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Daniel and Jeremiah
How Daniel and Jeremiah are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Jeremiah's word reached Daniel.
The word of the Lord to Jeremiah set seventy years for Babylon. Daniel understood the number of the years "by books", and set his face unto the Lord God in prayer.
these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years
Jeremiah 25:11, King James Version
I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet
Daniel 9:2, King James Version
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications
Daniel 9:3, King James Version
Where they cross: Daniel 9:2-3
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Jeremiah 25:11
11And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Daniel 9:2-3
2In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
3And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
King James Version