Daniel 9:4-6

9:4 I prayed to the LORD my God, confessing in this way:

“O Lord, ¹  great and awesome God who is faithful to his covenant ²  with those who love him and keep his commandments, 9:5 we have sinned! We have done what is wrong and wicked; we have rebelled by turning away from your commandments and standards. 9:6 We have not paid attention to your servants the prophets, who spoke by your authority ³  to our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors, ⁴  and to all the inhabitants ⁵  of the land as well.

Daniel 9:10-14

9:10 We have not obeyed ⁶  the LORD our God by living according to ⁷  his laws ⁸  that he set before us through his servants the prophets.

9:11 “All Israel has broken ⁹  your law and turned away by not obeying you. ¹⁰  Therefore you have poured out on us the judgment solemnly threatened ¹¹  in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against you. ¹²  9:12 He has carried out his threats ¹³  against us and our rulers ¹⁴  who were over ¹⁵  us by bringing great calamity on us – what has happened to Jerusalem has never been equaled under all heaven! 9:13 Just as it is written in the law of Moses, so all this calamity has come on us. Still we have not tried to pacify ¹⁶  the LORD our God by turning back from our sin and by seeking wisdom ¹⁷  from your reliable moral standards. ¹⁸  9:14 The LORD was mindful of the calamity, and he brought it on us. For the LORD our God is just ¹⁹  in all he has done, ²⁰  and we have not obeyed him. ²¹ 

[9:4]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here and in vv. 7, 9, 15, 16, and 19 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[9:4]  ² tn Heb “who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.” The expression is a hendiadys.

[9:6]  ³ tn Heb “in your name.” Another option is to translate, “as your representatives.”

[9:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “our fathers” (also in vv. 8, 16). The Hebrew term translated “father” can refer to more distant relationships such as grandfathers or ancestors.

[9:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “people.”

[9:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “paid attention to the voice of,” which is an idiomatic expression for obedience (cf. NASB “nor have we obeyed the voice of”).

[9:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “to walk in.”

[9:10]  ⁸ tc The LXX and Vulgate have the singular.

[9:11]  ⁹ tn Or “transgressed.” The Hebrew verb has the primary sense of crossing a boundary, in this case, God’s law.

[9:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “by not paying attention to your voice.”

[9:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the curse and the oath which is written.” The term “curse” refers here to the judgments threatened in the Mosaic law (see Deut 28) for rebellion. The expression “the curse and the oath” is probably a hendiadys (cf. Num 5:21; Neh 10:29) referring to the fact that the covenant with its threatened judgments was ratified by solemn oath and made legally binding upon the covenant community.

[9:11]  ¹² tn Heb “him.”

[9:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “he has fulfilled his word(s) which he spoke.”

[9:12]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “our judges.”

[9:12]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “who judged.”

[9:13]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “we have not pacified the face of.”

[9:13]  ¹⁷ tn Or “by gaining insight.”

[9:13]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “by your truth.” The Hebrew term does not refer here to abstract truth, however, but to the reliable moral guidance found in the covenant law. See vv 10-11.

[9:14]  ¹⁹ tn Or “righteous.”

[9:14]  ²⁰ tn Heb “in all his deeds which he has done.”

[9:14]  ²¹ tn Heb “we have not listened to his voice.”