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# Seventy sevens are decreed for your people and your holy city to
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God decreed that he would do the things in this verse for the people and the holy city.
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# Seventy sevens
This is not the normal way the Israelites counted. If possible, try to translate in a way that preserves this use of the number seven. Alternate translation: "Seventy times seven years"
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# your people and your holy city
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The word "your" here refers to Daniel. The people are the Israelites and the holy city is Jerusalem. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-you]])
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# to end the guilt and put an end to sin
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The idea is repeated to emphasize how certain it is that this will happen. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
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# to carry out the vision
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Here "carry out" is an idiom that means to accomplish. Alternate translation: "to accomplish the vision" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# the vision and the prophecy
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These words in this context mean the same thing. They ensure Daniel that Jeremiah's vision was indeed a prophecy. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-doublet]])
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