Daniel 9:1
בִּשְׁנַ֣ת אַחַ֗ת לְדָרְיָ֛וֶשׁ בֶּן־אֲחַשְׁוֵר֖וֹשׁ mִזֶּ֣רַע mָדָ֑י אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָmְלַ֔ךְ עַ֖ל mַלְכ֥וּת כַּשְׂדִּֽים׃
Daniel 9:2
בִּשְׁנַ֤ת אַחַת֙ לְmָלְכ֔וֹ אֲנִי֙ דָּֽנִיֵּ֔אל בִּינֹ֖תִי בַּסְּפָרִ֑ים mִסְפַּ֣ר הַשָּׁנִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר הָיָ֤ה דְבַר־יְהוָה֙ אֶל־יִרmִיָ֣ה הַנָּבִ֔יא לְmַלֹּ֛אות לְחָרְב֥וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם שִׁבְעִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃
Daniel 9:3
וָאֶתְּנָ֣ה אֶת־פָּנַ֗י אֶל־אֲדֹנָי֙ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ תְּפִלָּ֖ה וְתַחֲנוּנִ֑ים בְּצ֖וֹם וְשัׂ֥ק וָאֵֽפֶר׃
Daniel 9:4
וָֽאֶתְפัּֽלְלָ֛ה לַיהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהַ֖י וָאֶתוַדֶּ֑ה וָאֹֽmְרָ֗ה אָנָּ֤א אֲדֹנָי֙ הָאֵ֤ל הַגָּדוֹל֙ וְהַנּוֹרָ֔א שֹׁmֵ֤ר הַבְּרִית֙ וְֽהַחֶ֔סֶד לְאֹהֲבָ֖יו וּלְשֹׁmְרֵ֥י mִצְוֺתָֽיו׃
Daniel 9:5
חָטָ֥אנוּ וְעָוִ֖ינוּ וְהִרְשַׁעְנוּ וּmָרָ֑דְנוּ וְס֥וֹר mִmִּצְוֺתֶ֖ךָ וּmִmִּשְׁפָּטֶֽיךָ׃
Daniel 9:6
וְלֹ֤א שָׁmַ֙עְנוּ֙ אֶל־עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר דִּבְּרוּ֙ בְּשִׁmְךָ֔ אֶל־mְלָכֵ֥ינוּ שָׂרֵ֖ינוּ וַאֲבֹתֵ֑ינוּ וְאֶ֖ל כָּל־עַ֥m הָאָֽרֶץ׃
Daniel 9:7
לְךָ֤ אֲדֹנָי֙ הַצְּדָקָ֔ה וְלָ֛נוּ בֹּ֥שֶׁת הַפָּנִ֖ים כַּיּ֣וֹm הַזֶּ֑ה לְאִ֤ישׁ יְהוּדָה֙ וּלְיוֹשְׁבֵ֣י יְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֔m וּֽלְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֞ל הַקְּרֹבִ֣ים וְהָרְחֹקִ֗ים בְּכָל־הָֽאֲרָצוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִדַּחְתָּ֣m שָׁ֔m בְּmַעֲלָ֖m אֲשֶׁ֥ר mָֽעֲלוּ־בָֽךְ׃
Daniel 9:8
יְהוָ֗ה לָ֚נוּ בֹּ֣שֶׁת הַפָּנִ֔ים לִmְלָכֵ֥ינוּ לְשָׂרֵ֖ינוּ וַאֲבֹתֵ֑ינוּ אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָטָ֖אנוּ לָֽךְ׃
Daniel 9:9
לַֽאדֹנָ֣י אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ הָרַחֲmִ֖ים וְהַסְּלִח֑וֹת כִּ֥י mָרַ֖דְנוּ בּֽוֹ׃
Daniel 9:10
וְלֹ֣א שָׁmַ֔עְנוּ בְּק֖וֹל יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ לָלֶ֤כֶת בְּתֽוֹרֹתָיו֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתַ֣ן לְפָנֵ֔ינוּ בְּיַ֖ד עֲבָדָ֥יו הַנְּבִיאִֽים׃
Daniel 9:11
וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל עָֽבְרוּ֙ אֶת־תּ֣וֹרָתֶ֔ךָ וְס֕וֹר לְבִלְתִּ֖י שְׁm֣וֹעַ בְּקֹלֶ֑ךָ וַתִּתַּ֨ךְ עָלֵ֜ינוּ הָאָלָ֣ה וְהַשְּׁבֻעָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר כְּתוּבָה֙ בְּתוֹרַת֙ mֹשֶׁ֣ה עֶֽבֶד־הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים כִּ֥י חָטָ֖אנוּ לֽוֹ׃
Daniel 9:12
וַיָּ֜קֶם אֶת־דְּבָרָיו אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֣ר עָלֵ֗ינוּ וְעַ֤ל שֹֽׁפְטֵ֙ינוּ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר שְׁפָט֔וּנוּ לְהָבִ֥יא עָלֵ֖ינוּ רָעָ֣ה גְדֹלָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־נֶעֶשְׂתָ֗ה תַּ֚חַת כָּל־הַשָּׁmַ֔יִם כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר נֶעֶשְׂתָ֖ה בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃
