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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Daniel 9

Chapter 9

In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;

A. M. 3466. B.C. 538. Darius

1:21 5:31 6:1,28 11:1

Ahasuerus

This was the Astyages of the heathen historians; as we learn from Tobit 14:15, where the taking of Nineveh is ascribed to Nebuchadnezzar and Assuerus, who were the same with Nabopolassar and Astyages.

which

or, in which he, etc.

In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.

understood

8:15,16 Psalms 119:24,99,100 Matthew 24:15 Mark 13:14 Acts 8:34 1 Timothy 4:13 2 Timothy 3:15-17 1 Peter 1:10-12 2 Peter 1:19-21 Revelation 1:3

to Jeremiah

2 Chronicles 36:21 Jeremiah 25:11,12 27:7 29:10 Zechariah 7:5

the desolations

Psalms 74:3-7 79:1,2 Isaiah 6:11,12 24:10-12 64:10 Jeremiah 7:34 25:18 Jeremiah 26:6,18 Lamentations 1:1 Micah 3:12

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

I set

6:10 Nehemiah 1:4-11 Psalms 102:13-17 Jeremiah 29:10-13 33:3 Ezekiel 36:37 James 5:16-18

with

10:2,3 Ezra 8:21 9:5 10:6 Nehemiah 1:4 9:1 Esther 4:1-3,16 Psalms 35:13 Psalms 69:10,11 Isaiah 22:12 Joel 1:13 2:12 Jonah 3:6-9 Luke 2:37 Acts 10:30 James 4:8-10

And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;

made

5-12 Leviticus 26:40-42 1 Kings 8:47-49 2 Chronicles 7:14 Nehemiah 9:2,3 Psalms 32:5 Jeremiah 3:13 1 John 1:8-10

the great

Exodus 20:6 34:6,7 Numbers 14:18,19 Deuteronomy 5:10 7:9 1 Kings 8:23 Nehemiah 1:5 9:32 Jeremiah 32:17-19 Micah 7:18-20 Nahum 1:2-7 Luke 1:72 Romans 8:28 James 1:12 James 2:5 1 John 5:2,3

We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:

have sinned

15 1 Kings 8:47-50 2 Chronicles 6:37-39 Ezra 9:6 Nehemiah 1:6-8 9:33,34 Psalms 106:6 Isaiah 64:5-7 Jeremiah 3:25 14:7

departing

Psalms 18:21 119:102 Isaiah 59:13 Ezekiel 6:9 Hosea 1:2 Malachi 3:7 Hebrews 3:12

Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

have we

10 2 Kings 17:13,14 2 Chronicles 33:10 36:15,16 Isaiah 30:10,11 Jeremiah 6:16,17 Jeremiah 7:13,25,26 25:3-7 26:5 29:19 32:32,33 44:4,5,16 Zechariah 1:4-6 Zechariah 7:8-12 Matthew 21:34-40 23:37 Luke 20:10-12 Acts 7:51,52 13:27 1 Thessalonians 2:15,16

our kings

Ezra 9:7 Nehemiah 9:32,34

O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.

righteousness

8,14 Deuteronomy 32:4 Ezra 9:13 Nehemiah 9:33 Psalms 51:4,14 119:137 Jeremiah 12:1 Luke 23:40,41

belongeth unto thee

or, thou hast, etc. unto us.

Ezra 9:6,7 Psalms 44:15 Isaiah 45:16 Jeremiah 2:26,27 3:25 Ezekiel 16:63 36:31 Romans 6:21

near

Deuteronomy 4:27 2 Kings 17:6,7 Isaiah 11:11 Jeremiah 24:9 Amos 9:9 Acts 2:5-11

whither

Leviticus 26:33,34

O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.

to us

6,7

because

Jeremiah 14:20 Lamentations 1:7,8,18 3:42 5:16

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;

To the Lord

From God's goodness flow His mercies; and from His mercies, forgiveness.

7 Exodus 34:6,7 Numbers 14:18,19 Nehemiah 9:17,31 Psalms 62:12 86:5,15 130:4,7 Psalms 145:8,9 Isaiah 55:7 63:7 Lamentations 3:22,23 Jonah 4:2 Micah 7:18,19 Ephesians 1:6-8 2:4-7

though

5 Nehemiah 9:18,19,26-28 Psalms 106:43-45 Jeremiah 14:7 Ezekiel 20:8,9,13

Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.

which

6 2 Kings 17:13 18:12 Ezra 9:10,11 Nehemiah 9:13-17 Hebrews 1:1

Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.

all

2 Kings 17:18-23 Isaiah 1:4-6 Jeremiah 8:5-10 9:26 Ezekiel 22:26-31

the curse

Leviticus 26:14-46 Deuteronomy 27:15-26 28:15-68 29:20-29 30:17-19 31:17,18 Deuteronomy 32:19-42

And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.

confirmed

Isaiah 44:26 Lamentations 2:17 Ezekiel 13:6 Zechariah 1:8 Matthew 5:18 Romans 15:8

our judges

1 Kings 3:9 Job 12:17 Psalms 2:10 148:11 Proverbs 8:16

for under

The destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, and the condition of the Jews during almost eighteen centuries, have far more exceeded all the miseries of the capture of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, and in the Babylonish captivity, than those miseries exceeded the judgments inflicted on other nations; for the guilt of crucifying the Messiah, and rejecting his gospel, was immensely more atrocious than all their other transgressions.

