Daniel 9:16 meaning and explanation
O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.
Daniel 9:16, Berean Standard Bible
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Daniel prays near the end of the seventy years of exile foretold by Jeremiah, confessing the sins of his people as his own. In verse 16 he asks God to turn his anger from Jerusalem, appealing not to Israel's merit but to God's righteous acts and to the city that bears his name.
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