The Prayer of RepentanceDaniel Chapter 9

דניאל 9 Daniel

Daniel 9:1 -- 2

• 9:1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of Median descent, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans— 2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, observed in the books the number of the years which was revealed as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet for the completion of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years. (NASB)

Darius is king

• This was 539 B.C. • 66 years after Daniel had been exiled.• Daniel is close to 80 years old.• The first invasion of _____________by

Nebuchadnezzar’s in 605 B.C. • Jeremiah had also predicted that Israel’s sojourn

in Babylon was to last 70 years (Jer. 25:11-12; 29:10).

Jerusalem

612 b.c.     

605 b.c.     

603 b.c.     

586 b.c.     

c. 580 b.c.     

c. 550 b.c.     

539 b.c.     

538 b.c.     

c. 537 b.c.     

The Nelson Study Bible

2 Chronicles 36:20 -- 23

• 20 Those who had escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon; and they were servants to him and to his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia, 21 to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths. All the days of its desolation it kept sabbath until seventy years were complete. 22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia—in order to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah—the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying, 23 “Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, ‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all His people, may the Lord his God be with him, and let him go up!’ ” (NASB)

Daniel 9:3 -- 7

• 9:3 So I gave my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes. 4 I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed and said, “Alas, O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments, 5 we have sinned, committed iniquity, acted wickedly and rebelled, even turning aside from Your commandments and ordinances. 6 “Moreover, we have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our princes, our fathers and all the people of the land. 7 “Righteousness belongs to You, O Lord, but to us open shame, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of their unfaithful deeds which they have committed against You.

Daniel 9:7-14 (NKJV)

• 7 O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us shame of face, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, those near and those far off in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of the unfaithfulness which they have committed against You. 8 “O Lord, to us belongs shame of face, to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, because we have sinned against You. 9 To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him. 10 We have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in His laws, which He set before us by His servants the prophets. 11 Yes, all Israel has transgressed Your law, and has departed so as not to obey Your voice; therefore the curse and the oath written in the Law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out on us, because we have sinned against Him. 12 And He has confirmed His words, which He spoke against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing upon us a great disaster; for under the whole heaven such has never been done as what has been done to Jerusalem. 13 “As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us; yet we have not made our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities and understand Your truth. 14 Therefore the Lord has kept the disaster in mind, and brought it upon us; for the Lord our God is righteous in all the works which He does, though we have not obeyed His voice..

Daniel’s Prayer

• a response to the Word (v. 2), • characterized by approaching God (v.3)

•MacArthur, John Jr. The MacArthur Study Bible. electronic ed., Da 9:4. Nashville: Word Pub., 1997, c1997.

“the word in the books” “Jeremiah”

Seeking the face of God: ים Nנ Oָּפ (pānı̂#m) face.

.lord (ādôn) ָא�דֹו�ן   ן  .pedestal (eden) ָא�ד�   

Daniel 9:3-4 (The NET Bible)3 So I turned my attention to the Lord God to implore him by prayer and requests, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.4 I prayed to the Lord my God, confessing in this way:.

Dan’s Prayer

• Now, ilayme• downtosleep• ifishoodeye• before I wake• I pray the Lord• my soltatake

Daniel’s Prayer

• Was earnst (v. 3)– נּון Uֲח Wַּת (taḥănûn) supplication – From the verb meaning an action from a superior to an

inferior who has no real claim for gracious treatment (TWOT, 302).

• Acknowledged the truth (v. 4), – confessed sin– feared God

• Depended upon the faithfulness of God

God can be gracious to us. ן Wנ Oֲח (ḥānan) In another stem we can beseech a gracious God

Hebrews 4:16 Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him(NASB).

Psalm 32:5 I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I did not hide; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord”; And You forgave the guilt of my sin(NASB95).

א ֵר3 ’yare ָי5ד ֶס8 chesed ֶח8

Daniel’s Prayer

• identified himself with God’s people (v. 5),– “we have sinned”– Did not keep the commandments

• was strengthened by confession (vv. 5–15),– “we have sinned, we have been wicked”

Deuteronomy 11:1 (The NET Bible)Love the Lord your God and do what he requires; keep his statutes, ordinances, and commandments at all times.

John 14:21 (NASB)21 “He who has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me; and he who loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and I will love him, and will disclose Myself to him.”

Daniel’s Prayer

• dependent on God’s character (vv. 4,7,9,15),– God keeps his covenant for those who _____ Him.– R___________ belongs to God.– The Lord is____________ and forgiving.

• and has as its goal, God’s glory (vv. 15–19).

love

ighteousnesscompassionate

Exodus 34:6-9 (NASB)6 Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth;7 who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”

Daniel 9:15-19 (NASB)15 “And now, O Lord our God, who hast brought Thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and hast made a name for Thyself, as it is this day—we have sinned, we have been wicked.16 “O Lord, in accordance with all Thy righteous acts, let now Thine anger and Thy wrath turn away from Thy city Jerusalem, Thy holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Thy people have become a reproach to all those around us.17 “So now, our God, listen to the prayer of Thy servant and to his supplications, and for Thy sake, O Lord, let Thy face shine on Thy desolate sanctuary.18 “O my God, incline Thine ear and hear! Open Thine eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by Thy name; for we are not presenting our supplications before Thee on account of any merits of our own, but on account of Thy great compassion.19 “O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and take action! For Thine own sake, O my God, do not delay, because Thy city and Thy people are called by Thy name.”

Summary

• God is R_______, A _______, full of L_________ and C_________

• We are s_________, w_________, and r_________; to us belongs shame of _____.

• We can not come to God on our own m______, but because of His C_________. We can lift our face up to God, because he has looked upon us for His own s____.

ighteous wesomeovingkindness ompassionate

inners ickedebellious face

eritompassion

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