Baruch 9:17

Clementine Latin Vulgate

Nunc ergo exaudi, Deus noster, orationem servi tui, et preces ejus : et ostende faciem tuam super sanctuarium tuum, quod desertum est propter temetipsum.

Parallel Translations

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Nunc ergo exaudi, Deus noster, orationem servi tui, et preces ejus: et ostende faciem tuam super sanctuarium tuum, quod desertum est propter temetipsum.

Nova Vulgata (1979)
Nunc ergo exaudi, Deus noster, orationem servi tui et preces eius et ostende faciem tuam super sanctuarium tuum, quod desertum est, propter temetipsum.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

cause: Numbers 6:23-26, Psalms 4:6, Psalms 67:1, Psalms 80:1, Psalms 80:3, Psalms 80:7, Psalms 80:19, Psalms 119:135, Revelation 21:23

thy sanctuary: Lamentations 5:18

for: Daniel 9:19, John 16:24, 2 Corinthians 1:20

Reciprocal: Numbers 6:25 - The Lord 1 Kings 8:28 - Yet have thou 1 Kings 8:44 - toward the city 1 Kings 18:37 - Hear me 1 Chronicles 17:19 - thy servant's 2 Chronicles 6:19 - Have respect 2 Chronicles 6:35 - hear thou Nehemiah 1:6 - thine ear Job 12:9 - the hand Psalms 17:6 - incline Psalms 25:16 - for I Psalms 31:16 - Make Psalms 34:15 - and Psalms 65:2 - thou Psalms 74:3 - the perpetual Psalms 106:8 - he saved Psalms 130:2 - let thine ears Isaiah 37:17 - Incline Isaiah 48:9 - my name's Jeremiah 31:9 - come Lamentations 1:9 - behold Ezekiel 12:20 - General Ezekiel 20:22 - wrought Haggai 1:4 - and Matthew 26:44 - prayed

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now therefore, O our God,.... This being our miserable case, and the seventy years' captivity being at an end, and thou still our covenant God, whom we profess and worship:

hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications; which he had put up in an humble manner, consisting of various petitions for grace and mercy before expressed:

and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate; the temple; its walls demolished, its altars thrown down, and the whole in ruins; a melancholy scene! the Lord, suffering these things, seemed to frown upon it, and upon his people, that used to serve him there; wherefore it is entreated that he would smile upon it again, and upon them, and cause it to be rebuilt, and his worship restored in it: and this is asked

for the Lord's sake: that is, for Christ's sake, who is Lord of all, especially of his chosen people, by creation, redemption, and marriage, as well as by their own consent and profession; and for whose sake, and in whose name, all requests are to be made to God, he being the only Mediator between God and man; and for the sake of whose blood, righteousness, and mediation, all the blessings of goodness are given unto men; and who also was Lord and proprietor of the temple, and was to come into it, as well as was the antitype of it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Now, therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant - In behalf of the people. He pleaded for his people and country, and earnestly entreated the Lord to be merciful. His argument is based on the confession of sin; on the character of God; on the condition of the city and temple; on the former Divine interpositions in behalf of the people; and by all these considerations, he pleads with God to have mercy upon his people and land.

And cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary - Upon the temple. That is, that he would look upon it benignly and favorably. The language is common in the Scriptures, when favor and kindness are denoted by lifting up the light of the countenance, and by similar phrases. The allusion is originally, perhaps, to the sun, which, when it shines brightly, is an emblem of favor and mercy; when it is overclouded, is an emblem of wrath.

For the Lord’s sake - That is, that he would be propitious for his own sake; to wit, that his glory might be promoted; that his excellent character might be displayed; that his mercy and compassion might be shown. All true prayer has its seat in a desire that the glory of God may be promoted, and the excellence of his character displayed. That is of more consequence than “our” welfare, and the gratification of “our” wishes, and that should be uppermost in our hearts when we approach the throne of grace.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 17. And cause thy face to shine — Give us proof that thou art reconciled to us.