20 Now 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, 21 yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, reached me about the time of the evening offering. 22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill to understand. 23 At the beginning of your supplications the command went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved; therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision:
24 “Seventy
weeks are determined
For your people
and for your holy city,
To finish the
transgression,
To make an end
of sins,
To make
reconciliation for iniquity,
To bring in
everlasting righteousness,
To seal up
vision and prophecy,
And to anoint the Most Holy.
25 “Know
therefore and understand,
That from
the going forth of the command
To restore and
build Jerusalem
Until Messiah
the Prince,
There shall
be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;
The street shall
be built again, and the wall,
Even in troublesome times.
26 “And
after the sixty-two weeks
Messiah shall be
cut off, but not for Himself;
And the people
of the prince who is to come
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.
27 Then he shall
confirm a covenant with 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,
Even until the
consummation, which is determined,
Is poured out on the
desolate.”