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Book of Daniel, Chapter 9

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Chapter 9 of Daniel—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ In the first year of 1Darius 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 2Jeremiah the prophet for the completion of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, 3seventy years.
  3. So I [a]gave my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes.
  4. I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed and said, “Alas, O Lord, the 4great and awesome God, who 5keeps His covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments,
  5. 6we have sinned, committed iniquity, acted wickedly and 7rebelled, even 8turning aside from Your commandments and ordinances.
  6. Moreover, we have not 9listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our princes, our fathers and all the people of the land.
  7. ¶ “10Righteousness belongs to You, O Lord, but to us [b]11open 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 12all the countries to which You have driven them, because of their unfaithful deeds which they have committed against You.
  8. [c]Open shame belongs to us, O Lord, to our kings, our princes and our fathers, because we have sinned against You.
  9. To the Lord our God belong 13compassion and forgiveness, [d]for we have 14rebelled against Him;
  10. nor have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in His [e]teachings which He 15set before us through His servants the prophets.
  11. Indeed 16all Israel has transgressed Your law and turned aside, not obeying Your voice; so the 17curse has been poured out on us, along with the oath which is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against Him.
  12. Thus He has 18confirmed His words which He had spoken against us and against our [f]19rulers who ruled us, to bring on us great calamity; for under the whole heaven there has 20not been done anything like what was done to Jerusalem.
  13. As it is written in the 21law of Moses, all this calamity has come on us; yet we have 22not [g]sought the favor of the LORD our God by 23turning from our iniquity and [h]giving attention to Your truth.
  14. Therefore the LORD has [i]24kept the calamity in store and brought it on us; for the LORD our God is 25righteous with respect to all His deeds which He has done, but we have not obeyed His voice.
  15. ¶ “And now, O Lord our God, who have 26brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and have 27made a name for Yourself, as it is this day—we have sinned, we have been wicked.
  16. O Lord, in accordance with all Your [j]righteous acts, let now Your 28anger and Your wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your 29holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become a 30reproach to all those around us.
  17. So now, our God, listen to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplications, and for [k]Your sake, O Lord, 31let Your face shine on Your 32desolate sanctuary.
  18. O my God, 33incline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and 34see our desolations and the city which is 35called by Your name; for we are not [l]36presenting our supplications before You on account of [m]any merits of our own, but on account of Your great compassion.
  19. O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and take action! For Your own sake, O my God, 37do not delay, because Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”
  20. ¶ Now while I was 38speaking and praying, and 39confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and [n]presenting my supplication before the LORD my God in behalf of the holy mountain of my God,
  21. while I was still speaking in prayer, then the man 40Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision [o]previously, [p]came to me [q]in my extreme weariness about the time of the 41evening offering.
  22. He gave me instruction and talked with me and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you insight with 42understanding.
  23. At the 43beginning of your supplications the [r]command was issued, and I have come to tell you, for you are [s]44highly esteemed; so give heed to the message and gain 45understanding of the vision.
  24. ¶ “Seventy [t]46weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to [u]finish the transgression, to [v]make an end of sin, to 47make atonement for iniquity, to bring in 48everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and [w]prophecy and to anoint the most holy place.
  25. So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a [x]49decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until [y]50Messiah the 51Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with [z]plaza and moat, even in times of distress.
  26. Then after the sixty-two weeks the [aa]Messiah will be 52cut off and have [ab]nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will 53destroy the city and the sanctuary. And [ac]its end will come with a 54flood; even to the end [ad]there will be war; desolations are determined.
  27. And he will make a firm 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 [ae]55abominations will come one who [af]makes desolate, even until a 56complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who [ag]makes desolate.”

