desolations In 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. desolations O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our {desolations}, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. desolations And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof [shall be] with a flood, and unto the end of the war {desolations} are determined. ~~~~~~