Daniel 9:18 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 9:18

Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.

BSB

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ASV

O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies’ sake.

KJV

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER NINE (420)

Verse 18. "For Thine own sake, O my God, incline Thine ear and hear; open Thine eyes and behold our desolation..." This appeal is couched in anthropomorphic language (anthropopathos), with the implication that whenever our prayers are heard, God seems to incline His ear; and whenever God deigns to have regard to us, He appears to open His eyes; but whenever He turns His face away, we appear to be unworthy of attention either from His eyes or His ears.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

We cannot now expect that God should send us answers to our prayer by angels, but, if we pray with fervency for that which God has promised, we may by faith take the promise as an immediate answer to the prayer; for he is faithful that has promised. [2.] He had a discovery made to him of a far greater and more glorious redemption which God would work out for his church in the latter days.

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הַטֵּ֨ה	ha.Teh	incline	H5186 →
אֱלֹהַ֥י׀	'e.lo.Hai	O God my	H430 →
אָזְנְךָ֮	'a.ze.ne.Kha	ear your	H241 →
וּֽשֲׁמָע֒	u.sha.Ma'	and listen	H8085 →
פְּקַ֣ח	pik.chah	open	H6491 →
עֵינֶ֗יךָ	'ei.Nei.kha	eyes your	H5869 →
וּרְאֵה֙	u.re.'Eh	and see	H7200 →
שֹֽׁמְמֹתֵ֔ינוּ	sho.me.mo.Tei.nu	desolate [things] our	H8074 →
וְהָעִ֕יר	ve.ha.'Ir	and the city	H5892 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
נִקְרָ֥א	nik.Ra'	it is called	H7121 →
שִׁמְךָ֖	shim.Kha	name your	H8034 →
עָלֶ֑יהָ	'a.Lei.ha	on it	H5921 →
כִּ֣י׀	ki	for	H3588 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
צִדְקֹתֵ֗ינוּ	tzid.ko.Tei.nu	righteousness<es> our	H6666 →
אֲנַ֨חְנוּ	'a.Nach.nu	we	H587 →
מַפִּילִ֤ים	ma.pi.Lim	[are] making fall	H5307 →
תַּחֲנוּנֵ֙ינוּ֙	ta.cha.nu.Nei.nu	supplications our	H8469 →
לְפָנֶ֔יךָ	le.fa.Nei.kha	<to> before you	H6440 →
כִּ֖י	ki	for	H3588 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
רַחֲמֶ֥יךָ	ra.cha.Mei.kha	compassion<s> your	H7356 →
הָרַבִּֽים׃	ha.ra.Bim	<the> great	H7227 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 37:17
Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 6:40
  Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 17:6
  I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.
Through
Jeremiah 25:29
For behold, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword…
leads to
- Proverbs 11:31
  If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!
- 1 Peter 4:17
  For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?
- Ezekiel 38:21
  And I will summon a sword against Gog on all My mountains, declares the Lord GOD, and every man’s sword will be against his brother.
Through
2 Kings 19:16
Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
leads to
- 2 Kings 19:4
  Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the…
- Isaiah 37:17
  Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
Through
Jeremiah 36:7
Perhaps they will bring their petition before the LORD, and each one will turn from his wicked way; for great are the anger and fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people.”
leads to
- Jeremiah 36:3
  Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the calamity I plan to bring upon them, each of them will turn from his wicked way. Then I will forgive their iniquity and their…