As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
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Gill's Exposition
As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us,.... As it is there threatened it should, and as it is there foretold it would come upon them, so it has; even the selfsame things,…
Barnes' Notes
As it is written in the law of Moses - The word law was given to all the writings of Moses. See the notes at Luk 24:44. Yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God - Margin, “entreated we not…
We have here Daniel's prayer to God as his God, and the confession which he joined with that prayer: I prayed, and made my confession. Note, In every prayer we must make confession, not only of the…
Cambridge Bible
Asit is written, &c. Cf. Deu 28:15 b, Deu 30:1.
yet have we not intreated the favour of (R.V.)] lit. made the face sweet(i.e. gracious), the idiom used with reference to a human object in Job 11:19;…
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