²² He instructed me and said to me, “Daniel, I have now come to give you insight and understanding.^{(A) 23} As soon as you began to pray,^(B) a word went out, which I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed.^(C) Therefore, consider the word and understand the vision:^(D)

²⁵ “Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild^(A) Jerusalem until the Anointed One,^[a](B) the ruler,^(C) comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble.^(D)

³ Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it,^(A) because the time is near.^(B)