Daniel 9:3-20

3Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by ^aprayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. 4I prayed to the Lord my God and ^bmade confession, saying, ^c“O Lord, the ^dgreat and awesome God, who ^ekeeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, 5 ^fwe have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly ^gand rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. 6 ^hWe have not listened to ⁱyour servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to ^jour kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7To you, ^kO Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, ^lthose who are near and ^mthose who are far away, in ⁿall the lands to which you have driven them, because of ^othe treachery that they have committed against you. 8To us, O Lord, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because ^pwe have sinned against you. 9 ^qTo the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him 10 ^rand have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by walking in his laws, which he set before us by ^shis servants the prophets. 11 ^tAll Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside, ^urefusing to obey your voice. ^vAnd the curse and oath ^wthat are written in the Law of ^xMoses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because ^ywe have sinned against him. 12He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against ^zour rulers who ruled us, ▼

▼Or  our judges who judged us

by ^abbringing upon us a great calamity. ^acFor under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem. 13 ^adAs it is written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us; yet we have not entreated the favor of the Lord our God, ^aeturning from our iniquities and gaining insight by your truth. 14 ^afTherefore the Lord has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us, ^agfor the Lord our God is righteous in all the works that he has done, and ^ahwe have not obeyed his voice. 15And now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt ^aiwith a mighty hand, and ^ajhave made a name for yourself, as at this day, ^akwe have sinned, we have done wickedly.

16“O Lord, ^alaccording to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem, ^amyour holy hill, ^anbecause for our sins, and for ^aothe iniquities of our fathers, ^apJerusalem and your people have become ^aqa byword among all who are around us. 17Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord, ▼

▼Hebrew  for the Lord’s sake

^asmake your face to shine upon ^atyour sanctuary, which is desolate. 18 ^auO my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see ^avour desolations, and ^awthe city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy. 19O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. ^axDelay not, ^ayfor your own sake, O my God, because ^azyour city and ^bayour people are called by your name.”

Gabriel Brings an Answer

20 ^bbWhile I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my plea before the Lord my God for ^bcthe holy hill of my God,

Hosea 5:15

15 ^bdI will return again to my place,
until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face,
and ^bein their distress earnestly seek me.

Hosea 6:1-2

Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant

1 “Come, let us ^bfreturn to the Lord;
for ^bghe has torn us, that he may heal us;
he has struck us down, and ^bhhe will bind us up.
2After two days ^bihe will revive us;
on the third day he will raise us up,
that we may live before him.

Luke 15:18-19

18I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, ^bjI have sinned against ^bkheaven and before you. 19 ^blI am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.”’

1 John 1:8-10

8 ^bmIf we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and ^bnthe truth is not in us. 9 ^boIf we confess our sins, he is ^bpfaithful and just to forgive us our sins and ^bqto cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10If we say we have not sinned, ^brwe make him a liar, and ^bshis word is not in us.