Daniel 9:6

Translations

Modern

We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, fathers, and all the people of the land.

Traditional

Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

Literal

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

Latin

Non obedivimus servis tuis prophetis, qui locuti sunt in nomine tuo regibus nostris, principibus nostris, patribus nostris, omnique populo terræ.

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English

We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, fathers, and all the people of the land.

Notes

Daniel 9:6

God's servants, the prophets, were his specially chosen and inspired messengers (Daniel 9:10; Deuteronomy 18:15–22; 2 Kings 17:23; 21:10–15; Jeremiah 7:25; 25:4).

Daniel 9:4–11

God's faithfulness was very different from his people's unfaithfulness and rebellion. When Daniel confessed his people's sins, he included himself (Daniel 9:5), even though he lived a praiseworthy life (see “Community Identity” Theme Note).

Daniel prayed a high priestly prayer for his people, using many quotes and references from the Torah (the instructions God gave through Moses), the prophets (God’s messengers), and the psalms (songs and prayers used in worship).

Daniel 9:1–19

Daniel prayed for his people, knowing that Jerusalem's seventy years of desolation were about to end. His prayer is similar to those of:

Solomon (1 Kings 8:14–61),
Ezra (Ezra 9), and
Nehemiah (Nehemiah 9).

God answered Daniel's prayer quickly (see study note on Daniel 9:19; see also Daniel 9:20–27).

Theme notes and profiles

Daniel Apocalyptic Literature Community Responsibility: Achan’s Sin God Works through Prayer What Is Good

Events

Prophecies of Danielc. 606 BC

Related verses

Daniel 9:10
…and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets.
2 Chronicles 36:15–16
Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.
Acts 7:51–52
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
Luke 20:10–12
At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.
Ezra 9:7
From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and subjected to the sword and to captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.
Zechariah 1:4–6
Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 44:4–5
Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
Zechariah 7:8–12
Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,
Nehemiah 9:34
Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You gave them.
Matthew 21:34–40
When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.
Jeremiah 32:32–33
…because of all the evil the children of Israel and of Judah have done to provoke Me to anger—they, their kings, their officials, their priests and prophets, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 44:16
“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!

Glossary

Apocalyptic Assumption of Moses Book of Daniel Book of Jeremiah Daniel (Person) Daniel, Additions to Jeremiah (Person) Mercy

Topics

Intercession: Exemplified Intercessory Prayer: Daniel Nation: Chastised Nation: Prayer For Prayer: Accompanied With: Confession Prayer: Confession In Prophets: Inspiration of Repentance: Exemplified Sin: Confession of

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