Daniel 9 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Daniel’s Prayer for His People

9 In the first year of ^(A)Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of Median descent, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans— ² in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, observed in the books the number of the years which was revealed as the word of the Lord to ^(B)Jeremiah the prophet for the completion of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, ^(C)seventy years. ³ So I gave my ^[a]attention to the Lord God, to seek Him by prayer and pleading, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. ⁴ I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed, and said, “Oh, Lord, the ^(D)great and awesome God, who ^(E)keeps His covenant and faithfulness for those who love Him and keep His commandments, ^{5 (F)}we have sinned, we have done wrong, and ^[b]acted wickedly and ^(G)rebelled, even ^(H)turning aside from Your commandments and ordinances. ⁶ Moreover, we have not ^(I)listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our leaders, our fathers, and all the people of the land.

⁷ “^(J)Righteousness belongs to You, Lord, but to us ^[c](K)open shame, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away in ^(L)all the countries to which You have driven them, because of their unfaithful deeds which they have committed against You. ^{8 [d]}Open shame belongs to us, Lord, to our kings, our leaders, and our fathers, because we have sinned against You. ⁹ To the Lord our God belong ^(M)compassion and forgiveness, ^[e]because we have ^(N)rebelled against Him; ¹⁰ and we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in His ^[f]teachings which He ^(O)set before us through His servants the prophets. ¹¹ Indeed, ^(P)all Israel has violated Your Law and turned aside, not obeying Your voice; so the ^(Q)curse has gushed forth on us, along with the oath which is written in the Law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against Him. ¹² So He has ^(R)confirmed His words which He had spoken against us and against our ^[g](S)rulers who ruled us, to bring on us great disaster; for under the entire heaven there has ^(T)not been done anything like what was done in Jerusalem. ¹³ Just as it is written in the ^(U)Law of Moses, all this disaster has come on us; yet we have ^(V)not ^[h]sought the favor of the Lord our God by ^(W)turning from our wrongdoing and ^[i]giving attention to Your truth. ¹⁴ So the Lord has ^[j](X)kept the disaster in store and brought it on us; for the Lord our God is ^(Y)righteous with respect to all His deeds which He has done, but we have not obeyed His voice.

¹⁵ “And now, Lord, our God, You who ^(Z)brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and ^(AA)made a name for Yourself, as it is this day—we have sinned, we have been wicked. ¹⁶ Lord, in accordance with all Your ^[k]righteous acts, let now Your ^(AB)anger and Your wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your ^(AC)holy mountain; for because of our sins and the wrongdoings of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become an ^(AD)object of taunting to all those around us. ¹⁷ So now, our God, listen to the prayer of Your servant and to his pleas, and for ^[l]Your sake, Lord, ^(AE)let Your face shine on Your ^(AF)desolate sanctuary. ¹⁸ My God, ^(AG)incline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and ^(AH)see our desolations and the city which is ^(AI)called by Your name; for we are not ^[m](AJ)presenting our pleas before You based on ^[n]any merits of our own, but based on Your great compassion. ¹⁹ Lord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord, listen and take action! For Your own sake, my God, ^(AK)do not delay, because Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”

Gabriel Brings an Answer

²⁰ While I was still ^(AL)speaking and praying, and ^(AM)confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and ^[o]presenting my plea before the Lord my God in behalf of the holy mountain of my God, ²¹ while I was still speaking in prayer, the man ^(AN)Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision ^[p]previously, ^[q]came to me ^[r]in my extreme weariness about the time of the ^(AO)evening offering. ²² And he instructed me and talked with me and said, “Daniel, I have come now to give you insight with ^(AP)understanding. ²³ At the ^(AQ)beginning of your pleas the ^[s]command was issued, and I have come to tell you, because you are ^[t](AR)highly esteemed; so pay attention to the message and gain ^(AS)understanding of the vision.

Seventy Weeks and the Messiah

²⁴ “Seventy ^[u](AT)weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to ^[v]finish the wrongdoing, to ^[w]make an end of sin, to ^(AU)make atonement for guilt, to bring in ^(AV)everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and ^[x]prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place. ²⁵ So you are to know and understand that from the issuing of a ^[y](AW)decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, until ^[z](AX)Messiah the ^(AY)Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with ^[aa]streets and moat, even in times of distress. ²⁶ Then after the sixty-two weeks, the ^[ab]Messiah will be ^(AZ)cut off and have ^[ac]nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will ^(BA)destroy the city and the sanctuary. And ^[ad]its end will come with a ^(BB)flood; even to the end ^[ae]there will be war; desolations are determined. ²⁷ And he will confirm a covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of ^[af](BC)abominations will come the one who ^[ag]makes desolate, until a ^(BD)complete destruction, one that is ^[ah]decreed, gushes forth on the one who ^[ai]makes desolate.”

