Daniel 9:18
18Listen attentively, ▼▼tn Heb “turn your ear.”
my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins ▼▼tn Heb “desolations.” The term refers here to the ruined condition of Judah’s towns.
and the city called by your name. ▼▼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.
For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you, ▼▼tn Heb “praying our supplications before you.”
but because your compassion is abundant.
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