Daniel's Prayer for His People
To the Lord... Daniel then acknowledged that God is righteous (cf. Dan. 9:14, 9:16) and just in disciplining Israel for her unfaithfulness, for which she was covered with shame (Dan. 9:7-8) and dispersed (scattered) into foreign countries.
belong mercies and... God’s discipline did not mean that He had withheld mercy (Dan. 9:18) and forgiveness from His people, but it meant that He, being righteous, must punish people’s rebellion and disobedience (Dan. 9:10). They refused to keep God’s laws (Dan. 9:10; 9:5) for they transgressed His Law (Dan. 9:11) and turned from God (Dan. 9:5), being obstinate in their disobedience (refusing to obey).
God's people rebelled and rebelled, but God is merciful. He never let them all be destroyed. He forgave them, and started them all over again.
Psm. 130:7 "Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD [there is] mercy, and with him [is] plenteous redemption."
Mic. 7:18 "Who [is] a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger forever, because he delighteth [in] mercy."
God’s discipline did not mean that He had withheld mercy (cf. Dan. 9:18) and forgiveness from His people, but it meant that He, being righteous, must punish people’s rebellion and disobedience.
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