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Daniel 9:5-6

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9:5 we have sinned! We have done what is wrong and wicked; we have rebelled by turning away from your commandments and standards. 9:6 We have not paid attention to your servants the prophets, who spoke by your authority 1  to our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors, 2  and to all the inhabitants 3  of the land as well.

Daniel 9:8

Context
9:8 O LORD, we have been humiliated 4  – our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors – because we have sinned against you.

1 tn Heb “in your name.” Another option is to translate, “as your representatives.”

2 tn Heb “our fathers” (also in vv. 8, 16). The Hebrew term translated “father” can refer to more distant relationships such as grandfathers or ancestors.

3 tn Heb “people.”

4 tn Heb “to us (belongs) shame of face.”



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