(KJV) Daniel 9¹

⥃Daniel’s Prayer for His People

[1] In the first year of Darius² the son of Ahasuerus³, of the seed of the Medes, which⁴ was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;⁵ [2] In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood⁶ by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah⁷ the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations⁸ of Jerusalem.

[3] [¶]And I set⁹ my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with¹⁰ fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: [4] And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made¹¹ my confession, and said, O Lord, the great¹² and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; [5] We have sinned¹³, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing¹⁴ from thy precepts and from thy judgments: [6] Neither have we¹⁵ hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings¹⁶, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. [7] O Lord, righteousness¹⁷ [belongeth] unto thee¹⁸, but unto us¹⁹ confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, [that are] near²⁰, and [that are] far off, through all the countries whither²¹ thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. [8] O Lord, to us²² [belongeth] confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because²³ we have sinned against thee. [9] To the Lord²⁴ our God [belong] mercies and forgivenesses, though²⁵ we have rebelled against him; [10] Neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws, which²⁶ he set before us by his servants the prophets. [11] Yea, all²⁷ Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse²⁸ 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. [12] And he hath confirmed²⁹ his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges³⁰ that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under³¹ the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem. [13] As [it is³²] written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before³³ the Lord our God, that we³⁴ might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth. [14] Therefore hath the Lord watched³⁵ upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the Lord³⁶ our God [is] righteous in all his works which he doeth: for³⁷ we obeyed not his voice. [15] And now, O Lord our God, that hast³⁸ brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast³⁹ gotten thee renown⁴⁰, as at this day; we have sinned⁴¹, we have done wickedly.

[16] [¶]O Lord, according⁴² to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy⁴³ mountain: because for our sins, and for the⁴⁴ iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem⁴⁵ and thy people [are become] a reproach to all [that are] about us. [17] Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause⁴⁶ thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary⁴⁷ that is desolate, for⁴⁸ the Lord’s sake. [18] O my God, incline⁴⁹ thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold⁵⁰ our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name⁵¹: for we⁵² do not present⁵³ our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. [19] O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive⁵⁴; O Lord, hearken and do; defer⁵⁵ not, for thine⁵⁶ own sake, O my God: for thy⁵⁷ city and thy people are called by thy name.

⥃Gabriel’s Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks

[20] And whiles⁵⁸ I [was] speaking, and praying, and confessing⁵⁹ my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication befor⁶⁰e the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God; [21] Yea, whiles I [was] speaking in prayer, even the man⁶¹ Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly⁶² swiftly⁶³, touched⁶⁴ me about the time⁶⁵ of the evening oblation. [22] And he informed⁶⁶ [me], and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding⁶⁷. [23] At the beginning⁶⁸ of thy supplications the commandment⁶⁹ came for⁷⁰th, and I am come to shew [thee]; for thou [art] greatly beloved⁷¹: therefore understand⁷² the matter, and consider the vision. [24] Seventy weeks⁷³ are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish⁷⁴ the transgression, and to⁷⁵ make an end of⁷⁶ sins, and to make⁷⁷ reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring⁷⁸ in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up⁷⁹ the vision and prophecy⁸⁰, and to anoint⁸¹ the most⁸² Holy. [25] Know therefore and understand⁸³, [that] from⁸⁴ the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem⁸⁵ unto the Messiah⁸⁶ the Prince⁸⁷ [shall be] seven weeks⁸⁸, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again⁸⁹, and the wall⁹⁰, even in troublous times⁹¹. [26] And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah⁹² be cut off, but not⁹³ for himself: and the people⁹⁴ of the prince⁹⁵ that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end⁹⁶ thereof [shall be] with⁹⁷ a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined⁹⁸. [27] And he shall confirm⁹⁹ the covenant¹⁰⁰ with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause¹⁰¹ the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make [it] desolate¹⁰², even until the consummation, and that determined¹⁰³ shall be poured upon the desolate¹⁰⁴.