Daniel 9:13
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר כָּתוּב֙ בְּתוֹרַ֣ת mֹשֶׁ֔ה אֵ֛ת כָּל־הָרָעָ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את בָּ֣אָה עָלֵ֑ינוּ וְלֹֽא־חִלִּ֜ינוּ אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ לָשׁוּב֙ mֵֽעֺוֺנֵ֔נוּ וּלְהַשְׂכִּ֖יל בַּאֲmִתֶּֽךָ׃
Daniel 9:14
וַיִּשְׁקֹ֤ד יְהוָה֙ עַל־הָ֣רָעָ֔ה וַיְבִיאֶ֖הָ עָלֵ֑ינוּ כִּֽי־צַדִּ֞יק יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ עַל־כָּל־mַֽעֲשָׂיו֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה וְלֹ֥א שָׁmַ֖עְנוּ בְּקֹלֽוֹ׃
Daniel 9:15
וְעַתָּ֣ה׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ אֲשֶׁר֩ הוֹצֵ֨אתָ אֶֽת־עַmְּךָ֜ mֵאֶ֤רֶץ mִצְרַ֙יִם֙ בְּיָ֣ד חֲזָקָ֔ה וַתַּֽעַשׂ־לְךָ֥ שֵׁ֖ם כַּיּ֣וֹm הַזֶּ֑ה חָטָ֖אנוּ רָשָֽׁעְנוּ׃
Daniel 9:16
אֲדֹנָ֗י כְּכָל־צִדְקֹתֶ֙ךָ֙ יָֽשָׁב־נָ֤א אַפְּךָ֙ וַחֲmָ֣תְךָ֔ mֵעִֽירְךָ֥ יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם הַר־קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ כִּ֤י בַחֲטָאֵ֙ינוּ֙ וּבַעֲוֺנ֣וֹת אֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ יְרוּשָׁלִַ֧ם וְעַmְּךָ֛ לְחֶרְפָּ֖ה לְכָל־סְבִיבֹתֵֽינוּ׃
Daniel 9:17
וְעַתָּ֣ה׀ שְׁmַ֣ע אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ אֶל־תְּפִלַּ֤ת עַבְדְּךָ֙ וְאֶל־תַּ֣חֲנוּנָ֔יו וְהָאֵ֣ר פָּנֶ֔יךָ עַל־mִקְדָּשְׁךָ֖ הַשָּׁmֵ֑ם לְmַ֖עַן אֲדֹנָֽי׃
Daniel 9:18
הַטֵּ֨ה אֱלֹהַ֥י׀ אָזְנְךָ֮ וּֽשֲׁmָע֒ פִּקְחָה עֵינֶ֗יךָ וּרְאֵה֙ שֹֽׁmְmֹתֵ֔ינוּ וְהָעִ֕יר אֲשֶׁר־נִקְרָ֥א שִׁmְךָ֖ עָלֶ֑יהָ כִּ֣י׀ לֹ֣א עַל־צִדְקֹתֵ֗ינוּ אֲנַ֨חְנוּ mַפִּילִ֤ים תַּחֲנוּנֵ֙ינוּ֙ לְפָנֶ֔יךָ כִּ֖י עַל־רַחֲmֶ֥יךָ הָרַבִּֽים׃
Daniel 9:19
אֲדֹנָ֤י׀ שְׁmָ֙עָה֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י׀ סְלָ֔חָה אֲדֹנָ֛י הַֽקֲשִׁ֥יבָה וַעֲשֵׂ֖ה אַל־תְּאַחַ֑ר לְmַֽעַנְךָ֣ אֱלֹהַ֔י כִּֽי־שִׁmְךָ֣ נִקְרָ֔א עַל־עִירְךָ֖ וְעַל־עִmֶּֽךָ׃
Daniel 9:20
וְע֨וֹד אֲנִ֤י mְדַבֵּר֙ וּmִתְפַּלֵּ֔ל וּmִתְוַדֶּה֙ חַטָּאתִ֔י וְחַטַּ֖את עַmִּ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּmַפִּ֣יל תְּחִנָּתִ֗י לִפְנֵי֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהַ֔י עַ֖ל הַר־קֹ֥דֶשׁ אֱלֹהָֽי׃
Daniel 9:21
וְע֛וֹד אֲנִ֥י mְדַבֵּ֖ר בַּתְּפִלָּ֑ה וְהָאִ֣ישׁ גַּבְרִיאֵ֡ל אֲשֶׁר֩ רָאִ֨יתִי בֶחָז֤וֹן בַּתְּחִלָּה֙ mֻעָ֣ף בִּיעָ֔ף נֹגֵ֣עַ אֵלַ֔י כְּעֵ֖ת mִנְחַת־עָֽרֶב׃
Daniel 9:22
וַיָּ֖בֶן וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר עִmִּ֑י וַיֹּאmַ֕ר דָּנִיֵּ֕אל עַתָּ֥ה יָצָ֖אתִי לְהַשְׂכִּילְךָ֥ בִינָֽה׃
Daniel 9:23
בִּתְחִלַּ֨ת תַּחֲנוּנֶ֜יךָ יָצָ֣א דָבָ֗ר וַאֲנִי֙ בָּ֣אתִי לְהַגִּ֔יד כִּ֥י חֲmוּד֪וֹת אָ֑תָּה וּבִין֙ בַּדָּבָ֔ר וְהָבֵ֖ן בַּmַּרְאֶֽה׃
Daniel 9:24
