“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.”
"After the sixty-two weeks, an Anointed One shall be cut off and shall have nothing; and the troops of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood; and to the end there shall be war, desolations are decreed"—prophesying Messiah's death ("cut off") after the 62-week period and the subsequent destruction of Jerusalem by Roman forces (70 CE), introducing a decisive eschatological turning point. The reference to a "prince who is to come" (likely referring to the Roman general leading the siege) distinguishes between Messiah and the eschatological adversary. Desolations decreed indicate that even destruction serves divine purposes predetermined.
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