Daniel 9:14

"As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil has come on us. Yet we have not entreated the favor of the LORD our God, that we should turn from our iniquities and have discernment in your truth."

Key Reflection

This verse underscores Israel's acknowledgment of their own sin as the cause of judgment, yet it also reveals their failure to seek God’s mercy and guidance in repentance. By recognizing both their guilt and their lack of humble supplication, they highlight a need for genuine repentance and a desire to understand God's truth.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil -The word here used and rendered watched -שׁקדshâqad- means, properly, “to wake; to be sleepless; to watch.” Then it means to watch over anything, or to be attentive to it.Jeremiah 1:12;Jeremiah 31:28;Jeremiah 44:27. - Gesenius, “Lexicon” The meaning here is, that the Lord had not been inattentive to the progress of things, nor unmindful of his threatening. He had never slumbered, but had carefully observed the course of events, and had been attentive to all that they had done, and to all that he had threatened to do.

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