalem H3389 unto H5704 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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26. "After this period of sixty-two sets of seven, the Anointed One will be killed, appearing to have accomplished nothing, and a ruler will arise whose armies will destroy the city and the Temple. The end will come with a flood, and war and its miseries are decreed from that time to the very end.
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26. And after H310 threescore H8346 and two H8147 weeks H7620 shall Messiah H4899 be cut off H3772 , but not H369 for himself : and the people H5971 of the prince H5057 that shall come H935 shall destroy H7843 the city H5892 and the sanctuary H6944 ; and the end H7093 thereof shall be with a flood H7858 , and unto H5704 the end H7093 of the war H4421 desolations H8074 are determined H2782 .
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27. The ruler will make a treaty with the people for a period of one set of seven, but after half this time, he will put an end to the sacrifices and offerings. And as a climax to all his terrible deeds, he will set up a sacrilegious object that causes desecration, until the fate decreed for this defiler is finally poured out on him."
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27. And he shall confirm H1396 the covenant H1285 with many H7227 for one H259 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 H5921 the overspreading H3671 of abominations H8251 he shall make it desolate H8074 , even until H5704 the consummation H3617 , and that determined H2782 shall be poured H5413 upon H5921 the desolate H8076 .
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