Lamentations 1:12 2:13 4:6 Ezekiel 5:9 Joel 2:2 Amos 3:2 Matthew 24:21 Mark 13:19 Luke 21:22

As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.

As it is

Thus every succeeding part of the Sacred writings attests and prove the Divine authority of the preceding. The history relates the fulfilment of former predictions; and then new prophecies are add, which future events accomplish, and thus demonstrate their inspiration to the latest ages.

11 Leviticus 26:14-46 Deuteronomy 28:15-68 Isaiah 42:9 Lamentations 2:15-17 John 10:35

made we not our prayer before

Heb. intreated we not the face of.

Job 36:13 Isaiah 9:13 Jeremiah 2:30 5:3 Hosea 7:7,10,14

that we

Deuteronomy 29:4 Psalms 85:4 119:18,27,73 Isaiah 64:7 Jeremiah 31:18 44:27 Lamentations 5:21 Luke 24:45 John 6:45 8:32 Ephesians 1:17,18 4:21 James 1:5

Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.

watched

Jeremiah 31:28 44:27

the Lord

7 Nehemiah 9:33 Psalms 51:14

for

Verse 15

And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.

that hast

Exodus 6:1,6 14:1-15 32:11 1 Kings 8:51 Nehemiah 1:10 Jeremiah 32:20-23 2 Corinthians 1:10

and hast

Exodus 9:16 14:18 Nehemiah 9:10 Psalms 106:8 Isaiah 55:13 Jeremiah 32:10

gotten thee renown

Heb. made thee a name. we have sinned.

5 Luke 15:18,19,21 18:13

O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.

according

1 Samuel 2:7 Nehemiah 9:8 Psalms 31:1 71:2 143:1 Micah 6:4,5 2 Thessalonians 1:6 1 John 1:9

thy holy

20 Psalms 87:1-3 Joel 3:17 Zechariah 8:3

for the

Exodus 20:5 Leviticus 26:39,40 Psalms 106:6-48 Matthew 23:31,32 Luke 11:47-51

Jerusalem

1 Kings 9:7-9 Psalms 41:13 79:4 Isaiah 64:9-11 Jeremiah 24:9 29:18 Lamentations 1:8,9 Lamentations 2:15,16

Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.

cause

Numbers 6:23-26 Psalms 4:6 67:1 80:1,3,7,19 119:135 Revelation 21:23

thy sanctuary

Lamentations 5:18

for

19 John 16:24 2 Corinthians 1:20

O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

incline

1 Kings 8:29 2 Kings 19:16 Psalms 17:6,7 Isaiah 37:17 63:15-19 64:12

behold

Exodus 3:7 Psalms 80:14-19

which is called by thy name

Heb. whereupon thy name is called.

Jeremiah 7:10 14:9 15:16 25:29 1 Corinthians 1:2

for we

Isaiah 64:6 Jeremiah 14:7 Ezekiel 36:32

present

Heb. cause to fall.

Jeremiah 36:7 37:20 *marg:

O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

O Lord, forgive

Numbers 14:19 1 Kings 8:30-39 2 Chronicles 6:21,25-30,39 Amos 7:2 Luke 11:8

defer

Psalms 44:23-26 74:9-11 79:5 85:5,6 102:13,14 Isaiah 64:9-12

thine

Psalms 79:8-10 102:15,16 115:1,2 Jeremiah 14:7,20,21 Ezekiel 20:9,14,22 Ezekiel 36:22 39:25 Ephesians 1:6,12 3:10

for thy

18 Psalms 79:6 Isaiah 63:16-19 Jeremiah 14:9 25:29

And whiles I was speaking, and 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;

whiles

10:2 Psalms 32:5 145:18 Isaiah 58:9 65:24 Acts 4:31 10:30,31

confessing

4 Ecclesiastes 7:20 Isaiah 6:5 Romans 3:23 James 3:2 1 John 1:8-10

for

16 Psalms 137:5,6 Isaiah 56:7 62:6,7 Zechariah 8:3 Revelation 21:2,10

Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.

the man

8:16 10:16 Luke 1:19

to fly

Psalms 103:20 104:4 Isaiah 6:2 Ezekiel 1:11,14 Hebrews 1:7

swiftly

Heb. with weariness, or flight. touched.

8:18 10:10,16,18 Isaiah 6:6,7 Acts 12:7 Hebrews 1:14

the time

1 Kings 18:36 Ezra 9:5 Matthew 27:46 Acts 3:1 10:3,9

And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.

he informed

24-27 8:16 10:21 Zechariah 1:9,14 6:4,5 Revelation 4:1

give thee skill and understanding

Heb. make thee skilful of understanding

At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.

the beginning

10:12

commandment

Heb. word. for.

