Daniel 10:2

2 Naquela ocasião eu, Daniel, passei três semanas chorando.

Daniel 10:2 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 10:2

In those days I Daniel was mourning
Either on account of what had been revealed to him in the last vision or prophecy of the seventy weeks; by which it appeared what wickedness the people of the Jews would be guilty of in cutting off the Messiah; and what desolations would come upon their land, city, and temple, for such usage of him: as also because of the present case of his people; many of them continuing in the country of Babylon, when they had liberty to return to their land: or because of the hinderance the Jews met with in rebuilding their city and temple, who had returned thither; of which Daniel had an account, and which caused him to mourn in secret: and so he continued three full weeks;
or, "three weeks of days" ^F3; so called, to distinguish them from weeks of years, mentioned in the preceding chapter.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (Mymy Myebv hvlv) "tribus hebdomadibus dierum", Munster, Calvin, Tigurine version; "trium hebdomadarum diebus", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, so Junius & Tremellius, Medus.

Daniel 10:2 In-Context

1 No terceiro ano de Ciro, rei da Pérsia, Daniel, chamado Beltessazar, recebeu uma revelação. A mensagem era verdadeira e falava de uma grande guerra. Na visão que teve, ele entendeu a mensagem.

2 Naquela ocasião eu, Daniel, passei três semanas chorando.

3 Não comi nada saboroso; carne e vinho nem provei; e não usei nenhuma essência aromática, até se passarem as três semanas.

4 No vigésimo quarto dia do primeiro mês, estava eu em pé junto à margem de um grande rio, o Tigre.

5 Olhei para cima, e diante de mim estava um homem vestido de linho, com um cinto de ouro puríssimo na cintura.