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the abomination of desolation

"the shameful one who defiles the things of God"

which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet

This can be stated in active form. AT: "about which Daniel the prophet wrote" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

let the reader understand

This is not Jesus speaking. Matthew added this to alert the reader that Jesus was using words that they would need to think about and interpret.

let him who is on the housetop

Housetops where Jesus lived were flat, and people could stand on them.