Observe here, 1. How he entitles God to the city for his name. It was the city of God, Psalms 48:1,Psalms 48:2,Psalms 48:8; Jeremiah 25:29. It is a good argument in prayer to entitle ourselves to God; yea, to interest God to ourselves, and to our cause. Observe, 2. How careful and cautious the prophet is to flee to mercy, and to renounce merit. Thus all the saints. read more
DISCOURSE: 1139THE ANSWER TO DANIEL’S PRAYERDaniel 9:17-23. O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake. 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 righteous nesses, but for thy great mercies. O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken, and do;... read more
This time let's turn in our Bible to the book of Daniel, chapter 9.In the beginning of chapter 9, we have a very keen insight to this man Daniel. And we understand why God has declared of him that was he was greatly loved by God. For Daniel greatly loved God and he loved the Word of God. And his obvious knowledge and love for the Word is revealed here in the ninth chapter. As he understands the plight of the nation Israel and the reason for their plight. He sees behind the issues that caused... read more
Daniel 9:1 . In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus. He is also called Cyaxares, the son of Astyages. His father was called by the jews, Ahasuerus. See on Esther. Daniel 9:2 . I Daniel understood by books, by Jeremiah, and confirmed by Ezekiel, that the seventy years of the captivity were accomplished. This passage proves how prophecies, even in those irreligious times, were valued by good men, and how widely the writings of the prophets were circulated. Why then should Rome... read more
Daniel 9:17-19Cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate.The Christian’s Duty to the Church in the Present TimesI. THE STATE OF THE CHURCH WHEN DANIEL WROTE WAS ONE OF RUIN AND DESOLATION. Jerusalem, the city of God was desolate and without inhabitant, and the temple, which was the dwelling-place of the mysterious glory, was desolate. The whole nation and the whole church had gone into captivity. But does God ever forsake His people, or desert His church? The promise of God, on... read more
Dan 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 righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. Ver. 18. O my God, incline thine ear and hear; open thine eyes, and behold, &c. ] Thus growing to a conclusion of his prayer he prays more earnestly: he stretcheth out his petitions, as it were, εκτενης , upon the tenters, with those good souls in Acts... read more
incline: 1 Kings 8:29, 2 Kings 19:16, Psalms 17:6, Psalms 17:7, Isaiah 37:17, Isaiah 63:15-Psalms :, Isaiah 64:12 behold: Exodus 3:7, Psalms 80:14-: which is called by thy name: Heb. whereupon thy name is called, Jeremiah 7:10, Jeremiah 14:9, Jeremiah 15:16, Jeremiah 25:29, 1 Corinthians 1:2 for we: Isaiah 64:6, Jeremiah 14:7, Ezekiel 36:32 present: Heb. cause to fall, Jeremiah 36:7, Jeremiah 37:20, *marg. Reciprocal: Exodus 32:32 - if thou Leviticus 26:32 - And I Leviticus 26:41 - and... read more
16-19. The prophet cries out in great agony, beseeching Jehovah, since now his righteous punishments had been so fearfully fulfilled upon Jerusalem and the holy mountain (Psalms 2:6; Jeremiah 25:1-11), that the equally righteous promises to repentant Israel might also be speedily fulfilled (see Jeremiah 25:12, etc.; Jeremiah 27:22; Jeremiah 29:10-14), and as a representative of repentant Israel he makes an intercessory prayer for the desolated and ruined sanctuary which reminds one of the... read more
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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 9:4-19
Daniel 9:4-Psalms : . According to Charles, a later interpolation containing the confession of Daniel. This prayer was evidently written by a Palestinian Jew (see Daniel 9:7 and Daniel 9:16), and does not, therefore, maintain the point of view assumed in the rest of the book, where the writer is supposed to be living at the court of Babylon. There is little originality in the prayer, and many of its phrases are borrowed from other parts of the OT. Daniel 9:11 . written in the law of Moses: ... read more