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In the first[H259]year[H8141] of Darius[H1867] the son[H1121] of Ahasuerus[H325], of the seed[H2233] of the Medes[H4074], which was made king[H4427] over the realm[H4438] of the Chaldeans[H3778];
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In the first[H259]year[H8141] of his reign[H4427] I Daniel[H1840]understood[H995] by books[H5612] the number[H4557] of the years[H8141], whereof the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came to 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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And I set[H5414] my face[H6440] unto 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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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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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[H4687] and from thy judgments[H4941]:
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Neither have we hearkened[H8085] unto thy servants[H5650] the prophets[H5030], which spake[H1696] in thy name[H8034] to our kings[H4428], our princes[H8269], and our fathers[H1], and to all the people[H5971] of the land[H776].
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O Lord[H136], righteousness[H6666] belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion[H1322] of faces[H6440], as at this day[H3117]; to the men[H376] of Judah[H3063], and to the inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389], and unto all Israel[H3478], that are near[H7138], and that are far off[H7350], through all the countries[H776] whither thou hast driven[H5080] them, because of their trespass[H4604] that they have trespassed[H4603] against thee.
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O Lord[H136], to us belongeth confusion[H1322] of face[H6440], to our kings[H4428], to our princes[H8269], and to our fathers[H1], because we have sinned[H2398] against thee.
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To the Lord[H136] our God[H430] belong mercies[H7356] and forgivenesses[H5547], though we have rebelled[H4775] against him;
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Neither have we obeyed[H8085] the voice[H6963] of the LORD[H3068] our God[H430], to walk[H3212] in his laws[H8451], which he set[H5414]before[H6440] us by[H3027] his servants[H5650] the prophets[H5030].
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Yea, all Israel[H3478] have transgressed[H5674] thy law[H8451], even by departing[H5493], that they might not obey[H8085] thy voice[H6963]; therefore the curse[H423] is poured[H5413] upon us, and the oath[H7621] that is written[H3789] in the law[H8451] of Moses[H4872] the servant[H5650] of God[H430], because we have sinned[H2398] against him.
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And he hath confirmed[H6965] his words[H1697], which he spake[H1696] against us, and against our judges[H8199] that judged[H8199] us, by bringing[H935] upon us a great[H1419]evil[H7451]: for under the whole heaven[H8064] hath not been done[H6213] as hath been done[H6213] upon Jerusalem[H3389].
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As it is written[H3789] in the law[H8451] of Moses[H4872], all this evil[H7451] is come[H935] upon us: yet made we not our prayer[H2470]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068] our God[H430], that we might turn[H7725] from our iniquities[H5771], and understand[H7919] thy truth[H571].
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Therefore hath the LORD[H3068]watched[H8245] upon the evil[H7451], and brought[H935] it upon us: for the LORD[H3068] our God[H430] is righteous[H6662] in all his works[H4639] which he doeth[H6213]: for we obeyed[H8085] not his voice[H6963].
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And now, O Lord[H136] our God[H430], that hast brought[H3318] thy people[H5971]forth[H3318] out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714] with a mighty[H2389]hand[H3027], and hast gotten[H6213] thee renown[H8034], as at this day[H3117]; we have sinned[H2398], we have done wickedly[H7561].
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O Lord[H136], according to all thy righteousness[H6666], I beseech thee, let thine anger[H639] and thy fury[H2534] be turned away[H7725] from thy city[H5892]Jerusalem[H3389], thy holy[H6944]mountain[H2022]: because 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 that are about[H5439] us.
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Now therefore, O our God[H430], hear[H8085] the prayer[H8605] of thy servant[H5650], and his supplications[H8469], and cause thy face[H6440] to shine[H215] upon thy sanctuary[H4720] that is desolate[H8076], for the Lord's sake.
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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 is called[H7121] by thy name[H8034]: for we do not present[H5307] our supplications[H8469]before[H6440] thee for our righteousnesses[H6666], but for thy great[H7227]mercies[H7356].
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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, O my God[H430]: for thy city[H5892] and thy people[H5971] are called[H7121] by thy name[H8034].
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And whiles I 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 the holy[H6944]mountain[H2022] of my God[H430];
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Yea, whiles I was speaking[H1696] in prayer[H8605], even the man[H376]Gabriel[H1403], whom I had seen[H7200] in the vision[H2377] at the beginning[H8462], being caused to fly[H3286]swiftly[H3288], touched[H5060] me about the time[H6256] of the evening[H6153]oblation[H4503].
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And he informed[H995] me, and talked[H1696] with me, and said[H559], O Daniel[H1840], I am now come forth[H3318] to give thee skill[H7919] and understanding[H998].
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At the beginning[H8462] of thy supplications[H8469] the commandment[H1697] came forth[H3318], and I am come[H935] to shew[H5046] thee; for thou art greatly beloved[H2532]: therefore understand[H995] the matter[H1697], and consider[H995] the vision[H4758].
24Seventy[H7657]weeks[H7620] are determined[H2852] upon thy people[H5971] and upon thy holy[H6944]city[H5892], to finish[H3607] the transgression[H6588], and to make an end[H8552] 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[H6944]Holy[H6944].
25Know[H3045] therefore and understand[H7919], that from the going forth[H4161] of the commandment[H1697] to restore[H7725] and to build[H1129]Jerusalem[H3389] unto 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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And after[H310]threescore[H8346] and two[H8147]weeks[H7620] shall Messiah[H4899] be cut off[H3772], but not 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 the end[H7093] of the war[H4421]desolations[H8074] are determined[H2782].
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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 the overspreading[H3671] of abominations[H8251] he shall make it desolate[H8074], even until the consummation[H3617], and that determined[H2782] shall be poured[H5413] upon the desolate[H8074].