in the first year of his reig, I Daniel, observed in the books the number of years which was revealed as the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet for the completion of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years.Interesting that here Daniel talks about it being seventy years for Jerusalem's desolation. I thought that in the prophecy it talks about weeks, not years. Later in this chapter, I know it talks about weeks in reference to weeks of decades.
So, if I'm remembering correctly, how did Daniel determine that it was years instead? Was he given special understanding by God? Or was this a normal metaphor that everyone understood (and if so, when did we lose that understanding)?
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