Daniel 9:1-19
DANIEL'S CONFESSION AND PRAYER... [ Continue Reading ]
DANIEL'S CONFESSION AND PRAYER... [ Continue Reading ]
In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus, known in secular history as Gobryas and mentioned as a viceroy of the empire after the fall of Babylon,5) OF THE SEED OF THE MEDES, who were joined with the Persians in the conquest of Babylon, WHICH WAS MADE KING OVER THE REALM OF THE CHALDEANS, no... [ Continue Reading ]
in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by books, he observed, he got his information, and then drew his conclusions, THE NUMBER OF THE YEARS WHEREOF THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO JEREMIAH, THE PROPHET, Cf Jeremiah 25:11, THAT HE WOULD ACCOMPLISH SEVENTY YEARS IN THE DESOLATIONS OF JERUS... [ Continue Reading ]
And I set my face unto the Lord God, the one sovereign God of the universe, TO SEEK BY PRAYER AND SUPPLICATIONS, to plead for the restoration of the city of his fathers, WITH FASTING AND SACKCLOTH AND ASHES. It was thus an importunate, moving prayer which Daniel sought by the operation of the Holy S... [ Continue Reading ]
And I prayed unto the Lord, my God, and made my confession, a frank acknowledgment of one's sinfulness preparing the way for the proper worship of the Lord, AND SAID, O LORD, THE GREAT AND DREADFUL GOD, He whose fear and terror is upon all those who are His enemies, KEEPING THE COVENANT AND MERCY TO... [ Continue Reading ]
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 THY JUDGMENTS, the introduction of the confession being modeled after the words of Solomon's prayer... [ Continue Reading ]
neither have we hearkened unto Thy servants, the prophets, his confession now being made in the name of his entire people with their open disregard of the admonition of the prophets, WHICH SPAKE IN THY NAME TO OUR KINGS, OUR PRINCES, AND OUR FATHERS, AND TO ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND. Cf 2 Kings 17;... [ Continue Reading ]
O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto Thee, He is the possessor of absolute righteousness, who alone can dispense righteousness, BUT UNTO US CONFUSION OF FACES, namely, the confusion which shows itself in the guilty blush on account of the consciousness of sin and the consequent disgrace and tribulat... [ Continue Reading ]
O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against Thee, this statement being repeated for the sake of emphasis, just as the synonymous expressions were heaped at the beginning of Daniel's confession, in order that the full sco... [ Continue Reading ]
To the Lord, our God, belong mercies and forgivenesses, of which the repentant sinners feel the great need, THOUGH WE HAVE REBELLED AGAINST HIM, rather, "for we have rebelled," and the need of His forgiveness as their one hope has become apparent to them;... [ Continue Reading ]
neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord, our God, to walk in His laws, following them exactly, WHICH HE SET BEFORE US BY HIS SERVANTS, THE PROPHETS, His ministers, in making known His will to men.... [ Continue Reading ]
Yea, all Israel have transgressed Thy Law, even by departing, that they might not obey Thy voice, their turning away from Him being done with this deliberate purpose; THEREFORE THE CURSE IS POURED UPON US, like a rainstorm with hail, AND THE OATH THAT IS WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF MOSES, THE SERVANT OF G... [ Continue Reading ]
And He hath confirmed His words which He spake against us, maintaining them, confirming them in deed, as they now had the proof before them, AND AGAINST OUR JUDGES THAT JUDGED US, the term including all those in authority in the entire nation, BY BRINGING UPON US A GREAT EVIL; FOR UNDER THE WHOLE HE... [ Continue Reading ]
As it is written in the Law of Moses, in the two Chapter s which contain the dreadful statements of the Lord concerning His punishment upon the transgressors of His Law, ALL THIS EVIL IS COME UPON US; YET MADE WE NOT OUR PRAYER BEFORE THE LORD, OUR GOD, by entreating or conciliating His face, by att... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, He was concerned about its coming upon the transgressors, AND BROUGHT IT UPON US; FOR THE LORD, OUR GOD, IS RIGHTEOUS IN ALL HIS WORKS WHICH HE DOETH, all His actions being essentially just; FOR WE OBEYED NOT HIS VOICE, wherefore the punishment meted ou... [ Continue Reading ]
