Daniel 9:13

You punished us just like Moses wrote that you would do. But, Yahweh our God, we still have not tried, by turning away from our sinning and by heeding your truth, to persuade you to act mercifully toward us.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.

In Context

12You warned us and our rulers that you would punish Jerusalem severely by causing a great disaster there, a disaster that would be worse than any disaster that any other city had ever experienced, and you have done what you said that you would do.

14So, because we did not obey you, you prepared to punish us, and then you did punish us, because you always do what is righteous/just/fair.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:23“When you experience those things that I do to punish you, if you still do not pay attention to me, and if you continue to oppose me,

Deuteronomy 29:4But until now, Yahweh has not enabled you to understand the meaning of all that you have seen and heard.

Job 36:13“Godless/Wicked people continue being angry, and they do not cry out for help, even when God is punishing them.

Psalms 119:18Open my mind in order that I may know the wonderful things that are written in your laws.

Psalms 119:73You created me and formed my body (OR, kept me safe); help me to be wise in order that I may learn ◄your commands/what you have commanded►.

Isaiah 42:9Everything that I have prophesied has happened, and now I will tell about other things that will happen. I will tell you things that will happen before they happen.”

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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