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Daniel 9:5

We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:

We have sinned, and have committed iniquity - (cf. Nehemiah's confession, Nehemiah 9:1).

Sinned ... committed iniquity ... done wickedly ... rebelled - a climax: meaning respectively, erred in ignorance ... sinned by infirmity ... habitually and willfully done wickedness ... as open and obstinate rebels set ourselves against God.

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See also Daniel 9:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WE HAVE SINNED - Though Daniel was alone, he spake in the name of the people in general - doubtless recounting the long series of crimes in the nation which had preceded the captivity, and which were...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 9 THE PROPHECY OF THE SEVENTY WEEKS _ 1. The time and occasion of Daniel's prayer (Daniel 9:1)_ 2. The prayer (Daniel 9:3) 3. The answer and the prophecy of the seventy weeks (Daniel 9:20)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    According to Charles, a later interpolation containing the confession of Daniel. This prayer was evidently written by a Palestinian Jew (see Daniel 9:7 and Daniel 9:16), and does not, therefore, maint...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WE. Note that Daniel associates himself with his People. Compare Nehemiah 1. and Dan 9:33-38. Ezra 9:5. WICKEDLY. lawlessly. Hebrew. _rasha,_ App-44. REBELLED. revolted. Hebrew. _marad._ Usually of...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _We have sinned, and have_ DEALT PERVERSELY, _and have done wickedly_ from 1 Kings 8:47, with extremely slight differences, indicated in R.V. by the substitution of _done_for _dealt_, and of _dealt_fo...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Daniel's prayer, consisting (1) of a confession of national transgression, and of the justice of God's punishment (Daniel 9:4), and (2) of a supplication for mercy and restoration (Daniel 9:15). The p...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1138 HUMILIATION EXEMPLIFIED AND ENFORCED Daniel 9:3. And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes; and I prayed unto the...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1137 DANIEL’S CONFESSION Daniel 9:3. And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: and I prayed unto the Lord my God, and...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WE HAVE SINNED, AND HAVE COMMITTED INIQUITY— Daniel here puts up the confession prescribed in Solomon's consecration-prayer, to be used by the Jews in the land of their captivity....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER NINE III. THE PRAYER, THE PRINCE, AND PROSPERITYDaniel 9:1-27 a. REPENTANCE TEXT: Daniel 9:1-14 1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasureus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SEVENTY WEEKS In the first year of Darius the Mede, Daniel, studying the prophetical books, finds that Jeremiah has predicted that the desolation of Jerusalem will last for seventy years (Daniel 9...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD DANIEL _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 9 V1 This is what happened in the first year that Darius ruled the country. He was the son of Xerxes and he came from the country call...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WE HAVE SINNED. — It has been remarked that four stages of sin are pointed out by the prophet, corresponding to the four different words which he uses. “Sin” refers especially to sins of deed, “commit...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    חָטָ֥אנוּ וְ עָוִ֖ינוּ _הִרְשַׁ֣עְנוּ_† וּ מָרָ֑דְנוּ וְ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE SEVENTY WEEKS THIS chapter is occupied with the prayer of Daniel, and with the famous vision of the seventy weeks which has led to such interminable controversies, but of which the interpretation...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    INTERCESSION FOR A BELOVED PEOPLE Daniel 9:1-15 What a prayer is this! In many respects it is a model for us all. _It was based on the divine Word_. The fact that God had promised to restore the deso...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In the first year of the reign of Darius, Daniel, who was evidently not only a man of prayer, but a diligent student of the prophetic writings, became conscious that the seventy years of judgment on J...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The Lord had said by his servant Ezekiel, that for all his promised blessings, he would be enquired of by the house of Israel. Ezekiel 36:37. Here, therefore, Daniel set himself to pray, and that earn...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Daniel here continues his confession of sin. As we have already stated, he ought to begin here, because we must remark in general the impossibility of our pleasing God by our prayers, unless we approa...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Chapter 9 gives us a vision concerning the people and the holy city, consequent on Daniel's confession and intercession. It is, as has been remarked, in connection with the oppression of the western p...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    WE HAVE SINNED, AND HAVE COMMITTED INIQUITY, AND HAVE DONE WICKEDLY, AND HAVE REBELLED,.... Some think there is a gradation in these words; that they had committed some sins through error and ignoranc...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:_ Ver. 5. _We have sinned, and have committed iniqu...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _We have sinned, and have committed iniquity_ Daniel uses the same confession here that is prescribed, in Solomon's consecration prayer, to be used by the Jews in the land of their captivity; with a p...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    we have sinned and have committed iniquity, by leaving the path of God's commandments, AND HAVE DONE WICKEDLY AND HAVE REBELLED, shown rebellious behavior, EVEN BY DEPARTING FROM THY PRECEPTS AND FROM...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    DANIEL'S CONFESSION AND PRAYER...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    4-19 In every prayer we must make confession, not only of the sins we have been guilty of, but of our faith in God, and dependence upon him, our sorrow for sin, and our resolutions against it. It mus...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    As if he had said, We are not only sinners, but our sin is wickedness aggravated to the height: thus much the gradation here intimates, by DOING WICKEDLY AND REBELLING. In our confessions of sin to Go...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Daniel 9:5 sinned H2398 (H8804) iniquity H5753 (H8804) wickedly H7561 (H8689) rebelled H4775 (H8804) departing...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “We have sinned and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly and have rebelled, even turning aside from your precepts and from your judgments.” Daniel here identifies himself with his people. Not...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Daniel 9:1. _In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by book...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Daniel 9:1. _In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by book...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Vision of the seventy weeks. Daniel's prayer and confession. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Daniel, Jeremiah, Darius, Gabriel. CONCLUSION: God's Word is intended to encourage our prayers, and wh...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Daniel 9:1. _In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus._ He is also called Cyaxares, the son of Astyages. His father was called by the jews, Ahasuerus. See on Esther. Daniel 9:2. _I Daniel und...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 9:1 While reading the book of Jeremiah 1:1 and realizing that the “seventy years” (v. Daniel 9:2) are al

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _HOMILETICS_ SECT. XXX.—DANIEL’S PRAYER (Chap. Daniel 9:1) We come to what, in more than one respect, is among the most remarkable portions of Scripture. The chapter before us contains one of the mos...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION DANIEL 9:1 THE SEVENTY WEEKS. This is the chapter of Daniel which has occasioned most controversy. It was appealed to by Tertullian and the early Fathers as a demonstration of the correctn...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    This time let's turn in our Bible to the book of Daniel, chapter 9. In the beginning of chapter 9, we have a very keen insight to this man Daniel. And we understand why God has declared of him that wa...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 8:47; 2 Chronicles 6:37; Daniel 9:15; Ezekiel 6:9; Ezra 9:6;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    DANIEL'S PRAYER Daniel 9:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Prayer should always hold a prominent place in the lives of all Christians. We are to study today the prayer of one of God's greatest servants. As a pr...

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