New American Standard Bible 2020

Daniel 9:2-20

2in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, observed in the books the number of the years which was revealed as the word of the Lord to 1Jeremiah the prophet for the completion of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, 2seventy years. 3So I gave my 3attention to the Lord God, to seek Him by prayer and pleading, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. 4I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed, and said, “Oh, Lord, the 4great and awesome God, who 5keeps His covenant and faithfulness for those who love Him and keep His commandments, 5 6we have sinned, we have done wrong, and 7acted wickedly and 8rebelled, even 9turning aside from Your commandments and ordinances. 6Moreover, we have not 10listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our leaders, our fathers, and all the people of the land.

7“11Righteousness belongs to You, Lord, but to us 12 13open shame, as it is this day--to the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away in 14all the countries to which You have driven them, because of their unfaithful deeds which they have committed against You. 8 15Open shame belongs to us, Lord, to our kings, our leaders, and our fathers, because we have sinned against You. 9To the Lord our God belong 16compassion and forgiveness, 17because we have 18rebelled against Him; 10and we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in His 19teachings which He 20set before us through His servants the prophets. 11Indeed, 21all Israel has violated Your Law and turned aside, not obeying Your voice; so the 22curse has gushed forth on us, along with the oath which is written in the Law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against Him. 12So He has 23confirmed His words which He had spoken against us and against our 24 25rulers who ruled us, to bring on us great disaster; for under the entire heaven there has 26not been done anything like what was done in Jerusalem. 13Just as it is written in the 27Law of Moses, all this disaster has come on us; yet we have 28not 29sought the favor of the Lord our God by 30turning from our wrongdoing and 31giving attention to Your truth. 14So the Lord has 32 33kept the disaster in store and brought it on us; for the Lord our God is 34righteous with respect to all His deeds which He has done, but we have not obeyed His voice.

15“And now, Lord, our God, You who 35brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and 36made a name for Yourself, as it is this day--we have sinned, we have been wicked. 16Lord, in accordance with all Your 37righteous acts, let now Your 38anger and Your wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your 39holy mountain; for because of our sins and the wrongdoings of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become an 40object of taunting to all those around us. 17So now, our God, listen to the prayer of Your servant and to his pleas, and for 41Your sake, Lord, 42let Your face shine on Your 43desolate sanctuary. 18My God, 44incline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and 45see our desolations and the city which is 46called by Your name; for we are not 47 48presenting our pleas before You based on 49any merits of our own, but based on Your great compassion. 19Lord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord, listen and take action! For Your own sake, my God, 50do not delay, because Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”

20While I was still 51speaking and praying, and 52confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and 53presenting my plea before the Lord my God in behalf of the holy mountain of my God,

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Notes

1. Daniel 9:2 2 Chr 36:21; Ezra 1:1; Jer 25:11, 12; 29:10; Zech 7:5 ↩
2. Daniel 9:2 2 Chr 36:21; Ezra 1:1; Jer 25:11, 12; 29:10; Zech 7:5 ↩
3. Daniel 9:3 Lit face ↩
4. Daniel 9:4 Deut 7:21; Neh 9:32 ↩
5. Daniel 9:4 Deut 7:9 ↩
6. Daniel 9:5 1 Kin 8:48; Neh 9:33; Ps 106:6; Is 64:5-7; Jer 14:7 ↩
7. Daniel 9:5 Or made ourselves guilty ↩
8. Daniel 9:5 Lam 1:18, 20 ↩
9. Daniel 9:5 Ps 119:176; Is 53:6; Dan 9:11 ↩
10. Daniel 9:6 2 Chr 36:16; Jer 44:4, 5 ↩
11. Daniel 9:7 Jer 23:6; 33:16; Dan 9:18 ↩
12. Daniel 9:7 Lit the shame of face ↩
13. Daniel 9:7 Ps 44:15; Jer 2:26, 27; 3:25 ↩
14. Daniel 9:7 Deut 4:27 ↩
15. Daniel 9:8 Lit The shame of face ↩
16. Daniel 9:9 Neh 9:17; Ps 130:4 ↩
17. Daniel 9:9 Or though ↩
18. Daniel 9:9 Ps 106:43; Jer 14:7; Dan 9:5, 6 ↩
19. Daniel 9:10 Or laws ↩
20. Daniel 9:10 2 Kin 17:13-15; 18:12 ↩
21. Daniel 9:11 Is 1:3, 4; Jer 8:5-10 ↩
22. Daniel 9:11 Deut 27:15-26 ↩
23. Daniel 9:12 Is 44:26; Jer 44:2-6; Lam 2:17; Zech 1:6 ↩
24. Daniel 9:12 Lit judges who judged us ↩
25. Daniel 9:12 Job 12:17; Ps 82:2-7; 148:11 ↩
26. Daniel 9:12 Lam 1:12; 2:13; Ezek 5:9 ↩
27. Daniel 9:13 Lev 26:14-45; Deut 28:15-68; Dan 9:11 ↩
28. Daniel 9:13 Job 36:13; Is 9:13; Jer 2:30; 5:3 ↩
29. Daniel 9:13 Lit softened the face of ↩
30. Daniel 9:13 Jer 31:18 ↩
31. Daniel 9:13 Or having insight into ↩
32. Daniel 9:14 Lit watched over the evil ↩
33. Daniel 9:14 Jer 31:28; 44:27 ↩
34. Daniel 9:14 Ps 51:14; Dan 9:7 ↩
35. Daniel 9:15 Deut 5:15 ↩
36. Daniel 9:15 Neh 9:10; Jer 32:20 ↩
37. Daniel 9:16 Lit righteousnesses ↩
38. Daniel 9:16 Jer 32:31, 32 ↩
39. Daniel 9:16 Ps 87:1-3; Dan 9:20; Joel 3:17; Zech 8:3 ↩
40. Daniel 9:16 Ezek 5:14 ↩
41. Daniel 9:17 Lit the sake of the Lord ↩
42. Daniel 9:17 Num 6:24-26; Ps 80:3, 7, 19 ↩
43. Daniel 9:17 Lam 5:18 ↩
44. Daniel 9:18 Is 37:17 ↩
45. Daniel 9:18 Ps 80:14 ↩
46. Daniel 9:18 Jer 7:10-12 ↩
47. Daniel 9:18 Lit casting down ↩
48. Daniel 9:18 Jer 36:7 ↩
49. Daniel 9:18 Lit our righteousnesses ↩
50. Daniel 9:19 Ps 44:23; 74:10, 11 ↩
51. Daniel 9:20 Ps 145:18; Is 58:9; Dan 9:3; 10:12 ↩
52. Daniel 9:20 Is 6:5 ↩
53. Daniel 9:20 Lit casting down ↩

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