16Lord, in keeping with all your righteous acts, turn away your anger and your wrath from Jerusalem, your city, your holy hill. Our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors have made Jerusalem and your people an object of scorn to all those around us.
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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