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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Daniel 9 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/daniel/9.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/daniel/9-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Daniel 9</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../daniel/8.htm" title="Daniel 8">◄</a> Daniel 9 <a href="../daniel/10.htm" title="Daniel 10">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/daniel/9.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Daniel’s Prayer</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/9-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew Ahasuerus">a</a></sup></span> (a Mede by descent), who was made ruler over the Babylonian <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or Chaldean">b</a></sup></span> kingdom— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the <span class="name">Lord</span> given to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I prayed to the <span class="name">Lord</span> my God and confessed:</p><p class="emb">“Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and keep his commandments, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>we have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away from your commands and laws. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes and our ancestors, and to all the people of the land.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Lord, you are righteous, but this day we are covered with shame—the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where you have scattered us because of our unfaithfulness to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>We and our kings, our princes and our ancestors are covered with shame, <span class="name">Lord</span>, because we have sinned against you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>we have not obeyed the <span class="name">Lord</span> our God or kept the laws he gave us through his servants the prophets. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>All Israel has transgressed your law and turned away, refusing to obey you.</p><p class="reg">“Therefore the curses and sworn judgments written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured out on us, because we have sinned against you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>You have fulfilled the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing on us great disaster. Under the whole heaven nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come on us, yet we have not sought the favor of the <span class="name">Lord</span> our God by turning from our sins and giving attention to your truth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> did not hesitate to bring the disaster on us, for the <span class="name">Lord</span> our God is righteous in everything he does; yet we have not obeyed him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“Now, Lord our God, who brought your people out of Egypt with a mighty hand and who made for yourself a name that endures to this day, we have sinned, we have done wrong. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Lord, in keeping with all your righteous acts, turn away your anger and your wrath from Jerusalem, your city, your holy hill. Our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors have made Jerusalem and your people an object of scorn to all those around us.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. For your sake, Lord, look with favor on your desolate sanctuary. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Give ear, our God, and hear; open your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears your Name. We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Lord, listen! Lord, forgive! Lord, hear and act! For your sake, my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name.”</p> <p class="sectionhead">The Seventy “Sevens”</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and making my request to the <span class="name">Lord</span> my God for his holy hill— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/9-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/9-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>He instructed me and said to me, “Daniel, I have now come to give you insight and understanding. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/9-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>As soon as you began to pray, a word went out, which I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed. Therefore, consider the word and understand the vision:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/9-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“Seventy ‘sevens’ <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or 'weeks'; also in verses 25 and 26">c</a></sup></span> are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or restrain">d</a></sup></span> transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the Most Holy Place. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or the most holy One">e</a></sup></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/9-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or an anointed one; also in verse 26">f</a></sup></span> the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/9-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death and will have nothing. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or death and will have no one; or death, but not for himself">g</a></sup></span> The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/9-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’ <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or 'week'">h</a></sup></span> In the middle of the ‘seven’ <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or 'week'">i</a></sup></span> he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Septuagint and Theodotion; Hebrew wing">j</a></sup></span> he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or it">k</a></sup></span> ” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or And one who causes desolation will come upon the wing of the abominable temple, until the end that is decreed is poured out on the desolated city">l</a></sup></span> </p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">Hebrew <i>Ahasuerus</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>Chaldean</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>‘weeks’</i>; also in verses 25 and 26</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>restrain</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>the most holy One</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>an anointed one</i>; also in verse 26</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">g</span> <span class="fnverse">26</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>death and will have no one</i>; or <i>death, but not for himself</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">h</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>‘week’</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">i</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>‘week’</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">j</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> <span class="footnotebot">Septuagint and Theodotion; Hebrew <i>wing</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">k</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>it</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">l</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>And one who causes desolation will come upon the wing of the abominable temple, until the end that is decreed is poured out on the desolated city</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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