10:11,19 Luke 1:28

greatly beloved

Heb. a man of desires.

Song of Solomon 7:10 Ezekiel 24:16 26:12 *marg:

understand

Matthew 24:15

Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

Seventy weeks

That is, seventy weeks of years, or 490 years, which reckoned from the seventh year of Artaxerxes, coinciding with the 4,256th year of the Julian period, and in the month Nisan, in which Ezra was commissioned to restore the Jewish state and polity, (Ezr 7:9-26) will bring us to the month of Nisan of the 4,746th year of the same period, or A.D. 33, the very month and year in which our Lord suffered, and completed the work of our salvation.

Leviticus 25:8 Numbers 14:34 Ezekiel 4:6

finish

or, restrain.

Matthew 1:21 1 John 3:8

and to

Lamentations 4:22 Colossians 2:14 Hebrews 9:26 10:14

make an end of

or, seal up.

Ezekiel 28:12

to make

Leviticus 8:15 2 Chronicles 29:24 Isaiah 53:10 Romans 5:10 2 Corinthians 5:18-20 Colossians 1:20 Hebrews 2:17

to bring

Isaiah 51:6,8 53:11 56:1 Jeremiah 23:5,6 Romans 3:21,22 1 Corinthians 1:30 2 Corinthians 5:21 Philippians 3:9 Hebrews 9:12-14 2 Peter 1:1 Revelation 14:6

seal up

Matthew 11:13 Luke 24:25-27,44,45 John 19:28-30

prophecy

Heb. prophet.

Acts 3:22

and to anoint

Psalms 2:6 45:7 Isaiah 61:1 Luke 4:18-21 John 1:41 3:34 Hebrews 1:8,9 9:11

the most

Mark 1:24 Luke 1:35 Acts 3:14 Hebrews 7:26 Revelation 3:7

Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

and understand

23 Matthew 13:23 24:15 Mark 13:14 Acts 8:30

from

Ezra 4:24 6:1-15 7:1,8,11-26 Nehemiah 2:1-8 3:1

restore and to build Jerusalem

or, build again Jerusalem: as.

2 Samuel 15:25 Psalms 71:10

the Messiah

John 1:41 4:25

the Prince

8:11,25 Isaiah 9:6 55:4 Micah 5:2 Acts 3:15 5:31 Revelation 1:5 19:16

seven weeks

The seventy weeks are here divided into three periods. 1. Seven weeks, or 49 years, for the restoration of Jerusalem. 2. Sixty-two weeks, or 434 years, from that time to the announcement of the Messiah by John the Baptist. 3. One week, or seven years, for the ministry of John and of CHRIST himself to the crucifixion.

be built again

Heb. return and be builded. wall. or, breach, or, ditch. even.

Nehemiah 4:8,16-18 Ephesians 5:16

troublous times

Heb. strait of times.

Nehemiah 6:15

And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

Messiah

Psalms 22:15 Isaiah 53:8 Mark 9:12 Luke 24:26,46 John 11:51,52 12:32-34 2 Corinthians 5:21 Galatians 3:13 1 Peter 2:21,24 3:18

but not

or, and shall have nothing.

John 14:30

and the people, etc

or, and (the Jews) shall be no more his people.

11:17 Hosea 1:9

or, and the Prince's (Messiah's, ver

25,) future people. The Romans, who under Titus, after the expiration of the 70 weeks, destroyed the temple and the city, and dispersed the Jews.

the prince

Matthew 22:2,7 23:38 24:2 Mark 13:2 Luke 19:43,44 21:6,24 Acts 6:13,14

and the end

Matthew 24:6-14 Mark 13:7

with

11:10 Isaiah 8:7 Jeremiah 46:7 Amos 8:8 9:5 Nahum 1:8

desolations are determined

or, it shall be cut off by desolations

And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

confirm

Isaiah 42:6 53:11 55:3 Jeremiah 31:31-34 32:40-42 Ezekiel 16:60-63 Matthew 26:28 Romans 5:15,19 15:8,9 Galatians 3:13-17 Hebrews 6:13-18 8:8-13 Hebrews 9:15-20,28 10:16-18 13:20,21

the covenant

or, a covenant. cause.

Matthew 27:51 Hebrews 10:4-22

for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate

or, upon the battlements shall be the idols of the desolator.

8:13 11:36 12:11 Isaiah 10:22,23 28:22 Matthew 24:15 Mark 13:14 Luke 21:20,24 Romans 11:26

that determined

Leviticus 26:14-46 Deuteronomy 4:26-28 28:15-68 29:18-29 30:17,18 31:28,29 Deuteronomy 32:19-44 Psalms 69:22-28 1 Thessalonians 2:15,16

upon the desolate

or, upon the desolator.