23 At the beginning of your petitions an answer went out, and I have come to give it, for you are treasured by God.[a](A) So consider the message and understand the vision:(B)

24 Seventy weeks are decreed(C)
about your people and your holy city—
to bring the rebellion to an end,
to put a stop to sin,
to atone for iniquity,
to bring in everlasting righteousness,(D)
to seal up vision and prophecy,
and to anoint the most holy place.
25 Know and understand this:
From the issuing of the decree
to restore and rebuild Jerusalem(E)
until an Anointed One,(F) the ruler,[b]
will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks.
It will be rebuilt with a plaza and a moat,
but in difficult times.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:23 by God added for clarity
  2. 9:25 Or until an anointed one, a prince

23 At the (A)beginning of your pleas the [a]command was issued, and I have come to tell you, because you are [b](B)highly esteemed; so pay attention to the message and gain (C)understanding of the vision.

Seventy Weeks and the Messiah

24 “Seventy [c](D)weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to [d]finish the wrongdoing, to [e]make an end of sin, to (E)make atonement for guilt, to bring in (F)everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and [f]prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place. 25 So you are to know and understand that from the issuing of a [g](G)decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, until [h](H)Messiah the (I)Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with [i]streets and moat, even in times of distress.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 9:23 Lit word went out
  2. Daniel 9:23 Lit desirable; or precious
  3. Daniel 9:24 Or units of seven, and so throughout the ch
  4. Daniel 9:24 Or bring to an end
  5. Daniel 9:24 Another reading is seal up sins
  6. Daniel 9:24 Lit prophet
  7. Daniel 9:25 Lit word
  8. Daniel 9:25 Or an anointed one
  9. Daniel 9:25 Or city square