22 for these are (A)days of (B)vengeance, to fulfill (C)all that is written.

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22 For this is the time of punishment(A) in fulfillment(B) of all that has been written.

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then (A)the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials,[a] and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 2:9 Or temptations

if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials(A) and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.(B)

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(A)The days of punishment have come;
    the days of recompense have come;
    Israel shall know it.
(B)The prophet is a fool;
    the man of the spirit is mad,
because of your great iniquity
    and great hatred.

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The days of punishment(A) are coming,
    the days of reckoning(B) are at hand.
    Let Israel know this.
Because your sins(C) are so many
    and your hostility so great,
the prophet is considered a fool,(D)
    the inspired person a maniac.(E)

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But by the same word (A)the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and (B)destruction of the ungodly.

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By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire,(A) being kept for the day of judgment(B) and destruction of the ungodly.

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19 For in those days there will be (A)such (B)tribulation as has not been (C)from the beginning of the creation that (D)God created until now, and never will be. 20 And if the Lord had not cut short the days, no human being would be saved. But for (E)the sake of the elect, whom (F)he chose, he shortened the days.

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19 because those will be days of distress unequaled from the beginning, when God created the world,(A) until now—and never to be equaled again.(B)

20 “If the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened them.

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12 I will destine you to the sword,
    and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter,
(A)because, when I called, you did not answer;
    when I spoke, you did not listen,
(B)but you did what was evil in my eyes
    and chose what I did not delight in.”

13 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, (C)my servants shall eat,
    but you shall be hungry;
behold, my servants shall drink,
    but you shall be thirsty;
behold, my servants shall rejoice,
    but you shall be put to shame;
14 behold, (D)my servants shall sing for gladness of heart,
    but you shall cry out for pain of heart
    and shall wail for breaking of spirit.
15 You shall leave your name to (E)my chosen (F)for a curse,
    and the Lord God will put you to death,
    but his servants (G)he will call by another name,
16 so that he who (H)blesses himself in the land
    shall bless himself by (I)the God of truth,
and he who takes an oath in the land
    shall swear by (J)the God of truth;
(K)because the former troubles are forgotten
    and are hidden from my eyes.

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12 I will destine you for the sword,(A)
    and all of you will fall in the slaughter;(B)
for I called but you did not answer,(C)
    I spoke but you did not listen.(D)
You did evil in my sight
    and chose what displeases me.”(E)

13 Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“My servants will eat,(F)
    but you will go hungry;(G)
my servants will drink,(H)
    but you will go thirsty;(I)
my servants will rejoice,(J)
    but you will be put to shame.(K)
14 My servants will sing(L)
    out of the joy of their hearts,
but you will cry out(M)
    from anguish of heart
    and wail in brokenness of spirit.
15 You will leave your name
    for my chosen ones to use in their curses;(N)
the Sovereign Lord will put you to death,
    but to his servants he will give another name.(O)
16 Whoever invokes a blessing(P) in the land
    will do so by the one true God;(Q)
whoever takes an oath in the land
    will swear(R) by the one true God.
For the past troubles(S) will be forgotten
    and hidden from my eyes.

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(A)For the day of vengeance was in my heart,
    and my year of redemption[a] had come.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 63:4 Or the year of my redeemed

It was for me the day of vengeance;(A)
    the year for me to redeem had come.

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(A)For the Lord has a day of vengeance,
    a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

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For the Lord has a day(A) of vengeance,(B)
    a year of retribution,(C) to uphold Zion’s cause.

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But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are (A)storing up (B)wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

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But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath(A), when his righteous judgment(B) will be revealed.

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22 (A)All this took place (B)to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

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22 All this took place to fulfill(A) what the Lord had said through the prophet:

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The Flock Doomed to Slaughter

11 Open your doors, (A)O Lebanon,
    that the fire may devour your cedars!
Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,
    for the glorious trees are ruined!
Wail, (B)oaks of Bashan,
    for the thick forest has been felled!
The sound of (C)the wail of (D)the shepherds,
    for their glory is ruined!
The sound of the roar of (E)the lions,
    (F)for the thicket of the Jordan is ruined!

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11 Open your doors, Lebanon,(A)
    so that fire(B) may devour your cedars!
Wail, you juniper, for the cedar has fallen;
    the stately trees are ruined!
Wail, oaks(C) of Bashan;
    the dense forest(D) has been cut down!(E)
Listen to the wail of the shepherds;
    their rich pastures are destroyed!
Listen to the roar of the lions;(F)
    the lush thicket of the Jordan is ruined!(G)

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The Seventy Weeks

24 (A)“Seventy weeks[a] are decreed about your people and (B)your holy city, to finish (C)the transgression, to put an end to sin, (D)and to atone for iniquity, (E)to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and (F)to anoint a most holy place.[b] 25 (G)Know therefore and understand that (H)from the going out of the word to restore and (I)build Jerusalem to the coming of an (J)anointed one, a (K)prince, there shall be seven weeks. Then for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again[c] with squares and moat, (L)but in a troubled time. 26 And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall (M)be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come (N)shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. (O)Its[d] end shall come with a flood, (P)and to the end there shall be war. (Q)Desolations are decreed. 27 And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week,[e] and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. (R)And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until (S)the decreed end is poured out on the desolator.”

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 9:24 Or sevens; also twice in verse 25 and once in verse 26
  2. Daniel 9:24 Or thing, or one
  3. Daniel 9:25 Or there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It shall be built again
  4. Daniel 9:26 Or His
  5. Daniel 9:27 Or seven; twice in this verse

24 “Seventy ‘sevens’[a] are decreed for your people and your holy city(A) to finish[b] transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone(B) for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness,(C) to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the Most Holy Place.[c]

25 “Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild(D) Jerusalem until the Anointed One,[d](E) the ruler,(F) comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble.(G) 26 After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death(H) and will have nothing.[e] The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood:(I) War will continue until the end, and desolations(J) have been decreed.(K) 27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’[f] In the middle of the ‘seven’[g] he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple[h] he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed(L) is poured out on him.[i][j]

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 9:24 Or ‘weeks’; also in verses 25 and 26
  2. Daniel 9:24 Or restrain
  3. Daniel 9:24 Or the most holy One
  4. Daniel 9:25 Or an anointed one; also in verse 26
  5. Daniel 9:26 Or death and will have no one; or death, but not for himself
  6. Daniel 9:27 Or ‘week’
  7. Daniel 9:27 Or ‘week’
  8. Daniel 9:27 Septuagint and Theodotion; Hebrew wing
  9. Daniel 9:27 Or it
  10. 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

(A)“Flee from the midst of Babylon;
    let every one save his life!
(B)Be not cut off in her punishment,
    (C)for this is the time of the Lord's vengeance,
    the repayment he is rendering her.

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“Flee(A) from Babylon!
    Run for your lives!
    Do not be destroyed because of her sins.(B)
It is time(C) for the Lord’s vengeance;(D)
    he will repay(E) her what she deserves.

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