daniel-9:6

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 9:6

spake in Thy name . Compare Hebrews 1:1 . Compare Exodus 7:1 with Exodus 4:16 , and see App-49 . read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Daniel 9:6

6. prophets . . . spake . . . to our kings . . . to all the people—They fearlessly warned all without respect of persons. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 9:4-14

2. Daniel’s prayer of confession 9:4-14 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 9:5-6

Daniel stressed God’s transcendence and His loyal love (Heb. hesed) to Israel in his salutation (Daniel 9:4). He then proceeded to point out that, in contrast to Yahweh’s faithfulness to Israel, Israel had been unfaithful to Him. The prophet identified with his people. Personally he had been faithful to God. Yet since he was an Israelite he partook of the blessings and curses that God sent Israel for her obedience and disobedience (cf. Deuteronomy 28:48-57; Deuteronomy 28:64-68)."What made... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 9:1-27

The Seventy WeeksIn 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 9:1-2). He prays, confessing the great sin of Israel, and entreating God to have mercy on His people (Daniel 9:3-19), Thereupon the angel Gabriel explains to him (Daniel 9:20-24) that Jeremiah’s seventy years are seventy ’weeks,’ or ’sevens,’ of years (=490 years), which are to be made up of (7+62+1)... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Daniel 9:6

(6) Neither have we hearkened.—The aggravation of guilt. All God’s warnings have been unheeded by high and low alike, by all to whom they were addressed. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Daniel 9:1-27

Daniel 9:3 Fasting is an indispensable condition of a good life; but in fasting, as in self-control in general, the question arises, With what shall we begin? How to fast, how often to eat, what to eat, what to avoid eating? And as we can do no work seriously without regarding the necessary order of sequence, so also we cannot fast without knowing where to begin with what to commence self-control in food. Fasting! and even an analysis of how to fast, and where to begin the very notion of it... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Daniel 9:1-27

THE SEVENTY WEEKSTHIS 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 no longer admits of any certainty, because accurate data are not forthcoming.The vision is dated in the first year of Darius, the son of Achashverosh, of the Median stock. We have seen already that such a person is unknown to history. The date, however, accords well in this instance with the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Daniel 9:1-27

CHAPTER 9 The Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks 1. The time and occasion of Daniel’s prayer (Daniel 9:1-2 ) 2. The prayer (Daniel 9:3-19 ) 3. The answer and the prophecy of the seventy weeks (Daniel 9:20-27 ) Daniel 9:1-2 . It was in the first year of Darius, of the seed of the Medes, that Daniel understood by the sacred writings of his people, especially by the prophecy of Jeremiah, that the end of the years of the captivity was at hand. The promises in the Word of God led him at once to... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Daniel 9:1-27

THE SEVENTY WEEKS Thus far in Daniel we have been dealing with the prophetic history of the times of the Gentiles, but now we return to that of his own people, the Jews. Note the time and circumstances, Daniel 9:1-2 . The prophet is studying such books of the Old Testament as he possessed, especially Jeremiah, and knows the seventy years captivity nears its end, therefore he is moved to offer one of the most notable prayers in the Bible. This prayer is divisible into confession, Daniel... read more