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Daniel 9

Dan. 9:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Neitheru have we hearkened
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
unto thy servants
`ebed (Hebrew #5650)
a servant
KJV usage: X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
Pronounce: eh'-bed
Origin: from 5647
the prophets
nabiy' (Hebrew #5030)
a prophet or (generally) inspired man
KJV usage: prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.
Pronounce: naw-bee'
Origin: from 5012
, which spake
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
in thy name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
to our kings
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
, our princes
sar (Hebrew #8269)
a head person (of any rank or class)
KJV usage: captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, ((-task- ))master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
Pronounce: sar
Origin: from 8323
, and our fathers
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
, and to all the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
of the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
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Dan. 9:10• 10{i}and we have not hearkened unto the voice of Jehovah our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us through his servants the prophets.{/i} (Dan. 9:10)
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2 Kings 17:13‑14• 13{i}And Jehovah testified against Israel and against Judah, by all the prophets, all the seers, saying, Turn from your evil ways, and keep my commandments, my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you through my servants the prophets.{/i}
14{i}But they would not hear, and hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, who did not believe in Jehovah their God.{/i}
(2 Kings 17:13‑14)
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2 Chron. 33:10• 10{i}And Jehovah spoke to Manasseh and to his people; but they did not hearken.{/i} (2 Chron. 33:10)
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2 Chron. 36:15‑16• 15{i}And Jehovah the God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending; because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling-place.{/i}
16{i}But they mocked at the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the fury of Jehovah rose against his people, and there was no remedy.{/i}
(2 Chron. 36:15‑16)
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Isa. 30:10‑11• 10that say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
11get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us!
(Isa. 30:10‑11)
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Jer. 6:16‑17• 16{i}Thus saith Jehovah: Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the ancient paths, which is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein .{/i}
17{i}Also I have set watchmen over you: —Hearken ye to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.{/i}
(Jer. 6:16‑17)
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Jer. 7:13,25‑26• 13And now, because ye have done all these works, saith Jehovah, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;
25{i}Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt, unto this day, have I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them;{/i}
26{i}but they have not hearkened unto me, nor inclined their ear; and they have hardened their neck: they have done worse than their fathers.{/i}
(Jer. 7:13,25‑26)
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Jer. 25:3‑7• 3From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the twenty-third year, the word of Jehovah hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
4And Jehovah hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.
5They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Jehovah hath given unto you and to your fathers forever and ever:
6and go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
7Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith Jehovah; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.
(Jer. 25:3‑7)
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Jer. 26:5• 5to hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened; (Jer. 26:5)
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Jer. 29:19• 19because they have not hearkened to my words, saith Jehovah, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 29:19)
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Jer. 32:32‑33• 32because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
33And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
(Jer. 32:32‑33)
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Jer. 44:4‑5,16• 4Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
5But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
16As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee.
(Jer. 44:4‑5,16)
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Zech. 1:4‑6• 4{i}Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets cried, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings; but{/i} they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith Jehovah.
5Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live forever?
6But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as Jehovah of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
(Zech. 1:4‑6)
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Zech. 7:8‑12• 8{i}And the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah, saying,{/i}
9{i}Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying,{/i} Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother,
10{i}and oppress not the widow and the fatherless, the stranger and the afflicted; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.{/i}
11{i}But they refused to hearken, and turned a rebellious shoulder, and made their ears heavy, that they should not hear.{/i}
12{i}And they made their heart as an adamant, that they should not hear the law, and the words that Jehovah of hosts sent by his Spirit by the hand of the former prophets: therefore was there great wrath from Jehovah of hosts.{/i}
(Zech. 7:8‑12)
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Matt. 21:34‑40• 34But when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his bondmen to the husbandmen to receive his fruits.
35And the husbandmen took his bondmen, and beat one and killed another and stoned another.
36Again he sent other bondmen more than the first, and they did to them likewise.
37And afterward he sent to them his son, saying, They will feel respect for my son.
38But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, and get his inheritance.
39And they took and cast him forth out of the vineyard and killed [him].
40When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to these husbandmen?
(Matt. 21:34‑40)
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Matt. 23:37• 37{i}Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [the city] that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!{/i} (Matt. 23:37)
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Luke 20:10‑12• 10And in the season he sent to the husbandmen a bondman that they might give to him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen having beaten him sent [him] away empty.
11And again he sent another bondman; but they having beaten him also, and cast insult upon him sent [him] away empty.
12And again he sent a third, and they having wounded him also, cast [him] out.
(Luke 20:10‑12)
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Acts 7:51‑52• 51Stiffnecked and uncircumcised in hearts and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers so ye.
52Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they slew those that announced beforehand of the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye became betrayers and murderers,
(Acts 7:51‑52)
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Acts 13:27• 27For the dwellers in Jerusalem and their rulers, having ignored him and the voices of the prophets that are read on every Sabbath, fulfilled [them] by judging [him]. (Acts 13:27)
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1 Thess. 2:15‑16• 15who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and please not God, and [are] contrary to all men,
16forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, to fill up their sins alway; but the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
(1 Thess. 2:15‑16)
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J. N. Darby Translation

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And we have not hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, who spoke in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

W. Kelly Translation

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And we have not hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, who spoke in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)