Yeremia 19:4

19:4 I will do so because these people ¹  have rejected me and have defiled ²  this place. They have offered sacrifices in it to other gods which neither they nor their ancestors ³  nor the kings of Judah knew anything about. They have filled it with the blood of innocent children. ⁴ 

Daniel 8:11-13

8:11 It also acted arrogantly against the Prince of the army, ⁵  from whom ⁶  the daily sacrifice was removed and whose sanctuary ⁷  was thrown down. 8:12 The army was given over, ⁸  along with the daily sacrifice, in the course of his sinful rebellion. ⁹  It hurled ¹⁰  truth ¹¹  to the ground and enjoyed success. ¹² 

8:13 Then I heard a holy one ¹³  speaking. Another holy one said to the one who was speaking, “To what period of time does the vision pertain – this vision concerning the daily sacrifice and the destructive act of rebellion and the giving over of both the sanctuary and army to be trampled?”

Daniel 9:27

9:27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one week. ¹⁴ 

But in the middle of that week

he will bring sacrifices and offerings to a halt.

On the wing ¹⁵  of abominations will come ¹⁶  one who destroys,

until the decreed end is poured out on the one who destroys.”

Matius 24:15

The Abomination of Desolation

24:15 “So when you see the abomination of desolation ¹⁷  – spoken about by Daniel the prophet – standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

Markus 13:14

The Abomination of Desolation

13:14 “But when you see the abomination of desolation ¹⁸  standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then those in Judea must flee ¹⁹  to the mountains.

[19:4]  ¹ tn The text merely has “they.” But since a reference is made later to “they” and “their ancestors,” the referent must be to the people that the leaders of the people and leaders of the priests represent.

[19:4]  ² sn Heb “have made this city foreign.” The verb here is one that is built off of the noun and adjective which relate to foreign nations. Comparison may be made to Jer 2:21 where the adjective refers to the strange, wild vine as opposed to the choice vine the Lord planted and to 5:19 and 8:19 where the noun is used of worshiping foreign gods. Israel through its false worship has “denationalized” itself in its relation to God.

[19:4]  ³ tn Heb “fathers.”

[19:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “the blood of innocent ones.” This must be a reference to child sacrifice as explained in the next verse. Some have seen a reference to the sins of social injustice alluded to in 2 Kgs 21:16 and 24:4 but those are connected with the city itself. Hence the word children is supplied in the translation to make the referent explicit.

[8:11]  ⁵ sn The prince of the army may refer to God (cf. “whose sanctuary” later in the verse) or to the angel Michael (cf. 12:1).

[8:11]  ⁶ tn Or perhaps “and by him,” referring to Antiochus rather than to God.

[8:11]  ⁷ sn Here the sanctuary is a reference to the temple of God in Jerusalem.

[8:12]  ⁸ tc The present translation reads וּצְבָאָהּ נִתַּן (utsÿva’ah nittan) for the MT וְצָבָא תִּנָּתֵן (vÿtsava’ tinnaten). The context suggests a perfect rather than an imperfect verb.

[8:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “in (the course of) rebellion.” The meaning of the phrase is difficult to determine. It could mean “due to rebellion,” referring to the failures of the Jews, but this is not likely since it is not a point made elsewhere in the book. The phrase more probably refers to the rebellion against God and the atrocities against the Jews epitomized by Antiochus.

[8:12]  ¹⁰ tc Two medieval Hebrew MSS and the LXX have a passive verb here: “truth was hurled to the ground” (cf. NIV, NCV, TEV).

[8:12]  ¹¹ sn Truth here probably refers to the Torah. According to 1 Macc 1:56, Antiochus initiated destruction of the sacred books of the Jews.

[8:12]  ¹² tn Heb “it acted and prospered.”

[8:13]  ¹³ sn The holy one referred to here is presumably an angel. Cf. 4:13[10], 23 [20].

[9:27]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “one seven” (also later in this line).

[9:27]  ¹⁵ tn The referent of the Hebrew word כְּנַף (kÿnaf, “wing”) is unclear here. The LXX and Theodotion have “the temple.” Some English versions (e.g., NAB, NIV) take this to mean “a wing of the temple,” but this is not clear.

[9:27]  ¹⁶ tn The Hebrew text does not have this verb, but it has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[24:15]  ¹⁷ sn The reference to the abomination of desolation is an allusion to Dan 9:27. Though some have seen the fulfillment of Daniel’s prophecy in the actions of Antiochus IV (or a representative of his) in 167 b.c., the words of Jesus seem to indicate that Antiochus was not the final fulfillment, but that there was (from Jesus’ perspective) still another fulfillment yet to come. Some argue that this was realized in a.d. 70, while others claim that it refers specifically to Antichrist and will not be fully realized until the period of the great tribulation at the end of the age (cf. Mark 13:14, 19, 24; Rev 3:10).

[13:14]  ¹⁸ sn The reference to the abomination of desolation is an allusion to Dan 9:27. Though some have seen the fulfillment of Daniel’s prophecy in the actions of Antiochus IV (or a representative of his) in 167 b.c., the words of Jesus seem to indicate that Antiochus was not the final fulfillment, but that there was (from Jesus’ perspective) still another fulfillment yet to come. Some argue that this was realized in a.d. 70, while others claim that it refers specifically to Antichrist and will not be fully realized until the period of the great tribulation at the end of the age (cf. Mark 13:19, 24; Matt 24:21; Rev 3:10).

[13:14]  ¹⁹ sn Fleeing to the mountains is a key OT image: Gen 19:17; Judg 6:2; Isa 15:5; Jer 16:16; Zech 14:5.