1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Daniel 9:2 | The first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by books the *number of the years, concerning which the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, the prophet, that seventy years should be accomplished of the desolation of Jerusalem. Jeremias 25:11.; Jeremias 29:10. | Jerusalem. He read attentively the sacred volumes, particularly the prophecy of Jeremias 25:11.; Jeremias 29:10. Knowing that many predictions were conditional, he was afraid lest this might be so; notwithstanding a part of it seemed to be verified by the death of Baltassar. (Calmet) --- Darius had reigned in Persia before. He only ruled part of a year, at Babylon, the 70th of the captivity, 2 Paralipomenon 36:22. Daniel perceiving that the time of the Jews' deliverance was at hand, prayed with great zeal and confidence. (Worthington) |