"So I said,I have been expelledfrom Your sight.NeverthelessI will lookagaintowardYour holytemple.'
(for they will hearof Your greatnameand Your mightyhand,and of Your outstretchedarm);when he comesand praystowardthishouse,
if they returnto You with alltheir heartand with alltheir soulin the landof their enemieswhohave takenthem captive,and prayto You towardtheir landwhichYou have givento their fathers,the citywhichYou have chosen,and the housewhichI have builtfor Your name;
then I will cutoffIsraelfrom the landwhichI have giventhem, and the housewhichI have consecratedfor My name,I will castout of My sight.So Israelwill becomea proverband a bywordamong allpeoples.
if they returnto You with alltheir heartand with alltheir soulin the landof their captivity,wherethey have been takencaptive,and praytowardtheir landwhichYou have givento their fathersand the citywhichYou have chosen,and toward the housewhichI have builtfor Your name,
As for me, I saidin my alarm,"I am cutofffrom beforeYour eyes";NeverthelessYou heardthe voiceof my supplicationsWhen I criedto You.
The LORDwill commandHis lovingkindnessin the daytime;And His songwill be with me in the night,A prayerto the Godof my life.
But as for me, by Your abundantlovingkindnessI will enterYour house,At Your holytempleI will bowin reverencefor You.
You have putme in the lowestpit,In darkplaces,in the depths.
Your wrathhas restedupon me, And You have afflictedme with allYour waves.Selah.
"Lo,for [my own] welfareI hadgreatbitterness;It is You who has keptmy soulfrom the pitof nothingness,For You have castallmy sinsbehindYour back.
But Zionsaid,"The LORDhas forsakenme, And the Lordhas forgottenme."
Then the LORDsaidto me, "Even thoughMosesand Samuelwere to standbeforeMe, My heartwould not be with thispeople;sendthem awayfrom My presenceand let them go!
"I will castyou out of My sight,as I have castout allyour brothers,allthe offspringof Ephraim.
Watersflowedovermy head;I said,"I am cutoff!"
Then He saidto me, "Sonof man,thesebonesare the wholehouseof Israel;behold,they say,Our bonesare driedup and our hopehas perished.We are completely cutoff.'
Now whenDanielknewthat the documentwas signed,he enteredhis house(now in his roofchamberhe had windowsopentowardJerusalem);and he continued kneelingon his kneesthreetimesa day,prayingand givingthanksbeforehis God,as he had been doingpreviously.
"While I was faintingaway,I rememberedthe LORD,And my prayercameto You, Into Your holytemple.