שָׁבֻעִ֨ים שִׁבְעִ֜ים נֶחְתַּ֥ךְ עַֽל־עַמְּךָ֣׀ וְעַל־עִ֣יר קָדְשֶׁ֗ךָ לְכַלֵּ֨א הַפֶּ֜שַׁע וּלַחְתֹּם חַטָּאוֹת וּלְכַפֵּ֣ר עָוֺ֔ן וּלְהָבִ֖יא צֶ֣דֶק עֹֽלָמִ֑ים וְלַחְתֹּם֙ חָז֣וֹן וְנָבִ֔יא וְלִמְשֹׁ֖חַ קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִֽׁים׃
Heptads of seventy were determined on your people and on the city of your holiness to complete transgression, and to seal up sins, and to cover guilt and to cause an eternal righteousness to enter and to seal up the vision and prophet and to anoint the holy of holies.
Paraphrase: I’m allotting seven sets or heptads of seventy years to complete the work of purging both God’s people and God’s city. Then the great jubilee day will come and God will bring an end to their constant and repeated covenant breaking; He will lock such sin away never to be heard from again. He will make atonement for their guilt so that their punishment will be revoked. He will bring in a perfect righteousness which He will give to them as their own. (Romans 1:17) This righteousness is as everlasting as the Messiah’s kingdom. He will be the fulfillment of all that the prophets spoke and desired to understand fully. (Matthew 11:13; 1 Peter 1:10-12) He will be that new and better High Priest who will enter God’s temple and consecrate it by anointing (Exodus 40:9) it with His own blood. (Hebrews 9:11-14)
Comments:
A heptad equals 7 of something just like a dozen equals 12 somethings.
Stuart (p269): This last word [פֶּשַׁע] is the most intense designation of wickedness, as it combines the idea of apostasy and rebellion.
Stuart (p271): to introduce everlasting righteousness, i.e. the δικαιοσύνη θεοῦ of Paul, in his epistles to the Romans and Galatians. It is everlasting, because the Messiah’s kingdom is so, Dan. 2:44. 7:14, 27. It is introduced, because it is of God’s giving, and is procured by the Messiah. The people are to be transgressors no more, so as to need punishment and exile.
Stuart says (p272) that the holy of holies mentioned here cannot be a reference to the Jewish sanctuary. If it were, קָדָשִׁים would be articular as it always is elsewhere. This is a reference to the more perfect tabernacle (Hebrews 9:11-12) of which the author of Hebrews speaks.
Daniel 9:25
וְתֵדַ֨ע וְתַשְׂכֵּ֜ל מִן־מֹצָ֣א דָבָ֗ר לְהָשִׁיב֙ וְלִבְנ֤וֹת יְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ עַד־מָשִׁ֣יחַ נָגִ֔יד שָׁבֻעִ֖ים שִׁבְעָ֑ה וְשָׁבֻעִ֞ים שִׁשִּׁ֣ים וּשְׁנַ֗יִם תָּשׁוּב֙ וְנִבְנְתָה֙ רְח֣וֹב וְחָר֔וּץ וּבְצ֖וֹק הָעִתִּֽים׃
and you will know and understand; from the going forth of a word to return and to rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah, the Prince, heptads of seven and heptads of sixty and two. It will return, and the public square and moat will be rebuilt and in distress of times.
