To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame--the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You. To You, O Lord, belongs righteousnessThe Hebrew word for "righteousness" is "צְדָקָה" (tsedaqah), which conveys the idea of justice, rightness, and moral integrity. In the context of Daniel's prayer, this phrase acknowledges God's perfect moral character and His just nature. Daniel recognizes that God's actions are always aligned with His righteous standards, and this acknowledgment sets the tone for the confession that follows. The phrase emphasizes the divine attribute of righteousness as belonging solely to God, highlighting His holiness and the standard by which all actions are measured. but to us open shame
The term "open shame" translates from the Hebrew "בֹּשֶׁת הַפָּנִים" (boshet hapanim), literally meaning "shame of face." This expression conveys a deep sense of public disgrace and humiliation. Daniel contrasts the righteousness of God with the shame of the people, acknowledging their failure to live up to God's standards. This phrase reflects the collective guilt and the visible consequences of Israel's sins, which have led to their current state of exile and suffering. It is a humbling admission of their moral and spiritual failure. as it is this day
This phrase situates Daniel's confession in the present reality of Israel's situation. It underscores the immediacy and ongoing nature of their shame and suffering. The historical context here is crucial; Daniel is praying during the Babylonian exile, a period of profound crisis for the Jewish people. The phrase serves as a reminder of the enduring consequences of their disobedience and the need for repentance and divine intervention. to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem and all Israel
This phrase encompasses the entire community of God's people, both the southern kingdom of Judah and the northern kingdom of Israel. By including "the men of Judah," "the residents of Jerusalem," and "all Israel," Daniel emphasizes the unity of the people in their shared guilt and need for God's mercy. Historically, this reflects the divided kingdoms' shared heritage and covenant relationship with God, despite their political separation. near and far
The phrase "near and far" indicates the widespread dispersion of the Jewish people due to the exile. It acknowledges that the consequences of their unfaithfulness have affected the entire nation, regardless of their geographical location. This dispersion fulfills the warnings given by the prophets about the consequences of disobedience, and it highlights the comprehensive nature of their predicament. in all the countries to which You have banished them
The word "banished" comes from the Hebrew "הִדַּחְתָּם" (hidachtam), meaning to drive away or scatter. This reflects the fulfillment of God's warnings through the prophets that disobedience would lead to exile. The phrase underscores God's sovereignty in the judgment process, as it is He who has allowed the dispersion as a consequence of their actions. It serves as a reminder of the covenantal relationship where blessings and curses were contingent upon Israel's faithfulness. because of their unfaithfulness to You
The term "unfaithfulness" is derived from the Hebrew "מַעַל" (ma'al), which implies treachery or betrayal. This word captures the essence of Israel's sin as a breach of their covenant with God. It is a relational term, indicating that their actions were not just legal violations but a betrayal of their relationship with God. This phrase is a confession of the root cause of their suffering, acknowledging that their current state is a direct result of their failure to remain faithful to God. Persons / Places / Events 1. DanielA prophet and a man of prayer, who is interceding for his people, Israel, acknowledging their sin and God's righteousness. 2. The Lord (Yahweh)The righteous God to whom Daniel is praying, acknowledging His justice and holiness. 3. Judah and JerusalemThe southern kingdom and its capital, representing the people of God who have been unfaithful. 4. All IsraelRefers to the entire nation, both the northern and southern kingdoms, emphasizing the collective sin and shame. 