Dan 2:34-35, 44, Dan 9, 12:7 | ESV | STEP | As you looked , a stone was cut out by no human hand , and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay , and broke them in pieces.

34 As you looked, a stone was cut out ^aby no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and ^bbroke them in pieces. 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, all together were broken in pieces, and became ^clike the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that ^dnot a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the image became ^ea great mountain ^fand filled the whole earth.

Daniel 2:44

44 And in the days of those kings ^gthe God of heaven will set up ^ha kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. ⁱIt shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and ^jit shall stand forever,

Daniel 9

Daniel’s Prayer for His People

1 ^kIn the first year of ^lDarius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a ^mMede, who was made king over the realm of the ⁿChaldeans— 2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to ^othe word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years.

3 Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by ^pprayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. 4 I prayed to the Lord my God and ^qmade confession, saying, ^r“O Lord, the ^sgreat and awesome God, who ^tkeeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, 5 ^uwe have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly ^vand rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. 6 ^wWe have not listened to ^xyour servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to ^your kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7 To you, ^zO Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, ^aathose who are near and ^abthose who are far away, in ^acall the lands to which you have driven them, because of ^adthe treachery that they have committed against you. 8 To us, O Lord, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because ^aewe have sinned against you. 9 ^afTo the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him 10 ^agand have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by walking in his laws, which he set before us by ^ahhis servants the prophets. 11 ^aiAll Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside, ^ajrefusing to obey your voice. ^akAnd the curse and oath ^althat are written in the Law of ^amMoses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because ^anwe have sinned against him. 12 He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against ^aoour rulers who ruled us, ^{▼▼Or our judges who judged us} by ^aqbringing upon us a great calamity. ^arFor under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem. 13 ^asAs it is written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us; yet we have not entreated the favor of the Lord our God, ^atturning from our iniquities and gaining insight by your truth. 14 ^auTherefore the Lord has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us, ^avfor the Lord our God is righteous in all the works that he has done, and ^awwe have not obeyed his voice. 15 And now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt ^axwith a mighty hand, and ^ayhave made a name for yourself, as at this day, ^azwe have sinned, we have done wickedly.

16 “O Lord, ^baaccording to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem, ^bbyour holy hill, ^bcbecause for our sins, and for ^bdthe iniquities of our fathers, ^beJerusalem and your people have become ^bfa byword among all who are around us. 17 Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord, ^{▼▼Hebrew for the Lord’s sake} ^bhmake your face to shine upon ^biyour sanctuary, which is desolate. 18 ^bjO my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see ^bkour desolations, and ^blthe city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. ^bmDelay not, ^bnfor your own sake, O my God, because ^boyour city and ^bpyour people are called by your name.”

Gabriel Brings an Answer

20 ^bqWhile I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my plea before the Lord my God for ^brthe holy hill of my God, 21 while I was speaking in prayer, the man ^bsGabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the first, ^btcame to me in swift flight at ^buthe time of the evening sacrifice. 22 ^bvHe made me understand, speaking with me and saying, “O Daniel, I have now come out to give you ^bwinsight and understanding. 23 ^bxAt the beginning of your pleas for mercy a word went out, ^byand I have come to tell it to you, for ^bzyou are greatly loved. Therefore consider the word ^caand understand the vision.

The Seventy Weeks

24 ^cb“Seventy weeks ^{▼▼Or sevens; also twice in verse 25 and once in verse 26} are decreed about your people and ^cdyour holy city, to finish ^cethe transgression, to put an end to sin, ^cfand to atone for iniquity, ^cgto bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and ^chto anoint a most holy place. ^{▼▼Or thing, or one} 25 ^cjKnow therefore and understand that ^ckfrom the going out of the word to restore and ^clbuild Jerusalem to the coming of an ^cmanointed one, a ^cnprince, there shall be seven weeks. Then for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again ^{▼▼Or there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It shall be built again} with squares and moat, ^cpbut in a troubled time. 26 And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall ^cqbe cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come ^crshall destroy the city and the sanctuary. ^csIts ^{▼▼Or His} end shall come with a flood, ^cuand to the end there shall be war. ^cvDesolations are decreed. 27 And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week, ^{▼▼Or seven; twice in this verse} and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. ^cxAnd on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until ^cythe decreed end is poured out on the desolator.”

Daniel 12:7

7 And I heard ^czthe man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream; ^dahe raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven and ^dbswore by him who lives forever that it would be for a ^dctime, times, and half a time, and that when the shattering of ^ddthe power of ^dethe holy people comes to an end all these things would be finished.