Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Daniel 9:17
For the Lord's sake — For the sake of the Messiah: to whom the title Lord is frequently given in the Old Testament.
For the Lord's sake — For the sake of the Messiah: to whom the title Lord is frequently given in the Old Testament.
Verse 17. _AND CAUSE THY FACE TO SHINE_] Give us proof that thou art reconciled to us....
NOW, THEREFORE, O OUR GOD, HEAR THE PRAYER OF THY SERVANT - In behalf of the people. He pleaded for his people and country, and earnestly entreated the Lord to be merciful. His argument is based on th...
CHAPTER 9 THE PROPHECY OF THE SEVENTY WEEKS _ 1. The time and occasion of Daniel's prayer (Daniel 9:1)_ 2. The prayer (Daniel 9:3) 3. The answer and the prophecy of the seventy weeks (Daniel 9:20)...
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, maint...
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"....
Daniel's prayer, consisting (1) of a confession of national transgression, and of the justice of God's punishment (Daniel 9:4), and (2) of a supplication for mercy and restoration (Daniel 9:15). The p...
The confession passes now gradually into a supplication for help. Cf. Bar 2:11-12 _a_, 13 _a_, 14 _a_, 16 _b_, 17 _a_, 19....
The supplication becomes more urgent, especially in Daniel 9:18....
HEARKEN UNTO _the prayer_, &c. A reminiscence of 1 Kings 8:28 (2 Chronicles 6:19). Similarly Nehemiah 1:6; Nehemiah 1:11 (from...
DISCOURSE: 1139 THE ANSWER TO DANIEL’S PRAYER Daniel 9:17. 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 Lo...
AND CAUSE THY FACE TO SHINE, &C.— _And for thine own sake, O Lord, cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary, which is desolate._...
b. REQUEST TEXT: Daniel 9:15-19 15 And now O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinne...
Now therefore, 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. CAUSE THY FACE TO SHINE UPON...
THE SEVENTY WEEKS In 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...
THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD DANIEL _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 9 V1 This is what happened in the first year that Darius ruled the country. He was the son of Xerxes and he came from the country call...
CAUSE THY FACE TO SHINE. — See Numbers 6:25. The meaning is “let thy works show the fulfilment of “thy Word.” FOR THE LORD’S SAKE. — Comp. Daniel 9:19, “because Thou art the Lord.” Never does prayer r...
וְ עַתָּ֣ה ׀ שְׁמַ֣ע אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ אֶל ־תְּפִלַּ֤ת...
THE SEVENTY WEEKS THIS 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...
RENEWED FAVOR IN GOD'S OWN TIME Daniel 9:16-27 Daniel 9:17-19 have in them a tone of anguish which reminds us of our Lord's words as to the violence which takes the kingdom of heaven by force. God l...
In the first year of the reign of Darius, Daniel, who was evidently not only a man of prayer, but a diligent student of the prophetic writings, became conscious that the seventy years of judgment on J...
Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to (l) shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the (m) Lord's sake. (l) Show yourself favour...
The Lord had said by his servant Ezekiel, that for all his promised blessings, he would be enquired of by the house of Israel. Ezekiel 36:37. Here, therefore, Daniel set himself to pray, and that earn...
His next prayer is, _Do thou who art our God hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine forth _In these words Daniel wrestles with distrust, not for his own sak...
Chapter 9 gives us a vision concerning the people and the holy city, consequent on Daniel's confession and intercession. It is, as has been remarked, in connection with the oppression of the western p...
NOW THEREFORE, O OUR GOD,.... This being our miserable case, and the seventy years' captivity being at an end, and thou still our covenant God, whom we profess and worship: HEAR THE PRAYER OF THY SER...
Now therefore, 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. Ver. 17. _Now therefore, O our G...
_According to all thy righteousness let thine anger be turned away_ The word _righteousness_ here, as in many other places of Scripture, is equivalent to _mercy;_ (see the margin;) _from thy holy moun...
DANIEL'S CONFESSION AND PRAYER...
Now, therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of Thy servant and his supplications and cause Thy face to shine, in merciful love, UPON THY SANCTUARY THAT IS DESOLATE, for the fact that the Temple was lyi...
4-19 In every prayer we must make confession, not only of the sins we have been guilty of, but of our faith in God, and dependence upon him, our sorrow for sin, and our resolutions against it. It mus...
1. Here the prophet is most concerned for the sanctuary, and place of worship, a type not only of the church, and the worship of God, but also of Christ; because in all these the Lord is greatly conce...
Daniel 9:17 God H430 hear H8085 (H8798) prayer H8605 servant H5650 supplications H8469 Lords H136 face H6440 shine...
“Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplications, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary which is desolate, for the Lord's sake (or ‘which is desolate...
Daniel 9:14. Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth; for we obeyed not his voice. And now, O Lord our...
CONTENTS: Vision of the seventy weeks. Daniel's prayer and confession. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Daniel, Jeremiah, Darius, Gabriel. CONCLUSION: God's Word is intended to encourage our prayers, and wh...
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 und...
_Cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate._ THE CHRISTIAN’S DUTY TO THE CHURCH IN THE PRESENT TIMES I. THE STATE OF THE CHURCH WHEN DANIEL WROTE WAS ONE OF RUIN AND DESOLATION. Jer...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 9:1 While reading the book of Jeremiah 1:1 and realizing that the “seventy years” (v. Daniel 9:2) are al
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 9:17 Daniel asked the Lord to show favor to his SANCTUARY and to end the exile, thus honoring his own name. ⇐...
EXPOSITION DANIEL 9:1 THE SEVENTY WEEKS. This is the chapter of Daniel which has occasioned most controversy. It was appealed to by Tertullian and the early Fathers as a demonstration of the correctn...
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 wa...
2 Corinthians 1:20; Daniel 9:19; John 16:24; Lamentations 5:18;...
DANIEL'S PRAYER Daniel 9:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Prayer should always hold a prominent place in the lives of all Christians. We are to study today the prayer of one of God's greatest servants. As a pr...