| Thomas Jackson - Apostles' Creed - 1844 - 582 pages
...of his reign, I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the Lord had spoken unto Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolation of Jerusalem. And of his own revelation he saith, *And Daniel was commanded to shut up his words, and seal up his... | |
| Hope - 1845 - 396 pages
...men, knew better its gracious design. Two years before its earlier close, he " understood by reckoning the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord...prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem." His search into this unfulfilled prediction of times and seasons, first... | |
| George Montagu Duke of Manchester - Bible - 1845 - 550 pages
...desolations of Jerusalem being limited to seventy years ; for " Daniel understood by books the number of years whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish the desolations of Jerusalem, viz. seventy years." The prophecy of the desolation was in Jeremiah ;... | |
| Baptists - 1846 - 880 pages
...effect their deliverance. " In the first year of the reign of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus, I, Daniel, understood by books the number of the years, whereof...prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem, and I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplication,... | |
| Alexander Watson - 1846 - 486 pages
...restoration of the Jews to their own country, under the propitious edict of Cyrus, was at hand. "I, Daniel, understood by books the number of the years, whereof...Prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem." Moreover, Daniel's eye had been opened by the SPIRIT of Prophecy, and had... | |
| George Horne, William Jones - Theology - 1846 - 588 pages
...temperance. For in the ninth chapter he tells us, that " he understood by books the number of the y*ars whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the...accomplish seventy years in the desolation of Jerusalem." And in the first chapter we have an account of his refusing the luxuries of the regal table, and choosing... | |
| Frank Talmage - Christianity and other religions - 1975 - 436 pages
...and listen to me, and I shall teach you wisdom. Daniel said / pondered the books, over the number of years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish for the desolation of Jerusalem seventy years (vs. 2). Now I ask you what these, concerning which he... | |
| Witness Lee - Prayer - 1981 - 236 pages
...will. Only the functioning of the will can maintain the life of prayer. Daniel 9:2-3 says, "I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof...prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications,... | |
| David Lin - Seventh-Day Adventists - 1993 - 440 pages
...as a "fluid" form of the word of God. Daniel 9:2 says, "I Daniel understood by books the number of years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah...prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem." Daniel called Jeremiah "the prophet." But there were princes in Israel who... | |
| Ethelbert W. Bullinger - Religion - 1996 - 150 pages
...it was not important? No! He did well and took heed in his heart to the word of prophecy: "I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof...prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem" (Dan. 9:2). What was the effect of his prophetic study? See the next verses,... | |
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