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"So I turned my attention to the Lord God to implore him by prayer and requests, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes."
— Daniel 9:3, NET Bible
“And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:”
“And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. ”
“I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.”
“And I set my face to the Lord, my God, to pray and make supplication with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.”
“And turning my face to the Lord God, I gave myself up to prayer, requesting his grace, going without food, in haircloth and dust.”
“And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:”
Daniel Prays for His People In the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, who was of Median descent and who had been appointed king over the Babylonian empire–
in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, came to understand from the sacred books that the number of years for the fulfilling of the desolation of Jerusalem, which had come as the LORD’s message to the prophet Jeremiah, would be 70 years.
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to implore him by prayer and requests, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
I prayed to the LORD my God, confessing in this way:“O Lord, great and awesome God who is faithful to his covenant with those who love him and keep his commandments,
we have sinned! We have done what is wrong and wicked; we have rebelled by turning away from your commandments and standards.
We have not paid attention to your servants the prophets, who spoke by your authority to our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors, and to all the inhabitants of the land as well.