Bible Strands
Daniel 9:12
You have carried out the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under all of heaven, nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Daniel addresses God during his prayer of confession, acknowledging divine judgment on Israel and its rulers.
The words — וַ/יָּ֜קֶם (va/i.Ya.kem) literally means "and he has carried out," while שֹֽׁפְטֵ֙י/נוּ֙ (sho.fe.Tei./nu) translates to "our judges."
The thread — The theme of unprecedented judgment appears in Ezekiel 5:9 and Lamentations 1:12, while the subversion of leadership echoes Job 12:17. The disaster directly fulfills the oath and curse written in the Law of Moses described in Daniel 9:11.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that disaster is the direct execution of spoken divine warnings, not arbitrary punishment. It requires readers to confront the reality of covenant consequences without relying on emotional appeal.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 5:9 Because of all your abominations, I will do to you what I have never done before and will never do again.
- Lamentations 1:12 Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?
- Job 12:17 He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.
- Isaiah 44:26 who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’
- Lamentations 2:13 What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?
- Lamentations 2:17 The LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and exalted the horn of your foes.
- 1 Kings 3:9 Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
- Psalms 2:10 Therefore be wise, O kings; be admonished, O judges of the earth.
- Psalms 82:2 “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
- Psalms 148:11 kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth,