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Daniel 9:6

Contemporary English Version 1995

We have ignored the message your servants the prophets spoke to our kings, our leaders, our ancestors, and everyone else.

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and rejected your teachings that came to us from your servants the prophets.

Our kings and leaders, our priests and ancestors have never obeyed your commands or heeded your warnings.

Since the time of our ancestors, all of us have sinned. That's why we, our kings, and our priests have often been defeated by other kings. They have killed some of us and made slaves of others; they have taken our possessions and made us ashamed, just as we are today.

The people of Jerusalem and their leaders didn't realize who Jesus was. And they didn't understand the words of the prophets they read each Sabbath. So they condemned Jesus just as the prophets had said.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem! Your people have killed the prophets and have stoned the messengers who were sent to you. I have often wanted to gather your people, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. But you wouldn't let me.

Jeremiah, what do we care if you speak in the Lord's name? We refuse to listen!

Again and again I have sent my servants the prophets to preach to you, but you ignored them as well. Now I am warning you that if you don't start obeying me at once,

While you have been sinning, I have been trying to talk to you, but you refuse to listen.

Our God, you are powerful, fearsome, and faithful, always true to your word. So please keep in mind the terrible sufferings of our people, kings, leaders, priests, and prophets, from the time Assyria ruled until this very day.

The Lord tried to warn Manasseh and the people about their sins, but they ignored the warning.

All of that happened because the people of Israel had not obeyed the Lord their God. They rejected the solemn agreement he had made with them, and they ignored everything that the Lord's servant Moses had told them.

Lord God, you are merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against you

For years, you were patient, and your Spirit warned them with messages spoken by your prophets. Still they refused to listen, and you handed them over to their enemies.

But your ancestors refused to listen. They were stubborn, and whenever I wanted them to go one way, they always went the other.




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