In the first year of his reign ani Daniyel (דניאל) understood by sefarim
the number of the years, whereof the Davar YHWH (יהוה) came to
Yirmeyah ha Navi, that he would accomplish shivim
shanah in
the desolations of Yerushalayim.9:1 In the first year of Dareyavesh the son of Achashverosh, of the seed of the Maday (מדי), which was made king over the realm of the Kasdiymah;
9:2
In the first year of his reign ani Daniyel (דניאל) understood by sefarim
the number of the years, whereof the Davar YHWH (יהוה) came to
Yirmeyah ha Navi, that he would accomplish shivim
shanah in
the desolations of Yerushalayim.
9:3 And I set my face unto *YHWH (יהוה) Elohim (אלהים), to seek by tefillah and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
9:4 And I prayed unto YHWH (יהוה) Elohai, and made my confession , and said, O *YHWH (יהוה), the great and dreadful Elohim (אלהים), shomer Ha Brit ve ha Chesed (mercy) to them that love Him, and to them that shomrei His Mitzvot
9:5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from Thy mitzvot (precepts) and from Thy mishpatim (judgments):
9:6 Neither have we hearkened unto Thy eved the Neviim, which spake in thy name to our kings, our sarim (princes), and Avot, ve kol am ha Eretz.
9:7 O *YHWH (יהוה), tzedakah belongs unto Thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Yehudah, and to the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, and unto all Yisrael, 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.
9:8 O *YHWH (יהוה), to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
9:9 To *YHWH (יהוה) Eloheinu belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
9:10 Neither have we obeyed the kol YHWH (יהוה) Eloheinu, to walk in His Torat, which he set before us by His eved the Neviim.
9:11 Yea, all Yisrael have transgressed Your Torah, even by departing, that they might not obey thy kol; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that [is] written in the Torah Mosheh the eved Elohim (אלהים), because we have sinned against him.
9:12 And He has confirmed His words, which He spoke against us, and against our judges who judged us, by bringing upon us a great disaster: for under the whole heaven such has never been done as what has been done as what has been done to Yerushalayim.
9:13 As it is written in the Torah Mosheh, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our tefillah before YHWH (יהוה) Eloheinu, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
9:14 Therefore hath YHWH (יהוה) watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for YHWH (יהוה) Eloheinu [is] Tzadiyk (צדּיק) in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his kol.
9:15 And now, O *YHWH (יהוה) Eloheinu, that hast brought thy people forth out of the Eretz Mitzrayim with a mighty yad (hand), and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
9:16 O *YHWH (יהוה), according to all thy tzedakah, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Yerushalayim, thy kodesh mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Yerushalayim and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
9:17 Now therefore, O Eloheinu, hear the tefillah of thy eved, and his tachanunim (supplications), and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for *YHWH (יהוה)'s sake.
9:18 O Elohai, incline thine ear, and shema; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by Thy Name: for we do not present tachanuneinu (our supplications) before thee for our tzidkoteinu, but for thy great mercies.
9:19 O *YHWH (יהוה), Shama; O *YHWH (יהוה), forgive; O *YHWH (יהוה), hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O Elohai (אלהים): for thy city and Thy people are called by Thy name.
The Seventy Weeks (Sheva Shavua)
9:20 And whiles I was speaking (davar), and praying(palal), and confessing(yadah) my sin and the sin of my people Yisrael, and presenting my supplication before YHWH (יהוה) Elohai al Har kodesh Elohai;
9:21 Yea, while I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriyel (גּבריאל), whom I had seen in the chazon at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening minchah.
9:22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniyel (דניאל), I am now come forth to give thee skill and binah.
9:23 At the beginning of thy tachanunim (supplications) the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew [thee]; for thou [art] greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the chazon.
*9:24 Shavuim shivim are determined upon thy people and upon thy kodesh city, 1to finish the transgression, and 2to make an end of sins, and 3to make reconciliation for iniquity, and 4to bring in everlasting tzedak, and 5to seal up the chazon and Naviy, and 6to anoint the most kodesh.
9:25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Yerushalayim unto the Moshiayah the Prince shall be sheva shavua, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Mashiach 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.
9:27 And 7he shall confirm the Brit with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the minchah to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations (shikkutz) he shall make [it] desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate (shamem).
compare with Mattityahu 24:15; Markos 13:14; 2 Thesalonika 2:3,8-12 Revelation 13:1-18
9:24- 27 Seventy weeks This is one of the most important and controversial prophecies in the scriptures. Daniyel (דניאל) had been praying about the rebuilding of Yerushalayim and the return of his people. YHWH gave Daniyel (דניאל) a time frame for his dealings with Yisrael. Vs 24 is the key to understanding the prophecy. (Badmidbar 14:34; Yechezkel 4:6, Yirmiyahu 30)
Daniel and the New Covenant -Daniel knew that the curses mentioned in the Torah had come upon Israel:
13 As it is written in the Torah of Moshe, all this evil is come upon
us; yet have we not entreated the favour of YHWH our Elohim, that we
might turn from our iniquities, and have discernment in Your truth.
(Dan. 9:13) (see Lev. 26:14; Deut. 28:15)
Daniel also knew that the Torah tells us that if after these curses
come upon us, we still do not repent, Elohim would punish us seven
times more:
18 And if you will not yet for these things hearken unto Me,
then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.
(Lev. 26:18, see also verses 21, 24, 28) (Dan. 9:24-27)
In Daniel 9 Daniel prays for mercy for Israel, because he knows Israel has failed to repent, and he knows that seven times seventy is 490 years, and he does not want Israel to now fall under a 490 year curse. Unfortunately Gavri'el (El is Severe) comes with Elohim's reply. Israel would indeed fall into a 490 year curse:
to fulfil the word of YHWH by the mouth of Yirmeyah, until the land had been paid her sabbaths; for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
(2Chron. 36:21) 483 years into this 490 years the Messiah comes along and is "cut off,
but not for himself":
Why does the Messiah come seven years before the end of the 490 year curse?
Because the Land must have its seventh year Sabbath (2 Chron. 36:21). In order for the curse to end, the people of Israel would have to repent and turn back to Torah. Since the decisive issue had been the Sabbath of the Land, this repentance would need to manifest itself by the keeping of the Sabbath of the Land, but in order to do this, the people would need a seven year head start, they would have to start keeping a complete Sabbath of the Land cycle 483 years into the 490 year curse if they were to enter the New Covenant at the end of the 490 years. Thus YHWH in his infinite mercy was to send Messiah after 483 years to call the people to repentance.
Yeshua and the New Covenant
Now the 483 year period mentioned in Daniel begins with "the word to restore to build Yerushalayim" (Dan. 9:25) which was the Artaxerxes decree (Ezra 7:11-16) given in 457 B.C.E.. The 483 year period ends with the appearance of Messiah on the scene (Dan. 9:25). If we add 483 years to 457 B.C.E. we come to 27 C.E. (although 457 + 27 = 484 one must subtract a year whenever crossing the line between BCE and CE on the timeline, since there is no zero point year on the calendar.) Now there is good evidence that Yeshua was born, not in 1 C.E. but in 3 B.C.E.. At the age of thirty (in 27 C.E.) Yeshua first began his ministry (Luke 3:23).
Shortly after Yeshua began his ministry he returned to his home synagogue in Nazareth where he did the haftorah reading (Luke 4:16-20). He stood and read from Isaiah 61:1-2: 1 The spirit of the Adonai YHWH is upon me; because YHWH has anointed me to bring good tidings unto the humble; He has sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the eyes to them that are bound;