¹⁴ He carried all Jerusalem into exile:^(A) all the officers and fighting men,^(B) and all the skilled workers and artisans—a total of ten thousand. Only the poorest^(C) people of the land were left.

²⁰ which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take away when he carried^(A) Jehoiachin^[a](B) son of Jehoiakim king of Judah into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem—

²⁵ “Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild^(A) Jerusalem until the Anointed One,^[a](B) the ruler,^(C) comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble.^{(D) 26} After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death^(E) and will have nothing.^[b] The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood:^(F) War will continue until the end, and desolations^(G) have been decreed.^(H)

²⁹ “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”

Peter answered, “You are the Messiah.”^(A)