Daniel 9:1-10

Daniel's Prayer for His People

1 In the first year of ¹Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of Median descent, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans -

2 in 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 ²Jeremiah the prophet for the completion of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, ³seventy years.

3 So I gave my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes.

4 I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed and said, "Alas, O Lord, the ⁴great and awesome God, who ⁵keeps His covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments,

5 ⁶we have sinned, committed iniquity, acted wickedly and ⁷rebelled, even ⁸turning aside from Your commandments and ordinances.

6 "Moreover, we have not ⁹listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our princes, our fathers and all the people of the land.

7 "¹⁰Righteousness belongs to You, O Lord, but to us ¹¹open 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 ¹²all the countries to which You have driven them, because of their unfaithful deeds which they have committed against You.

8 "Open shame belongs to us, O Lord, to our kings, our princes and our fathers, because we have sinned against You.

9 "To the Lord our God belong ¹³compassion and forgiveness, for we have ¹⁴rebelled against Him;

10 nor have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in His teachings which He ¹⁵set before us through His servants the prophets.

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Daniel 9:1-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DANIEL 9

This chapter contains a prayer of Daniel, and the answer to it. The time, occasion, and manner of his prayer, or circumstances of it, are observed, Da 9:1-3, the parts of it, an address unto God, under various suitable epithets and characters, Da 9:4 confession of sin, of his own, of the inhabitants of the land, kings, princes, and people, which are largely dwelt upon and exaggerated, Da 9:5-15 and petitions for mercy, Da 9:16-19, then the answer follows; the time when it was ordered and given, and the person by whom it was sent, are expressed, Da 9:20-23 who delivered to him the vision of the seventy weeks to be considered by him; in which both the work of the Messiah, and the time of his coming, are clearly pointed out, Da 9:24-27.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 15

1. Daniel 5:31; Daniel 11:1
2. 2 Chronicles 36:21; Ezra 1:1; Jeremiah 25:11, 12; Jeremiah 29:10; Zechariah 7:5
3. 2 Chronicles 36:21; Ezra 1:1; Jeremiah 25:11, 12; Jeremiah 29:10; Zechariah 7:5
4. Deuteronomy 7:21; Nehemiah 9:32
5. Deuteronomy 7:9
6. 1 Kings 8:48; Nehemiah 9:33; Psalms 106:6; Isaiah 64:5-7; Jeremiah 14:7
7. Lamentations 1:18, 20
8. Psalms 119:176; Isaiah 53:6; Daniel 9:11
9. 2 Chronicles 36:16; Jeremiah 44:4, 5
10. Jeremiah 23:6; Jeremiah 33:16; Daniel 9:18
11. Psalms 44:15; Jeremiah 2:26, 27; Jeremiah 3:25
12. Deuteronomy 4:27
13. Nehemiah 9:17; Psalms 130:4
14. Psalms 106:43; Jeremiah 14:7; Daniel 9:5, 6
15. 2 Kings 17:13-15; 2 Kings 18:12

Footnotes 5

[a]. Lit "set my face"
[b]. Lit "the shame of face"
[c]. Lit "The shame of face"
[d]. Or "though"
[e]. Or "laws"