Daniel 9:10 (YLT)

Passage

and have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah our God, to walk in His laws, that He hath set before us by the hand of His servants the prophets;

Nearby Context

Daniel 9:8 `O Lord, to us <FI>is<Fi> the shame of face, to our kings, to our heads, and to our fathers, in that we have sinned against Thee.

Daniel 9:9 `To the Lord our God <FI>are<Fi> the mercies and the forgivenesses, for we have rebelled against Him,

Daniel 9:10 and have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah our God, to walk in His laws, that He hath set before us by the hand of His servants the prophets;

Daniel 9:11 and all Israel have transgressed Thy law, to turn aside so as not to hearken to Thy voice; and poured on us is the execration, and the oath, that is written in the law of Moses, servant of God, because we have sinned against Him.

Daniel 9:12 `And He confirmeth His words that He hath spoken against us, and against our judges who have judged us, to bring in upon us great evil, in that it hath not been done under the whole heavens as it hath been done in Jerusalem,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hearkened", "voice", "jehovah", "walk", "laws", "hath", "before", and "hand". 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 "To the Lord our God FI are..." 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.