9:1 In
the
first
year
of
Darius
the
son
of
Ahasuerus,
by
descent
a
Mede,
who
was
made
king
over
the
realm
of
the
Chaldeans--
9:2 in
the
first
year
of
his
reign,
I,
Daniel,
perceived
in
the
books
the
number
of
years
that,
according
to
the
word
of
the
LORD
to
Jeremiah
the
prophet,
must
pass
before
the
end
of
the
desolations
of
Jerusalem,
namely,
seventy
years.
9:3 Then
I
turned
my
face
to
the
Lord
God,
seeking
him
by
prayer
and
pleas
for
mercy
with
fasting
and
sackcloth
and
ashes.
9:4 I
prayed
to
the
LORD
my
God
and
made
confession,
saying,
"O
Lord,
the
great
and
awesome
God,
who
keeps
covenant
and
steadfast
love
with
those
who
love
him
and
keep
his
commandments,
9:5 we
have
sinned
and
done
wrong
and
acted
wickedly
and
rebelled,
turning
aside
from
your
commandments
and
rules.
9:6 We
have
not
listened
to
your
servants
the
prophets,
who
spoke
in
your
name
to
our
kings,
our
princes,
and
our
fathers,
and
to
all
the
people
of
the
land.
9:7 To
you,
O
Lord,
belongs
righteousness,
but
to
us
open
shame,
as
at
this
day,
to
the
men
of
Judah,
to
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
and
to
all
Israel,
those
who
are
near
and
those
who
are
far
away,
in
all
the
lands
to
which
you
have
driven
them,
because
of
the
treachery
that
they
have
committed
against
you.
9:8 To
us,
O
LORD,
belongs
open
shame,
to
our
kings,
to
our
princes,
and
to
our
fathers,
because
we
have
sinned
against
you.
9:9 To
the
Lord
our
God
belong
mercy
and
forgiveness,
for
we
have
rebelled
against
him
9:10 and
have
not
obeyed
the
voice
of
the
LORD
our
God
by
walking
in
his
laws,
which
he
set
before
us
by
his
servants
the
prophets.
9:11 All
Israel
has
transgressed
your
law
and
turned
aside,
refusing
to
obey
your
voice.
And
the
curse
and
oath
that
are
written
in
the
Law
of
Moses
the
servant
of
God
have
been
poured
out
upon
us,
because
we
have
sinned
against
him.
9:12 He
has
confirmed
his
words,
which
he
spoke
against
us
and
against
our
rulers
who
ruled
us,
by
bringing
upon
us
a
great
calamity.
For
under
the
whole
heaven
there
has
not
been
done
anything
like
what
has
been
done
against
Jerusalem.
9:13 As
it
is
written
in
the
Law
of
Moses,
all
this
calamity
has
come
upon
us;
yet
we
have
not
entreated
the
favor
of
the
LORD
our
God,
turning
from
our
iniquities
and
gaining
insight
by
your
truth.
9:14 Therefore
the
LORD
has
kept
ready
the
calamity
and
has
brought
it
upon
us,
for
the
LORD
our
God
is
righteous
in
all
the
works
that
he
has
done,
and
we
have
not
obeyed
his
voice.
9:15 And
now,
O
Lord
our
God,
who
brought
your
people
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
with
a
mighty
hand,
and
have
made
a
name
for
yourself,
as
at
this
day,
we
have
sinned,
we
have
done
wickedly.
9:16 "O
Lord,
according
to
all
your
righteous
acts,
let
your
anger
and
your
wrath
turn
away
from
your
city
Jerusalem,
your
holy
hill,
because
for
our
sins,
and
for
the
iniquities
of
our
fathers,
Jerusalem
and
your
people
have
become
a
byword
among
all
who
are
around
us.
9:17 Now
therefore,
O
our
God,
listen
to
the
prayer
of
your
servant
and
to
his
pleas
for
mercy,
and
for
your
own
sake,
O
Lord,
make
your
face
to
shine
upon
your
sanctuary,
which
is
desolate.
9:18 O
my
God,
incline
your
ear
and
hear.
Open
your
eyes
and
see
our
desolations,
and
the
city
that
is
called
by
your
name.
For
we
do
not
present
our
pleas
before
you
because
of
our
righteousness,
but
because
of
your
great
mercy.
9:19 O
Lord,
hear;
O
Lord,
forgive.
O
Lord,
pay
attention
and
act.
Delay
not,
for
your
own
sake,
O
my
God,
because
your
city
and
your
people
are
called
by
your
name."
9:20 While
I
was
speaking
and
praying,
confessing
my
sin
and
the
sin
of
my
people
Israel,
and
presenting
my
plea
before
the
LORD
my
God
for
the
holy
hill
of
my
God,
9:21 while
I
was
speaking
in
prayer,
the
man
Gabriel,
whom
I
had
seen
in
the
vision
at
the
first,
came
to
me
in
swift
flight
at
the
time
of
the
evening
sacrifice.
9:22 He
made
me
understand,
speaking
with
me
and
saying,
"O
Daniel,
I
have
now
come
out
to
give
you
insight
and
understanding.
9:23 At
the
beginning
of
your
pleas
for
mercy
a
word
went
out,
and
I
have
come
to
tell
it
to
you,
for
you
are
greatly
loved.
Therefore
consider
the
word
and
understand
the
vision.
9:24 "Seventy
weeks
are
decreed
about
your
people
and
your
holy
city,
to
finish
the
transgression,
to
put
an
end
to
sin,
and
to
atone
for
iniquity,
to
bring
in
everlasting
righteousness,
to
seal
both
vision
and
prophet,
and
to
anoint
a
most
holy
place.
9:25 Know
therefore
and
understand
that
from
the
going
out
of
the
word
to
restore
and
build
Jerusalem
to
the
coming
of
an
anointed
one,
a
prince,
there
shall
be
seven
weeks.
Then
for
sixty-two
weeks
it
shall
be
built
again
with
squares
and
moat,
but
in
a
troubled
time.
9:26 And
after
the
sixty-two
weeks,
an
anointed
one
shall
be
cut
off
and
shall
have
nothing.
And
the
people
of
the
prince
who
is
to
come
shall
destroy
the
city
and
the
sanctuary.
Its
end
shall
come
with
a
flood,
and
to
the
end
there
shall
be
war.
Desolations
are
decreed.
9:27 And
he
shall
make
a
strong
covenant
with
many
for
one
week,
and
for
half
of
the
week
he
shall
put
an
end
to
sacrifice
and
offering.
And
on
the
wing
of
abominations
shall
come
one
who
makes
desolate,
until
the
decreed
end
is
poured
out
on
the
desolator."