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1. Darius the son of Ahasuerus, who was born a Mede, was made king over the nation of the Babylonians.
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1. In the first H259 year H8141 of Darius H1867 the son H1121 of Ahasuerus H325 , of the seed H4480 H2233 of the Medes H4074 , which H834 was made king H4427 over H5921 the realm H4438 of the Chaldeans H3778 ;
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2. In the first year of his rule, I, Daniel, understood the books which were given by the Lord through Jeremiah that Jerusalem would lie waste for seventy years.
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2. In the first H259 year H8141 of his reign H4427 I H589 Daniel H1840 understood H995 by books H5612 the number H4557 of the years H8141 , whereof H834 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to H413 Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 , that he would accomplish H4390 seventy H7657 years H8141 in the desolations H2723 of Jerusalem H3389 .
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3. So I turned to the Lord God in prayer and did not eat. I dressed in cloth made from hair, and threw ashes on myself.
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3. And I set H5414 H853 my face H6440 unto H413 the Lord H136 God H430 , to seek H1245 by prayer H8605 and supplications H8469 , with fasting H6685 , and sackcloth H8242 , and ashes H665 :
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4. I prayed to the Lord my God and told him the sins of my people, saying, "O Lord, you are great and we fear You. You keep Your agreement and show loving-kindness to those who love You and keep Your Laws.
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4. And I prayed H6419 unto the LORD H3068 my God H430 , and made my confession H3034 , and said H559 , O H577 Lord H136 , the great H1419 and dreadful H3372 God H410 , keeping H8104 the covenant H1285 and mercy H2617 to them that love H157 him , and to them that keep H8104 his commandments H4687 ;
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5. "But we have sinned. We have done wrong and have acted in sin. We have turned against You and against Your Laws.
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5. We have sinned H2398 , and have committed iniquity H5753 , and have done wickedly H7561 , and have rebelled H4775 , even by departing H5493 from thy precepts H4480 H4687 and from thy judgments H4480 H4941 :
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6. We have not listened to Your servants who spoke for You, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our leaders, our fathers, and all the people of the land.
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6. Neither H3808 have we hearkened H8085 unto H413 thy servants H5650 the prophets H5030 , which H834 spoke H1696 in thy name H8034 to H413 our kings H4428 , our princes H8269 , and our fathers H1 , and to H413 all H3605 the people H5971 of the land H776 .
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7. You are right and good, O Lord. But we are all covered with shame, all the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel. The people both near and far away in all the countries where You have driven us are covered with shame because they have not been faithful to You.
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7. O Lord H136 , righteousness H6666 belongeth unto thee , but unto us confusion H1322 of faces H6440 , as at this H2088 day H3117 ; to the men H376 of Judah H3063 , and to the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 , and unto all H3605 Israel H3478 , that are near H7138 , and that are far off H7350 , through all H3605 the countries H776 whither H834 H8033 thou hast driven H5080 them , because of their trespass H4604 that H834 they have trespassed H4603 against thee.
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8. We, our kings, our leaders and our fathers are all covered with shame, O Lord, because we have sinned against You.
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8. O Lord H3068 , to us belongeth confusion H1322 of face H6440 , to our kings H4428 , to our princes H8269 , and to our fathers H1 , because H834 we have sinned H2398 against thee.
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9. O Lord our God, You are kind and forgiving, even when we would not obey You.
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9. To the Lord H136 our God H430 belong mercies H7356 and forgivenesses H5547 , though H3588 we have rebelled H4775 against him;
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10. We have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by following the Laws He gave us through His servants who spoke for Him.
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10. Neither H3808 have we obeyed H8085 the voice H6963 of the LORD H3068 our God H430 , to walk H1980 in his laws H8451 , which H834 he set H5414 before H6440 us by H3027 his servants H5650 the prophets H5030 .
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11. All Israel has sinned against Your Law and turned away, not obeying Your voice. So the curses and punishments have been poured out on us, which were written about in the Law of God's servant Moses. For we have sinned against Him.
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11. Yea, all H3605 Israel H3478 have transgressed H5674 H853 thy law H8451 , even by departing H5493 , that they might not H1115 obey H8085 thy voice H6963 ; therefore the curse H423 is poured H5413 upon H5921 us , and the oath H7621 that H834 is written H3789 in the law H8451 of Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of God H430 , because H3588 we have sinned H2398 against him.
