Daniel 9:11
in Daniel 9All 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 on us, because we have sinned against You.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even turning aside, that they should not obey thy voice: therefore hath the curse been poured out upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God; for we have sinned against him.
KJV
Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
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This verse in Daniel 9
Commentary
10 notes on this verseVerse 11. "'And (the curse) has come upon us drop by drop.'" That is, Thou hast not poured out upon us all of Thy wrath, for we should not have been able to bear it, but Thou hast poured forth a mere droplet of Thy fury, in order that we might return unto Thee once we have been immeshed in Thy snare. "'The malediction and the curse which were written in the book of Moses, the servant of God...'" In Deuteronomy we read the curses and blessings of the Lord (Deuteronomy 27:11-28:14), which were afterwards uttered in Mount Gerizim and Ebal upon the righteous and upon the sinners.
This site's exposition
To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness
on Daniel 9:7-14
Daniel accepts the charge: “To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame”. The curse “written in the Law of Moses” falls, and the covenant sanctions of Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28 come due. He confesses that God “is righteous in all He does”.
This site's exposition
the oath and the curse
Adam Clarke noted that the Hebrew verb for poured out is used of melted metal. Jerome's text read that the curse came drop by drop, and he took it as mercy: God poured out only part of His wrath. Albert Barnes took all Israel as the whole people.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
If some had sinned while others had been diligent keepers of your laws, they would not have awaited this misfortune. But since their transgression was common to all and had been undertaken by all, Daniel quite reasonably says, "The curse has fallen on.…" By "oath" …
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
"Now, Lord, wilt thou not do according to all thy righteousness? Wilt thou not be as true to thy promises as thou hast been to thy threatenings and accomplish them also?" (4.) "Do it for thy great mercies (
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Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law,....
Note, It contributes very much to our profiting by the judgments of God's hand to observe how exactly they agree with the judgments of his mouth. He aggravates the calamities they were in, lest they should seem, having been long used to them, to make light of them, and so to lose the benefit of the chastening of the Lord by despising it.
It is Israel, God's professing people, who have known better, and from whom better is expected--Israel, God's peculiar people, whom he has surrounded with his favours; not here and there one, but it is all Israel, the generality of them, the body of the people, that have transgressed by departing and getting out of the way, that they might not hear, and so might not obey, thy voice.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Yea, all Israel have transgressed ... - Embracing not only the tribe and the kingdom of Judah, but the whole nation. The calamity, therefore, had come upon them all. Even by departing - By departing from thy commandments; or by rebellion against thee. That they might not obey thy voice - By refusing to obey thy voice, or thy commands. Therefore the curse is poured upon us - As rain descends, or as water is poured out. The “curse” here refers to what was so solemnly threatened by Moses in case the nation did not obey God. See Deut. 28:15-
Therefore the curse is poured upon us - It is probable that he alludes here to the punishment of certain criminals by pouring melted metal upon them; therefore he uses the word תתך tittach. it is poured out, like melted metal, for this is the proper meaning of the root נתך nathach.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
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
22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| עָֽבְרוּ֙ | ʾaveru | they have transgressed | H5674 → | 556 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| תּ֣וֹרָתֶ֔ךָ | toratekha | law your | H8451 → | 219 times |
| וְס֕וֹר | vesor | and they have turned aside | H5493 → | 299 times |
| לְבִלְתִּ֖י | levilti | to not | H1115 → | |
| שְׁמ֣וֹעַ | shemoa' | to listen | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| בְּקֹלֶ֑ךָ | bekolecha | to voice your | H6963 → | 506 times |
| וַתִּתַּ֨ךְ | vatitakh | and it has poured forth | H5413 → | |
| עָלֵ֜ינוּ | ʾaleinu | on us | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָאָלָ֣ה | haalah | the curse | H423 → | |
| וְהַשְּׁבֻעָ֗ה | vehashevuah | and the oath | H7621 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| כְּתוּבָה֙ | ketuvah | [was] written | H3789 → | 224 times |
| בְּתוֹרַת֙ | betorat | in [the] law of | H8451 → | 219 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֣ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | |
| עֶֽבֶד־ | ʾeved- | [the] servant of | H5650 → | 799 times |
| הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| חָטָ֖אנוּ | chatanu | we have sinned | H2398 → | 238 times |
| לֽוֹ׃ | lo | to him |
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
עָֽבְרוּ֙they have transgressed
ʾaveruH5674 →556 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
תּ֣וֹרָתֶ֔ךָlaw your
toratekhaH8451 →219 times
וְס֕וֹרand they have turned aside
vesorH5493 →299 times
לְבִלְתִּ֖יto not
leviltiH1115 →
שְׁמ֣וֹעַto listen
shemoa'H8085 →1159 times
בְּקֹלֶ֑ךָto voice your
bekolechaH6963 →506 times
וַתִּתַּ֨ךְand it has poured forth
vatitakhH5413 →
עָלֵ֜ינוּon us
ʾaleinuH5921 →5755 times
הָאָלָ֣הthe curse
haalahH423 →
וְהַשְּׁבֻעָ֗הand the oath
vehashevuahH7621 →
אֲשֶׁ֤רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
כְּתוּבָה֙[was] written
ketuvahH3789 →224 times
בְּתוֹרַת֙in [the] law of
betoratH8451 →219 times
מֹשֶׁ֣הMoses
moshehH4872 →
עֶֽבֶד־[the] servant of
ʾeved-H5650 →799 times
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
כִּ֥יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
חָטָ֖אנוּwe have sinned
chatanuH2398 →238 times
לֽוֹ׃to him
lo
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Book of Daniel; 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; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON DANIEL 9:10-11.