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Daniel 9:16

Jerusalem
PrayerJusticeMercy and compassionShame

14 Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He does; yet we have not obeyed His voice.

15 Now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and who made for Yourself a name renowned to this day, we have sinned; we have acted wickedly.

O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.

17 So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.

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.

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BSB
O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.
KJV
O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
WEB
Lord, according to all your righteousness, please let your anger and your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; because for our sins and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a reproach to all who are around us.
ASV
O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, let thine anger and thy wrath, I pray thee, be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are round about us.
DARBY
Lord, according to all thy righteousnesses, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain; for because of our sins, and because of the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people [are become] a reproach to all round about us.
BLB
O Lord, according to all Your righteousness, let be turned back, please, Your anger and Your fury from Your city Jerusalem, the mountain of Your holiness! For because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people [are] a reproach to all around us.
ÅB
Herre! La etter alle dine rettferdige gjerninger din vrede og harme vende seg bort fra din stad Jerusalem, ditt hellige berg! For på grunn av våre synder og våre fedres misgjerninger er Jerusalem og ditt folk blitt til spott for alle dem som bor omkring oss.
OTB
Herre, i samsvar med alle Dine rettferdige gjerninger, la Din vrede og Din harme vende seg bort fra Din by Jerusalem, Ditt hellige fjell. På grunn av våre synder og våre forfedres misgjerninger har Jerusalem og Ditt folk blitt et ordtak blant alle dem rundt oss.
B1930
Herre! La efter alle dine rettferdige gjerninger din vrede og harme vende sig bort fra din stad Jerusalem, ditt hellige berg! For på grunn av våre synder og våre fedres misgjerninger er Jerusalem og ditt folk blitt til spott for alle dem som bor omkring oss.

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Cross references

  • Zechariah 8:3

    This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”

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  • Psalms 87:1–3

    He has founded His city on the holy mountains.

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  • Psalms 31:1

    In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.

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  • Daniel 9:20

    While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain—

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  • Joel 3:17

    Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.

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  • Lamentations 2:15–16

    All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”

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  • Psalms 71:2

    In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me.

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  • Exodus 20:5

    You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

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