Daniel 9:8

O Yahweh, to us, belongeth the shame of faces, to our kings, to our rulers, and to our fathers,—in that we have sinned against thee.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

7To thee, O Lord, belongeth righteousness, but, to us, the shame of faces, as at this day,—to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, the near and the far off, throughout all the lands whither thou hast driven them, in their treachery, wherewith they had been treacherous against thee.

9To the Lord our God, belong compassions, and forgivenesses,—for we have rebelled against him;

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Cross References

2 Kings 21:15Because they have done the thing that is wicked in mine eyes, and have become such as to provoke me to anger,—from the day when their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even until this day.

Nehemiah 1:6Let, I pray thee, thine ears be attentive and thine eyes open—to hearken unto the prayer of thy servant—which, I, am praying before thee now, day and night, for the sons of Israel, thy servants,—and making confession concerning the sins of the sons of Israel, which we have committed against thee, both I and the house of my father, have sinned.

Jeremiah 7:19Is it me, they are provoking? Enquireth Yahweh,—Is it not themselves,—unto the shame of their own faces?

Lamentations 1:7Jerusalem hath remembered in the days of her humiliation and her fleeings—all her precious things, which have existed from the days of old,—Now that her people have been falling into the hand of the adversary, with none to help her, the adversaries have seen her, have mocked over her sabbath-keepings.

Lamentations 3:42We, have trespassed and rebelled, Thou, hast not pardoned.

Ezekiel 5:6But she hath changed my regulations into lawlessness, more than the nations, And my statutes more than the countries which are round bout her, For my regulations, have they rejected, And in my statutes, have they not walked.

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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