Bible Chapter Summary
Daniel 9 Summary
Daniel Prayer and the Seventy Weeks
Daniel reads Jeremiah prophecy of 70 years and prays a great confession for Israel sin. The angel Gabriel comes in swift flight and reveals the seventy weeks of years: a period of redemptive history culminating in the anointed one being cut off, the destruction of Jerusalem, and the ultimate end of sin.
Key themes
Key verses
Daniel 9:4-5
“And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;”
Daniel 9:19
“O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.”
Daniel 9:24-27
“Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.”
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