King James Version
Daniel 9:19 in the King James Version says “O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy peo...” — study this verse from Daniel chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.”
Daniel 9:19 · KJV
Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. which: Heb. whereupon thy name is called present: Heb. cause to fall
O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;
Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. swiftly: Heb. with weariness, or, flight
KJV Study — Public Domain
“hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“not”
H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
“for thine own sake O my God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“by thy name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
“are called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“for thy city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“and thy people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
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