# Seventy sevens are decreed for your people and your holy city to God decreed that he would do the things in this verse for the people and the holy city. # Seventy sevens "Seventy times seven years" # your people and your holy city The word "your" here refers to Daniel. The people are the Israelites and the holy city is Jerusalem. # to end the guilt and put an end to sin The idea is repeated to emphasize how certain it is that this will happen. # to carry out the vision "to accomplish the vision"