Daniel 9:5 (LSB)

Passage

we have sinned and committed iniquity and acted wickedly and rebelled, even turning aside from Your commandments and judgments.

Nearby Context

Daniel 9:3 So I gave my face to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Daniel 9:4 And I prayed to Yahweh my God and confessed and said, “Alas, O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments,

Daniel 9:5 we have sinned and committed iniquity and acted wickedly and rebelled, even turning aside from Your commandments and judgments.

Daniel 9:6 Moreover, we have not listened to Your slaves the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our princes, our fathers, and all the people of the land.

Daniel 9:7 “To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away in all the countries to which You have banished them, because of their unfaithful deeds which they have committed against You.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sinned", "committed", "iniquity", "acted", "wickedly", "rebelled", "even", and "turning". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sinned" and "committed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "And I prayed to Yahweh my God..." into verse 6's "Moreover we have not listened to Your...", so "sinned" and "committed" 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 "sinned" and "committed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.