E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 9:14
watched . Compare Jeremiah 31:28 ; Jeremiah 44:27 . read more
watched . Compare Jeremiah 31:28 ; Jeremiah 44:27 . read more
hast brought, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 6:1 , Exodus 6:6 ; Exodus 12:41 ; Exodus 14:18 ; Exodus 32:11 ). App-92 . gotten Thee renown = made Thee a Name. read more
holy. See note on Exodus 3:5 . because for our sins . . . fathers . Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:5 ). App-92 . become a reproach . Compare Jeremiah 24:9 ; Jeremiah 29:18 ; Jeremiah 42:18 ; Jeremiah 44:8 , Jeremiah 44:12 .Ezekiel 5:14 , Ezekiel 5:15 ; Ezekiel 22:4 . read more
cause Thy face to shine . Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 6:25 , Numbers 6:26 ). App-92 . for the LORD'S* sake . Septuagint reads "for Thy servants' sake". read more
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
Gabriel . See note on Daniel 8:16 . This prophecy is not given by a "prophet", but by an angel or hierophant (who shows sacred things) to a prophet. It is therefore a most transcendent prophecy. about the time, &c . Compare similar important occasions: David (2 Samuel 24:15 , note); Elijah (1 Kings 18:29 ); Ezra (Ezra 9:5 ). oblation = gift or donation offering. Hebrew. minchah. App-43 . read more
And he informed me . The Syriac reads "Yea, he came". to give thee skill, &c . = to teach thee understanding, or to make thee wise as to, &c. Note the special emphasis as to the admonition for ourselves in the Structures below. It is not a vision that requires interpretati o n , but a direct prophecy given in simple words by the angel Gabriel, sent by God for the express purpose of making everything clear, and solving the most weighty problems that perplex the human mind. There is... read more
This chapter recounts the prophecy of the seventy weeks, probably the most debated portion of the whole prophecy. The chapter has four divisions: (1) Daniel comes to understand that the "seventy years" of Israel's captivity are about to end (Daniel 9:1-2); (2) his fervent prayer that God will indeed bless and restore Israel to Palestine (Daniel 9:3-19); (3) Gabriel interrupts his prayer in order to show Daniel things to come (Daniel 9:10-23); and (4) the prophecy of the seventy weeks (Daniel... read more
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 9:13
As = According as. it is written, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:14 , &c. Deuteronomy 28:15 , &c, as above). App-92 . read more