Daniel 9:1-28

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Daniel 9:1-27

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 Jerusalem foretold by Jeremiah were drawing to a close. He therefore set himself to seek the Lord by personal prayer and penitence on behalf of his people, making confession of their sin, and pleading their cause. He besought the Lord that the reproaches which had fallen on Jerusalem be put away,... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Daniel 9:1-19

Daniel's Prayer Daniel 9:1-19 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 prelude, let us seek to think on prayer for a while, considering, especially, some of the outstanding reasons for prayer. 1. Christians should pray because God asks it of them. To the Word and the Testimony: "Pray without ceasing." "In every thing by prayer." "Enter into thy closet, and * * pray."... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 9:7

THE HUMBLING RETROSPECT (for the close of the year)‘O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto Thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day.’ Daniel 9:7It is evidently only true and right that in religious things, as in worldly things, we should—at the end of the year—look matters fairly in the face, and take stock of our spiritual possessions, and see how we stand in our trafficking with the Eternal. I. Every retrospect must be humbling.—And if any man can look back and not be humble, it... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 9:9

MERCIES AND FORGIVENESSES‘Do the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against Him.’ Daniel 9:9 And what is God? A Being Whose essence is love. Pity makes His bosom a home. Gentleness dwells with Him. ‘Judgment is His strange work.’ ‘He waits to be gracious.’ He is a ‘Father’ still; and ‘though we have rebelled against Him,’ to ‘Him belongeth mercies and forgivenesses,’ and they cannot be alienated in that heart from any creature He has ever made! I. It is a... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 9:23

THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH OF PRAYER‘At the beginning of the supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee.’ Daniel 9:23 What would that ancient, who first caught a faint glimpse of electrical power when he rubbed the amber (ελεκτρον , electrum) on the seashore, and saw the light straws put into motion round it,—what would he think if he were told that cities, two hundred miles apart, could convey messages and receive answers by means of this mysterious power with such... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 9:24

THE MESSIAH CUT OFF‘Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy.’ Daniel 9:24 The leaders of the new school of criticism agree that this is a prophecy fulfilled only in Christ. I. Let us look at this marvellous prophecy.—The words are vague enough to be... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 9:1

‘In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans, in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of years about which the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah the prophet for the bringing to conclusion of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy years.’ For Darius the Mede see chapter 6 opening. Here he is called the son of Ahasuerus (Persian khshayarsha). This was a name applied to royalty... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 9:3

‘And I set my face towards the Lord God to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.’ He ‘set his face’, suggesting firm intention and perseverance. The Lord Who is God had promised and He must do it. Note the signs of repentance and humility, fasting, sackcloth and ashes. He was really in earnest (compare Exodus 34:28; 2 Kings 6:30; Isaiah 58:5; Jonah 3:5; Ezra 8:23; Nehemiah 9:1; Esther 4:1; Esther 4:3; Esther 4:16; Job 2:12). read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 9:4

Daniel’s Prayer. ‘And I prayed to YHWH my God, and made confession, and said, “O Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and mercy with those who love him and keep his commandments.” ’ In Babylon the Israelite God was called ‘the God of heaven’, but in private prayer He was still YHWH, the covenant name. Or perhaps the fact of reading Jeremiah had renewed for Daniel the thought of that name, for it has not been used prior to this and yet he uses it regularly in this chapter... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 9:5

“We have sinned and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly and have rebelled, even turning aside from your precepts and from your judgments.” Daniel here identifies himself with his people. Note the multiplying of words to express sinfulness; wandered from the right way, behaved unrighteously, falling short of God’s requirements, doing wickedly by following that which was positively known to be wrong, acting in rebellion against God, and a deliberate turning aside from His Law as... read more

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