The Pulpit Commentary — Daniel — Section 291

Yer. 16.-0 Lord, Recording to all thy "thou." As it etAnd•, it really aernrte thnt righteousne11, I bes~eoh thee, let thine the d"eolations are on account of the Lord- anger and thy fury be turned away from an assertion which would not be gorm1mo to thy oity J'eru111Llem, thy holy mountain: be- the tenor of the pr11yer. The reading of tho oause for our 1in1, and for tbe iniquities of LXX. is thus better here. Theodotion is our fathers, J'eru111Llem and thy people are closer to the Massoretic text, but instead of h<:-~ome a reproaoh to all that are about u1. "0 oar God," reads, " 0 Lord our God," The Septuagint rendering here ie in close and avoids the chnnge of person in tho last agreement with the Maseoretio. The only clause by reading 'l1N as a vocati vc, and point to be noted in regard to Theodotion inserting <r<>u, 'l'he Peshitta has, "our is that he gives the late, and in thie oe.se supplication," and avoids the awl{ward inapplicnble, meaning to "righteonsness" change of penon by re1tding, "for thy of 0Ac'7u6<1vv·q, "almsgiving." The Pesbitta, Name's sake." Jerome gives a fairly ac- imaginin~ a certain want of completeness in oorate rendering of the M&SSoretio, only in the last clause, inserted after "Jemsalem" the last clause he omits "Lord" and renders •· is scattered into all lande." The appeal temet ipsum. The inlluence of the Pso.lter is made to God's righteousness, because now ie to be seen in this verse. The first the seventy years were nearing their end, clause ie a slightly altered and condensed and God's righteousne88 was involved in version of Pa. oxliii. 1. The verb that ought the time not being exceeded. " ' Right- to open the second member ie omitted. The eousneas' here signifies the feir dealing word talaoo,ieem ie not a very co!llmon one. {toohlr:erhal.ttm) of God to hie people in 0a"84! thy face to ,kine upon thy sanc- reference to the fulfilment of his promises" tuary has a close resemblance to Pa. lx:u. (Behrmann). "Righteoosne88" is really 3, 7, 19. As they had no temple so.crifices n'ghtwwneasea, in the plural, the referen~e in Babylon, the c11ptive Jews would have being t.o the many proofs God has given m only the psalms of the sanctuary to keep the past of his benevolence (Keil). "Thy the sense of worship a.live _in their hearts. citv Jerusalem, thy holy moUllte.iD," forms a further argument: "The mountain of thy Vers. 18, 19.-0 my God, inoline thine holin&s" (I's. ii. 6). A reproach to all ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold tliat are about m. There is a striking re- our desolations, and the city whioh ia oalled semblance here to Jeremiah: repeatedly in by thy l!lame: for we do not present our liis prophecies are the Jews threatened that supplications before thee for our righteous- they will becomeareproach(/,erpa). Espe~i- nesses, bntfor thy great mercies. 0 lord, hear; e.lly is there a resemblance here to Jer. XD.J:. OLord,forgive; OLord,hearkenanddo; defer 18, the letter of Jeremiah, to which reference not, for thine own sake, O my God; for thy is made in the beginning of the chapter. oity and thy people are oalled by thy Name. This whole prayer is saturated with phrases The version of tl.Je Seventy differs but little borrowed from Jeremiah. The apocryphal from the Massoretio : they read " hee.r me " :Book of Baruch, which has expanded OJl instead of simply "hee.r." The tre.nslo.tor this prayer, has also drawn from Jeremiah. also connects the" desole.tion "with the city, , 1 er. 17.-Now therefore, 0 our God, hear e.gainst grammar. The LXX. adds, "Be the prayer of thy servant, and _his sup;,lica- propitious tone (<ru lll!l.-,u<rov)." The repeti- tiOilli, and cao.se thy face to shine upon thy tion of the voce.tive in the nineteenth verse sanctuary th&t isdesolate,for the Lord's sake. ie omitted, but " Zion " e.nd "Israel " are Tl.te Septuagint d.iifere here, "Now give inserted after "city " and " people " re- ear, 0 Lord, to the prayer of thy rnrvant, spectively. Theodotion is in yet closer o.nd to my supplications; for thy servant's agreement with the received text. The sake lift ap thy countenance upon thy holy Peshitta iB very close, but o.dds "ruin" to 11,Gu11tain which iB desolate, 0 Lord." The "desolation." 'l'he Vulgate affords no cause omission of the va11 in ta(,•noonayfo would of remark. Our desolations. The word occasion the LXX. rendering," my supplico.- need here occurs in Lamentations. In the tion,." Tliey had read 'l1N before ,,::iy. Cer- prophecies of Jeremiah a cognate word ie ll8ed, differing from that before us only in tainly the Septuagint rendering gives bet!er vocalization (comp. Jer. xxv. 12, where it sense than tLe violent change to the tliird is applied to Babylon e.fter the seventy person from tl.Je second. Keil would escape yea.re of Babylonian rnle are ended). Whiol, the difilculty by trans!Jl.ting, " because thou i, rolled by thy Name. Thie phrase is need art tl,e Lord "--a trans!Jl.tion that ie in- repeatedly in Jer. vii of the temple. Pre- dcp(;l1<lcnt of HebrelV grammar. The con- 1ent our ,upplicationa. The words used junction would not naturaJ.ly be l~ma•an suggest the posture in presenting a petition (j~!:S), but possibly 'eqeb "Iler ("1!?!:l ::lf',~)- - falling down before the person to whom it Furtber, the covenant name would certainly ie addressed. H is one frequently used in Lave Leen used in such a connection, and it J oremiah, sometimee of persons ( J er. xxxviii. v,c,uld nece11118.rily have been followed by 26), of God (Jer. xiii. 9). Not on account of err. IX, 1-27.J THE IlOOK OF DANIE[,,