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In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
Reference
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Hebrew: qadmay
first
Greek: ἐνιαυτός (eniautós)
a year
Hebrew: shᵉnâh
{a year (as a revolution of time)}
Greek: τοῦ (toû)
sometimes used for G5127 (τούτου); of this person
Greek: ἡγεμονία (hēgemonía)
government, i.e. (in time) official term
Greek: μέ (mé)
me
Hebrew: ʼănâʼ
I
Greek: Δανιήλ (Daniḗl)
Daniel, an Israelite
Hebrew: Dân
Dan, one of the sons of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; likewise a place in Palestine colonized by them
Hebrew: ʻim
{adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)}
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ἀριθμός (arithmós)
a number (as reckoned up)
Hebrew: mikçâh
an enumeration; by implication, a valuation
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Hebrew: dabbârâh
a word
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ῥαββονί (rhabboní)
God
Hebrew: ʼâdôwn
sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
Greek: Ἱερεμίας (Hieremías)
Hieremias (i.e. Jermijah), an Israelite
Hebrew: Yirmᵉyâh
Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: προφήτης (prophḗtēs)
a foreteller ("prophet"); by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet
Hebrew: nᵉbîyʼ
a prophet
Hebrew: zôw
this or that
Greek: ὅδε (hóde)
the same, i.e. this or that one (plural these or those); often used as a personal pronoun
Hebrew: hûwʼ
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
Greek: ἐξαρτίζω (exartízō)
to finish out (time); figuratively, to equip fully (a teacher)
Hebrew: kâlâh
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
Greek: ἑβδομήκοντα (hebdomḗkonta)
seventy
Hebrew: shibʻîym
seventy
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: Ἱεροσολυμίτης (Hierosolymítēs)
a Hierosolymite, i.e. inhabitant of Hierosolyma
Kingdom
Ezra 1:1
Jeremiah 27:7
Parallel theme
Zechariah 7:5
Psalm 119:24
Prophecy
Acts 8:34
References Jerusalem
Micah 3:12
Isaiah 64:10
Word
Jeremiah 29:10
2 Chronicles 36:21
Revelation 1:3
Verse Explanation
Daniel understands from the writings of Jeremiah that Jerusalem's desolation was to last seventy years, leading him to seek God through prayer, fasting, mourning, and repentance.
History
Jeremiah's prophecy: Jeremiah had spoken of a seventy-year period connected with Babylonian domination and Jerusalem's restoration.