Bible Strands
Daniel 9:27
And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple will come the abomination that causes desolation, until the decreed destruction is poured out upon him.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Gabriel speaks to Daniel, a Jewish exile in Babylon, delivering a seventy-week prophecy. The "he" of this verse is the "prince who is to come" named in the preceding verse (Daniel 9:26).
The words — Higbir (הִגְבִּיר, H1396) means "to make strong," a verb used elsewhere for military reinforcement; here it describes confirming a covenant as one enforces a garrison. Shavua (שָׁבוּעַ, H7620) is the structural unit — one "seven" — that frames the entire timeline.
The thread — The "abomination that causes desolation" and the cessation of sacrifice recur in Daniel 12:11, where a 1,290-day count begins from that event. Jesus names the same marker in Matthew 24:15 and Mark 13:14 as the sign for flight.
Why it lands — The verse gives a sequence with a fixed midpoint: a covenant is confirmed, then broken at the half, then a terminal event is set in place. It asks the reader to hold the timeline as a whole and recognize the markers when they appear.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Cross-references
- Matthew 24:15 So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),
- Daniel 12:11 And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.
- Mark 13:14 So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
- Luke 21:20 But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.
- Daniel 11:36 Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished.
- Daniel 8:13 Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to him, “How long until the fulfillment of the vision of the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, and the surrender of the sanctuary and of the host to be trampled?”
- Isaiah 10:22 Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness.
- Jeremiah 32:40 I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.
- Leviticus 26:14 If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,
- Deuteronomy 4:26 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.