he said unto me] Christ the Palmoni or wonderfull numberer, verse 13. answered me for the comfort of his Church.
Ʋnto two thousand] That is, untill so many naturall dayes be past, which make six yeers three moneths and an halfe: for so long under Antiochus was the temple profaned.
dayes] Heb. evening morning.
cleansed] It shall be purified from its uncleannesse: Heb. justified. That is, set free by Gods just judgement, from Antiochus his tyranny, who had made it a receptacle of idols: to be againe according to its first institution, the holy Temple of the true God.