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Daniel 9:2

During Darius' first year as king, I, Daniel, read the scriptures [including Jeremiah, Isaiah, the Books of Moses, and the Psalms]. I noticed the Lord's words to the prophet Jeremiah that the number of years Jerusalem would lie in ruins had been foretold. It was 70 years.
[The prophet Isaiah mentions Cyrus by name two hundred years earlier, see Isa. 44:28; 45:13. Jeremiah had prophesied about the Jewish people's 70-year captivity in Babylon, see Jer. 25:10–11. The first prophecy came in 605 BC, the same year that Daniel and his friends were taken to Babylon, see Jer. 25:1. Daniel had certainly seen and heard Jeremiah preaching in Jerusalem before he was deported to Babylon as a teenager.
Jer. remains in Jerusalem and writes several letters to his compatriots in Babylon. In one letter, probably written not long after Jerusalem was conquered in 597 BC, see Jer. 29:1–2, he reminds them that when 70 years have passed for Babylon, the Jews will be brought back to their land and that God wants to give them peace, a future, and hope, see Jer. 29:10–13. When Daniel reads these writings, he has been in Babylon for 66 years. Daniel realizes that there are only a few years left before what Jeremiah prophesied will come to pass. It turns out that in the same year that Daniel writes this, Cyrus will allow the Jews to return, and a first group will eventually travel back to rebuild the temple. The call to prayer in Jer. 29:12–14 is one of the reasons why Daniel begins to pray when he reads this. Later, Zechariah will also refer to a 70-year period from the destruction of the temple in 586 BC until it was rebuilt and dedicated in 516 BC. It is interesting to see Daniel's view of the Scriptures. As early as the 500s BC, he refers to Jeremiah as the word of God. He also quotes from the Books of Moses and the Psalms in his prayer. See also 2 Chron. 36:20-22. Jeremiah had predicted 70 years of captivity, and Daniel believed in a literal fulfillment of the prophetic word.]
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Hebrew Masoretic text (MA), Read from right to left

בִּשְׁנַת   אַחַת   לְמָלְכוֹ   אֲנִי   דָּנִיֵּאל   בִּינֹתִי   בַּסְּפָרִים   מִסְפַּר   הַשָּׁנִים   אֲשֶׁר   הָיָה   דְבַר   יְהוָה   אֶל   יִרְמִיָה   הַנָּבִיא   לְמַלֹּאות   לְחָרְבוֹת   יְרוּשָׁלִַם   שִׁבְעִים   שָׁנָה  

Greek Septuagint (LXX), Read from left to right

τῷ πρώτῳ ἔτει τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ ἐγὼ Δανιηλ διενοήθην ἐν ταῖς βίβλοις τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῶν ἐτῶν ὅτε ἐγένετο πρόσταγμα τῇ γῇ ἐπὶ Ιερεμιαν τὸν προφήτην ἐγεῖραι εἰς ἀναπλήρωσιν ὀνειδισμοῦ Ιερουσαλημ ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτη

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Strongs nr Hebrew English Grammar Code
H9003
H8141
 בִּ (bi)
שְׁנַ֤ת (shenat)
 in
year
Prep. Preposition

Noun Noun
♀ sing. gen. feminine singular Construct state

R
Ncfsc
H0259
 אַחַת֙ (achat)
 one
Adj. Adjective
♀ sing. feminine singular Absolute state

 Acfsa
H9005
H4427a
H9033
 לְ (le)
מָלְכ֔ (malekh)
וֹ (vó)
 to
to reign
him
Prep. Preposition

Verb Verb
qal qal

Suffix Suffix
pron. 3p ♂ sing. Pronominal third person masculine singular

R
Vqcc
Sp3ms
H0589
 אֲנִי֙ (ani)
 I
Pron. Pron.
personal 1p ♂/♀ sing. personal first person masculine och feminine singular

Pp1bs
A1841
 דָּֽנִיֵּ֔אל (daniel)
 Daniel
Noun Noun
♂ masculine
Name/Place name/place

 Npm
H0995
 בִּינֹ֖תִי (binóti)
 to understand
Verb Verb
qal qatal 1p sing. qal qatal first person singular

Vqp1cs
H9003
H5612a
 בַּ (ba)
סְּפָרִ֑ים (sefarim)
 in
book
Prep. Preposition

Noun Noun
♂ pl. masculine plural Absolute state

 Rd
Ncmpa
H4557
 מִסְפַּ֣ר (misepar)
 number
Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. gen. masculine och feminine singular Construct state

Ncbsc
H9009
H8141
 הַ (ha)
שָּׁנִ֗ים (shanim)
 the
year
Particle Particle (Definite Article)

Noun Noun
♂ pl. masculine plural Absolute state

 Td
Ncmpa
H0834a
 אֲשֶׁ֨ר (asher)
 which
Conj. Conjunktion

 C
H1961
 הָיָ֤ה (hajah)
 to be
Verb Verb
qal qatal 3p ♂ sing. qal qatal third person masculine singular

Vqp3ms
H1697
H9014
 דְבַר (devar-)
־
word
link
Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. gen. masculine och feminine singular Construct state

Ncbsc
H3068
 יְהוָה֙ (jehvah)
 YHWH Yahweh
Noun Noun
Name/Place name/place

 Npt
H0413
H9014
 אֶל (el-)
־
to(wards)
link
Prep. Preposition

 R
H3414
 יִרְמִיָ֣ה (jiremiah)
 Jeremiah
Noun Noun
♂ masculine
Name/Place name/place

 Npm
H9009
H5030
 הַ (ha)
נָּבִ֔יא (navi)
 the
prophet
Particle Particle (Definite Article)

Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 Td
Ncbsa
H9005
H4390
 לְ (le)
מַלֹּ֛אות (malóvt)
 to
to fill
Prep. Preposition

Verb Verb
piel piel

R
Vpcc
H9005
H2723
 לְ (le)
חָרְב֥וֹת (charevvót)
 to
desolation
Prep. Preposition

Noun Noun
♀ pl. gen. feminine plural Construct state

R
Ncfpc
H3389
 יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (jeroshalaim)
 Jerusalem
Noun Noun
Name/Place name/place

 Npl
H7657
 שִׁבְעִ֥ים (shiveim)
 seventy
Adj. Adjective
♂ pl. masculine plural Absolute state

 Acmpa
H8141
H9016
 שָׁנָֽה (shanah)
׃
year
verseEnd
Noun Noun
♀ sing. feminine singular Absolute state

 Ncfsa

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