He wrote: “I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years. ” ​ — Daniel 9: 1, 2, ESV.
Ia menulis, ” Aku, Daniel, memperhatikan dalam kumpulan Kitab jumlah tahun yang menurut firman TUHAN kepada nabi Yeremia akan berlaku atas timbunan puing Yerusalem, yakni tujuh puluh tahun. ” ​ — Daniel 9: 1, 2, TB.