and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets.
Parallel translations
- WEB neither have we obeyed Yahweh our God’s voice, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
- KJV Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
- NKJV We have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in His laws, which He set before us by His servants the prophets.
- NASB and we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in His teachings which He set before us through His servants the prophets.
- NLT We have not obeyed the Lord our God, for we have not followed the instructions he gave us through his servants the prophets.
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Quick answer
Daniel confesses they did not obey God's voice or walk in the laws given through the prophets. Disobedience to God's revealed will lies at the core of their guilt.
Overview
He acknowledges the failure to heed God's voice and follow His laws delivered by the prophets. The repeated emphasis on God's word shows that Israel's sin was covenant infidelity to clearly revealed commands. This highlights the goodness of God's law and the gravity of neglecting it, underscoring humanity's need for a Savior who perfectly obeys.
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Cross-references · 6
- Dan 9:6We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, and fathers, and to all the people of the land.
- 2 Kgs 18:12This happened because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD their God, but violated His covenant—all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded—and would neither listen nor obey.
- Neh 9:13–17You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.
- 2 Kgs 17:13–15Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.”
- Heb 1:1On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.
- Ezra 9:10–11And now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commandments
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