And now, O Lord, our God, that hast brought Thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, Exodus 32:11, AND HAST GOTTEN THEE RENOWN, AS AT THIS DAY, His acts of mercy being acknowledged wherever they became known among the nations: WE HAVE SINNED, WE HAVE DONE WICKEDLY, this confessi... [ Continue Reading ]
O Lord, according to all Thy righteousness, I beseech Thee, in agreement with the righteousness which demanded the fulfillment of His promises, LET THINE ANGER AND THY FURY BE TURNED AWAY FROM THY CITY JERUSALEM, THY HOLY MOUNTAIN, designated thus because His Sanctuary had been situated there for so... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of Thy servant and his supplications and cause Thy face to shine, in merciful love, UPON THY SANCTUARY THAT IS DESOLATE, for the fact that the Temple was lying in ruins was the chief ground for Daniel's prayer, FOR THE LORD'S SAKE, for the glory of the rest... [ Continue Reading ]
O my God, incline Thine ear, in the attitude of willing attention, and hear; OPEN THINE EYES AND BEHOLD OUR DESOLATIONS, both the cities and their ruins being included in this term, AND THE CITY WHICH IS CALLED BY THY NAME, literally, "upon which Thy name is called," where God had so gloriously reve... [ Continue Reading ]
O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do! the prophet here rising to the very climax of an importunate and fervent prayer. DEFER NOT, FOR THINE OWN SAKE, O MY GOD; FOR THY CITY AND THY PEOPLE ARE CALLED BY THY NAME, and therefore His zeal for His own glory should be the motive urging Hi... [ Continue Reading ]
And whiles I was speaking and praying and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and presenting my supplication before the Lord, my God, piling up his petitions in seeking the mercy of God, FOR THE HOLY MOUNTAIN OF MY GOD, in the interest of, the Lord's Sanctuary and the true worship;... [ Continue Reading ]
GABRIEL COMFORTS DANIEL BY THE PROPHECY OF THE SEVENTY WEEKS... [ Continue Reading ]
yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, making the concluding remarks of his prayer, EVEN THE MAN GABRIEL, one of the angel-princes, WHOM I HAD SEEN IN THE VISION AT THE BEGINNING, 8:15-16, BEING CAUSED TO FLY SWIFTLY, TOUCHED ME ABOUT THE TIME OF THE EVENING OBLATION, rather, "the man Gabriel, whom I... [ Continue Reading ]
And he informed me and talked with me and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding, a skilful and correct insight into the problem perplexing him and an assurance for the future.... [ Continue Reading ]
At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, namely, the decree, or oracle, which is presently stated, AND I AM COME TO SHOW THEE, to make it known, FOR THOU ART GREATLY BELOVED, this being the reason why the Lord was so ready to make known to him the solution of the problem of... [ Continue Reading ]
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy Holy City, the capital which was so dear to the heart of Daniel, the determination of the time being purposely indefinite, TO FINISH THE TRANSGRESSION AND TO MAKE AN END, OF SINS, to restrain the rebellion and to seal up the sins, so that the... [ Continue Reading ]
Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem, from the time that the decree of Cyrus concerning the rebuilding of Jerusalem went forth, Ezra 1:1; Isaiah 44:28, UNTO THE MESSIAH, the Anointed One, THE PRINCE, SHALL BE SEVEN WEEKS, that i... [ Continue Reading ]
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, namely, at the time of the great denial, one of the signs preceding the end of the world, BUT NOT FOR HIMSELF, literally, "and not is to Him anyone," that is, for the time being there seems to be no helper; AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PRINCE THA... [ Continue Reading ]
And he, the hostile prince, SHALL CONFIRM THE COVENANT WITH MANY FOR ONE WEEK, so that the great mass of people would be forced to accept this covenant, to acknowledge him as being in the place of God; AND IN THE MIDST OF THE WEEK HE SHALL CAUSE THE SACRIFICE AND THE OBLATION TO CEASE, so that there... [ Continue Reading ]