Daniel 9:10 (DBY)

Passage

and we have not hearkened unto the voice of Jehovah our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us through his servants the prophets.

Nearby Context

Daniel 9:8 O Lord, unto us is confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.

Daniel 9:9 With the Lord our God are mercies and pardons, for we have rebelled against him;

Daniel 9:10 and we have not hearkened unto the voice of Jehovah our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us through his servants the prophets.

Daniel 9:11 And all Israel have transgressed thy law, even turning aside so as not to listen unto thy voice. And the curse hath been poured out upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God: for we have sinned against him.

Daniel 9:12 And he hath performed his words, which he spoke against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil; so that there hath not been done under the whole heaven as hath been done upon Jerusalem.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hearkened", "voice", "jehovah", "walk", "laws", "before", "through", and "servants". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hearkened" and "voice", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "With the Lord our God are mercies..." into verse 11's "And all Israel have transgressed thy law...", so "hearkened" and "voice" belong inside that flow. In Daniel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "hearkened" and "voice" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.