Daniel 9:18 New English Translation
18 Listen attentively,[a] my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins[b] and the city called by your name.[c] For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you,[d] but because your compassion is abundant.
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- Daniel 9:18 tn Heb “turn your ear.”
- Daniel 9:18 tn Heb “desolations.” The term refers here to the ruined condition of Judah’s towns.
- Daniel 9:18 tn Heb “over which your name is called.” Cf. v. 19. This expression implies that God is the owner of his city, Jerusalem. Note the use of the idiom in 2 Sam 12:28; Isa 4:1; Amos 9:12.
- Daniel 9:18 tn Heb “praying our supplications before you.”
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