Dan 9:21-27 | ESV | STEP | 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 .

‏ Daniel 9:21-27

21 while I was speaking in prayer, the man ^aGabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the first, ^bcame to me in swift flight at ^cthe time of the evening sacrifice. 22 ^dHe made me understand, speaking with me and saying, “O Daniel, I have now come out to give you ^einsight and understanding. 23 ^fAt the beginning of your pleas for mercy a word went out, ^gand I have come to tell it to you, for ^hyou are greatly loved. Therefore consider the word ⁱand understand the vision.

The Seventy Weeks

24 ^j“Seventy weeks ^{▼▼Or sevens; also twice in verse 25 and once in verse 26} are decreed about your people and ^lyour holy city, to finish ^mthe transgression, to put an end to sin, ⁿand to atone for iniquity, ^oto bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and ^pto anoint a most holy place. ^{▼▼Or thing, or one} 25 ^rKnow therefore and understand that ^sfrom the going out of the word to restore and ^tbuild Jerusalem to the coming of an ^uanointed one, a ^vprince, there shall be seven weeks. And for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again ^{▼▼Or there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It shall be built again} with squares and moat, ^xbut in a troubled time. 26 And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall ^ybe cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come ^zshall destroy the city and the sanctuary. ^aaIts ^{▼▼Or His} end shall come with a flood, ^acand to the end there shall be war. ^adDesolations are decreed. 27 And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week, ^{▼▼Or seven; twice in this verse} and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. ^afAnd on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until ^agthe decreed end is poured out on the desolator.”