16O Lord, according to all thy righteousnes, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy wrath be turned away from thy citie Ierusalem thine holy Mountaine: for because of our sinnes, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Ierusalem and thy people are a reproche to all that are about vs.
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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