^{2 Ref} In the first year of his rule, I, Daniel, saw clearly from the books the number of years given by the word of the Lord to the prophet Jeremiah, in which the making waste of Jerusalem was to be complete, that is, seventy years.

^{3 Ref} And turning my face to the Lord God, I gave myself up to prayer, requesting his grace, going without food, in haircloth and dust.