+----------+----------+----------+----------+ | Dan. ix. | Ezra ix. | Neh. ix. | Baruch. | +----------+----------+----------+----------+ | Verse. | Verse. | Verse. | | | 4 | 7 | 32 | -- | | 5 | 7 | 33, 34 | i. 11 | | 6 | 7 | 32, 33 | -- | | 7 | 6, 7 | 32, 33 | i. 15-17 | | 8 | 6, 7 | 33 | -- | | 9 | -- | 17 | -- | | 13 | -- | -- | ii. 7 | | 14 | 15 | 33 | -- | | 15 | -- | 10 | ii. 11 | | 18 | -- | -- | ii. 19 | | 19 | -- | -- | ii. 15 | +----------+----------+----------+----------+ [599] ix. 13 (Heb.). Comp. Exod. xxxii. 13; 1 Sam. xiii. 12; 1 Kings xiii. 6, etc. [600] Comp. Jer. xxxii. 17-23; Isa. lxiii. 11-16. [601] ix. 21. LXX., τάχει φερόμενος; Theodot., πετόμενος; Vulg., _cito volans_; A.V. and R.V., "being made to fly swiftly"; R.V. marg., "being sore wearied"; A.V. marg., "with weariness"; Von Lengerke, "being caused to hasten with haste." The verb elsewhere always connotes weariness. If that be the meaning here, it must refer to Daniel. If it here means "flying," it is the only passage in the Old Testament where angels fly; but see Isa. vi. 2; Psalm civ. 4, etc. The _wings of angels_ are first mentioned in the Book of Enoch, lxi.; but see Rev. xiv. 6--cherubim and seraphim have wings. [602] In the time of the historic Daniel, as in the brief three and a half years of Antiochus, the _tamîd_ had ceased. [603] ix. 23. Heb., _eesh hamudôth_; Vulg., _vir desideriorum_, "a man of desires"; Theodot., ἀνὴρ ἐπιθυμιῶν. Comp. x. 11, 19, and Jer. xxxi. 20, where "a pleasant child" is "a son of caresses"; and the "_amor et deliciæ generis humani_" applied to Titus; and the names David, Jedidiah, "beloved of Jehovah." The LXX. render the word ἐλεεινός, "an object of pity." [604] Daniel used _Shabuîm_ for weeks, not _Shabuôth_. [605] In ver. 24 the _Q'rî_ and _Kethîbh_ vary, as do also the versions. [606] For _charoots_, "moat" (Ewald), the A.V. has "wall," and in the marg. "breach" or "ditch." The word occurs for "ditches" in the Talmud. The text of the verse is uncertain. [607] Perhaps because neither Jason nor Menelaus (being apostate) were regarded as genuine successors of Onias III. [608] Numb. xiv. 34; Lev. xxvi. 34; Ezek. iv. 6. [609] Comp. Jer. xxxii. 11, 44. [610] See Isa. xlvi. 3, li. 5, liii. 11; Jer. xxiii. 6, etc. [611] For the _anointing_ of the altar see Exod. xxix. 36, xl. 10; Lev. viii. 11; Numb. vii. 1. It would make no difference in the _usus loquendi_ if neither Zerubbabel's nor Judas's altar was _actually_ anointed.