Daniel 9:18 NIV

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Daniel 9:1-23

Daniel’s prayer (9:1-23)Persia conquered Babylon in 539 BC and Darius was placed in charge of the newly conquered territory (see 5:31). The Jews’ seventy years captivity in Babylon, which Jeremiah had predicted, was now almost complete, and Daniel looked for their return to their homeland (9:1-2; see Jeremiah 29:10). But he knew that repentance was necessary if they were to enjoy God’s blessing, and therefore he came to God in prayer on behalf of his people (3).Casting himself and his people... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 9:18

Thine eyes . Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6 . which is called by Thy name: or, upon which Thy name has been called. we . Others were praying with Daniel. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Daniel 9:18

18. present . . . supplications—literally, "cause to fall," &c. (compare Note, see on :-). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 9:15-19

3. Daniel’s petition for restoration 9:15-19Having laid a foundation for appeal in his confession (Daniel 9:4-14), Daniel now proceeded to petition God to restore His people to the Promised Land. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 9:18-19

Daniel appealed repeatedly to God to hear and answer his prayer, not because the Israelites deserved it, but because God is compassionate (cf. Exodus 32:12-14). It is interesting that Daniel did not tell God what to do. Instead he asked God to hear, to see, and to act. This is a humble approach that does not dictate to God but leaves the answering up to Him. This magnificent prayer builds to an emotional, positive, logical climax in Daniel 9:19. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 9:1-27

The Seventy WeeksIn the first year of Darius the Mede, Daniel, studying the prophetical books, finds that Jeremiah has predicted that the desolation of Jerusalem will last for seventy years (Daniel 9:1-2). He prays, confessing the great sin of Israel, and entreating God to have mercy on His people (Daniel 9:3-19), Thereupon the angel Gabriel explains to him (Daniel 9:20-24) that Jeremiah’s seventy years are seventy ’weeks,’ or ’sevens,’ of years (=490 years), which are to be made up of (7+62+1)... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Daniel 9:1-27

Daniel 9:3 Fasting is an indispensable condition of a good life; but in fasting, as in self-control in general, the question arises, With what shall we begin? How to fast, how often to eat, what to eat, what to avoid eating? And as we can do no work seriously without regarding the necessary order of sequence, so also we cannot fast without knowing where to begin with what to commence self-control in food. Fasting! and even an analysis of how to fast, and where to begin the very notion of it... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Daniel 9:1-27

THE SEVENTY WEEKSTHIS chapter is occupied with the prayer of Daniel, and with the famous vision of the seventy weeks which has led to such interminable controversies, but of which the interpretation no longer admits of any certainty, because accurate data are not forthcoming.The vision is dated in the first year of Darius, the son of Achashverosh, of the Median stock. We have seen already that such a person is unknown to history. The date, however, accords well in this instance with the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Daniel 9:1-27

CHAPTER 9 The Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks 1. The time and occasion of Daniel’s prayer (Daniel 9:1-2 ) 2. The prayer (Daniel 9:3-19 ) 3. The answer and the prophecy of the seventy weeks (Daniel 9:20-27 ) Daniel 9:1-2 . It was in the first year of Darius, of the seed of the Medes, that Daniel understood by the sacred writings of his people, especially by the prophecy of Jeremiah, that the end of the years of the captivity was at hand. The promises in the Word of God led him at once to... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Daniel 9:18

9:18 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 {n} righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.(n) Declaring that the godly flee only to God’s mercies, and renounce their own works, when they seek for remission of their sins. read more