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但以理书 9

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1 玛代族亚哈随鲁的儿子大利乌立为迦勒底国的王元年,

2 就是他在位第一年,我但以理从上得知耶和华的临到先知耶利米,论耶路撒冷荒凉的年数,七十年为满。

3 我便禁食,披麻蒙灰,定意向主祈祷恳求。

4 我向耶和华─我的祈祷、认罪,啊,而可畏的,向、守诫命的人守约施慈爱

5 我们犯罪作孽,行恶叛逆,偏离你的诫命典章,

6 没有听从你仆人先知奉你名向我们君、首领、列祖,和国中一切百姓所的话。

7 主啊,你是公的,我们是脸上蒙羞的;因我们犹大耶路撒冷居民,并以色列,或在近处,或在远处,被你赶到各国的,都得罪了你,正如今日一样。

8 主啊,我们我们的君、首领、列祖因得罪了你,就都脸上蒙羞。

9 主─我们的是怜悯饶恕人的,我们却违背了他,

10 也没有听从耶和华我们的话,没有遵行他藉仆人先知我们所陈明的律

11 以色列众人都犯了你的律法,偏行,不从你的话;因此,在你仆人摩西律法上所的咒诅和誓言都倾在我们身上,因我们得罪了

12 他使灾祸临到我们,成就了警戒我们和审判我们官长的;原来在普未曾行过像在耶路撒冷所行的。

13 这一切灾祸临到我们身上是照摩西律法上所的,我们却没有求耶和华我们的恩典,使我们回头离开罪孽,明白你的真理。

14 所以耶和华留意使这灾祸临到我们身上,因为耶和华我们在他所行的事上都是公我们并没有听从他的话。

15 主─我们的啊,你曾用大能的领你的子民出埃及,使自己得了名,正如今日一样。我们犯了罪,作了恶。

16 主啊,求你按你的大仁大,使你的怒气和忿怒离你的城耶路撒冷,就是你的耶路撒冷和你的子民,因我们罪恶我们列祖的罪孽被四围的人羞辱。

17 我们的啊,现在求你垂仆人的祈祷恳求,为自己使脸光你荒凉的圣所。

18 我的啊,求你侧耳而,睁眼而,眷顾我们荒凉之地和称为你名下的城。我们在你面前恳求,原不是因自己的,乃因你的大怜悯。

19 求主垂,求主赦免,求主应允而行,为你自己不要迟延。我的啊,因这城和这民都是称为你名下的。

20 我说话,祷告,承认我的和本国之民以色列的,为我,在耶和华─我面前恳求。

21 我正祷告的时候,先前在异象中所见的那位加百列,奉命迅速飞来,约在献晚祭的时候,按手在我身上。

22 他指教我:但以理啊,现在我出来要使你有智慧,有聪明。

23 你初恳求的时候,就发出命令,我告诉你,因你大蒙眷爱;所以你要思想明白这以下的事和异象。

24 为你本国之民和你城,已经定了十个。要止住罪过,除净罪恶,赎尽孽,引进(或译:彰显)永,封住异象预言,并者(者:或译所)。

25 你当知道,当明白,从出令重新建造耶路撒冷,直到有受膏君的时候,必有六十。正在艰难的时候,耶路撒冷城连街带濠必重新建造

26 过了六十个七,那(或译:有)受膏者必被剪除,一无所有;必有一王的民毁灭这城和所,至终必如洪水冲没。必有争战,一直到底,荒凉的事已经定了。

27 七之内,他必与许多人坚定盟约;七之半,他必使祭祀与供献止息。那行毁坏可憎的(或译:使地荒凉的)如飞而来,并且有忿怒倾在那行毁坏的身上(或译:倾在那荒凉之地),直到所定的结局。

   

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6. Here I may add some passages that speak openly of the Lord’s Coming, as follows:

The Lord himself is giving you a sign. Behold, a virgin will conceive and bear a son, and she will call his name “God with us.” (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:22-23)

A Child has been born to us; a Son has been given to us. Leadership will be upon his shoulder; and his name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, God, Hero, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace. There will be no end of the increase of his leadership and peace, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it in judgment and in justice from now on, even to eternity. (Isaiah 9:6-7)

A shoot will go forth from the trunk of Jesse, and a sprout from its roots will bear fruit. The spirit of Jehovah will rest upon him, a spirit of wisdom and intelligence, a spirit of counsel and strength. Justice will be a belt around his waist and truth a belt around his hips. Therefore it will happen on that day that the nations will seek the root of Jesse, the one who stands as a sign for the peoples, and glory will be his rest. (Isaiah 11:1-2, 5, 10)

