Daniel 9:10 (DRB)

Passage

And we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord, our God, to walk in his law, which he set before us by his servants, the prophets.

Nearby Context

Daniel 9:8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, that have sinned.

Daniel 9:9 But to thee, the Lord our God, mercy and forgiveness, for we have departed from thee:

Daniel 9:10 And we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord, our God, to walk in his law, which he set before us by his servants, the prophets.

Daniel 9:11 And all Israel have transgressed thy law, and have turned away from hearing thy voice, and the malediction, and the curse, which is written in the book of Moses, the servant of God, is fallen upon us, because we have sinned against him.

Daniel 9:12 And he hath confirmed his words which he spoke against us, and against our princes that judged us, that he would bring in upon us a great evil, such as never was under all the heaven, according to that which hath been done in Jerusalem.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hearkened", "voice", "lord", "walk", "before", "servants", and "prophets". 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 "But to thee the Lord our God..." 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.