Daniel 9:13
in Daniel 9Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquities and giving attention to Your truth.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet have we not entreated the favor of Jehovah our God, that we should turn from our iniquities, and have discernment in thy truth.
KJV
As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
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This verse in Daniel 9
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
As it is written in the law of Moses - The word law was given to all the writings of Moses. See the notes at Luk 24:44. Yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God - Margin, “entreated we not the face of.” The Hebrew word used here (חלה châlâh) means, properly, “to be polished;” then to be worn down in strength, to be weak; then to be sick, or diseased; then in Piel (the form used here), to rub or stroke the face of anyone, to soothe or caress, and hence, to beseech, or supplicate.
This site's exposition
righteousness belongeth unto thee
on Daniel 9:7-14
The confession turns forensic: righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, and the curse poured upon Israel is named as the very curse written in the law of Moses, the covenant sanctions of Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28 come due. Daniel prays as a man who has read his own nation's indictment and signs it rather than disputing it, all this evil is come upon us, yet we made not our prayer before the Lord, admitting the neglect that let the judgment run its course. The Lord is righteous in all his works, the confession states, even the work of Jerusalem's own devastation.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Verse 13. "'All this evil has come upon us, and we have not entreated Thy face, O Lord our God, that we might turn back from our iniquities and consider Thy truth.'" Their obduracy was so great that even in the midst of their toils they would not entreat God, and even if they had entreated Him, it would not have been a genuine entreaty, because they had not turned back from their iniquities. Yet to consider the truth of God is equivalent to turning back from iniquity.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us,....
Now the first step towards this is to make our prayer before the Lord our God, that the affliction may be sanctified before it is removed, and that the grace of God may go along with the providence of God, to make it answer the end. Those who in their affliction make not their prayer to God, who cry not when he binds them, are not likely to turn from iniquity or to understand his truth.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Diseased, we spurn the healing medicine. that we might turn, &c.--Prayer can only be accepted when joined with the desire to turn from sin to God (Ps 66:18; Pr 28:9). understand thy truth--"attentively regard Thy faithfulness" in fulfilling Thy promises, and also Thy threats [CALVIN].
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
As is written in the Law of Moses a hint that He warned us that if we transgress the oath, all this evil will befall us.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
as was done in Jerusalem the sword, slaying, the burning of the city; and they humbled women and put captives into neck irons.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| כָּתוּב֙ | katuv | [it is] written | H3789 → | 224 times |
| בְּתוֹרַ֣ת | betorat | in [the] law of | H8451 → | 219 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֔ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | |
| אֵ֛ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָרָעָ֥ה | haraah | the calamity | H7451 → | 662 times |
| הַזֹּ֖את | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | |
| בָּ֣אָה | baah | it has come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| עָלֵ֑ינוּ | ʾaleinu | on us | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| חִלִּ֜ינוּ | chilinu | we have entreated | H2470 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H854 → | |
| פְּנֵ֣י׀ | penei | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ | ʾeloheinu | God our | H430 → | 2601 times |
| לָשׁוּב֙ | lashuv | by turning away | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| מֵֽעֲוֹנֵ֔נוּ | meavonenu | from iniquity our | H5771 → | 233 times |
| וּלְהַשְׂכִּ֖יל | ulehaskil | and by giving attention | H7919 → | 62 times |
| בַּאֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃ | baamitekha | to faithfulness your | H571 → | 127 times |
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
כָּתוּב֙[it is] written
katuvH3789 →224 times
בְּתוֹרַ֣תin [the] law of
betoratH8451 →219 times
מֹשֶׁ֔הMoses
moshehH4872 →
אֵ֛ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָרָעָ֥הthe calamity
haraahH7451 →662 times
הַזֹּ֖את<the> this
hazotH2063 →
בָּ֣אָהit has come
baahH935 →2568 times
עָלֵ֑ינוּon us
ʾaleinuH5921 →5755 times
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
חִלִּ֜ינוּwe have entreated
chilinuH2470 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H854 →
פְּנֵ֣י׀[the] face of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּGod our
ʾeloheinuH430 →2601 times
לָשׁוּב֙by turning away
lashuvH7725 →1056 times
מֵֽעֲוֹנֵ֔נוּfrom iniquity our
meavonenuH5771 →233 times
וּלְהַשְׂכִּ֖ילand by giving attention
ulehaskilH7919 →62 times
בַּאֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃to faithfulness your
baamitekhaH571 →127 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 2:30“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
it leads to
- Jeremiah 5:3
O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 1:5
Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Nehemiah 9:26
But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
- Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15
who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
- Jeremiah 5:3
Through
Daniel 9:11All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 8:5–10
Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
- Isaiah 1:4–6
Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of depravity! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on…
- Jeremiah 8:5–10
Through
Isaiah 9:13But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.
it leads to
- Hosea 7:10
Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him.
- Hosea 7:10
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Book of Daniel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER NINE; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.