Daniel 9:10

10 we have not obeyed the LORD our God or kept the laws he gave us through his servants the prophets.

Daniel 9:10 in Other Translations

KJV
10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
ESV
10 and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God by walking in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
NLT
10 We have not obeyed the LORD our God, for we have not followed the instructions he gave us through his servants the prophets.
MSG
10 We paid no attention to you when you told us how to live, the clear teaching that came through your servants the prophets.
CSB
10 and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by following His instructions that He set before us through His servants the prophets.

Daniel 9:10 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 9:10

Neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God
Speaking in the law, and by his prophets; for what was spoken there, and by them, should have been considered, not as the word of man, but as the word of God, and should have been attended to and obeyed; for despising that and them was interpreted as despising the Lord, and refusing to hearken to him, and obey his voice; which was a sin highly provoking to him, and resented by him: to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the
prophets;
by Moses and others; for it seems to include the system of laws which were delivered by Moses, and were many; and the doctrines of the prophets, which were explications and enforcements of them: and these the Lord set before them by both, as a rule to walk by, and a path to walk in; and not to do this was very sinful in them, and greatly displeasing to him.

Daniel 9:10 In-Context

8 We and our kings, our princes and our ancestors are covered with shame, LORD, because we have sinned against you.
9 The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him;
10 we have not obeyed the LORD our God or kept the laws he gave us through his servants the prophets.
11 All Israel has transgressed your law and turned away, refusing to obey you. “Therefore the curses and sworn judgments written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured out on us, because we have sinned against you.
12 You have fulfilled the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing on us great disaster. Under the whole heaven nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.

Cross References 1

  • 1. 2 Kings 17:13-15; S 2 Kings 18:12; Revelation 10:7
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