The Meaning of Daniel 9:27 Explained

Daniel 9:27

KJV: And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

YLT: And he hath strengthened a covenant with many -- one week, and in the midst of the week he causeth sacrifice and present to cease, and by the wing of abominations he is making desolate, even till the consummation, and that which is determined is poured on the desolate one.'

Darby: And he shall confirm a covenant with the many for one week; and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and because of the protection of abominations there shall be a desolator, even until that the consumption and what is determined shall be poured out upon the desolate.

ASV: And he shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease; and upon the wing of abominations'shall come one that maketh desolate; and even unto the full end, and that determined, shall wrath be poured out upon the desolate.

Discover Daniel 9:27

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Daniel 9:27?

MEANING: What does Daniel 9:27 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Daniel 9:27 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Daniel 9:27?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And he shall confirm  the covenant  with many  for one  week:  and in the midst  of the week  he shall cause the sacrifice  and the oblation  to cease,  and for the overspreading  of abominations  he shall make [it] desolate,  even until the consummation,  and that determined  shall be poured  upon the desolate. 

What does Daniel 9:27 Mean?

Study Notes

abominations
(Cf) Matthew 24:15 . The expression occurs three times in Daniel. In; Daniel 9:27 ; Daniel 12:11 the reference is to the "Beast," "man of sin"; 2 Thessalonians 2:3 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:4 and is identical with Matthew 24:15 . In Daniel 11:31 the reference is to the act of Antiochus Epiphanes, the prototype of the man of sin, who sacrificed a sow upon the altar, and entered the holy of holies.

Verse Meaning

The nearest antecedent of "he" is "the prince who is to come" ( Daniel 9:26). Titus made no covenant with Israel, so who is in view? Apparently a future ruler of the revived or reorganized Roman Empire, the little horn of chapter7 , is in view. This seems preferable to taking the antecedent of "he" as Messiah, since Jesus Christ did not do the things predicted of the prince here. Young held that Christ is the prince, and He fulfilled what Daniel predicted, in that He put the covenant of grace into effect at the time of His death, and abolished the sacrifices of the old dispensation. [1] If the little horn of chapter7 is in view, as seems preferable, this means that the seventieth week does not follow the sixty-ninth week immediately. Such a break in prophetic chronology has precedent in the predictions of Messiah"s first and second advents ( Isaiah 61:1-2). Another evidence of a break between the sixty-ninth and seventieth weeks, is the fact that there was a37-year gap, between Messiah"s cutting off in A.D33 , and the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D70. Yet Daniel presented both of these events as after the sixty-ninth week and before the seventieth week. Thus there must be a break in the chronology after the sixty-ninth week. [2]
This future ruler, according to Gabriel, will make a covenant with "the many" for one week (seven years). "The many" evidently refers to Daniel"s people ( Daniel 9:24), ethnic Jews (cf. Daniel 11:39; Daniel 12:2). After three and one-half years, this Antichrist will terminate the sacrifices and offerings that he permitted these Jews to offer. Their ability to offer these sacrifices indicates that they will be back in the land worshipping at a rebuilt temple.
"The wing of abominations" may be a reference to a wing of the temple that is particularly abominable because of idolatry, possibly the pinnacle or summit of the temple. [3] Another interpretation takes "wing" figuratively, and sees Antichrist descending vulture-like on his prey. [4] Perhaps the simplest explanation is to take "on the wing of" in the sense of "with." Apparently the prince will appear in the Jerusalem temple when he ends the sacrifices.
Daniel 12:11 refers to a future stopping of the Jewish sacrifices, forty-two months before Messiah returns to the earth. Revelation 13:4-7 also describes this future ruler in harmony with what Gabriel revealed here. Jesus warned of him, too, in Matthew 24:15-28, as did the Apostle Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4, and the Apostle John in 1 John 2:18. The complete destruction decreed by God and poured out on this prince will come, according to these passages, when Messiah returns to the earth.
Students of this passage who do not take this verse as predicting future events usually adopt one of the following interpretations. [5] Liberal commentators believe that the events in the seventieth seven, as well as those in the preceding sixty-nine sevens, happened in a loose sense after the Maccabean persecution of the second century B.C. [6] Orthodox Jewish scholars usually take the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D70 as the fulfillment of this verse. Many amillennialists understand the seventieth week to represent what has happened since Jesus Christ"s first advent and what will continue until His second advent. [7] Some amillennialists take the seventieth seven as seven literal years beginning with Jesus" public ministry and ending about three and one-half years after his death. [8] Dwight Pentecost articulated the standard premillennial, pretribulational interpretation.
"This seven-year period will begin after the Rapture of the church (which will consummate God"s program in this present Age). The70th "seven" will continue till the return of Jesus Christ to the earth. Because Jesus said this will be a time of "great distress" ( Matthew 24:21), this period is often called the Tribulation." [9]
The strongest argument for a literal fulfillment of the events predicted in Daniel 9:27, is that the events predicted in Daniel 9:24-26 were fulfilled literally.
"The "abomination of desolation" set up by Antiochus is not the ultimate fulfillment of Daniel 9:27 because (a) Antiochus does not fit the time sequence given in that verse, and (b) long after the time of Antiochus, Jesus said Daniel"s prophecy of the abomination of desolation was still future ( Matthew 24:15-16)." [10]

