Daniel 9: Daniel’s Prayer and the Seventy Weeks

Reading Jeremiah’s prophecy that Jerusalem would lie desolate for seventy years, Daniel turns to God with fasting and a long prayer confessing Israel’s sin. He pleads for mercy for the sake of God’s name, and the angel Gabriel arrives with a message about seventy weeks decreed for his people and city.

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On what basis does Daniel say he brings his requests to God (Daniel 9:18)?

On God’s great compassion, not on the people’s righteous actsOn Daniel’s own faithfulness during his years in BabylonOn the merit of the fathers who had kept God’s commandmentsOn the sacrifices Israel would offer in a rebuilt temple