18O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations, and the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy.
Daniel 9 records one of the most profound prayers in Scripture and the stunning prophetic answer that follows. Daniel, studying Jeremiah's prophecy that Jerusalem's desolation would last seventy years, realizes the time is nearly up. He responds not with passive expectation but w
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