Daniel 9:22 (LSB)

Passage

Then he made me understand and spoke with me and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you insight with understanding.

Nearby Context

Daniel 9:20 Now while I was speaking and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before Yahweh my God in behalf of the holy mountain of my God,

Daniel 9:21 and while I was still speaking in prayer, then the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision previously, touched me in my extreme weariness about the time of the evening offering.

Daniel 9:22 Then he made me understand and spoke with me and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you insight with understanding.

Daniel 9:23 At the beginning of your supplications the word was issued, so I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed; so understand the message and gain understanding in what has appeared.

Daniel 9:24 “Seventy weeks have been determined for your people and for your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Holy of Holies.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "understand", "spoke", "said", "daniel", "come", "forth", "give", and "insight". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "understand" and "spoke", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "and while I was still speaking in..." into verse 23's "At the beginning of your supplications the...", so "understand" and "spoke" belong inside that flow. In Daniel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "understand" and "spoke" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.