Daniel 9

24 Seventy weeks have been allotted to your people and your holy city to deal with the rebellion, to put an end to sin, to forgive wrongdoing, to bring in everlasting goodness, to confirm the vision and the prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place. 25 You need to know and understand that from the time the command is given to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, until the Messiah,*9:25. "Messiah": literally means "anointed one." seven weeks plus sixty-two weeks will elapse. It will be built with streets and defenses, in spite of the difficult times.

26 After sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be put to death, and will be brought to nothing.*9:26. "Will be brought to nothing": literally, "there is not for him." The meaning of this phrase is unclear. A ruler will come to power whose army will destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end will come like a flood. War and devastation will continue until that period of time is completed. 27 He will confirm the agreement with many people for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifices and offerings. The idolatry*9:27. "Idolatry": literally, "abomination." that causes devastation will be supported until the end when the same fate is poured out on the one who devastates."*9:27. The latter part of this verse literally reads, "on a wing of abominations desolation until the end and what was determined is poured on the desolator." It has been variously understood.