Daniel 9:18

9:18 Listen attentively, ¹  my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins ²  and the city called by your name. ³  For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you, ⁴  but because your compassion is abundant.

Daniel 10:7

10:7 Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men who were with me did not see it. ⁵  On the contrary, they were overcome with fright ⁶  and ran away to hide.

[9:18]  ¹ tn Heb “turn your ear.”

[9:18]  ² tn Heb “desolations.” The term refers here to the ruined condition of Judah’s towns.

[9:18]  ³ tn Heb “over which your name is called.” Cf. v. 19. This expression implies that God is the owner of his city, Jerusalem. Note the use of the idiom in 2 Sam 12:28; Isa 4:1; Amos 9:12.

[9:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “praying our supplications before you.”

[10:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “the vision.”

[10:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “great trembling fell on them.”