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Daniel 8:26
The vision of the evenings and the mornings that has been spoken is true. Now you must seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The angelic messenger addresses Daniel immediately after detailing a tyrant who will oppose the Prince of princes and be broken without human hands. The instruction follows a prolonged revelation that leaves Daniel physically exhausted and mentally confounded.
The words — אֱמֶת ('e.Met) = truth, and נֶאֱמַר (ne.'e.Mar) = it has been told, which the text uses to declare the spoken vision of evenings and mornings is reliable.
The thread — The command to seal the vision directly parallels Daniel 12:9, where words are closed up until the time of the end, and aligns with Daniel 10:14 and Daniel 10:1, which frame prophetic revelation as pertaining to the latter days.
Why it lands — The text commands passive preservation of the revelation rather than active interpretation, requiring the reader to accept delayed fulfillment without forcing immediate resolution.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
Cross-references
- Daniel 10:1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar. The message was true, and it concerned a great conflict. And the understanding of the message was given to him in a vision.
- Daniel 12:9 “Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.
- Daniel 10:14 Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision concerns those days.”
- Daniel 12:4 But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”
- Ezekiel 12:27 “Son of man, take note that the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many years from now; he prophesies about the distant future.’
- Revelation 22:10 Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of prophecy in this book, because the time is near.
- Isaiah 24:22 They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.
- Daniel 8:11 It magnified itself, even to the Prince of the host; it removed His daily sacrifice and overthrew the place of His sanctuary.
- Hosea 3:3 Then I said to her, “You must live with me for many days; you must not be promiscuous or belong to another, and I will do the same for you.”
- Revelation 10:4 When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”