Daniel 9:23

23 1At the beginning of your pleas for mercy a word went out, 2and I have come to tell it to you, for 3you are greatly loved. Therefore consider the word 4and understand the vision.

Daniel 9:23 In-Context

21 while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the first, came to me in swift flight at the time of the evening sacrifice.
22 He made me understand, speaking with me and saying, "O Daniel, I have now come out to give you insight and understanding.
23 At the beginning of your pleas for mercy a word went out, and I have come to tell it to you, for you are greatly loved. Therefore consider the word and understand the vision.
24 "Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.
25 Know therefore and understand that from the going out of the word to restore and build Jerusalem to the coming of an anointed one, a prince, there shall be seven weeks. Then for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again with squares and moat, but in a troubled time.

Cross References 4

  • 1. [ver. 20]
  • 2. [Daniel 10:12, 14]
  • 3. Daniel 10:11, 19
  • 4. [Matthew 24:15; Mark 13:14]
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