Daniel 9:2
in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived by the writings,—the number of the years, as to which the word of Yahweh came unto Jeremiah the prophet, to fulfil the desolations of Jerusalem, seventy years.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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2 Chronicles 36:21to fulfil the word of God, by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had paid off her sabbaths,—all the days of her lying desolate, she kept sabbath, to fulfil seventy years.
Psalms 74:3Lift up thy steps unto the places utterly unsafe, All the mischief!—the foe in the sanctuary!
Psalms 119:24Yea, thy testimonies, are my dear delight, My counsellors.
Isaiah 6:11Then said I—How long, My Lord? And he said—Until the time that Cities be wasted through having no inhabitant And houses—through having no men, And, the ground, be laid waste unto desolation;
Isaiah 64:10Thy holy cities, have become a wilderness,—Zion, a wilderness, hath become, Jerusalem, a desolation!
Jeremiah 25:11So shall all this land become a desolation, an astonishment, And these nations shall serve the king of Babylon, seventy years.
Matthew Henry on Daniel 9:2-4
Daniel's Confession and Prayer. ( b. c. 538.) 1 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; 2 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. 3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: We left… Read the whole commentary →