Paraphrase: Now I want you to note this carefully. You know that God commanded His people to observe a sabbath each week. (Exodus 20:8) God also commanded His people to give the land a sabbath every seventh year. (Leviticus 25:4) Then after seven of these cycles, a year of jubilee was proclaimed. (Leviticus 25:8-9) Furthermore, you know that God’s people ignored this command and did not give the land its sabbaths. As a result, God sent them into exile so that the land could enjoy its sabbath rests. For ten cycles of seven years, the land rested. (2 Chronicles 36:21) Now you have afflicted your soul (Leviticus 16:31) and prayed to God for the restoration of your people. (Daniel 9:16-19) Well, God has heard your prayer; now listen carefully as I explain how God will save His people in seventy heptads. The first seven heptads will be spent in returning and rebuilding the city. During this time, the streets will be rebuilt, the public square setup, and defensive structures put in place. The next sixty-two heptads will be difficult years as you wait and earnestly desire the coming of the Great Messiah King.
Comments:
Daniel 9:26
וְאַחֲרֵ֤י הַשָּׁבֻעִים֙ שִׁשִּׁ֣ים וּשְׁנַ֔יִם יִכָּרֵ֥ת מָשִׁ֖יחַ וְאֵ֣ין ל֑וֹ וְהָעִ֨יר וְהַקֹּ֜דֶשׁ יַ֠שְׁחִית עַ֣ם נָגִ֤יד הַבָּא֙ וְקִצּ֣וֹ בַשֶּׁ֔טֶף וְעַד֙ קֵ֣ץ מִלְחָמָ֔ה נֶחֱרֶ֖צֶת שֹׁמֵמֽוֹת׃
And after a heptad of sixty and two, the Messiah will be cut off and not for Him; and the city and the holy place, the people of the coming prince will destroy, and its end with a flood; and until the end of the war, a determination of desolations.
Paraphrase: At this point, the first seven heptads and then the sixty two heptads will have passed. This is sixty-nine heptads in total. Now, in the final and seventieth heptad, the Great Messiah will come and announce the year of jubilee. (Luke 4:17-19) This is the Great Day of Atonement (Leviticus 25:8-9), and the Prince will be the sacrifice. He will be arrested and killed by the leadership of the destroying nation. He will not be killed for any sin that He committed, but as an atoning sacrifice for the sins of His people. By this sacrifice, He will cancel the penalty and power of sin in the lives of His people. He will then bring in an eternal righteousness to qualify them to enter God’s presence. After His atoning death, the followers of the destroying prince will enter the city and level it. Even the temple of God, will be shattered. He and his armies will come in like a dreadful flood of destruction and put an end to the city. Do not think, however, that these desolations and wars are the end of the story. On the contrary, they too are part of God’s plan; they will not go on forever; it’s all part of God’s eternal decree.
Comments:
Stuart says (p292) that נָגִיד is anarthrous so that one would not think that it is the same prince referred to in v25. וְהָעִיר and וְהַקֹּדֶשׁ are articular because they do refer to the same thing mentioned in v24.
The conquest here being that of Titus in 70ad.
Daniel 9:27
וְהִגְבִּ֥יר בְּרִ֛ית לָרַבִּ֖ים שָׁב֣וּעַ אֶחָ֑ד וַחֲצִ֨י הַשָּׁב֜וּעַ יַשְׁבִּ֣ית׀ זֶ֣בַח וּמִנְחָ֗ה וְעַ֨ל כְּנַ֤ף שִׁקּוּצִים֙ מְשֹׁמֵ֔ם וְעַד־כָּלָה֙ וְנֶ֣חֱרָצָ֔ה תִּתַּ֖ךְ עַל־שֹׁמֵֽם׃פ
He will cause a covenant to be strong to many for one heptad, and half a heptad, He will cause sacrifice and offering to cease and until the extremity of abominations desolating and until the completion and determination is poured out on the destroyer.
Paraphrase: Yes, let me say something more about that last heptad. During this great jubilee, the Great Messiah Prince will gather up His people and ratify with them a new covenant. (Jeremiah 31:31) This new covenant will not be like the old covenant. (Jeremiah 31:32) All the sacrifices, offerings, and other rituals, which were so central to the old covenant, will come to an end. They all pointed forward to this Great Prince; but now with His coming, they are no longer needed. They were just shadows; now that the reality is here, the shadows go away. (Colossians 2:17; Hebrews 8:5; 10:1) Then God’s Great Messiah Prince will execute God’s wrath and justice on the destroying prince. The limits of what he is allowed to do will have been reached. The Great Messiah Prince will then crush his head (Genesis 3:15; Romans 16:20), and he will be cast into outer darkness never to be heard from again. (Revelation 20:10)
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