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12. He has done what He said He would do against us and our leaders, and has brought much trouble upon us. For under the whole heaven nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.
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12. And he hath confirmed H6965 H853 his words H1697 , which H834 he spoke H1696 against H5921 us , and against H5921 our judges H8199 that H834 judged H8199 us , by bringing H935 upon H5921 us a great H1419 evil H7451 : for H834 under H8478 the whole H3605 heaven H8064 hath not H3808 been done H6213 as H834 hath been done H6213 upon Jerusalem H3389 .
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13. All this trouble has come upon us just as it is written in the Law of Moses. Yet we have not looked for the favor of the Lord our God by turning from our sin and following Your truth.
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13. As H834 it is written H3789 in the law H8451 of Moses H4872 , H853 all H3605 this H2063 evil H7451 is come H935 upon H5921 us : yet made we not our prayer H2470 H3808 H853 before H6440 the LORD H3068 our God H430 , that we might turn H7725 from our iniquities H4480 H5771 , and understand H7919 thy truth H571 .
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14. So the Lord brought trouble upon us. For the Lord our God is right and good in all He does, but we have not obeyed His voice.
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14. Therefore hath the LORD H3068 watched H8245 upon H5921 the evil H7451 , and brought H935 it upon H5921 us: for H3588 the LORD H3068 our God H430 is righteous H6662 in H5921 all H3605 his works H4639 which H834 he doeth H6213 : for we obeyed H8085 not H3808 his voice H6963 .
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15. "O Lord our God, You have brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a powerful hand. And You have made a name for Yourself that is known to this day. Now we have sinned. We have done sinful things.
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15. And now H6258 , O Lord H136 our God H430 , that H834 hast brought thy people forth H3318 H853 H5971 out of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 with a mighty H2389 hand H3027 , and hast gotten H6213 thee renown H8034 , as at this H2088 day H3117 ; we have sinned H2398 , we have done wickedly H7561 .
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16. O Lord, because You are right and good in what You do, do not be angry any longer with Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain. For because of our sins and the sins of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have been put to shame by everyone around us.
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16. O Lord H136 , according to all H3605 thy righteousness H6666 , I beseech thee H4994 , let thine anger H639 and thy fury H2534 be turned away H7725 from thy city H4480 H5892 Jerusalem H3389 , thy holy H6944 mountain H2022 : because H3588 for our sins H2399 , and for the iniquities H5771 of our fathers H1 , Jerusalem H3389 and thy people H5971 are become a reproach H2781 to all H3605 that are about H5439 us.
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17. So now, our God, listen to Your servant's prayer and what he is asking. And for Your good, O Lord, look with favor upon the House of God which now lies waste.
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17. Now H6258 therefore , O our God H430 , hear H8085 H413 the prayer H8605 of thy servant H5650 , and his supplications H8469 , and cause thy face H6440 to shine H215 upon H5921 thy sanctuary H4720 that is desolate H8076 , for the Lord's sake H4616 H136 .
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18. O my God, turn Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and see our trouble and the city that is called by Your name. We are not asking this of You because we are right or good, but because of Your great loving-pity.
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18. O my God H430 , incline H5186 thine ear H241 , and hear H8085 ; open H6491 thine eyes H5869 , and behold H7200 our desolations H8074 , and the city H5892 which H834 is called H7121 by H5921 thy name H8034 : for H3588 we H587 do not H3808 present H5307 our supplications H8469 before H6440 thee for H5921 our righteousnesses H6666 , but H3588 for H5921 thy great H7227 mercies H7356 .
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19. O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! For Your own good, O my God, do not wait, because Your city and Your people are called by Your name."
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19. O Lord H136 , hear H8085 ; O Lord H136 , forgive H5545 ; O Lord H136 , hearken H7181 and do H6213 ; defer H309 not H408 , for thine own sake H4616 , O my God H430 : for H3588 thy city H5892 and thy people H5971 are called H7121 by thy name H8034 .
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20. I was speaking and praying, and telling the Lord my sin and the sin of my people Israel. I was asking the Lord my God to show favor to His holy mountain.
