Daniel 9:8

Public shame is ours Lord, and on our kings and princes and forefathers, because we have sinned against you.

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In The King James Version

O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.

In Context

7Lord, you always do what is right, but we continue to be ashamed to this very day—we the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, those nearby and those far away, those of every country where you have driven them because of their unfaithfulness to you.

9Yet you, the Lord our God, are compassionate and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against you.

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Cross References

2 Kings 21:15because they have done what is evil in my sight, and have made me angry from the day their fathers left Egypt until today.”

Nehemiah 1:6please listen and focus your attention on the prayer of your servant that I am praying to you now, day and night, on behalf of your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against you, including my own sins and those of my family.

Jeremiah 7:19But is it really me they're hurting? declares the Lord. Aren't they really hurting themselves and bringing shame on themselves?

Lamentations 1:7As she wanders around in her misery, Jerusalem thinks back to all the wonderful things she once had in the old days. When her enemies conquered her people, she didn't receive any help. Her enemies gloated over her, and laughed at her downfall.

Lamentations 3:42“We are the ones who sinned; we are the ones who rebelled; and you haven't forgiven us!”

Ezekiel 5:6But she rebelled against my rules, acting more wickedly than the nations, and she defied my regulations more than the countries surrounding her. Her people rejected my rules and refused to follow my regulations.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 9:5-20

Daniel's Confession and Prayer; Daniel's Prayer for His People. ( b. c. 538.) 4 And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; 5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: 6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our… Read the whole commentary →

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