The final weeks of the seventy weeks of Daniel 9 immediately precede the

thousand -year reign, and carry into that period the blessings indicated in

verse 24.  The first thing that will be accomplished when the Seventy Weeks

attain their goal is said to be 'to finish the transgression' (Dan. 9:24).

This translation, however, leaves much to be explained.  Will transgression

be 'finished' in the sense that it is so completely accounted for by

Atonement and Forgiveness, that it will never again raise its head? (Heb.

kalah).  Will transgression be 'finished' in the sense of the Hebrew word

shalam?  The answer is no, the Hebrew word being kala, which though it

resembles the Hebrew kalah must not be confounded with it.  Kala is

translated as follows:

Forbid 1, keep 1, keep back 1, refrain 2, retain 1, shut up 4, withhold

2, be stayed 2, be restrained 2, be stayed 1 and finish 1.

This is not mere opinion but evidence, and evidence which cannot be neglected

or denied without spiritual disaster.  Be it noted, that the only reference

in the Authorized Version that contains the translation 'finish' is Daniel

9:24, which the margin corrects by saying 'or restrain'.  The word is used of

the imprisonment of Zedekiah and of Jeremiah and the noun forms kele, and

beth kele are translated 'prison'.  Daniel 9 does not teach us that when that

prophecy is fulfilled transgression will be finished, it will be Restrained

or Imprisoned.  This will be also the condition of Satan through the

Millennial kingdom, he will be 'bound' for a thousand years, but he will by

no means be 'finished'.  In like manner, sins will be Sealed Up, as the

margin indicates against the reading, 'to make an end of sins'.  The Hebrew

word chatham is translated as follows:

Seal 16, seal up 6, be sealed 2, mark 1, be stopped 1 and the Chaldaic

word in Daniel 6:17 seal.

We gather from the marginal references in the Authorized Version, that

some of the nations will yield 'feigned obedience'.  Is this translation

justified?  Let us see.  The passages under review are Psalms 18:44; 66:3;

and 81:15.  In the margin, the Authorized Version and the Revised Version

read 'yield feigned obedience', and the note 'Hebrew lie'.  Is this marginal

interpretation correct?  We could refer to such expositors as Perowne,

Hengstenberg, Young's Literal translation and Rotherham.  Rotherham reads,

'Come Cringing unto me'.  Of course this unanimity among scholars may be but

the blind leading the blind, on the other hand they may express the mind of

God.  There is only one authoritative test, the consistent usage of the word

and a frank exhibition of its occurrences.  The Hebrew word kachash occurs

twenty -eight times, and in no passage other than the three Psalms quoted,

and in 2 Samuel 22:45, is it translated 'submit'.  The remaining references

are translated as follows:

Fail 1, be found liars 1, belie 1, deal falsely 1, deceive 1, deny 5,

dissemble 1, fail 2, lie 5, lies 4, lying 1 and leanness 1.

In no passage is it possible to substitute 'obedience' or 'submit' in any one

of these twenty -four occurrences.  If 'usage' has any weight, then 'feigned

obedience' must stand.  To deny it is to defy the testimony of Scripture.

Deuteronomy 33:29 which employs the Hebrew kachash reads:

'And thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee'.