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in the first year of his reign,[a] I, Daniel, understood from the scrolls that, according to the word of the Lord given to the prophet Jeremiah, the number of years it would take to complete the devastation of Jerusalem was seventy years.

With fasting, sackcloth, and ashes I turned my face to the Lord God to seek him in prayer and to plead for grace. I prayed to the Lord, my God, and I made confession.

Please, Lord, you are the great God, who is to be feared,[b] who keeps the covenant, and who shows mercy to those who love him and keep his commands.

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  1. Daniel 9:2 In 539 bc
  2. Daniel 9:4 Or revered