5. The ExileThe event of the Babylonian captivity, a consequence of Israel's unfaithfulness, where they were banished to foreign lands. Teaching Points God's RighteousnessRecognize that righteousness belongs to God alone. Our understanding of justice and morality should be rooted in His character. Human UnfaithfulnessAcknowledge our tendency towards sin and unfaithfulness. Like Israel, we must confront our own shortcomings and repent. The Consequences of SinUnderstand that sin leads to shame and separation from God. The exile serves as a historical reminder of the serious consequences of turning away from Him. The Power of ConfessionEmbrace the importance of confession in our spiritual lives. Daniel's prayer is a model for how we should approach God with humility and honesty. Hope in RestorationDespite the shame and consequences, there is hope for restoration. God's righteousness includes His mercy and willingness to forgive when we return to Him. Bible Study Questions 1. How does Daniel's acknowledgment of God's righteousness challenge our own understanding of justice and morality? 2. In what ways can we identify with the "open shame" mentioned in Daniel 9:7, and how should this awareness affect our daily lives? 3. How does the concept of exile in Daniel 9:7 relate to the spiritual consequences of sin in our own lives? 4. What steps can we take to incorporate confession and repentance into our regular spiritual practices, following Daniel's example? 5. How do the themes of righteousness and unfaithfulness in Daniel 9:7 connect with the message of redemption found in the New Testament? Connections to Other Scriptures Deuteronomy 28This chapter outlines the blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience, which directly relate to the consequences Israel faces in Daniel 9:7. Ezra 9Ezra's prayer of confession parallels Daniel's, acknowledging the sins of the people and God's righteousness. Romans 3:23This New Testament verse speaks to the universal nature of sin, connecting to the theme of unfaithfulness and shame in Daniel 9:7. Psalm 51David's prayer of repentance highlights the need for acknowledging sin and seeking God's mercy, similar to Daniel's approach. 1 John 1:9This verse emphasizes confession and God's faithfulness to forgive, aligning with Daniel's acknowledgment of sin and God's righteousness. People Ahasuerus, Daniel, Darius, Gabriel, Jeremiah, NahumPlaces Egypt, Greece, JerusalemTopics Belongeth, Belongs, Committed, Confusion, Countries, Covered, Day-to, Dealt, Deeds, Driven, Face, Faces, Hast, Inhabitants, Jerusalem, Judah, Lands, Nearby, O, Open, Righteousness, Scattered, Shame, Sin, Treacherously, Treachery, Trespass, Trespassed, Unfaithful, Unfaithfulness, Whither, YoursDictionary of Bible Themes Daniel 9:7 1125 God, righteousness
1230 God, the Lord
7520 dispersion, the
8825 self-righteousness, and gospel
8840 unfaithfulness, to God Daniel 9:1-19 8611 prayer, for others Daniel 9:1-23 4926 delay, human Daniel 9:4-14 6624 confession, of sin Daniel 9:4-19 1065 God, holiness of
6655 forgiveness, application Daniel 9:5-7 5947 shame Daniel 9:5-9 6222 rebellion, against God Daniel 9:5-14 8705 apostasy, in OT Daniel 9:7-8 5836 disgrace Daniel 9:7-14 6125 condemnation, divine Library Daniel: a Pattern for Pleaders
"O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God; for thy city and thy people are called by thy name."--Daniel 9:19. DANIEL was a man in very high position in life. It is true he was not living in his own native land, but, in the providence of God, he had been raised to great eminence under the dominion of the country in which he dwelt. He might, therefore, naturally have forgotten his poor kinsmen; many have done so. Alas! we have known some that have …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915The Man and the Book.
In this and the following lectures I attempt an account and estimate of the Prophet Jeremiah, of his life and teaching, and of the Book which contains them--but especially of the man himself, his personality and his tempers (there were more than one), his religious experience and its achievements, with the various high styles of their expression; as well as his influence on the subsequent religion of his people. It has often been asserted that in Jeremiah's ministry more than in any other of the …
George Adam Smith—Jeremiah Whether the Time of the Future Judgment is Unknown?
Objection 1: It would seem that the time of the future judgment is not unknown. For just as the holy Fathers looked forward to the first coming, so do we look forward to the second. But the holy Fathers knew the time of the first coming, as proved by the number of weeks mentioned in Daniel 9: wherefore the Jews are reproached for not knowing the time of Christ's coming (Lk. 12:56): "You hypocrites, you know how to discern the face of the heaven and of the earth, but how is it that you do not discern …
Saint Thomas Aquinas—Summa Theologica That Whereas the City of Jerusalem had Been Five Times Taken Formerly, this was the Second Time of Its Desolation. A Brief Account of Its History.
