1 It was year 1 of King Darius. He was from the Medes. He was king over the land. ️ 2 I, Daniel, read God’s book by Jeremiah. It said the city would be empty 70 years. ⏳️ 3 I prayed to God. I did not eat. I wore rough, sad clothes and sat in ashes. ️❌ 4 I said, God, You are big and good. You keep Your promise to people who love You. We did wrong. ❤️ 5 We sinned. We did bad. We did not do what You said. ♂️ 6 We did not listen to Your men, the prophets. They spoke to our kings and all the people. ️ 7 God, You are right. We feel bad and look down, near and far, because we sinned. 8 God, we and our kings feel bad. We sinned against You. 9 God is kind and He forgives. But we turned away. ❤️↩️❌ 10 We did not obey Your voice. We did not walk by Your rules that the prophets gave. 11 All Israel broke Your rules. The words in the book of Moses came on us, because we sinned. ⚠️ 12 You did what You said. You let big trouble come. No city had trouble like Your city. ️️ 13 All this came like the book said. But we did not pray to turn from sin and learn Your way. ❌ 14 So You watched and sent the trouble. You are right. We did not obey. ⚖️ 15 Now, God, You brought Your people out of Egypt with a strong hand and made Your name big. We have sinned and done bad. ️♂️ 16 Please, God, turn Your anger from Your city, Jerusalem, and Your special hill. Our sin made others make fun of Your city and people. ️⛰️ 17 Now please hear us. Please smile on Your house that is empty, for Your name. 18 My God, please hear and see. Our city is broken. We ask not because we are good, but because You are very kind. ➡️❤️ 19 God, hear. God, forgive. God, act now. Do not wait, for Your name. Your city and Your people have Your name. ⏰✅ 20 While I prayed and said sorry for my sin and my people’s sin, I asked for Your city and Your special hill. ️⛰️ 21 While I prayed, the angel Gabriel came fast to me at evening time. He touched me. ⚡✋ 22 He taught me and said, Daniel, I came to help you understand. 23 When you began to pray, a word came. I came to show you, for you are very loved. So listen and think about the dream. 24 God set 70 weeks for your people and your special city: to end sin, to stop wrong, to make sins gone, to bring good that lasts, to finish the dream, and to ready the most special. 7️⃣0️⃣️✅✨ 25 Know this: from the word to build Jerusalem to the special king, there will be 7 weeks and 62 weeks. The city and wall will be built again in hard days. ️️⛈️ 26 After the 62 weeks, the special one will die. A people of a leader to come will break the city and the house of God. The end will come fast, and war will go on; the place will be empty. ⚔️️ 27 He will make a strong promise with many for one week. In the middle of the week he will stop gifts to God. A very bad thing will make the place empty, until the end comes. 1️⃣