Baruch 9:18

Clementine Latin Vulgate

Inclina, Deus meus, aurem tuam, et audi : aperi oculos tuos, et vide desolationem nostram, et civitatem super quam invocatum est nomen tuum : neque enim in justificationibus nostris prosternimus preces ante faciem tuam, sed in miserationibus tuis multis.

Parallel Translations

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Inclina, Deus meus, aurem tuam, et audi: aperi oculos tuos, et vide desolationem nostram, et civitatem super quam invocatum est nomen tuum: neque enim in justificationibus nostris prosternimus preces ante faciem tuam, sed in miserationibus tuis multis.

Nova Vulgata (1979)
Inclina, Deus meus, aurem tuam et audi; aperi oculos tuos et vide desolationem nostram et civitatem, super quam invocatum est nomen tuum; neque enim in iustificationibus nostris prosternimus preces ante faciem tuam sed in miserationibus tuis multis.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

incline: 1 Kings 8:29, 2 Kings 19:16, Psalms 17:6, Psalms 17:7, Isaiah 37:17, Isaiah 63:15-19, Isaiah 64:12

behold: Exodus 3:7, Psalms 80:14-19

which is called by thy name: Heb. whereupon thy name is called, Jeremiah 7:10, Jeremiah 14:9, Jeremiah 15:16, Jeremiah 25:29, 1 Corinthians 1:2

for we: Isaiah 64:6, Jeremiah 14:7, Ezekiel 36:32

present: Heb. cause to fall, Jeremiah 36:7, Jeremiah 37:20, *marg.

Reciprocal: Exodus 32:32 - if thou Leviticus 26:32 - And I Leviticus 26:41 - and they Numbers 6:27 - put my Deuteronomy 9:28 - Because Deuteronomy 28:10 - called Nehemiah 1:6 - thine ear Nehemiah 9:19 - in thy Job 9:15 - I would Job 23:4 - fill my mouth Psalms 6:4 - for Psalms 17:1 - attend Psalms 31:16 - save Psalms 40:1 - inclined Psalms 51:1 - O God Psalms 62:12 - mercy Psalms 86:1 - Bow Psalms 103:10 - dealt Psalms 119:77 - thy tender Psalms 119:124 - Deal Jeremiah 31:9 - come Ezekiel 3:20 - righteousness Daniel 9:19 - for thy Joel 2:17 - Spare Amos 9:12 - which are called by my name Haggai 1:4 - and Zechariah 3:3 - General Zechariah 12:4 - I will open Matthew 6:7 - repetitions Matthew 15:27 - Truth Luke 7:42 - he Luke 18:13 - God Acts 4:29 - behold Romans 12:12 - continuing James 5:11 - the Lord is

Gill's Notes on the Bible

O my God, incline thine ear, and hear,.... The petitions now put up, for Christ's sake:

open thine eyes, and behold our desolations; the city and temple a heap of rubbish, and the whole land forsaken of its inhabitants, and lying waste and uncultivated, or, however, at most possessed by enemies; and things being thus, it seemed as if the Lord shut his eyes to them, and therefore is desired to open them, and look with pity and compassion on the case of his people, and deliver them out of all their troubles:

and the city which is called by thy name; or, "on which thy name is called" k; as Jerusalem was, being called the city of our God, the city of the great King, Psalms 48:1 and in which also his name was called upon, both by the inhabitants of it in their private houses, and by the priests and Levites, and others, in the temple, which stood in it:

for we do not present our supplications before thee; or, "cause them to fall before thee" l; expressing the humble and lowly manner in which they presented their petitions to God, and respecting the gesture they used in prayer, bowing themselves to the ground, and falling prostrate upon it; and as was the custom of the eastern people when they supplicated their princes: and this Daniel, in the name of his people, did; not, says he,

for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies; not pleading their good works and righteous actions, and the merits of them, which had none in them, and were no other than as filthy rags, and could not recommend them to God, or be used as a plea and argument to obtain any good thing from him; but throwing themselves upon the abundant grace and mercy of God in Christ, mercy they pleaded, and not merit; and made mention of the righteousness of Christ, and not their own; as all good men, who are truly sensible of themselves, and of the grace of God, will do.

k אשר נקרא שמך עליה "super quam invocatum est nomen tuum", Vatablus, Pagninus, Calvin; "super qua nomen tuum nuncupatum est", Cocceius. l מפילים "nos cadere facientes", Montanus; "nos cadere facimus", Gejerus, Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O my God, incline thine ear, and hear - Pleading earnestly for his attention and his favor, as one does to a man.

Open thine eyes - As if his eyes had been closed upon the condition of the city, and he did not see it. Of course, all this is figurative, and is the language of strong and earnest pleading when the heart is greatly interested.

And the city which is called by thy name - Margin, “whereupon thy name is called.” The margin expresses the sense more literally; but the meaning is, that the city had been consecrated to God, and was called his - the city of Jehovah. It was known as the place of his sanctuary - the city where his worship was celebrated, and which was regarded as his peculiar dwelling place on the earth. Compare Psalms 48:1-3; Psalms 87:3. This is a new ground of entreaty, that the city belonged to God, and that he would remember the close connection between the prosperity of that city and the glory of his own name.