Daniel 9:9 (DBY)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Daniel 9:7 Thine, O Lord, is the righteousness, but unto us confusion of face, as at this day, to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, in all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their unfaithfulness in which they have been unfaithful against thee.

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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "mercies", "pardons", "rebelled", and "against". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "mercies", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "O Lord unto us is confusion of..." into verse 10's "and we have not hearkened unto the...", so "lord" and "mercies" 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 "lord" and "mercies" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.