Daniel 9:6

Sin Obedience God's word

⁴ And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,

⁵ we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.

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

⁷ To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.

⁸ O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, and fathers, and to all the people of the land.
KJV: 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.
WEB: We haven’t listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
ASV: neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, that spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
DARBY: And we have not hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, who spoke in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
BLB: 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.

ÅB: Vi hørte ikke på dine tjenere, profetene, som talte i ditt navn til våre konger, våre fyrster og våre fedre og til alt folket i landet.
OTB: Vi har ikke lyttet til Dine tjenere profetene, som talte i Ditt navn til våre konger, våre ledere, våre forfedre, og hele folket i landet.
B1930: Vi hørte ikke på dine tjenere, profetene, som talte i ditt navn til våre konger, våre fyrster og våre fedre og til alt folket i landet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

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.
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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.
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Zechariah 7:8–12
Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,
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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.’
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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.
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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.
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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 put to the sword and captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.
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Acts 7:51–52
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
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