...seventy years must be intended (Dan. ix. 2) "whereof the word of JEHOVAH," it is said, " came unto Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem." I trust, therefore, that I have not been mistaken (as the Rev. Da. PRIESW.EY, in the observations prefixed...

...the Medes, which was made king over tha realm of the Chaldeans ; 2. in the first year of his reign, I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of tha LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of...

...of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans ; in the first year of his reign, I Daniel understood by books the number of the years,...prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolation of Jerusalem." * It has been fully ascertained, that the prophecies of Jeremiah were divided...

...myself, according to the command of God by his angel, and did not reveal it unto any man. IX. 2. / Daniel understood by books the number of the years,...of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he should accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. I, Daniel, understood by the relation...

...known to every reader of the bible. See Daniel ix. 2, 3 : "I Daniel understood by books the number of years whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accompli*1 seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. And I set myself to seek by prayer, and supplications,...

...investigate every thing which prefigured the Messiah. " Thus, Daniel understood by books the number of years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet." With respect to the scenical representations of the prophetic oracles, * In the New Testament npoipriTtvtiv...

...Prophet, informs us, that it was in the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus, the Mede, that he understood, by books, "the number of the years whereof...accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem;" and that he "set his face to the Lord God, to seek, by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and...

...rendering prayer superfluous, encouraged the prophet to pray. When he "understood by books (Dan. ix. 2) the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord...accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem, he set his face unto the Lord, to seek by prayer and supplication, with fasting, and sackcloth, and...

...deliverance from the Babylonish captivity drew near. Hs did not pray the less, but the more. As soon as he " understood by books the number of the years, whereof...prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolation of Jerusalem, he set his face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with...

...of Nebuchadnezzar ;6 ' in the first year of his reign, I Daniel understood by books, the number of years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah...accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem." This being in the reign of Cyrus, king of Persia, must have been very near the expiration of those...