Send the Lamb of the ruler of the earth from the rock by the wilderness to the mountain of the daughter of Zion. The throne has been established through mercy; he sits upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging and seeking a judgment, and hastening justice. (Isaiah 16:1, 5)

It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him to set us free. This is Jehovah; we have waited for him. Let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.” (Isaiah 25:9)

A voice of someone in the wilderness crying out, “Prepare a pathway for Jehovah; make level in the desert a highway for our God. The glory of Jehovah will be revealed, and all flesh will see it together.” Behold, the Lord Jehovih is coming in strength, and his arm will rule for him. Behold, his reward is with him. Like a shepherd he will feed his flock. (Isaiah 40:3, 5, 10-11)

My chosen one, in whom my soul has pleasure: I, Jehovah, have called you in righteousness. I will make you a covenant for the people, a light for the nations, to open blind eyes, and to lead the captives out of prison and those who are sitting in darkness out of the house of confinement. I am Jehovah. This is my name; I will not give my glory to another. (Isaiah 42:1, 6-8)

Who has believed our word and to whom has the arm of Jehovah been revealed? He has no form: we have seen him, but he has no beauty. He bore our diseases and carried our sorrows. (Isaiah 53:1-12)

“Who is this who is coming from Edom, with spattered garments from Bozrah, approaching in the immensity of his strength?” “I who speak justice and have the power to save, because the day of vengeance is in my heart and the year of my redeemed has arrived.” Therefore he became their Savior. (Isaiah 63:1, 4, 8)

Behold, the days are coming in which I will raise up for David a righteous branch who will rule as king, and prosper, and bring about judgment and justice on earth. And this is his name: they will call him “Jehovah our Righteousness.” (Jeremiah 23:5-6; 33:15-16)

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Sound the trumpet, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you. He is righteous and having salvation. He will speak peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea and from the river even to the ends of the earth. (Zechariah 9:9-10)

Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Zion! Behold, I am coming to dwell in your midst. Then many nations will be joined to Jehovah on that day and will become my people. (Zechariah 2:10-11)

As for you, Bethlehem Ephrata, as little as you are among the thousands of Judah, one will come forth from you for me who will become the ruler in Israel; his coming forth is from ancient times, from the days of eternity. He will stand firm and feed [his flock] in the strength of Jehovah. (Micah 5:2, 4)

Behold, I am sending my angel, who will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his Temple, the angel of the covenant whom you desire. Behold, he is coming. But who can bear the day of his coming? Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrifying day of Jehovah comes. (Malachi 3:1-2; 4:5)

I was watching, and behold, someone like the Son of Humanity was coming with the clouds of the heavens. To him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom; and all peoples, nations, and tongues will worship him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, one that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will not perish. All dominions will worship and obey him. (Daniel 7:13-14, 27)

Seventy weeks have been allotted for your people and your holy city to put an end to sinning, to seal the vision and the prophet, and to anoint the Most Holy. Know then and understand: from [the time] the word goes forth that Jerusalem must be restored and built until [the time of] Messiah the Leader will be seven weeks. (Daniel 9:24-25)

I will place his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers. He will cry out to me, “You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.” I will also make him the firstborn, high above the monarchs of the earth. I will make his seed endure to eternity and his throne as the days of the heavens. (Psalms 89:25-27, 29)

Jehovah said to my Lord: “Sit at my right until I make your enemies a stool for your feet. Jehovah will send the scepter of your strength from Zion, to rule in the midst of your enemies. You are a priest forever after the manner of Melchizedek.” (Psalms 110:1-2, 4; Matthew 22:44; Luke 20:42-43)

“I have anointed [him as] my king over Zion, which is my holy mountain.” “I will proclaim concerning the statute, ‘Jehovah has said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you. I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.”’” Kiss the Son or he will become angry and you will perish on the way. Blessed are all who trust in him. (Psalms 2:6-8, 12)

You have indeed made him lack little in comparison with angels, and have crowned him with glory and honor. You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have placed all things under his feet. (Psalms 8:5-6)

O Jehovah, be mindful of David, who swore to Jehovah, who vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob, “[God forbid] that I enter the tent of my home, go up to my bed, and grant sleep to my eyes, until I have found a place for Jehovah, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob. Behold, we have heard of him in Ephrata; we have found him in the fields of the forest. We will enter his dwelling and bow down at the stool for his feet. Let your priests be clothed with justice, and let your saints rejoice.” (Psalms 132:1-9)

But the passages cited here are only a few.

  
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