Daniel 9:2

New American Bible - revised edition

in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years the Lord had decreed to the prophet Jeremiah: Jerusalem was to lie in ruins for seventy years.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:21

All this was to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah: Until the land has retrieved its lost sabbaths, during all the time it lies waste it shall have rest while seventy years are fulfilled. Decree of Cyrus.

Ezra 1:1

In the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom, both by word of mouth and in writing:

Psalm 119:24

Your testimonies are my delight; they are my counselors.

Isaiah 64:10

Our holy and glorious house in which our ancestors praised you Has been burned with fire; all that was dear to us is laid waste.

Jeremiah 1:1

The words of Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, one of the priests from Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin.

Jeremiah 25:18

to Jerusalem, the cities of Judah, its kings and princes, to make them a ruin and a waste, an object of hissing and cursing, as they are today;

Jeremiah 26:18

“Micah of Moresheth used to prophesy in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and he said to all the people of Judah: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Zion shall be plowed as a field, Jerusalem, a heap of ruins, and the temple mount, a forest ridge.

Jeremiah 26:6

I will treat this house like Shiloh, and make this city a curse for all the nations of the earth.

Jeremiah 27:7

All nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson, until the time comes for him and his land; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.

Jeremiah 29:10

For thus says the Lord: Only after seventy years have elapsed for Babylon will I deal with you and fulfill for you my promise to bring you back to this place.

Jeremiah 7:34

I will silence the cry of joy, the cry of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for the land will be turned to rubble.

Lamentations 1:1

How solitary sits the city, once filled with people. She who was great among the nations is now like a widow. Once a princess among the provinces, now a toiling slave.

Ezekiel 29:11

No foot shall pass through it, no human being or beast cross it; it will remain uninhabited for forty years.

Daniel 9:3

I turned to the Lord God, to seek help, in prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Micah 3:12

Therefore, because of you, Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem reduced to rubble, And the mount of the temple to a forest ridge.

Zechariah 1:12

Then the angel of the Lord replied, “Lord of hosts, how long will you be without mercy for Jerusalem and the cities of Judah that have felt your anger these seventy years?”

Zechariah 7:5

Say to all the people of the land and to the priests: When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and in the seventh month these seventy years, was it really for me that you fasted?

Matthew 24:15

“When you see the desolating abomination spoken of through Daniel the prophet standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

Mark 13:14

“When you see the desolating abomination standing where he should not (let the reader understand), then those in Judea must flee to the mountains,

Acts 8:34

Then the eunuch said to Philip in reply, “I beg you, about whom is the prophet saying this? About himself, or about someone else?”

1 Timothy 4:13

Until I arrive, attend to the reading, exhortation, and teaching.

Revelation 1:3

Blessed is the one who reads aloud and blessed are those who listen to this prophetic message and heed what is written in it, for the appointed time is near. Greeting.