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Commentary on Daniel 7-12Daniel 7:1-2Daniel 7:3Daniel 7:4Daniel 7:5Prayer Lecture 32Daniel 7:6Daniel 7:7Daniel 7:8Prayer Lecture 33Lecture Thirty fourthDaniel 7:9Daniel 7:10Daniel 7:11Prayer Lecture 34Daniel 7:12Daniel 7:13Daniel 7:14Daniel 7:15-16Prayer Lecture 35Daniel 7:17-18Daniel 7:19-20Daniel 7:21-22Prayer Lecture 36Lecture Thirty SeventhDaniel 7:23Daniel 7:25Prayer Lecture 37Daniel 7:26Daniel 7:27Daniel 7:28Daniel 8:1Prayer Lecture 38Lecture Thirty NinthDaniel 8:2-3Daniel 8:4Daniel 8:5-6Daniel 8:7Prayer Lecture 39Daniel 8:8Daniel 8:9Daniel 8:10Daniel 8:11Daniel 8:12Prayer Lecture 40Lecture Forty FirstDaniel 8:13-14Daniel 8:15Daniel 8:16Prayer Lecture 41Daniel 8:17Daniel 8:18Daniel 8:19Daniel 8:20-21Daniel 8:22-23Daniel 8:24-25Prayer Lecture 42Lecture Forty ThirdDaniel 8:26Daniel 8:27Daniel 9:1-3Prayer Lecture 43Lecture Forty FourthDaniel 9:4Prayer Lecture 44Lecture Forty FifthDaniel 9:5-7Prayer Lecture 45Daniel 9:8Daniel 9:9Daniel 9:10Daniel 9:11Daniel 9:12Daniel 9:13Prayer Lecture 46Lecture Forty SeventhDaniel 9:14Daniel 9:15-17Prayer Lecture 47Lecture Forty EighthDaniel 9:18Daniel 9:19Daniel 9:20-21Prayer Lecture 48Lecture Forty NinthDaniel 9:22Daniel 9:23Daniel 9:24Prayer Lecture 49Lecture FiftiethDaniel 9:25Prayer Lecture 50Lecture Fifty FirstDaniel 9:26Daniel 9:27Prayer Lecture 51Lecture Fifty SecondChapter 10Daniel 10:1Daniel 10:2-3Prayer Lecture 52Lecture Fifty ThirdDaniel 10:4Daniel 10:5-6Daniel 10:7Daniel 10:8Prayer Lecture 53Daniel 10:9-10Daniel 10:11Daniel 10:12Daniel 10:13Daniel 10:14Prayer Lecture 54Daniel 10:15Daniel 10:16-18Daniel 10:19Daniel 10:20Daniel 10:21Daniel 11:1Prayer Lecture 55Daniel 11:2Daniel 11:3Daniel 11:4Daniel 11:5Prayer Lecture 56Daniel 11:6Daniel 11:7Daniel 11:8Daniel 11:9Daniel 11:10-11Prayer Lecture 57Lecture Fifty EighthDaniel 11:12Daniel 11:13-14Daniel 11:15Daniel 11:16Daniel 11:17Daniel 11:18Prayer Lecture 58Daniel 11:19Daniel 11:20Daniel 11:21Daniel 11:22Daniel 11:23Daniel 11:24Daniel 11:25Prayer Lecture 59Daniel 11:26Daniel 11:27Daniel 11:28Daniel 11:29-30Daniel 11:31-32Prayer Lecture 60Lecture Sixty FirstDaniel 11:33-34Prayer Lecture 61Lecture Sixty SecondDaniel 11:35Daniel 11:36Prayer Lecture 62Lecture Sixty ThirdDaniel 11:37Daniel 11:38-39Prayer Lecture 63Daniel 11:40Daniel 11:41-42Daniel 11:43Daniel 11:44Daniel 11:45Daniel 12:1Prayer Lecture 64Lecture Sixty FifthDaniel 12:2Daniel 12:3Daniel 12:4Prayer Lecture 65Daniel 12:5-7Daniel 12:8Daniel 12:9Daniel 12:10Daniel 12:11-12Daniel 12:13Prayer Lecture 66The Vision of the Four BeastsThe Ten HornsThe Little HornThe Ancient of DaysThe Meaning of 'A Time'The Place of the VisionThe Ram and the He-GoatThe Holy OneThe Seventy WeeksHippolytus and Other MartyrsThe Abomination of DesolationThe Vision on the Banks of the HiddekelMichael the PrinceHistorical ProofsThe Willful KingThe Pollution of the SanctuaryThe Conquest of the Glorious LandThe Sealing of the BookThe Expressions Relative to TimeModern Discoveries Relating to DanielTranslation of Daniel 1-12 · Chapter 1Translation of Daniel 1-12 · Chapter 2Translation of Daniel 1-12 · Chapter 3Translation of Daniel 1-12 · Chapter 4Translation of Daniel 1-12 · Chapter 5Translation of Daniel 1-12 · Chapter 6Translation of Daniel 1-12 · Chapter 7Translation of Daniel 1-12 · Chapter 8Translation of Daniel 1-12 · Chapter 9Translation of Daniel 1-12 · Chapter 10Translation of Daniel 1-12 · Chapter 11Translation of Daniel 1-12 · Chapter 12Analysis of DanielAncient Codexes and VersionsList of Commentators on Daniel

John Calvin · 61 of 218

Daniel 9:1-3

In this chapter Daniel will explain to us two things. First, how very ardently he was accustomed to pray when the time of , specified by Jeremiah, drew ; and next, he will relate the answer he received from God to his earnest entreaties. These are the two divisions of this chapter. First, Daniel informs us how he prayed when he understood from books the number of the years. we gather, that God does not here promise his children earthly blessings, but eternal life, and while they grow torpid and ease aside all care and spiritual concern, he urges them the more earnestly to prayer. For what benefit do God’s promises confer on us, unless we embrace them by faith? But prayer is the chief exercise of faith. This observation of Daniel’s is worthy of notice. He was stimulated to prayer because he knew from books the number of the years But I will defer the rest till to-morrow.