9:11 以色列眾人都犯了你的律法，偏行，不聽從你的話；因此，在你僕人摩西律法上所寫的咒詛和誓言都傾在我們身上，因我們得罪了上帝。
9:12 他使大災禍臨到我們，成就了警戒我們和審判我們官長的話；原來在普天之下未曾行過像在耶路撒冷所行的。
9:13 這一切災禍臨到我們身上是照摩西律法上所寫的，我們卻沒有求耶和華─我們上帝的恩典，使我們回頭離開罪孽，明白你的真理。
9:14 所以耶和華留意使這災禍臨到我們身上，因為耶和華─我們的上帝在他所行的事上都是公義；我們並沒有聽從他的話。
9:15 主─我們的上帝啊，你曾用大能的手領你的子民出埃及地，使自己得了名，正如今日一樣。我們犯了罪，作了惡。
9:16 主啊，求你按你的大仁大義，使你的怒氣和忿怒轉離你的城耶路撒冷，就是你的聖山。耶路撒冷和你的子民，因我們的罪惡和我們列祖的罪孽被四圍的人羞辱。
9:17 我們的上帝啊，現在求你垂聽僕人的祈禱懇求，為自己使臉光照你荒涼的聖所。
9:18 我的上帝啊，求你側耳而聽，睜眼而看，眷顧我們荒涼之地和稱為你名下的城。我們在你面前懇求，原不是因自己的義，乃因你的大憐憫。
9:19 求主垂聽，求主赦免，求主應允而行，為你自己不要遲延。我的上帝啊，因這城和這民都是稱為你名下的。」
prophets. 11 All Israel has transgressed
your law and turned aside, refusing to obey your voice. And the curse and oath
that are written in the Law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out
upon us, because we have sinned against him. 12 He has confirmed his words,
which he spoke against us and against our rulers who ruled us, by bringing upon
us a great calamity. For under the whole heaven there has not been done
anything like what has been done against Jerusalem. 13 As it is written in the
Law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us; yet we have not entreated the
favor of the Lord our God, turning from our iniquities and gaining insight by
your truth. 14 Therefore the Lord has kept ready the calamity and has brought
it upon us, for the Lord our God is righteous in all the works that he has
done, and we have not obeyed his voice. 15 And now, O Lord our God, who brought
your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have made a name
for yourself, as at this day, we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
16 "O Lord, according to all your
righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your city
Jerusalem, your holy hill, because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our
fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a byword among all who are
around us. 17 Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant
and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord, make your face to
shine upon your sanctuary, which is desolate. 18 O 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. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord,
forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. Delay not, for your own sake, O my God,
because your city and your people are called by your name."
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但以理承認以色列人違背律法，以至於大災禍降臨，這是上帝公義的審判。但以理所痛心的是，因為以色列人已經按照律法被懲罰到了前無古人的地步，以色列人還是不回頭，沒有求耶和華的恩典，終於讓上帝把刑罰持續到最後。
我們常常希望自己透過信仰得福、得能力享受，遭遇痛苦就會質疑上帝的公義、慈愛或自己的信心。但我們是否想過，自己今天的痛苦正是上帝公義的展現。正如：不讀書就考不好、不夠努力就沒賺到錢，這豈不是上帝公義的展現？
所以但以理提及上帝以往曾經領以色列人出埃及，求上帝眷顧赦免以色列人，復興荒涼的耶路撒冷。我們之所以敢向上帝求，是因為上帝的憐憫、恩典與維護自己榮耀的決心。讓我們頻著上帝是信實、公義與慈愛，來開口認罪，離棄罪惡來歸向祂！
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