Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 9

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Daniel 9 . 1 , Daniel , considering the time of the captivity , Daniel 9 . 3 , makes confession of sins , Daniel 9 . 16. and prays for the restoration of Jerusalem; Daniel 9 . 20 , Gabriel informs him of the seventy weeks.

Daniel 9:1

In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes, a Mede by descent, who was made ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—

Daniel 9:1 · BSB

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am 3466 , bc 538

Ahasuerus This was the Astyages of the heathen historians; as we learn from Tobit 14 . 15 , where the taking of Nineveh is ascribed to Nebuchadnezzar and Assuerus , who were the same with Nabopolassar and Astyages.

which or , in which he , etc

Daniel 9:2

in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.

Daniel 9:2 · BSB

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the desolations13 parallels

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Daniel 9:3

So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Daniel 9:3 · BSB

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Daniel 9:4

And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, "O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,

Daniel 9:4 · BSB

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Daniel 9:5

we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.

Daniel 9:5 · BSB

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Daniel 9:6

We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, and fathers, and to all the people of the land.

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Daniel 9:7

To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.

Daniel 9:7 · BSB

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belongeth unto thee or , thou hast , etc

Daniel 9:8

O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.

Daniel 9:8 · BSB

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Daniel 9:9

To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him

Daniel 9:9 · BSB

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From God's goodness flow His mercies; and from His mercies , forgiveness

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Daniel 9:10

and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets.

Daniel 9:10 · BSB

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Daniel 9:11

All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have sinned against You.

Daniel 9:11 · BSB

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Daniel 9:12

You have carried out the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under all of heaven, nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.

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The destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans , and the condition of the Jews during almost eighteen centuries , have far more exceeded all the miseries of the capture of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans , and in the Babylonish captivity , than those miseries exceeded the judgments inflicted on other nations; for the guilt of crucifying the Messiah , and rejecting his gospel , was immensely more atrocious than all their other transgressions

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Daniel 9:13

Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquities and giving attention to Your truth.

Daniel 9:13 · BSB

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Thus every succeeding part of the Sacred writings attests and prove the Divine authority of the preceding. The history relates the fulfilment of former predictions; and then new prophecies are add , which future events accomplish , and thus demonstrate their inspiration to the latest ages

made we not our prayer before7 parallels

Heb. intreated we not the face of

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Daniel 9:14

Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He does; yet we have not obeyed His voice.

Daniel 9:14 · BSB

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Daniel 9:15

Now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and who made for Yourself a name renowned to this day, we have sinned; we have acted wickedly.

Daniel 9:15 · BSB

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we have sinned5 parallels

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gotten thee renown Heb. made thee a name

Daniel 9:16

O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.

Daniel 9:16 · BSB

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Daniel 9:17

So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.

Daniel 9:17 · BSB

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Daniel 9:18

Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.

Daniel 9:18 · BSB

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which is called by thy name5 parallels

Heb. whereupon thy name is called

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Heb. cause to fall

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Daniel 9:19

O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.”

Daniel 9:19 · BSB

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Daniel 9:20

While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain—

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Daniel 9:21

while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.

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swiftly Heb. with weariness , or flight

Daniel 9:22

He instructed me and spoke with me, saying: “O Daniel, I have come now to give you insight and understanding.

Daniel 9:22 · BSB

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give thee skill and understanding Heb. make thee skilful of understanding

Daniel 9:23

At the beginning of your petitions, an answer went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly precious. So consider the message and understand the vision:

Daniel 9:23 · BSB

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greatly beloved3 parallels

Heb. a man of desires

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commandment Heb. word

Daniel 9:24

Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.

Daniel 9:24 · BSB

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That is , seventy weeks of years , or 490 years , which reckoned from the seventh year of Artaxerxes , coinciding with the 4 ,256th year of the Julian period , and in the month Nisan in which Ezra was commissioned to restore the Jewish state and polity (

finish2 parallels

or , restrain

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make an end of1 parallel

or , seal up

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to bring14 parallels

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Heb. prophet

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Daniel 9:25

Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress.

Daniel 9:25 · BSB

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restore and to build Jerusalem2 parallels

or , build again Jerusalem , as

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or , breach , or , ditch. even

troublous times1 parallel

Heb. strait of times

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seventy weeks The seventy weeks are here divided into three periods.

be built again Heb. return and be builded

Daniel 9:26

Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.

Daniel 9:26 · BSB

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or , and shall have nothing

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etc. or , and . the Jews shall be no more his people

  • Daniel 11:17
  • Hosea 1:9 or , and the Prince's . Messiah's
  • Daniel 9:25 future people. The Romans , who under Titus , after the expiration of the 70 weeks , destroyed the temple and the city , and dispersed the Jews

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desolations are determined or , it shall be cut off by desolations

Daniel 9:27

And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple will come the abomination that causes desolation, until the decreed destruction is poured out upon him.”

Daniel 9:27 · BSB

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for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate11 parallels

or , upon the battlements shall be the idols of the desolator

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the covenant or , a covenant

upon the desolate or , upon the desolator

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web14 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations Daniel 9:13 → Deuteronomy 29:20-21, Daniel 9:2 → Jeremiah 25:11, Daniel 9:4 → Deuteronomy 7:9
Allusions Matthew 24:15 → Daniel 9:27, Mark 13:14 → Daniel 9:27, Daniel 9:11 → Deuteronomy 29:20-21, Daniel 9:4 → Leviticus 26:40, Daniel 9:4-19 → Leviticus 26:40-41
Trajectories
Anointing Oil (Holy Spirit), Babylonian Exile (Judgment and Discipline)
Longitudinal Themes
Exile and Return, Justice and Mercy
Chiasms
Shaped Daniel 9:20–27, Daniel 9:4–19
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