Daniel 9:18

9:18 Listen attentively, ¹  my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins ²  and the city called by your name. ³  For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you, ⁴  but because your compassion is abundant.

Daniel 9:27

9:27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one week. ⁵ 

But in the middle of that week

he will bring sacrifices and offerings to a halt.

On the wing ⁶  of abominations will come ⁷  one who destroys,

until the decreed end is poured out on the one who destroys.”

[9:18]  ¹ tn Heb “turn your ear.”

[9:18]  ² tn Heb “desolations.” The term refers here to the ruined condition of Judah’s towns.

[9:18]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Heb “praying our supplications before you.”

[9:27]  ⁵ tn Heb “one seven” (also later in this line).

[9:27]  ⁶ tn The referent of the Hebrew word כְּנַף (kÿnaf, “wing”) is unclear here. The LXX and Theodotion have “the temple.” Some English versions (e.g., NAB, NIV) take this to mean “a wing of the temple,” but this is not clear.

[9:27]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text does not have this verb, but it has been supplied in the translation for clarity.