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit set my face
  2. ^ Lit the shame of face
  3. ^ Lit The shame of face
  4. ^ Or though
  5. ^ Or laws
  6. ^ Lit judges who judged us
  7. ^ Lit softened the face of
  8. ^ Or having insight into
  9. ^ Lit watched over the evil
  10. ^ Lit righteousnesses
  11. ^ Lit the sake of the Lord
  12. ^ Lit causing to fall
  13. ^ Lit our righteousnesses
  14. ^ Lit causing to fall
  15. ^ Lit at the beginning
  16. ^ Lit was reaching; or touching
  17. ^ Lit wearied with weariness
  18. ^ Lit word went out
  19. ^ Lit desirable; or precious
  20. ^ Or units of seven, and so throughout the ch
  21. ^ Or restrain
  22. ^ Another reading is seal up sins
  23. ^ Lit prophet
  24. ^ Lit word
  25. ^ Or an anointed one
  26. ^ Or streets
  27. ^ Or anointed one
  28. ^ Or no one
  29. ^ Or his
  30. ^ Or war will be decreed for desolations
  31. ^ Or detestable things
  32. ^ Or causes horror
  33. ^ Or causes horror

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Da 5:31; 11:1
  2. ^ 2Ch 36:21; Ezr 1:1; Je 25:11, 12; 29:10; Zc 7:5
  3. ^ 2Ch 36:21; Ezr 1:1; Je 25:11, 12; 29:10; Zc 7:5
  4. ^ De 7:21; Ne 9:32
  5. ^ De 7:9
  6. ^ 1Ki 8:48; Ne 9:33; Ps 106:6; Is 64:5-7; Je 14:7
  7. ^ La 1:18, 20
  8. ^ Ps 119:176; Is 53:6; Da 9:11
  9. ^ 2Ch 36:16; Je 44:4, 5
  10. ^ Je 23:6; 33:16; Da 9:18
  11. ^ Ps 44:15; Je 2:26, 27; 3:25
  12. ^ De 4:27
  13. ^ Ne 9:17; Ps 130:4
  14. ^ Ps 106:43; Je 14:7; Da 9:5, 6
  15. ^ 2Ki 17:13-15; 18:12
  16. ^ Is 1:3, 4; Je 8:5-10
  17. ^ De 27:15-26
  18. ^ Is 44:26; Je 44:2-6; La 2:17; Zc 1:6
  19. ^ Jb 12:17; Ps 82:2-7; 148:11
  20. ^ La 1:12; 2:13; Eze 5:9
  21. ^ Le 26:14-45; De 28:15-68; Da 9:11
  22. ^ Jb 36:13; Is 9:13; Je 2:30; 5:3
  23. ^ Je 31:18
  24. ^ Je 31:28; 44:27
  25. ^ Ps 51:14; Da 9:7
  26. ^ De 5:15
  27. ^ Ne 9:10; Je 32:20
  28. ^ Je 32:31, 32
  29. ^ Ps 87:1-3; Da 9:20; Jl 3:17; Zc 8:3
  30. ^ Eze 5:14
  31. ^ Nu 6:24-26; Ps 80:3, 7, 19
  32. ^ La 5:18
  33. ^ Is 37:17
  34. ^ Ps 80:14
  35. ^ Je 7:10-12
  36. ^ Je 36:7
  37. ^ Ps 44:23; 74:10, 11
  38. ^ Ps 145:18; Is 58:9; Da 9:3; 10:12
  39. ^ Is 6:5
  40. ^ Da 8:16; Lu 1:19, 26
  41. ^ Ex 29:39; 1Ki 18:36; Ezr 9:4
  42. ^ Da 8:16; 10:21; Zc 1:9
  43. ^ Da 10:12
  44. ^ Da 10:11, 19
  45. ^ Mt 24:15
  46. ^ Le 25:8; Nu 14:34; Eze 4:5, 6
  47. ^ 2Ch 29:24; Is 53:10; Ro 5:10
  48. ^ Is 51:6, 8; 56:1; Je 23:5, 6; Ro 3:21, 22
  49. ^ Ezr 4:24; 6:1-15; Ne 2:1-8; 3:1
  50. ^ Jn 1:41; 4:25
  51. ^ Is 9:6; Da 8:11, 25
  52. ^ Is 53:8; Mr 9:12; Lu 24:26
  53. ^ Mt 24:2; Mr 13:2; Lu 19:43, 44
  54. ^ Na 1:8
  55. ^ Da 11:31; Mt 24:15; Mr 13:14; Lu 21:20
  56. ^ Is 10:23; 28:22

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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