Daniel 9:26

Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The angelic messenger extends the timeline revelation to Daniel, following the command to understand the decree to restore Jerusalem.

The words — The text uses יִכָּרֵת (yi.ka.Ret) for "cut off" and מָשִׁ֖יחַ (ma.Shi.ach) for "an anointed [one]," describing a figure who will be removed and left with nothing.

The thread — This sequence of sudden judgment and decreed desolation echoes the flood imagery in Nahum 1:8 and the unrecorded lineage of the one cut off in Isaiah 53:8.

Why it lands — It demands recognition that the removal of the anointed one and the destruction of the city precede a confirmed covenant and final desolation.

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The Hebrew words

וְאַחֲרֵ֤יve./'a.cha.Reiand/ after הַשָּׁבֻעִים֙ha./sha.vu.'Imthe/ sevens שִׁשִּׁ֣יםshi.Shimsixty וּשְׁנַ֔יִםu./she.Na.yimand/ two יִכָּרֵ֥תyi.ka.Rethe will be cut off מָשִׁ֖יחַma.Shi.achan anointed [one]וְאֵ֣יןve./'Einand/ nothingל֑וֹl/o[will belong] to/ himוְהָעִ֨ירve./ha./'Irand/ the/ city וְהַקֹּ֜דֶשׁve./ha./Ko.deshand/ the/ sanctuary יַ֠שְׁחִיתYash.chitit will destroy עַ֣ם'am[the] people of נָגִ֤ידna.Gida prince הַבָּא֙ha./Ba'who/ is coming וְקִצּ֣וֹve./ki.Tz/oand/ end/ his בַשֶּׁ֔טֶףva./She.tef[will be] by <the>/ flood וְעַד֙ve./'Adand/ [will be] until קֵ֣ץketz[the] end מִלְחָמָ֔הmil.cha.Mahwar נֶחֱרֶ֖צֶתne.che.Re.tzet[are] determined שֹׁמֵמֽוֹת׃sho.me.Motdesolate [things]

King James Version

And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

Cross-references

Isaiah 53:8 By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.
Nahum 1:8 But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.
Mark 13:2 “Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
Luke 24:26 Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?”
Matthew 24:2 “Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
Mark 9:12 He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?
Luke 19:43 For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.
John 11:51 Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,
1 Peter 2:24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
Isaiah 8:7 the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.