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Daniel 9:5

Daniel 9:5
We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled,.... Some think there is a gradation in these words; that they had committed some sins through error and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

We have sinned - Though Daniel was alone, he spake in the name of the people in general - doubtless recounting the long series of crimes in the nation which had preceded the captivity, and which were…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Daniel 9:4-19

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

We have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly from 1Ki 8:47, with extremely slight differences, indicated in R.V. by the substitution of donefor dealt, and of dealtfor done. Psa…