Daniel 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.

2Ki 17:13,14; 2Ch 33:10; 2Ch 36:15,16; Ezr 9:7; Ne 9:32,34; Isa 30:10,11; Jer 6:16,17; Jer 7:13,25,26; Jer 25:3-7; Jer 26:5; Jer 29:19; Jer 32:32,33; Jer 44:4,5,16; Da 9:10; Zec 1:4-6; Zec 7:8-12; Mt 21:34-40; Mt 23:37; Lu 20:10-12; Ac 7:51,52; Ac 13:27; 1Th 2:15,16

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.”