Daniel 9:10Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

And we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord, our God, to walk in his law, which he set before us by his servants, the prophets.
Douay-Rheims

וְלֹ֣א שָׁמַ֔עְנוּ בְּק֖וֹל יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ לָלֶ֤כֶת בְּתֽוֹרֹתָיו֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתַ֣ן לְפָנֵ֔ינוּ בְּיַ֖ד עֲבָדָ֥יו הַנְּבִיאִֽים׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

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Theodoret of Cyrus

5th centuryChurch Father

The prophet declares that we have turned away. "And we have disobeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in His statutes, which He set before us through His servants the prophets." Despite being illuminated by the prophets and directed toward righteousness, we persistently falter.

Cross references

Passages read together with this verse.

Dan 9:6We have not hearkened to thy servants, the prophets, that have spoken in thy name to our kings, to our princes, to our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
Neh 9:13Thou camest down also to mount Sinai, and didst speak with them from heaven, and thou gavest them right judgments, and the law of truth, ceremonies, and good precepts.
Neh 9:17And they would not hear, and they remembered not thy wonders which thou hadst done for them. And they hardened their necks, and gave the head to return to their bondage, as it were by contention. But thou, a forgiving God, gracious, and merciful, longsuffering, and full of compassion, didst not forsake them.
Ezra 9:10And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
Ezra 9:11Which thou hast commanded by the hand of thy servants the prophets, saying: The land which you go to possess, is an unclean land, according to the uncleanness of the people, and of other lands, with their abominations, who have filled it from mouth to mouth with their filth.
Heb 1:1God, who, at sundry times and in divers manners, spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets, last of all,