1. And thus was Jerusalem taken, in the second year of the reign of Vespasian, on the eighth day of the month Gorpeius [Elul]. It had been taken five [34] times before, though this was the second time of its desolation; for Shishak, the king of Egypt, and after him Antiochus, and after him Pompey, and after them Sosius and Herod, took the city, but still preserved it; but before all these, the king of Babylon conquered it, and made it desolate, one thousand four hundred and sixty-eight years and …
Flavius Josephus—The Wars of the Jews or History of the Destruction of Jerusalem From the Supplement to the Summa --Question Lxxii of the Prayers of the Saints who are in Heaven
I. Are the Saints cognizant of our Prayers? II. Ought we to appeal to the Saints to intercede for us? III. Are the Saints' Prayers to God for us always heard? I Are the Saints cognizant of our Prayers? On those words of Job,[267] Whether his children come to honour or dishonour, he shall not understand, S. Gregory says: "This is not to be understood of the souls of the Saints, for they see from within the glory of Almighty God, it is in nowise credible that there should be anything without of …
St. Thomas Aquinas—On Prayer and The Contemplative Life The Blessing of God.
NUMB. VI. 22-27. We have already seen the grace of GOD making provision that His people, who had lost the privilege of priestly service, might draw near to Him by Nazarite separation and consecration. And not as the offence was the free gift: those who had forfeited the privilege of priestly service were the males only, but women and even children might be Nazarites; whosoever desired was free to come, and thus draw near to GOD. We now come to the concluding verses of Numb. vi, and see in them one …
James Hudson Taylor—Separation and Service Three Things Briefly to be Regarded in Christ --viz. His Offices of Prophet, King, and Priest.
1. Among heretics and false Christians, Christ is found in name only; but by those who are truly and effectually called of God, he is acknowledged as a Prophet, King, and Priest. In regard to the Prophetical Office, the Redeemer of the Church is the same from whom believers under the Law hoped for the full light of understanding. 2. The unction of Christ, though it has respect chiefly to the Kingly Office, refers also to the Prophetical and Priestly Offices. The dignity, necessity, and use of this …
John Calvin—The Institutes of the Christian Religion General Account of Jesus' Teaching.
^A Matt. IV. 17; ^B Mark I. 14, 15; ^C Luke IV. 14, 15. ^a 17 From that time Jesus began to preach [The time here indicated is that of John the Baptist's imprisonment and Jesus' return to Galilee. This time marked a new period in the public ministry of Jesus. Hitherto he had taught, but he now began to preach. When the voice of his messenger, John, was silenced, the King became his own herald. Paul quoted the Greeks as saying that preaching was "foolishness," but following the example here set by …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel Fifthly, as this Revelation, to the Judgment of Right and Sober Reason,
appears of itself highly credible and probable, and abundantly recommends itself in its native simplicity, merely by its own intrinsic goodness and excellency, to the practice of the most rational and considering men, who are desirous in all their actions to have satisfaction and comfort and good hope within themselves, from the conscience of what they do: So it is moreover positively and directly proved to be actually and immediately sent to us from God, by the many infallible signs and miracles …
Samuel Clarke—A Discourse Concerning the Being and Attributes of God Appendix v. Rabbinic Theology and Literature
1. The Traditional Law. - The brief account given in vol. i. p. 100, of the character and authority claimed for the traditional law may here be supplemented by a chronological arrangement of the Halakhoth in the order of their supposed introduction or promulgation. In the first class, or Halakhoth of Moses from Sinai,' tradition enumerates fifty-five, [6370] which may be thus designated: religio-agrarian, four; [6371] ritual, including questions about clean and unclean,' twenty-three; [6372] concerning …
Alfred Edersheim—The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah The Fulfilled Prophecies of the Bible Bespeak the Omniscience of Its Author
In Isaiah 41:21-23 we have what is probably the most remarkable challenge to be found in the Bible. "Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. Let them bring them forth, and show us what shall happen; let them show the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods." This Scripture has both a negative …
Arthur W. Pink—The Divine Inspiration of the Bible "And There is None that Calleth Upon Thy Name, that Stirreth up Himself to Take Hold on Thee,"
Isaiah lxiv. 7.--"And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold on thee," &c. They go on in the confession of their sins. Many a man hath soon done with that a general notion of sin is the highest advancement in repentance that many attain to. You may see here sin and judgment mixed in thorough other(315) in their complaint. They do not so fix their eyes upon their desolate estate of captivity, as to forget their provocations. Many a man would spend more affection, …
Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning The Sin-Bearer.
