Daniel 9:2

9:2 in the first year of his reign ¹  I, Daniel, came to understand from the sacred books ²  that, according to the word of the LORD ³  disclosed to the prophet Jeremiah, the years for the fulfilling of the desolation of Jerusalem ⁴  were seventy in number.

Daniel 9:11

9:11 “All Israel has broken ⁵  your law and turned away by not obeying you. ⁶  Therefore you have poured out on us the judgment solemnly threatened ⁷  in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against you. ⁸ 

Daniel 9:13

9:13 Just as it is written in the law of Moses, so all this calamity has come on us. Still we have not tried to pacify ⁹  the LORD our God by turning back from our sin and by seeking wisdom ¹⁰  from your reliable moral standards. ¹¹ 

Daniel 9:18

9:18 Listen attentively, ¹²  my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins ¹³  and the city called by your name. ¹⁴  For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you, ¹⁵  but because your compassion is abundant.

Daniel 10:1

An Angel Appears to Daniel

10:1 ¹⁶ In the third ¹⁷  year of King Cyrus of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel (who was also called Belteshazzar). This message was true and concerned a great war. ¹⁸  He understood the message and gained insight by the vision.

Daniel 10:7

10:7 Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men who were with me did not see it. ¹⁹  On the contrary, they were overcome with fright ²⁰  and ran away to hide.

Daniel 10:11-12

10:11 He said to me, “Daniel, you are of great value. ²¹  Understand the words that I am about to ²²  speak to you. So stand up, ²³  for I have now been sent to you.” When he said this ²⁴  to me, I stood up shaking. 10:12 Then he said to me, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel, for from the very first day you applied your mind ²⁵  to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come in response to your words.

Daniel 11:4

11:4 Shortly after his rise to power, ²⁶  his kingdom will be broken up and distributed toward the four winds of the sky ²⁷  – but not to his posterity or with the authority he exercised, for his kingdom will be uprooted and distributed to others besides these.

Daniel 11:24

11:24 In a time of prosperity for the most productive areas of the province he will come and accomplish what neither his fathers nor their fathers accomplished. He will distribute loot, spoils, and property to his followers, and he will devise plans against fortified cities, but not for long. ²⁸ 

Daniel 12:1

12:1 “At that time Michael,

the great prince who watches over your people, ²⁹ 

will arise. ³⁰ 

There will be a time of distress

unlike any other from the nation’s beginning ³¹ 

up to that time.

But at that time your own people,

all those whose names are ³²  found written in the book,

will escape.

Daniel 12:7

12:7 Then I heard the man clothed in linen who was over the waters of the river as he raised both his right and left hands to the sky ³³  and made an oath by the one who lives forever: “It is for a time, times, and half a time. Then, when the power of the one who shatters ³⁴  the holy people has been exhausted, all these things will be finished.”

[9:2]  ¹ tc This phrase, repeated from v. 1, is absent in Theodotion.

[9:2]  ² tn The Hebrew text has “books”; the word “sacred” has been added in the translation to clarify that it is Scriptures that are referred to.

[9:2]  ³ sn The tetragrammaton (the four Hebrew letters which constitute the divine Name, YHWH) appears eight times in this chapter, and nowhere else in the book of Daniel.

[9:2]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:11]  ⁵ tn Or “transgressed.” The Hebrew verb has the primary sense of crossing a boundary, in this case, God’s law.

[9:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “by not paying attention to your voice.”

[9:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “the curse and the oath which is written.” The term “curse” refers here to the judgments threatened in the Mosaic law (see Deut 28) for rebellion. The expression “the curse and the oath” is probably a hendiadys (cf. Num 5:21; Neh 10:29) referring to the fact that the covenant with its threatened judgments was ratified by solemn oath and made legally binding upon the covenant community.

[9:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “him.”

[9:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “we have not pacified the face of.”

[9:13]  ¹⁰ tn Or “by gaining insight.”

[9:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “by your truth.” The Hebrew term does not refer here to abstract truth, however, but to the reliable moral guidance found in the covenant law. See vv 10-11.

[9:18]  ¹² tn Heb “turn your ear.”

[9:18]  ¹³ tn Heb “desolations.” The term refers here to the ruined condition of Judah’s towns.

[9:18]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “over which your name is called.” Cf. v. 19. This expression implies that God is the owner of his city, Jerusalem. Note the use of the idiom in 2 Sam 12:28; Isa 4:1; Amos 9:12.

[9:18]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “praying our supplications before you.”

[10:1]  ¹⁶ sn This chapter begins the final unit in the book of Daniel, consisting of chapters 10-12. The traditional chapter divisions to some extent obscure the relationship of these chapters.

[10:1]  ¹⁷ tc The LXX has “first.”

[10:1]  sn Cyrus’ third year would have been ca. 536 B.C. Daniel would have been approximately eighty-four years old at this time.

[10:1]  ¹⁸ tn The meaning of the Hebrew word צָבָא (tsava’) is uncertain in this context. The word most often refers to an army or warfare. It may also mean “hard service,” and many commentators take that to be the sense here (i.e., “the service was great”). The present translation assumes the reference to be to the spiritual conflicts described, for example, in 10:16–11:1.

[10:7]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “the vision.”

[10:7]  ²⁰ tn Heb “great trembling fell on them.”

[10:11]  ²¹ tn Or “a treasured person”; KJV “a man greatly beloved”; NASB “man of high esteem.”

[10:11]  ²² tn The Hebrew participle is often used, as here, to refer to the imminent future.

[10:11]  ²³ tn Heb “stand upon your standing.”

[10:11]  ²⁴ tn Heb “spoke this word.”

[10:12]  ²⁵ tn Heb “gave your heart.”

[11:4]  ²⁶ tn Heb “and when he stands.”

[11:4]  ²⁷ tn Or “the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

[11:24]  ²⁸ tn Heb “and unto a time.”

[12:1]  ²⁹ tn Heb “stands over the sons of your people.”

[12:1]  ³⁰ tn Heb “will stand up.”

[12:1]  ³¹ tn Or “from the beginning of a nation.”

[12:1]  ³² tn The words “whose names are” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.

[12:7]  ³³ tn Or “to the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

[12:7]  ³⁴ tc The present translation reads יַד־נֹפֵץ (yad-nofets, “hand of one who shatters”) rather than the MT נַפֵּץ־יַד (nappets-yad, “to shatter the hand”).