An immediate answer sent him by an angel to his prayer, in which, 1. Jan 02, 2020 seventy sevens have been decreed for your people. The prophet daniel explained the past and the future of israel and all gentile nations according to the plan and purposes of god and his revelations do so with such incredible accuracy that he has silenced many a biblical skeptic throughout history. O lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day. The seventy sevens 20 while i was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people israel and making my request to the lord my god for his holy hill 21 while i was still in prayer, gabriel, the man i had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice. And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week. Chapter nine opens up with daniel trying to understand the prophecy of jeremiah in which jeremiah prophesied concerning the exiles that were taken to babylon. We saw in the last study that daniel had been reading the prophecies of jeremiah when he saw that israel would be in exile for 70 years. This is a common usage through the levitical books and elsewhere in the old testament. Read commentary on this popular bible verse and understand the real meaning behind gods word using john gills exposition. And at the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him. Book of daniel bible study chapter commentary 9 part 2 daniels 70 weeks. He divides the first sixtynine weeks into two periods, the first of seven weeks and the second of sixtytwo weeks.
This verse is really the keystone around which unfulfilled prophecies in the bible connect. One of the most important prophecies in the bible appears in daniel 9. At the time daniel wrote this prophecy, jerusalem had been destroyed and its citizens killed or deported to babylon. For a comprehensive study of the passage, download the study guide pdf download. In other words, the events of belshazzars feast in chapter 5 occurred between the visions of chapters 8 and 9. Daniel chapter 9 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.
A disciple on daniel 9 verse 27 i think it is foolishness and irresponsible as a servant of the lord to try to make up methods and formulas for deciphering things that are declared sealed by god. An account of daniels response to the vision in verse 27 concludes the chapter. Daniel 9 commentary matthew henry commentary on the whole. Jews for judaism daniel 9 a true biblical interpretation. Daniels prayer for the restoration of the jews who were in captivity, in which he confesses sin, and acknowledges the justice of god in their calamities, but pleads gods promises of mercy which he had yet in store for them. It can therefore be used in the sense of sin offerings in daniel 9.
Only 27 verses exist for daniel chapter 9 chapter 12 is the last chapter. Chapters 812 contain a vision involving a ram, a goat, and several horns also referring to future kingdoms and their rulers. Daniel also noticed that at the end of that time it was important for the israelites to seek god and confess their s. Daniel 9 prays for his nation and then gabriel comes to him and gives him the prophecy in daniel 9.
Daniel with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. For more information relevant to this passage of daniel nine, see the accompanying appendix pdf download that deals with the following topic. The book of daniel begins with king nebuchadnezzar, the ruler of babylon, ransacking jerusalem. The detail study of revelation will uncover many new prophecies and understandings of the end times. Protestants try to ascribe the covenant of verse 27 to the antichrist because. Daniel 9, new international version niv the bible app. 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. Verses 20 and 21 are the interpretation of the vision of verses 38, and verses 2226 are the interpretation of verses 914. The holy bible book 27 daniel kjv dramatized audio. Verse 24 begins with seventy sevens niv or weeks in some translations until the restoration of jerusalem. The four beasts represented the kingdoms of babylon, medopersia, greece, and rome. Below are some preliminary questions to assist in the study of this passage. Daniel 9 niv bible in the first year of darius son of.
Verse click for chapter new international version he will confirm a covenant with many for one seven. Even most liberal scholars who propose multiple authors for the book of daniel agree that the author of daniel chapter 9 also wrote chapter 12. The prophecies found in the book of daniel are the key to unlocking all biblical prophecy. So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild jerusalem until messiah the prince there will be seven sevens and sixtytwo sevens. Verses 1519 introduce the angel, gabriel, who is instructed to convey the meaning of the vision to daniel. Daniel chapter 9 records daniels seventy weeks prophecy. The prophecy of seventy weeks chapter 9 of the book of daniel is a prophecy given to daniel by the angel gabriel in response to daniels prayer for god to act on behalf of his people and city i. Sep 10, 2014 the last 7 years before the return of jesus christ is perhaps best encapsulated in daniel 9. The passage thus arranged they then interpret of antiochus epiphanes. Earlier in chapter 9, daniel had prayed, asking god for forgiveness of israels sins.
According to the opening verse of chapter 9, the third vision of daniel occurred in the first year of darius the son of ahasuerus, of the seed of the medes. Daniel the prophet receives an intriguing prophecy from the archangel gabriel in this passage, known as the seventy weeks prophecy, for gabriel gives a seventyweek time frame for the coming of the messiah. The book of daniel is filled with messianic illusions and calculations that even left daniel pondering their meanings. The recording is dramatized, from the king james bible. The book of daniel verse by verse chapter 9 daniels prayer for the people duration.
On the wing 2 of abominations will come 3 one who destroys, until the decreed end is poured out on the one who destroys. In order to understand this prophecy, one must be very familiar with its context. Facebook icon twitter icon bible verses like daniel 9. Additionally, a large proportion of the book is written in aramaic rather than the traditional hebrew adding to the complexity of these biblical texts. Daniel chapter 9 explained discover the 66 books of the. This is the holy book of daniel, known simply as the book of daniel. In sum verse 24 declares that god had determined a period of 490 years to accomplish six key activities on behalf of israel.