in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.
For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise
And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years
So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment
“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these
Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written i
We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a la
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the
Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple moun
Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.
Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses
to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of J
I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the
How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess o
From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ J
The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.
then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the ear
A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jeru
All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great k
Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,
Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
“Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”
Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, and to teaching.
So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let thos
So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the rea
“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what
While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there stood before me one having the appearance of
Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.
I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.