O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
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Gill's Exposition
O my God, incline thine ear, and hear,.... The petitions now put up, for Christ's sake:
open thine eyes, and behold our desolations; the city and temple a heap of rubbish, and the whole land…
Barnes' Notes
O my God, incline thine ear, and hear - Pleading earnestly for his attention and his favor, as one does to a man. Open thine eyes - As if his eyes had been closed upon the condition of the city, and…
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
incline … and behold(lit. see)] Almost exactly the words in Hezekiah's prayer, 2Ki 19:16 (Isa 37:17).
desolations Dan 9:9: cf. Isa 49:19; Isa 61:4 (twice).
over which thy name hath been called] i.e.…
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