1 Daniel, considering the time of the captivity,
3 makes confession of sins,
16 and prays for the restoration of Jerusalem.
20 Gabriel informs him of the seventy weeks.

A.M. 3466. B.C. 538. Darius. 1:21 5:31 6:1,28 11:1

Ahasuerus. This was the Astyages of the heathen historians; as we learn from Tobit 14:15, where the taking of Nineveh is ascribed to Nebuchadnezzar and Assuerus, who were the same with Nabopolassar and Astyages.

which. or, in which he, etc.

2 In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.

understood. 8:15,16 Ps 119:24,99,100 Mt 24:15 Mr 13:14 Ac 8:34 1Ti 4:13 2Ti 3:15-17 1Pe 1:10-12 2Pe 1:19-21 Re 1:3

to Jeremiah. 2Ch 36:21 Jer 25:11,12 27:7 29:10 Zec 7:5

the desolations. Ps 74:3-7 79:1,2 Isa 6:11,12 24:10-12 64:10 Jer 7:34 25:18 Jer 26:6,18 La 1:1 Mic 3:12

3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

I set. 6:10 Ne 1:4 Ps 102:13-17 Jer 29:10-13 33:3 Eze 36:37 Jas 5:16-18

with. 10:2,3 Ezr 8:21 9:5 10:6 Ne 1:4 9:1 Es 4:1-3,16 Ps 35:13 Ps 69:10,11 Isa 22:12 Joe 1:13 2:12 Jon 3:6-9 Lu 2:37 Ac 10:30 Jas 4:8-10

4 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;

made. 5-12 Le 26:40-42 1Ki 8:47-49 2Ch 7:14 Ne 9:2,3 Ps 32:5 Jer 3:13 1Jo 1:8-10

the great. Ex 20:6 34:6,7 Nu 14:18,19 De 5:10 7:9 1Ki 8:23 Ne 1:5 9:32 Jer 32:17-19 Mic 7:18-20 Na 1:2-7 Lu 1:72 Ro 8:28 Jas 1:12 Jas 2:5 1Jo 5:2,3

5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:

have sinned. 15 1Ki 8:47-50 2Ch 6:37-39 Ezr 9:6 Ne 1:6-8 9:33,34 Ps 106:6 Isa 64:5-7 Jer 3:25 14:7

departing. Ps 18:21 119:102 Isa 59:13 Eze 6:9 Ho 1:2 Mal 3:7 Heb 3:12

6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

have we. 10 2Ki 17:13,14 2Ch 33:10 36:15,16 Isa 30:10,11 Jer 6:16,17 Jer 7:13,25,26 25:3-7 26:5 29:19 32:32,33 44:4,5,16 Zec 1:4-6 Zec 7:8-12 Mt 21:34-40 23:37 Lu 20:10-12 Ac 7:51,52 13:27 1Th 2:15,16

our kings. Ezr 9:7 Ne 9:32,34

7 O LORD, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.

righteousness. 8,14 De 32:4 Ezr 9:13 Ne 9:33 Ps 51:4,14 119:137 Jer 12:1 Lu 23:40,41

belongeth unto thee. or, thou hast, etc. unto us. Ezr 9:6,7 Ps 44:15 Isa 45:16 Jer 2:26,27 3:25 Eze 16:63 36:31 Ro 6:21

near. De 4:27 2Ki 17:6,7 Isa 11:11 Jer 24:9 Am 9:9 Ac 2:5-11

whither. Le 26:33,34

8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.

to us. 6,7

because. Jer 14:20 La 1:7,8,18 3:42 5:16

9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;

To the Lord. From God's goodness flow His mercies; and from His mercies, forgiveness.

7 Ex 34:6,7 Nu 14:18,19 Ne 9:17,31 Ps 62:12 86:5 130:4,7 Ps 145:8,9 Isa 55:7 63:7 La 3:22,23 Jon 4:2 Mic 7:18,19 Eph 1:6-8 2:4-7

though. 5 Ne 9:18,19,26-28 Ps 106:43-45 Jer 14:7 Eze 20:8,9,13

10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.

which. 6 2Ki 17:13 18:12 Ezr 9:10,11 Ne 9:13-17

11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.

all. 2Ki 17:18-23 Isa 1:4-6 Jer 8:5-10 9:26 Eze 22:26-31

the curse. Le 26:14 De 27:15-26 28:15 29:20 30:17-19 31:17,18 32:19-42

12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.

confirmed. Isa 44:26 La 2:17 Eze 13:6 Zec 1:8 Mt 5:18 Ro 15:8

our judges. 1Ki 3:9 Job 12:17 Ps 2:10 148:11 Pr 8:16

for under. The destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, and the condition of the Jews during almost eighteen centuries, have far more exceeded all the miseries of the capture of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, and in the Babylonish captivity, than these miseries exceeded the judgments inflicted on other nations; for the guilt of crucifying the Messiah, and rejecting his gospel, was immensely more atrocious than all their other transgressions

La 1:12 2:13 4:6 Eze 5:9 Joe 2:2 Am 3:2 Mt 24:21 Mr 13:19 Lu 21:22

13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.

As it is. Thus every succeeding part of the Sacred writings attests and prove the Divine authority of the preceding. The history relates the fulfilment of former predictions; and then new prophecies are add, which future events accomplish, and thus demonstrate their inspiration to the latest ages.

11 Le 16:14 De 28:15 Isa 42:9 La 2:15-17 Joh 10:35

made we not our prayer before. Heb. intreated not we the face of. Job 36:13 Isa 9:13 Jer 2:30 5:3 Ho 7:7,10,14

that we. De 29:4 Ps 85:4 119:18,27,73 Isa 64:7 Jer 31:18 44:27 La 5:21 Lu 24:45 Joh 6:45 8:32 Eph 1:17,18 4:21 Jas 1:5

14 Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.

watched. Jer 31:28 44:27

the Lord. 7 Ne 9:33 Ps 51:14

for. 10

15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.

that hast. Ex 6:1 14:1-15:27 32:11 1Ki 8:51 Ne 1:10 Jer 32:20-23 2Co 1:10

and hast. Ex 9:16 14:18 Ne 9:10 Ps 106:8 Isa 55:13 Jer 32:10

gotten thee renown. Heb. made thee a name. we have sinned. 5 Lu 15:18,19,21 18:13

16 O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.

according. 1Sa 2:7 Ne 9:8 Ps 21:1 71:2 143:1 Mic 6:4,5 1Jo 1:9

thy holy. 20 Ps 87:1-3 Joe 3:17 Zec 8:3

for the. Ex 20:5 Le 26:39,40 Ps 106:6 Mt 23:31,32 Lu 11:47-51

Jerusalem. 1Ki 9:7-9 Ps 41:13 79:4 Isa 64:9-11 Jer 24:9 29:18 La 1:8,9 La 2:15,16

17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.

cause. Nu 6:23-26 Ps 4:6 67:1 80:1,3,7,19 119:135 Re 21:23

thy sanctuary. La 5:18

for. 19 Joh 16:24 2Co 1:20

18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

incline. 1Ki 8:29 2Ki 19:16 Ps 17:6,7 Isa 37:17 63:15-19 64:12

behold. Ex 3:7 Ps 80:14

which is called by they name. Heb. whereupon they name is called. Jer 7:10 14:9 15:16 25:29 1Co 1:2

for we. Isa 64:6 Jer 14:7 Eze 36:32

present. Heb. cause to fall. Jer 36:7 37:20

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.

O Lord, forgive. Nu 14:19 1Ki 8:30-39 2Ch 6:21,25-30,39 Am 7:2 Lu 11:8

defer. Ps 44:23-26 74:9-11 79:5 85:5,6 102:13,14 Isa 64:9-12

thine. Ps 79:8-10 102:15,16 115:1,2 Jer 14:7,20,21 Eze 20:9,14,22 Eze 36:22 39:25 Eph 1:6,12 3:10

for thy. 18 Ps 79:6 Isa 63:16-19 Jer 14:9 25:29

20 And whiles I was speaking, and 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;

whiles. 10:2 Ps 32:5 145:18 Isa 58:9 65:24 Ac 4:31 10:30,31

confessing. 4 Ec 7:20 Isa 6:5 Ro 3:23 Jas 3:2 1Jo 1:8-10

for. 16 Ps 137:5,6 Isa 56:7 62:6,7 Zec 8:3 Re 21:2,10

21 Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.

the man. 8:16 10:16 Lu 1:19

to fly. Ps 103:20 104:4 Isa 6:2 Eze 1:11,14 Heb 1:7

swiftly. Heb. with weariness, or flight. touched. 8:18 10:10,16,18 Isa 6:6,7 Ac 12:7 Heb 1:14

the time. 1Ki 18:36 Ezr 9:5 Mt 27:46 Ac 3:1 10:3,9

22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.

he informed. 24-27 8:16 10:21 Zec 1:9,14 6:4,5 Re 4:1

five thee skill and understanding. Heb. make thee skilful of understanding

23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.

the beginning. 10:12

commandment. Heb. word. for. 10:11,19 Lu 1:28

greatly beloved. Heb. a man of desires. So 7:10 Eze 24:16 26:12

understand. Mt 24:15

24 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.

Seventy weeks. That is, seventy weeks of years, or 490 years, which reckoned from the seventh year of Artaxerxes, coinciding with the 4,256th year of the Julian period, and in the month Nisan, in which Ezra was commissioned to restore the Jewish state and polity, (Ezr 7:9-26) will bring us to the month of Nisan of the 4,746th year of the same period, or A.D. 33, the very month and year in which our Lord suffered, and completed the work of our salvation.

Le 25:8 Nu 14:34 Eze 4:6

finish. or, restrain. Mt 1:21 1Jo 3:8

and to. La 4:22 Col 2:14 Heb 9:26 10:14

make an end of. or, seal up. Eze 28:12

to make. Le 8:15 2Ch 29:24 Isa 53:10 Ro 5:10 2Co 5:18-20 Col 1:20 Heb 2:17

to bring. Isa 5:16,8 53:11 56:1 Jer 23:5,6 Ro 3:21,22 1Co 1:30 2Co 5:21 Php 3:9 Heb 9:12-14 2Pe 1:1 Re 14:6

seal up. Mt 11:13 Lu 24:25-27,44,45 Joh 19:28-30

prophecy. Heb. prophet. Ac 3:22

and to anoint. Ps 2:6 45:7 Isa 61:1 Lu 4:18-21 Joh 1:41 3:34 Heb 1:8,9 9:11

the most. Mr 1:24 Lu 1:35 Ac 3:14 Heb 7:26 Re 3:7

25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

and understand. 23 Mt 13:23 24:15 Mr 13:14 Ac 8:30

from. Ezr 4:24 6:1-15 7:1,8,11-26 Ne 2:1-18 3:1

restore and to build Jerusalem. or, build again Jerusalem. 2Sa 15:25 Ps 71:10

the Messiah. Joh 1:41 4:25

the Prince. 8:11,25 Isa 9:6 55:4 Mic 5:2 Ac 3:15 5:31 Re 1:5 19:16

seven weeks. The seventy weeks are here divided into three periods. 1. seven weeks, or 49 years, for the restoration of Jerusalem. 2. Sixty-two weeks, or 434 years, from that time to the announcement of the Messiah by John the Baptist. 3. One week, or seven years, for the ministry of Him and of Christ himself to the crucifixion.

be built again. Heb. return and be builded. wall. or, breach, or, ditch. even. Ne 4:8,16-18 Eph 5:16

troublous times. Heb. strait of times. Ne 6:15

26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

Messiah. Ps 22:15 Isa 53:8 Mr 9:12 Lu 24:26,46 Joh 11:51,52 12:32-34 2Co 5:21 Ga 3:13 1Pe 2:21,24 3:18

but not. or, and shall have nothing. Joh 14:30

and [the Jews] shall be no more his people. 11:17 Ho 1:9

or, and the Prince's [Messiah's, ver. 25] future people. The Romans, who under Titus, after the expiration of the seventy weeks, destroyed the temple and the city, and dispersed the Jews.

the prince. Mt 22:2,7 23:38 24:2 Mr 13:2 Lu 19:43,44 21:6,24 Ac 6:13,14

and the end. Mt 24:6-14 Mr 13:7

with. 11:10 Isa 8:7 Jer 46:7 Am 8:8 9:5 Na 1:8

desolations are determined. or, it shall be cut off by desolations

27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

confirm. Isa 42:6 53:11 55:3 Jer 31:31-34 32:40-42 Eze 16:60-63 Mt 26:28 Ro 5:15,19 15:8,9 Ga 3:13-17 Heb 6:13-18 8:8-13 Heb 9:15-20,28 10:16-18 13:20,21

the covenant. or, a covenant. cause. Mt 27:51 Heb 10:4-22

for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate. or, upon the battlements shall be the idols of the desolator. 8:13 11:36 12:11 Isa 10:22,23 28:22 Mt 24:15 Mr 13:14 Lu 21:20 Lu 21:24 Ro 11:26

that determined. Le 26:14 De 4:26-28 28:15 29:18 30:17,18 31:28,29 32:19 Ps 69:22-28 1Th 2:15,16

upon the desolate. or, upon the desolator.