Daniel 9:8

8 Oh SEÑOR, nuestra es la verguenza del rostro, y de nuestros reyes, de nuestros príncipes y de nuestros padres, porque hemos pecado contra ti.

Daniel 9:8 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 9:8

O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face
Which is repeated, to show how much the mind of the prophet was affected with it, and to fix a sense of it in the minds of others; as well as to suggest that he wanted words fully to express that shame that everyone ought to take to themselves; and also in order to introduce what follows, and that to observe that all ranks and degrees of men were concerned in it: to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have
sinned against thee;
these had each of them sinned against the Lord, by not hearkening to his prophets, who reproved them for their sins, and warned them of their danger, ( Daniel 9:6 ) and therefore had reason to be ashamed of them before him; as well as to observe the low estate in which the royal family, princes, elders, and people in Babylon, were, being exposed to shame and reproach before all the world.

Daniel 9:8 In-Context

6 No hemos escuchado a tus siervos los profetas que hablaron en tu nombre a nuestros reyes, a nuestros príncipes, a nuestros padres y a todo el pueblo de la tierra.

7 Tuya es la justicia, oh Señor, y nuestra la verguenza en el rostro, como sucede hoy a los hombres de Judá, a los habitantes de Jerusalén y a todo Israel, a los que están cerca y a los que están lejos en todos los países adonde los has echado, a causa de las infidelidades que cometieron contra ti.

8 Oh SEÑOR, nuestra es la verguenza del rostro, y de nuestros reyes, de nuestros príncipes y de nuestros padres, porque hemos pecado contra ti.

9 Al Señor nuestro Dios pertenece la compasión y el perdón, porque nos hemos rebelado contra El,

10 y no hemos obedecido la voz del SEÑOR nuestro Dios para andar en sus enseñanzas, que El puso delante de nosotros por medio de sus siervos los profetas.