Daniel 9:18

My God, open your ears and listen; open your eyes and see. We have been devastated; look at the city that is called by your name. We do not beg for your help because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy.

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O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

In Context

17Now, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy; for your sake, Lord, make your face shine on your sanctuary that is desolate.

19Lord, listen! Lord, forgive! Lord, pay attention and take action! For your own sake, do not delay, my God, for your city and your people are called by your name.”

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Cross References

Numbers 6:27It is in this way that they must give my name to the people of Israel. Then I will bless them.”

2 Kings 19:16Turn your ear, Yahweh, and listen. Open your eyes, Yahweh, and see, and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God.

Psalms 25:6Call to mind, Yahweh, your acts of compassion and of covenant faithfulness; 1 for they have always existed. 1

Isaiah 37:17Turn your ear, Yahweh, and listen. Open your eyes, Yahweh, and see, and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God.

Isaiah 63:15Look down from heaven and take notice from your holy and glorious habitation. 1 Where are your zeal and your mighty acts? 1 Your pity and your compassionate actions are kept from us. 1

Isaiah 64:6For we have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a menstrual rag. 1 We have all withered like leaves; our iniquities, like the wind, carry us away. 1

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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