Footnotes

1. Daniel 9:3 Lit face
2. Daniel 9:5 Or made ourselves guilty
3. Daniel 9:7 Lit the shame of face
4. Daniel 9:8 Lit The shame of face
5. Daniel 9:9 Or though
6. Daniel 9:10 Or laws
7. Daniel 9:12 Lit judges who judged us
8. Daniel 9:13 Lit softened the face of
9. Daniel 9:13 Or having insight into
10. Daniel 9:14 Lit watched over the evil
11. Daniel 9:16 Lit righteousnesses
12. Daniel 9:17 Lit the sake of the Lord
13. Daniel 9:18 Lit casting down
14. Daniel 9:18 Lit our righteousnesses
15. Daniel 9:20 Lit casting down
16. Daniel 9:21 Lit at the beginning
17. Daniel 9:21 Lit was reaching; or touching
18. Daniel 9:21 Or in swift flight
19. Daniel 9:23 Lit word went out
20. Daniel 9:23 Lit desirable; or precious
21. Daniel 9:24 Or units of seven, and so throughout the ch
22. Daniel 9:24 Or bring to an end
23. Daniel 9:24 Another reading is seal up sins
24. Daniel 9:24 Lit prophet
25. Daniel 9:25 Lit word
26. Daniel 9:25 Or an anointed one
27. Daniel 9:25 Or city square
28. Daniel 9:26 Or anointed one
29. Daniel 9:26 Or no one
30. Daniel 9:26 Or his
31. Daniel 9:26 Or war will be decreed for desolations
32. Daniel 9:27 Or detestable things
33. Daniel 9:27 Or causes horror
34. Daniel 9:27 Or determined
35. Daniel 9:27 Or causes horror

Cross references

1. Daniel 9:1 : Dan 5:31; 11:1
2. Daniel 9:2 : 2 Chr 36:21; Ezra 1:1; Jer 25:11, 12; 29:10; Zech 7:5
3. Daniel 9:2 : 2 Chr 36:21; Ezra 1:1; Jer 25:11, 12; 29:10; Zech 7:5
4. Daniel 9:4 : Deut 7:21; Neh 9:32
5. Daniel 9:4 : Deut 7:9
6. Daniel 9:5 : 1 Kin 8:48; Neh 9:33; Ps 106:6; Is 64:5-7; Jer 14:7
7. Daniel 9:5 : Lam 1:18, 20
8. Daniel 9:5 : Ps 119:176; Is 53:6; Dan 9:11
9. Daniel 9:6 : 2 Chr 36:16; Jer 44:4, 5
10. Daniel 9:7 : Jer 23:6; 33:16; Dan 9:18
11. Daniel 9:7 : Ps 44:15; Jer 2:26, 27; 3:25
12. Daniel 9:7 : Deut 4:27
13. Daniel 9:9 : Neh 9:17; Ps 130:4
14. Daniel 9:9 : Ps 106:43; Jer 14:7; Dan 9:5, 6
15. Daniel 9:10 : 2 Kin 17:13-15; 18:12
16. Daniel 9:11 : Is 1:3, 4; Jer 8:5-10
17. Daniel 9:11 : Deut 27:15-26
18. Daniel 9:12 : Is 44:26; Jer 44:2-6; Lam 2:17; Zech 1:6
19. Daniel 9:12 : Job 12:17; Ps 82:2-7; 148:11
20. Daniel 9:12 : Lam 1:12; 2:13; Ezek 5:9
21. Daniel 9:13 : Lev 26:14-45; Deut 28:15-68; Dan 9:11
22. Daniel 9:13 : Job 36:13; Is 9:13; Jer 2:30; 5:3
23. Daniel 9:13 : Jer 31:18
24. Daniel 9:14 : Jer 31:28; 44:27
25. Daniel 9:14 : Ps 51:14; Dan 9:7
26. Daniel 9:15 : Deut 5:15
27. Daniel 9:15 : Neh 9:10; Jer 32:20
28. Daniel 9:16 : Jer 32:31, 32
29. Daniel 9:16 : Ps 87:1-3; Dan 9:20; Joel 3:17; Zech 8:3
30. Daniel 9:16 : Ezek 5:14
31. Daniel 9:17 : Num 6:24-26; Ps 80:3, 7, 19
32. Daniel 9:17 : Lam 5:18
33. Daniel 9:18 : Is 37:17
34. Daniel 9:18 : Ps 80:14
35. Daniel 9:18 : Jer 7:10-12
36. Daniel 9:18 : Jer 36:7
37. Daniel 9:19 : Ps 44:23; 74:10, 11
38. Daniel 9:20 : Ps 145:18; Is 58:9; Dan 9:3; 10:12
39. Daniel 9:20 : Is 6:5
40. Daniel 9:21 : Dan 8:16; Luke 1:19, 26
41. Daniel 9:21 : Ex 29:39; 1 Kin 18:36; Ezra 9:4
42. Daniel 9:22 : Dan 8:16; 10:21; Zech 1:9
43. Daniel 9:23 : Dan 10:12
44. Daniel 9:23 : Dan 10:11, 19
45. Daniel 9:23 : Matt 24:15
46. Daniel 9:24 : Lev 25:8; Num 14:34; Ezek 4:5, 6
47. Daniel 9:24 : 2 Chr 29:24; Is 53:10; Rom 5:10
48. Daniel 9:24 : Is 51:6, 8; 56:1; Jer 23:5, 6; Rom 3:21, 22
49. Daniel 9:25 : Ezra 4:24; 6:1-15; Neh 2:1-8; 3:1
50. Daniel 9:25 : John 1:41; 4:25
51. Daniel 9:25 : Is 9:6; Dan 8:11, 25
52. Daniel 9:26 : Is 53:8; Mark 9:12; Luke 24:26
53. Daniel 9:26 : Matt 24:2; Mark 13:2; Luke 19:43, 44
54. Daniel 9:26 : Nah 1:8
55. Daniel 9:27 : Dan 11:31; Matt 24:15; Mark 13:14; Luke 21:20
56. Daniel 9:27 : Is 10:23; 28:22