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Daniel’s Prayer for the People

1 In the first year aof Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the lineage of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans—  
2 in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years specified by the word of the Lord through aJeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.  
3 aThen I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.  
4 And I prayed to the Lord my God, and made confession, and said, “O aLord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments,  
5 awe have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments.  
6 aNeither have we heeded Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings and our princes, to our fathers and all the people of the land.  
7 O Lord, arighteousness belongs to You, but to us shame of face, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, those near and those far off in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of the unfaithfulness which they have committed against You.  
8 “O Lord, to us belongs shame of face, to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, because we have sinned against You.
9 aTo the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him.  
10 We have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in His laws, which He set before us by His servants the prophets.
11 Yes, aall Israel has transgressed Your law, and has departed so as not to obey Your voice; therefore the curse and the oath written in the bLaw of Moses the servant of God have been poured out on us, because we have sinned against Him.  
12 And He has aconfirmed His words, which He spoke against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing upon us a great disaster; bfor under the whole heaven such has never been done as what has been done to Jerusalem.  
13 a“As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us; byet we have not made our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities and understand Your truth.  
14 Therefore the Lord has akept the disaster in mind, and brought it upon us; for bthe Lord our God is righteous in all the works which He does, though we have not obeyed His voice.  
15 And now, O Lord our God, awho brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and made Yourself ba name, as it is this day—we have sinned, we have done wickedly!  
16 “O Lord, aaccording to all Your righteousness, I pray, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, bYour holy mountain; because for our sins, cand for the iniquities of our fathers, dJerusalem and Your people eare a reproach to all those around us.  
17 Now therefore, our God, hear the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, aand bfor the Lord’s sake cause Your face to shine on2 Your sanctuary, cwhich is desolate.  
18 aO my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes band see our desolations, and the city cwhich is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies.  
19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”

The Seventy-Weeks Prophecy

20 Now while I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God,
21 yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man aGabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning,1 being caused to fly swiftly, reached me about the time of the evening offering.  
22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill to understand.
23 At the beginning of your supplications the1 command went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly abeloved; therefore bconsider the matter, and understand the vision: 
24 “Seventy1 weeks are determined
For your people and for your holy city,
To finish the transgression,
1To make an end of sins,
aTo make reconciliation for iniquity,
bTo bring in everlasting righteousness,
To seal up vision and prophecy,
cAnd to anoint1 the Most Holy. 
25 “Know the1refore and understand,
That from the going forth of the command
To restore and build Jerusalem
Until aMessiah bthe Prince,
There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;
The street shall be built again, and the2 wall,
Even in troublesome times. 
26 “And after the sixty-two weeks
aMessiah shall1 be cut off, bbut not for Himself;
And cthe people of the prince who is to come
dShall destroy the city and the sanctuary.
The end of it shall be with a flood,
And till the end of the war desolations are determined. 
Verse Comparison: Daniel 9:1

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American Standard Version
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans,

Amplified® Bible
IN THE first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, of the offspring of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans--

Contemporary English Version
Daniel wrote: Some years later, Darius the Mede, who was the son of Xerxes, had become king of Babylonia. And during his first year as king, I found out from studying the writings of the prophets that the LORD had said to Jeremiah, "Jerusalem will lie in ruins for seventy years."

Darby English Version
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans,

Good News Bible
Darius the Mede, who was the son of Xerxes, ruled over the kingdom of Babylonia.

King James Version
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;

New American Standard Bible
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of Median descent, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans--

New International Version
In the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus (a Mede by descent), who was made ruler over the Babylonian kingdom-

New King James Version
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the lineage of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans—

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of Median descent, who became king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans--

Revised Standard Version
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasu-e'rus, by birth a Mede, who became king over the realm of the Chalde'ans--

Young's Literal Translation
In the first year of Darius, son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who hath been made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans,


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