Context Summary

Daniel 9:16-27 - Renewed Favor In God's Own Time
Daniel 9:17-19 have in them a tone of anguish which reminds us of our Lord's words as to the violence which takes the kingdom of heaven by force. God loves to see us in dead earnest. It is not long but strong prayers that prevail with Him. He sometimes seems to deny us, that He may draw us out in supplication. Notice the response to such prayer. Before it was spoken, it was granted, Daniel 9:23. Before Daniel called, he was answered, and while he was yet speaking, he was heard. Pray on! God is more eager to hear and to bless us than we are to pray. Even now the divine answer is hastening towards thee, swifter than the speed of the morning beams across the vault of space. While we are speaking in prayer, nay, before the beginning of our supplication, the angel is sent out, and he is made to fly very swiftly. Six purposes were to be effected within 490 years from a specified date. Some refer these to final Jewish restoration, but for this the last week of the seventy has to be separated from the rest and postponed till "the end of the age." It is more natural to understand the passage as describing here Christ's finished work, and thus we avoid impairing the definiteness of the prophecy by indefinitely prolonging it. "The prince that shall come" seems to refer to the Roman emperor, Vespasian, whose people destroyed Jerusalem. But many think that Daniel 9:27 refers to a future compact between Antichrist and the Jews, previous to their conversion. [source]

Chapter Summary: Daniel 9

1  Daniel, considering the time of the captivity,
3  makes confession of sins,
16  and prays for the restoration of Jerusalem
20  Gabriel informs him of the seventy weeks

What do the individual words in Daniel 9:27 mean?

And he shall confirm a covenant with many for week one but in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering and on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate and Even until the consummation and which is determined is poured out on the desolate -
וְהִגְבִּ֥יר בְּרִ֛ית לָרַבִּ֖ים שָׁב֣וּעַ אֶחָ֑ד וַחֲצִ֨י הַשָּׁב֜וּעַ יַשְׁבִּ֣ית ׀ זֶ֣בַח וּמִנְחָ֗ה וְעַ֨ל כְּנַ֤ף שִׁקּוּצִים֙ מְשֹׁמֵ֔ם וְעַד־ כָּלָה֙ וְנֶ֣חֱרָצָ֔ה תִּתַּ֖ךְ עַל־ שֹׁמֵֽם פ

וְהִגְבִּ֥יר  And  he  shall  confirm 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: גָּבַר  
Sense: to prevail, have strength, be strong, be powerful, be mighty, be great.
בְּרִ֛ית  a  covenant 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: בְּרִית  
Sense: covenant, alliance, pledge.
לָרַבִּ֖ים  with  many 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Adjective, masculine plural
Root: רַב 
Sense: much, many, great.
שָׁב֣וּעַ  for  week 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׁבוּעַ 
Sense: seven, period of seven (days or years), heptad, week.
אֶחָ֑ד  one 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
וַחֲצִ֨י  but  in  the  middle 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: חֲצִי 
Sense: half.
הַשָּׁב֜וּעַ  of  the  week 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׁבוּעַ 
Sense: seven, period of seven (days or years), heptad, week.
יַשְׁבִּ֣ית ׀  He  shall  bring  an  end  to 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁבַת 
Sense: to cease, desist, rest.
זֶ֣בַח  sacrifice 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זֶבַח  
Sense: sacrifice.
וּמִנְחָ֗ה  and  offering 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִנְחָה  
Sense: gift, tribute, offering, present, oblation, sacrifice, meat offering.
וְעַ֨ל  and  on 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
כְּנַ֤ף  the  wing 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: כָּנָף  
Sense: wing, extremity, edge, winged, border, corner, shirt.
שִׁקּוּצִים֙  of  abominations 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: שִׁקּוּץ  
Sense: detestable thing or idol, abominable thing, abomination, idol, detested thing.
מְשֹׁמֵ֔ם  shall  be  one  who  makes  desolate 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine singular
Root: שָׁמֵם  
Sense: to be desolate, be appalled, stun, stupefy.
וְעַד־  and  Even  until 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
כָּלָה֙  the  consummation 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: כָּלָה  
Sense: completion, termination, full end, complete destruction, consumption, annihilation.
וְנֶ֣חֱרָצָ֔ה  and  which  is  determined 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Participle, feminine singular
Root: חָרוּץ 
Sense: to cut, sharpen, decide, decree, determine, maim, move, be decisive, be mutilated.
תִּתַּ֖ךְ  is  poured  out 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: נָתַךְ  
Sense: to pour out or forth, drop (or rain), be poured, be poured out, be melted, be molten.
שֹׁמֵֽם  the  desolate 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: שָׁמֵם  
Sense: to be desolate, be appalled, stun, stupefy.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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