Daniel 9:16-18

Good News Translation

¹⁶ You have defended us in the past, so do not be angry with Jerusalem any longer. It is your city, your sacred hill.^[a] All the people in the neighboring countries look down on Jerusalem and on your people because of our sins and the evil our ancestors did. ^17 (A)O God, hear my prayer and pleading. Restore your Temple, which has been destroyed; restore it so that everyone will know that you are God. ^18 (B)Listen to us, O God; look at us and see the trouble we are in and the suffering of the city that bears your name. We are praying to you because you are merciful, not because we have done right.