A COMMUNION MEDITATION AT MENTONE. "Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls."--1 Peter ii. 24, 25. THE SIN-BEARER. THIS wonderful passage is a part of Peter's address to servants; and in his day nearly all servants were slaves. Peter begins at the eighteenth verse: "Servants, be subject …
Charles Hadden Spurgeon—Till He Come Jesus Heals on the Sabbath Day and Defends his Act.
(at Feast-Time at Jerusalem, Probably the Passover.) ^D John V. 1-47. ^d 1 After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. [Though every feast in the Jewish calendar has found some one to advocate its claim to be this unnamed feast, yet the vast majority of commentators choose either the feast of Purim, which came in March, or the Passover, which came in April. Older commentators pretty unanimously regarded it as the Passover, while the later school favor the feast …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel The Being of God
Q-III: WHAT DO THE SCRIPTURES PRINCIPALLY TEACH? A: The Scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man. Q-IV: WHAT IS GOD? A: God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth. Here is, 1: Something implied. That there is a God. 2: Expressed. That he is a Spirit. 3: What kind of Spirit? I. Implied. That there is a God. The question, What is God? takes for granted that there …
Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity The Manifestation of the Messiah
(JOHN I. 31.) "Before me, as in darkening glass, Some glorious outlines pass, Of love, and truth, and holiness, and power-- I own them thine, O Christ, And bless Thee in this hour." F. R. HAVERGAL. The Herald's Proclamation--The Meeting of John and Jesus--Christ's Baptism--"It Becometh Us."--"My Beloved Son." John's life, at this period, was an extraordinary one. By day he preached to the teeming crowds, or baptized them; by night he would sleep in some slight booth, or darksome cave. But the …
F. B. Meyer—John the Baptist The Intercession of Christ
Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us! T he Redemption of the soul is precious. Fools make mock of sin (Proverbs 14:9) . But they will not think lightly of it, who duly consider the majesty, authority, and goodness of Him, against whom it is committed; and who are taught, by what God actually has done, what sin rendered necessary to be done, before a sinner could have a well-grounded …
John Newton—Messiah Vol. 2 Destruction of Jerusalem Foretold.
^A Matt. XXIV. 1-28; ^B Mark XIII. 1-23; ^C Luke XXI. 5-24. ^a 1 And Jesus went out from the temple [leaving it to return no more], and was going on his way; and his disciples came to him ^b as he went forth ^a to show him the buildings of the temple. ^b one of his disciples saith unto him, Teacher, behold, what manner of stones and what manner of buildings! ^c 5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and offerings, he said [The strength and wealth of the temple roused …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel Christ's Priestly Office
Q-35: HOW DOES CHRIST EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF A PRIEST? A: In his once offering up of himself a sacrifice to satisfy divine justice, and reconcile us to God, and in making continual intercession for us. 'Now once in the end of the world has he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.' Heb 9:96. What are the parts of Christ's priestly office? Christ's priestly office has two parts - his satisfaction and intercession. I. His Satisfaction; and this consists of two branches. [1] His active …
Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity The Scriptures
Q-II: WHAT RULE HAS GOD GIVEN TO DIRECT US HOW WE MAY GLORIFY AND ENJOY HIM? A: The Word of God, which is contained in the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him. 2 Tim 3:16. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God,' By Scripture is understood the sacred Book of God. It is given by divine inspiration; that is, the Scripture is not the contrivance of man's brain, but is divine in its origin. The image of Diana was had in veneration …
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