Baruch 9:4

Clementine Latin Vulgate

et dixit Dominus ad eum : Transi per mediam civitatem, in medio Jerusalem, et signa thau super frontes virorum gementium et dolentium super cunctis abominationibus quæ fiunt in medio ejus.

Parallel Translations

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Et oravi Dominum Deum meum, et confessus sum, et dixi: Obsecro, Domine Deus magne et terribilis, custodiens pactum, et misericordiam diligentibus te, et custodientibus mandata tua:

Nova Vulgata (1979)
Et oravi Dominum Deum et confessus sum et dixi: "Obsecro, Domine, Deus magne et terribilis, custodiens pactum et misericordiam diligentibus eum et custodientibus mandata eius;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

made: Daniel 9:5-12, Leviticus 26:40-42, 1 Kings 8:47-49, 2 Chronicles 7:14, Nehemiah 9:2, Nehemiah 9:3, Psalms 32:5, Jeremiah 3:13, 1 John 1:8-10

the great: Exodus 20:6, Exodus 34:6, Exodus 34:7, Numbers 14:18, Numbers 14:19, Deuteronomy 5:10, Deuteronomy 7:9, 1 Kings 8:23, Nehemiah 1:5, Nehemiah 9:32, Jeremiah 32:17-19, Micah 7:18-20, Nahum 1:2-7, Luke 1:72, Romans 8:28, James 1:12, James 2:5, 1 John 5:2, 1 John 5:3

Reciprocal: Leviticus 5:5 - confess Deuteronomy 5:9 - visiting Joshua 7:19 - make 2 Kings 19:15 - prayed 2 Chronicles 6:14 - keepest covenant 2 Chronicles 6:38 - pray toward Ezra 9:10 - what shall we say Ezra 10:1 - when Ezra Nehemiah 1:6 - confess Psalms 7:1 - O Psalms 104:1 - O Lord Psalms 105:8 - He hath remembered Psalms 111:5 - he will Psalms 146:6 - keepeth truth Isaiah 37:15 - General Jeremiah 32:23 - but Ezekiel 36:31 - shall ye Daniel 9:20 - confessing Daniel 10:12 - from Hosea 5:15 - till Malachi 1:14 - my name Matthew 3:6 - confessing Matthew 6:5 - when Luke 23:41 - we indeed 1 John 1:9 - we confess

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I prayed unto the Lord my God,.... Not to idols, nor to angels or saints departed; but to the Lord God of heaven and earth, who is omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent, c.: a God hearing and answering prayer and to whom he directed his prayer, not only as the God of nature and providence, but as his own covenant God and Father; thereby encouraging his faith in him, and using his interest with him: and made my confession; of his own sins, and of the sins of his people; of the favours bestowed on him and them; of his justice in afflicting them, and his mercy in appointing a time for their deliverance; of his own faith in him, love to him, and submission to his will:

and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God; great in his being and perfections, and in all his works of nature, providence, and grace; "and dreadful" in his threatenings and judgments, in his wrath and vengeance: or, to be "feared" e; and reverenced by all men, especially by his saints; and particularly when they draw near unto him, as Daniel now did; and that because of his greatness and goodness: this Daniel observes to raise in his mind a proper awe and reverence of God, whose presence he was now approaching:

keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; faithful to his word of promise; large and liberal in the distribution of his grace and mercy to such that love him sincerely and heartily; and, as an evidence of it, observe his precepts from a principle of love, and with a view to his glory: respect seems to be had to Exodus 20:6, this is observed, by the prophet, to encourage his own faith, and that of others, as to the fulfilment of the promise of their deliverance from captivity at the end of the seventy years; and to raise, in his mind and theirs, love to God, who was thus merciful; and to show the obligations they lay under, in gratitude, to keep his commandments.

e הנורא "reverendus", Vatablus; "summe reverende", Junius Tremellius "metuende", Cocceius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And I prayed unto the Lord my God - Evidently a set and formal prayer. It would seem probable that; he offered this prayer, and then re corded the substance of it afterward. We have no reason to suppose that we have the whole of it, but we have doubtless its principal topics.

And made my confession - Not as an individual, or not of his own sins only, but a confession in behalf of the people, and in their name. There is no reason to suppose that what he here says did “not” express their feelings. They had been long in captivity - far away from their desolate city and temple. They could not but be sensible that these calamities had come upon them on account of their sins; and they could not but feel that the calamities could not be expected to be removed but by confession of their sins, and by acknowledging the justice of the Divine dealings toward them. When we have been afflicted - when we are called to pass through severe trials - and when, borne down by trial, we go to God, and pray that the evil may be removed, the first thing that is demanded is, that we should confess our sins, and acknowledge the justice of God in the judgments that have come upon us. If we attempt to vindicate and justify ourselves, we can have no hope that the judgment will be averted. Daniel, therefore, in the name of the people, began his prayer with the humble and penitent acknowledgment that all that they had suffered was deserved.

O Lord, the great and dreadful God - A God great, and to be feared or venerated - הנורא hanôrâ'. This does not mean “dreadful” in the sense that there is anything stern or unamiable in his character, but mainly that he is to be regarded with veneration.

Keeping the covenant and mercy - Keeping his covenant and showing mercy. This is often ascribed to God, that he is faithful to his covenant; that is, that he is faithful to his promises to his people, or to those who sustain a certain relation to him, and who are faithful to “their” covenant vows. If there is alienation and estrangement, and want of faithfulness on either side, it does not begin with him. He is faithful to all his promises, and his fidelity may always be assumed as a basis of calculation in all our intercourse with him. See the word “covenant,” in Cruden’s “Concordance.” The word mercy seems to be added here to denote that mercy enters into his dealings with us even in keeping the covenant. We are so sinful and so unfaithful ourselves, that if “he” is faithful to his covenant, it must be by showing mercy to us.

To them that love him ... - The conditions of the covenant extend no farther than this, since, in a compact of any kind, one is bound to be faithful only while the terms are maintained by the other party. So God binds himself to show favor only while we are obedient, and we can plead his covenant only when we are obedient, when we confess our sins and plead his promises in this sense - that he has assured us that he will restore and receive us if we are penitent. It was this which Daniel pleaded on this occasion. He could not plead that his people had been obedient, and had thus any claims to the Divine favor; but he could cast himself and them on the mercy of a covenant-keeping God, who would remember his covenant with them if they were penitent, and who would graciously pardon.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Daniel 9:4. Keeping the covenant — Fidelity and truth are characteristics of God. He had never yet broken his engagements to his followers, and was ever showing mercy to men.