Daniel 9:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. ”

Daniel 9:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Now, therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant - In behalf of the people. He pleaded for his people and country, and earnestly entreated the Lord to be merciful. His argument is based...
Daniel 9:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to (l) shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the (m) Lord's sake. (l) Show yourself favou...
Daniel 9:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

According to Charles, a later interpolation containing the confession of Daniel. This prayer was evidently written by a Palestinian Jew (see Daniel 9:7 and Daniel 9:16 ), and does not, therefore,...
Daniel 9:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

cause Thy face to shine . Reference to Pentateuch ( Numbers 6:25 ; Numbers 6:26 ). App-92. for the LORD'S* sake . Septuagint reads "for Thy servants' sake".
Daniel 9:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

His next prayer is, Do thou who art our God hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine forth In these words Daniel wrestles with distrust, not for his...
Daniel 9:17 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1139 THE ANSWER TO DANIEL’S PRAYER Daniel 9:17-23 . O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate,...
Daniel 9:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. And cause thy face to shine - Gi...
Daniel 9:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And cause thy face to shine, &c.— And for thine own sake, O Lord, cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary, which is desolate.
Daniel 9:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. Cause thy face to shine...
Daniel 9:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Seventy Weeks In 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 ( Dan...
Daniel 9:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Cause thy face to shine. — See Numbers 6:25 . The meaning is “let thy works show the fulfilment of “thy Word.” For the Lord’s sake . — Comp. Daniel 9:19 , “because Thou art the Lord.” Never doe...
Daniel 9:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE SEVENTY WEEKS THIS 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 interpretat...
Daniel 9:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Renewed Favor in God's Own Time Daniel 9:16-27 Daniel 9:17-19 have in them a tone of anguish which reminds us of our Lord's words as to the violence which takes the kingdom of heaven by force...
Daniel 9:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Daniel 9:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Lord had said by his servant Ezekiel, that for all his promised blessings, he would be enquired of by the house of Israel. Ezekiel 36:37 . Here, therefore, Daniel set himself to pray, and that e...
Daniel 9:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now therefore, O our God ,.... This being our miserable case, and the seventy years' captivity being at an end, and thou still our covenant God, whom we profess and worship: hear the prayer of thy...
Daniel 9:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. Ver. 17. Now therefore, O our...
Daniel 9:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

According to all thy righteousness let thine anger be turned away The word righteousness here, as in many other places of Scripture, is equivalent to mercy; (see the margin;) from thy holy mou...
Daniel 9:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Daniel's Confession and Prayer; Daniel's Prayer for His People. B. C. 538. 4 And I pra...
Daniel 9:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1. Here the prophet is most concerned for the sanctuary, and place of worship, a type not only of the church, and the worship of God, but also of Christ; because in all these the Lord is greatly conc...
Daniel 9:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplications, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary which is desolate, for the Lord's sake (or ‘which is desolate...
Daniel 9:17 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Daniel 9:14-21 . Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth; for we obeyed not his voice. And now, O Lo...
Daniel 9:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 9:1 . In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus. He is also called Cyaxares, the son of Astyages. His father was called by the jews, Ahasuerus. See on Esther. Daniel 9:2 . I Dani...
Daniel 9:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate. The Christian’s Duty to the Church in the Present Times I. T HE STATE OF THE C HURCH WHEN D ANIEL WROTE WAS ONE OF RUIN AND DESOLA...
Daniel 9:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Daniel 9:1-27 THE SEVENTY WEEKS . This is the chapter of Daniel which has occasioned most controversy. It was appealed to by Tertullian and the early Fathers as a demonstrat...
Daniel 9:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Daniel's Confession and Prayer
Daniel 9:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 1:20 ; Daniel 9:19 ; John 16:24 ; Lamentations 5:18 ; Numbers 6:23-26 ; Psalms 119:135 ; Psalms 4:6 ; Psalms 67:1 ; Psalms 80:1 ; Psalms 80:19 ; Psalms 80:3 ; Psalms 80:7 ;...
Daniel 9:17 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

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....
Daniel 9:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For the Lord's sake — For the sake of the Messiah: to whom the title Lord is frequently given in the Old Testament.

Daniel 9:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Daniel 9:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Daniel 9:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 9:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Daniel 9:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 9:17 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Daniel 9:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Daniel 9:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Daniel 9:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Daniel 9:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 9:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Daniel 9:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Daniel 9:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Daniel 9:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Daniel 9:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Daniel 9:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Daniel 9:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Daniel 9:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 9:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Daniel 9:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Daniel 9:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 9:17 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Daniel 9:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 9:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Daniel 9:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Daniel 9:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Daniel 9:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 9:17 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Daniel 9:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes