Daniel 9:20-27

New King James Version

The Seventy-Weeks Prophecy

²⁰Now while I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God, ²¹yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man ^(A)Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, ^[a]being caused to fly swiftly, reached me about the time of the evening offering. ²²And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill to understand. ²³At the beginning of your supplications the ^[b]command went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly ^(B)beloved; therefore ^(C)consider the matter, and understand the vision:

²⁴“Seventy ^[c]weeks are determined
For your people and for your holy city,
To finish the transgression,
^[d]To make an end of sins,
^(D)To make reconciliation for iniquity,
^(E)To bring in everlasting righteousness,
To seal up vision and prophecy,
^(F)And to anoint ^[e]the Most Holy.

²⁵“Know therefore and understand,
That from the going forth of the command
To restore and build Jerusalem
Until ^(G)Messiah ^(H)the Prince,
There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;
The ^[f]street shall be built again, and the ^[g]wall,
Even in troublesome times.

²⁶“And after the sixty-two weeks
^(I)Messiah shall ^[h]be cut off, ^(J)but not for Himself;
And ^(K)the people of the prince who is to come
^(L)Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.
The end of it shall be with a flood,
And till the end of the war desolations are determined.
²⁷Then he shall confirm ^(M)a ^[i]covenant with ^(N)many for one week;
But in the middle of the week
He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.
And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate,
^(O)Even until the consummation, which is determined,
Is poured out on the ^[j]desolate.”