1In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes, a Mede by descent, who was made ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—stylusDaniel 11:1, Daniel 11:1, Daniel 1:21, Daniel 5:31, Daniel 6:12in 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.stylusJeremiah 29:10, Jeremiah 29:10, Jeremiah 25:11, Jeremiah 25:12, Jeremiah 25:113So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.stylusJeremiah 33:3, Jeremiah 33:3, Jeremiah 29:10, Jeremiah 29:13, Jeremiah 29:104And 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,stylusRomans 8:28, Romans 8:28, Exodus 20:6, Exodus 20:6, Deuteronomy 5:105we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.stylusMalachi 3:7, Daniel 9:11, Malachi 3:7, Daniel 9:11, Daniel 9:156We 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.stylus2 Chronicles 36:15, 2 Chronicles 36:16, 2 Chronicles 36:15, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Daniel 9:107To 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.stylusJeremiah 3:25, Deuteronomy 4:27, Daniel 9:8, Psalms 44:15, Jeremiah 2:268O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.stylusDaniel 9:6, Daniel 9:7, Daniel 9:6, Daniel 9:7, Lamentations 3:429To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against HimstylusEphesians 1:6, Ephesians 1:8, Ephesians 1:6, Ephesians 1:8, Daniel 9:710and 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.stylusDaniel 9:6, Daniel 9:6, 2 Kings 18:12, 2 Kings 18:12, Nehemiah 9:1311All 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.stylusJeremiah 8:5, Jeremiah 8:10, Jeremiah 8:5, Jeremiah 8:10, Deuteronomy 28:1512You 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.stylusEzekiel 5:9, Ezekiel 5:9, Lamentations 1:12, Isaiah 44:26, Lamentations 1:1213Just 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.stylusDeuteronomy 28:15, Deuteronomy 28:68, Daniel 9:11, Deuteronomy 28:15, Deuteronomy 28:6814Therefore 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.stylusDaniel 9:7, Daniel 9:7, Nehemiah 9:33, Nehemiah 9:33, Psalms 51:1415Now, 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.stylusNehemiah 9:10, Nehemiah 9:10, Nehemiah 1:10, Exodus 6:1, Exodus 32:1116O 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.stylusZechariah 8:3, Zechariah 8:3, Psalms 87:1, Psalms 87:3, Psalms 31:117So 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.stylusPsalms 80:19, Psalms 80:19, Lamentations 5:18, Lamentations 5:18, Psalms 80:718Incline 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.stylusIsaiah 37:17, Isaiah 37:17, Jeremiah 36:7, Jeremiah 36:7, 2 Kings 19:1619O 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.”stylusDaniel 9:18, Daniel 9:18, Luke 11:8, Amos 7:2, Luke 11:820While 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—stylusPsalms 145:18, Psalms 145:18, Daniel 9:3, Daniel 9:4, Daniel 9:321while 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.stylusDaniel 8:16, Luke 1:19, Daniel 8:16, Luke 1:19, Daniel 10:1622He instructed me and spoke with me, saying: “O Daniel, I have come now to give you insight and understanding.stylusDaniel 9:24, Daniel 9:27, Daniel 9:24, Daniel 9:27, Daniel 10:2123At 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:stylusDaniel 10:19, Daniel 10:19, Daniel 10:11, Daniel 10:12, Matthew 24:1524Seventy 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.stylusHebrews 9:11, Hebrews 9:14, Hebrews 9:11, Hebrews 9:14, Jeremiah 23:525Know 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.stylusEzra 4:24, Ezra 4:24, John 1:41, Isaiah 9:6, John 4:2526Then 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.stylusIsaiah 53:8, Nahum 1:8, Isaiah 53:8, Nahum 1:8, Luke 24:2627And 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.”stylusMatthew 24:15, Matthew 24:15, Luke 21:20, Daniel 12:11, Luke 21:20