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26 Then after the sixty-two sevens, the anointed one will be cut off and have nothing. Both the city and the holy place will be destroyed by the people of a ruler who is coming,[a] and its end will be with a flood. There will be war until the end, and desolations have been decreed.

27 He[b] will confirm a covenant for the many during one seven. In the middle of the seven, he will cause sacrifice and offering to cease.

On the wing of abominations is one who causes desolation, until the decreed end is poured out on the one who causes desolation.

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  1. Daniel 9:26 Titus, the Roman general who destroyed Jerusalem in 70 ad
  2. Daniel 9:27 The Messiah

26 After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death(A) and will have nothing.[a] The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood:(B) War will continue until the end, and desolations(C) have been decreed.(D) 27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’[b] In the middle of the ‘seven’[c] he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple[d] he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed(E) is poured out on him.[e][f]

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  1. Daniel 9:26 Or death and will have no one; or death, but not for himself
  2. Daniel 9:27 Or ‘week’
  3. Daniel 9:27 Or ‘week’
  4. Daniel 9:27 Septuagint and Theodotion; Hebrew wing
  5. Daniel 9:27 Or it
  6. Daniel 9:27 Or And one who causes desolation will come upon the wing of the abominable temple, until the end that is decreed is poured out on the desolated city