²⁴ “·God has ordered four hundred ninety years [^LSeventy sevens/weeks are given] for your people and your holy city [^Cfor the following reasons]: to ·stop [finish] ·people from turning against God [transgression]; to put an end to sin; to ·take away [atone for] ·evil [iniquity]; to bring in ·goodness that continues forever [everlasting righteousness]; to ·bring about [seal] the vision and prophecy; and to ·appoint [anoint] a most holy place.

²⁵ “Learn and understand these things. A command will come to ·rebuild [^Lrestore and build] Jerusalem. The time from this command until the ·appointed leader [anointed prince] comes will be ·forty-nine years [^Lseven sevens/weeks] and ·four hundred thirty-four years [^Lsixty-two sevens/weeks]. Jerusalem will be ·rebuilt [^Lrestored and built] with ·streets [or public squares] and a ·trench filled with water around it [moat; or conduits], but it will be built in times of ·trouble [oppression]. ²⁶ After the ·four hundred thirty-four years [^Lsixty-two sevens/weeks] the ·appointed leader [^Lanointed one] will be ·killed [^Lcut off]; he will have nothing. The ·people [or troops] of the ·leader [prince] who is to come will destroy the city and the holy place. The end of ·the city [^Lit/or him] will come like a flood, and war will continue until the end. ·God has ordered that place to be completely destroyed [^LDesolation/Destruction is decreed].