Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Daniel 9:12
Our judges. — Used in a wide sense to signify kings, princes, and rulers generally. (Comp. Hosea 7:7.)
Our judges. — Used in a wide sense to signify kings, princes, and rulers generally. (Comp. Hosea 7:7.)
AND HE HATH CONFIRMED HIS WORDS ... - By bringing upon the people all that he had threatened in case of their disobedience. Daniel saw that there was a complete fulfillment of all that he had said wou...
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...
CONFIRMED HIS WORDS: i.e. by His prophets since the giving of the law (2 Kings 17:13.Isaiah 44:26; Lamentations 2:17; Zechariah 1:6).
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...
_confirmed his words_ The phrase as Nehemiah 9:8; cf. Deu 9:5, 1 Kings 8:20, _al._with this verse, cf. Bar 2:1-2. _judges_ apparently a general term for rulers, as Psalms 2:10. _by bringing_, &c. to...
CHAPTER NINE III. THE PRAYER, THE PRINCE, AND PROSPERITYDaniel 9:1-27 a. REPENTANCE TEXT: Daniel 9:1-14 1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasureus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made...
And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done up...
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...
וַ יָּ֜קֶם אֶת־_דְּבָרֹ֣ו_† ׀ אֲשֶׁר ־דִּבֶּ֣ר עָלֵ֗ינוּ
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...
INTERCESSION FOR A BELOVED PEOPLE Daniel 9:1-15 What a prayer is this! In many respects it is a model for us all. _It was based on the divine Word_. The fact that God had promised to restore the deso...
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...
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...
Daniel pursues the same sentiment, shewing how the Israelites had no cause whatever for expostulating with God on account of their being so heavily afflicted, and no reason for doubting either its ori...
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...
AND HE HATH CONFIRMED HIS WORDS WHICH HE SPAKE AGAINST US,.... That is, he hath made good his threatenings of wrath and vengeance, in case of disobedience to his law: AND AGAINST OUR JUDGES THAT JUDG...
And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upo...
_Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law_ Not here and there one, but the generality of them; the body of the people have transgressed, _by departing_, and taking themselves out of the way, _that th...
DANIEL'S CONFESSION AND PRAYER...
And He hath confirmed His words which He spake against us, maintaining them, confirming them in deed, as they now had the proof before them, AND AGAINST OUR JUDGES THAT JUDGED US, the term including a...
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...
HE HATH CONFIRMED HIS WORDS WHICH HE SPAKE AGAINST US: by this it appears that God's judgments threatened against sin are to be feared, because of the great and terrible God, DANIEL 9:4 DEUTERONOMY 7:...
Daniel 9:12 confirmed H6965 (H8686) words H1697 spoke H1696 (H8765) judges H8199 (H8802) judged H8199 ...
DANIEL RELATES WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO WHAT THEY DESERVED SHOULD HAPPEN. In this section Daniel does not speak to God directly, but indirectly. Indeed it may be that this short section was included by D...
Daniel 9:1. _In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by book...
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...
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
_HOMILETICS_ SECT. XXX.—DANIEL’S PRAYER (Chap. Daniel 9:1) We come to what, in more than one respect, is among the most remarkable portions of Scripture. The chapter before us contains one of the mos...
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...
1 Kings 3:9; Amos 3:2; Ezekiel 13:6; Ezekiel 5:9; Isaiah 44:26;...
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...
Judged us — Whose duty it was to govern the people, and to judge their causes; wherein if there was a failure, it was a sin, and judgment upon the people, and upon the rulers and judges themselves als...