Daniel 9:20-23

20 Enquanto estava eu ainda falando e orando, e confessando o meu pecado, e o pecado do meu povo Israel, e lançando a minha súplica perante a face do Senhor, meu Deus, pelo monte santo do meu Deus,

21 sim enquanto estava eu ainda falando na oração, o varão Gabriel, que eu tinha visto na minha visão ao princípio, veio voando rapidamente, e tocou-me � hora da oblação da tarde.

22 Ele me instruiu, e falou comigo, dizendo: Daniel, vim agora para fazer-te sábio e entendido.

23 No princípio das tuas súplicas, saiu a ordem, e eu vim, para to declarar, pois és muito amado; considera, pois, a palavra e entende a visão.

Daniel 9:20-23 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DANIEL 9

This chapter contains a prayer of Daniel, and the answer to it. The time, occasion, and manner of his prayer, or circumstances of it, are observed, Da 9:1-3, the parts of it, an address unto God, under various suitable epithets and characters, Da 9:4 confession of sin, of his own, of the inhabitants of the land, kings, princes, and people, which are largely dwelt upon and exaggerated, Da 9:5-15 and petitions for mercy, Da 9:16-19, then the answer follows; the time when it was ordered and given, and the person by whom it was sent, are expressed, Da 9:20-23 who delivered to him the vision of the seventy weeks to be considered by him; in which both the work of the Messiah, and the time of his coming, are clearly pointed out, Da 9:24-27.