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20. And while H5750 I H589 was speaking H1696 , and praying H6419 , and confessing H3034 my sin H2403 and the sin H2403 of my people H5971 Israel H3478 , and presenting H5307 my supplication H8467 before H6440 the LORD H3068 my God H430 for H5921 the holy H6944 mountain H2022 of my God H430 ;
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21. And while I was still praying, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen before in the dream, flew to me in a hurry at about the time when the evening gift is given in worship.
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21. Yea, while H5750 I H589 was speaking H1696 in prayer H8605 , even the man H376 Gabriel H1403 , whom H834 I had seen H7200 in the vision H2377 at the beginning H8462 , being caused to fly H3286 swiftly H3288 , touched H5060 H413 me about the time H6256 of the evening H6153 oblation H4503 .
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22. He talked to me and told me things, saying, "O Daniel, I have now come to give you wisdom and understanding.
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22. And he informed H995 me , and talked H1696 with H5973 me , and said H559 , O Daniel H1840 , I am now H6258 come forth H3318 to give thee skill H7919 and understanding H998 .
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23. As soon as you began to pray, an answer was given, which I have come to tell you. For you are loved very much. So listen to what I say and understand the special dream.
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23. At the beginning H8462 of thy supplications H8469 the commandment H1697 came forth H3318 , and I H589 am come H935 to show H5046 thee ; for H3588 thou H859 art greatly beloved H2530 : therefore understand H995 the matter H1697 , and consider H995 the vision H2377 .
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24. "Seventy weeks are given for your people and your holy city to finish the wrong-doing and put an end to sin. By the end of this time, you must pay for your sins and follow what is right and good forever. You must finish what was shown in the special dream and what has been spoken in My name, and set apart the most holy place.
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24. Seventy H7657 weeks H7620 are determined H2852 upon H5921 thy people H5971 and upon H5921 thy holy H6944 city H5892 , to finish H3607 the transgression H6588 , and to make an end H2856 of sins H2403 , and to make reconciliation H3722 for iniquity H5771 , and to bring in H935 everlasting H5769 righteousness H6664 , and to seal up H2856 the vision H2377 and prophecy H5030 , and to anoint H4886 the most Holy H6944 H6944 .
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25. Know and understand that seven weeks and sixty-two weeks will pass from the time the people are told to build Jerusalem again until the Chosen One comes. It will be built again, with streets and with a ditch of water around it. But that will be a troubled time.
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25. Know H3045 therefore and understand H7919 , that from H4480 the going forth H4161 of the commandment H1697 to restore H7725 and to build H1129 Jerusalem H3389 unto H5704 the Messiah H4899 the Prince H5057 shall be seven H7651 weeks H7620 , and threescore H8346 and two H8147 weeks H7620 : the street H7339 shall be built H1129 again H7725 , and the wall H2742 , even in troublous H6695 times H6256 .
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26. After the sixty-two weeks, the Chosen One will be killed and have nothing. And the people of the ruler who is to come will destroy the city and the holy place. The end will come like a flood. Even to the end there will be war. For the Lord has said that much will be destroyed.
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26. And after H310 threescore H8346 and two H8147 weeks H7620 shall Messiah H4899 be cut off H3772 , but not H369 for himself : and the people H5971 of the prince H5057 that shall come H935 shall destroy H7843 the city H5892 and the sanctuary H6944 ; and the end H7093 thereof shall be with a flood H7858 , and unto H5704 the end H7093 of the war H4421 desolations H8074 are determined H2782 .
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27. That ruler will make a strong agreement with many for one week. But when half that time is past, he will put a stop to burnt gifts and grain gifts. And a very sinful man-made god will be put there. It will stay there until the one who put it there is destroyed."
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27. And he shall confirm H1396 the covenant H1285 with many H7227 for one H259 week H7620 : and in the midst H2677 of the week H7620 he shall cause the sacrifice H2077 and the oblation H4503 to cease H7673 , and for H5921 the overspreading H3671 of abominations H8251 he shall make it desolate H8074 , even until H5704 the consummation H3617 , and that determined H2782 shall be poured H5413 upon H5921 the desolate H8076 .
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