Bible Strands
Daniel 9:13
Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquities and giving attention to Your truth.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Daniel addresses God in a communal confession during the Babylonian exile, having just read the fulfillment of Jeremiah's seventy-year prophecy. He speaks for the whole community, not only for himself.
The words — רָעָה (rā'āh, H7451) is "calamity," the specific covenant curse; כָּתוּב (kāṯûb, H3789) means "written," anchoring the disaster to the explicit text of the Mosaic law rather than to chance.
The thread — Deuteronomy 28:15 and Leviticus 26:14 pronounce these curses for disobedience; Isaiah 9:13 records the same failure: the people did not return to the one who struck them.
Why it lands — The verse removes ambiguity: the disaster is the stated consequence of not turning from sin and not attending to God's truth. It asks the reader to check whether their own suffering is being met with the same evasion.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 28:15 If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
- Isaiah 9:13 But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.
- Leviticus 26:14 If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,
- Jeremiah 2:30 “I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
- Daniel 9:11 All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have sinned against You.
- Hosea 7:10 Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him.
- Job 36:13 The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.
- Psalms 119:27 Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders.
- Jeremiah 5:3 O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
- Jeremiah 31:18 I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.