Daniel 9:13-23

13 "As it is written in the ¹law of Moses, all this calamity has come on us; yet we have ²not sought the favor * of the LORD our God by ³turning from our iniquity and giving attention to Your truth.

14 "Therefore the LORD has ⁴kept the calamity in store and brought it on us; for the LORD our God is ⁵righteous with respect to all His deeds which He has done, but we have not obeyed His voice.

15 "And now, O Lord our God, who have ⁶brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and have ⁷made a name for Yourself, as it is this day -we have sinned, we have been wicked.

16 "O Lord, in accordance with all Your righteous acts, let now Your ⁸anger and Your wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your ⁹holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become a ¹⁰reproach to all those around us.

17 "So now, our God, listen to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplications, and for Your sake, O Lord, ¹¹let Your face shine on Your ¹²desolate sanctuary.

18 "O my God, ¹³incline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and ¹⁴see our desolations and the city which is ¹⁵called by Your name; for we are not ¹⁶presenting our supplications before You on account of any merits of our own, but on account of Your great compassion.

19 "O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and take action! For Your own sake, O my God, ¹⁷do not delay, because Your city and Your people are called by Your name."

Gabriel Brings an Answer

20 Now while I was ¹⁸speaking and praying, and ¹⁹confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God in behalf of the holy mountain of my God,

21 while I was still speaking in prayer, then the man ²⁰Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision previously, came to me in my extreme weariness about the time of the ²¹evening offering.

22 He gave me instruction and talked with me and said, "O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you insight with ²²understanding.

23 "At the ²³beginning of your supplications the command was issued, and I have come to tell you, for you are ²⁴highly esteemed; so give heed to the message and gain ²⁵understanding of the vision.

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Daniel 9:13-23 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 25

1. Leviticus 26:14-45; Deuteronomy 28:15-68; Daniel 9:11
2. Job 36:13; Isaiah 9:13; Jeremiah 2:30; Jeremiah 5:3
3. Jeremiah 31:18
4. Jeremiah 31:28; Jeremiah 44:27
5. Psalms 51:14; Daniel 9:7
6. Deuteronomy 5:15
7. Nehemiah 9:10; Jeremiah 32:20
8. Jeremiah 32:31, 32
9. Psalms 87:1-3; Daniel 9:20; Joel 3:17; Zechariah 8:3
10. Ezekiel 5:14
11. Numbers 6:24-26; Ps 80:3, 7, 19
12. Lamentations 5:18
13. Isaiah 37:17
14. Psalms 80:14
15. Jeremiah 7:10-12
16. Jeremiah 36:7
17. Psalms 44:23; Psalms 74:10, 11
18. Psalms 145:18; Isaiah 58:9; Daniel 9:3; Daniel 10:12
19. Isaiah 6:5
20. Daniel 8:16; Luke 1:19, 26
21. Exodus 29:39; 1 Kings 18:36; Ezra 9:4
22. Daniel 8:16; Daniel 10:21; Zechariah 1:9
23. Daniel 10:12
24. Daniel 10:11, 19
25. Matthew 24:15

Footnotes 13

[a]. Lit "softened the face of"
[b]. Or "having insight into"
[c]. Lit "watched over the evil"
[d]. Lit "righteousnesses"
[e]. Lit "the sake of the Lord"
[f]. Lit "causing to fall"
[g]. Lit "our righteousnesses"
[h]. Lit "causing to fall"
[i]. Lit "at the beginning"
[j]. Lit "was reaching;" or "touching"
[k]. Lit "wearied with weariness"
[l]. Lit "word went out"
[m]. Lit "desirable;" or "precious"