Daniel 9:26-27

26 And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall ¹be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come ²shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. ³Its^[a] end shall come with a flood, ⁴and to the end there shall be war. ⁵Desolations are decreed.

27 And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week, ^[b] and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. ⁶And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until ⁷the decreed end is poured out on the desolator. ”

Daniel 9:26-27 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.

Cross References

• 1. 9:26 Isa. 53:8; [Mark 9:12; Luke 24:26]
• 2. 9:26 [Matt. 24:2; Mark 13:2; Luke 19:43, 44]
• 3. 9:26 Nah. 1:8; [ch. 11:10, 22, 26, 40]
• 4. 9:26 Matt. 24:6, 14
• 5. 9:26 ver. 18; See ver. 27
• 6. 9:27 Matt. 24:15; Mark 13:14; [Luke 21:20]
• 7. 9:27 Isa. 10:23

Footnotes

• [a] 9:26 Or 'His'
• [b] 9:27 Or 'seven'; twice in this verse