Discovery BoxDaniel 9:6 
Context9:6 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
Context9:8 O LORD, we have been humiliated 4 – our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors – because we have sinned against you.
Daniel 9:12
Context9:12 He has carried out his threats 5 against us and our rulers 6 who were over 7 us by bringing great calamity on us – what has happened to Jerusalem has never been equaled under all heaven!
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.”
5 tn Heb “he has fulfilled his word(s) which he spoke.”
6 tn Heb “our judges.”
7 tn Heb “who judged.”
