Daniel 9:10 (GNV)

Passage

For we haue not obeyed the voyce of the Lord our God, to walke in his lawes, which he had laide before vs by the ministerie of his seruants the Prophets.

Nearby Context

Daniel 9:8 O Lord, vnto vs apperteineth open shame, to our Kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we haue sinned against thee.

Daniel 9:9 Yet compassion and forgiuenesse is in the Lord our God, albeit we haue rebelled against him.

Daniel 9:10 For we haue not obeyed the voyce of the Lord our God, to walke in his lawes, which he had laide before vs by the ministerie of his seruants the Prophets.

Daniel 9:11 Yea, all Israel haue transgressed thy Lawe, and are turned backe, and haue not heard thy voyce: therefore the curse is powred vpon vs, and the othe that is written in the Lawe of Moses the seruant of God, because we haue sinned against him.

Daniel 9:12 And he hath confirmed his wordes, which he spake against vs, and against our iudges that iudged vs, by bringing vpon vs a great plague: for vnder the whole heauen hath not bene the like, as hath bene brought vpon Ierusalem.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "haue", "obeyed", "voyce", "lord", "walke", "lawes", "laide", and "before". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "haue" and "obeyed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "Yet compassion and forgiuenesse is in the..." into verse 11's "Yea all Israel haue transgressed thy Lawe...", so "haue" and "obeyed" 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 "haue" and "obeyed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.