Daniel 9:6

Neither have we heeded or listened unto Thy avadim the nevi'im, which spoke in Thy Name unto our Melachim, our Sarim (princes), and our Avot, and to kol Am HaAretz.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

In Context

5We have sinned, and we have committed iniquity, and we have done wickedly, and we have rebelled, even by departing from Thy mitzvot and from Thy mishpatim;

7To Thee, Adonoi, is the tzedakah, but unto us is boshet hapanim (shame of face), as at yom hazeh; to the men of Yehudah, and to the yoshvei Yerushalayim, and unto kol Yisroel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither Thou hast driven them, because of their ma'al (betrayal, treachery) wherein they have dealt unfaithfully against Thee.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:10And Hashem spoke to Menasheh, and to his people, but they would not pay heed.

2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the malachim of Elohim, and despised His words, and derided His nevi'im, until the Chamat Hashem was aroused against His people, until there was no marpeh (remedy, healing).

Nehemiah 9:30Yet many shanim didst Thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by Thy Ruach + 9:30 Hakodesh by Thy nevi'im; yet would they not give ear; therefore gavest Thou them into the yad of the peoples of the lands.

Nehemiah 9:34Neither have melacheinu, sareinu, Kohaneinu, nor Avoteinu, kept Thy torah, nor paid heed unto Thy mitzvot and Thy testimonies, wherewith Thou didst testify against them.

Jeremiah 6:16Thus saith Hashem: 1 Stand ye in the derakhim (crossroads), and look, 1 and ask for the netivot olam (old paths), 1 where is the derech hatov (good road, way), and walk therein, 1 and ye shall find margo'a (rest) for your nefashot. 1 But they said, We will not walk therein. 1

Jeremiah 7:24But they paid heed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the inclinations of the stubbornness of their lev harah (evil heart), and went backward, and not forward.

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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