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Daniel 9:18–19

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O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
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From verse 18

  1. Isaiah 37:17Rank 1 from verse 18
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    17Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear; open thine eyes, O Lord, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.

  2. Jeremiah 36:7Rank 2 from verse 18
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    7It may be they will present their supplication before the Lord, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the Lord hath pronounced against this people.

  3. 2 Kings 19:16Rank 3 from verse 18
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    16Lord, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, Lord, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.

  4. Jeremiah 25:29Rank 4 from verse 18
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    29For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts.

  5. Ezekiel 36:32Rank 5 from verse 18
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    32Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord God, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.

  6. Jeremiah 14:7Rank 6 from verse 18
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    7¶ O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

  7. Jeremiah 15:16Rank 7 from verse 18
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    16Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.

  8. Psalms 80:14–19Rank 8 from verse 18
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    14Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

    15And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.

    16It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

    17Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.

    18So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.

    19Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

  9. 1 Corinthians 1:2Rank 9 from verse 18
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    2Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

  10. 1 Kings 8:29Rank 10 from verse 18
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    29That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.

  11. Exodus 3:7Rank 11 from verse 18
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    7¶ And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

  12. Isaiah 63:15–19Rank 12 from verse 18
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    15¶ Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?

    16Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Lord, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.

    17¶ O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

    18The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

    19We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.

  13. Isaiah 64:6Rank 13 from verse 18
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    6But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

  14. Jeremiah 14:9Rank 14 from verse 18
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    9Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.

  15. Jeremiah 37:20Rank 15 from verse 18
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    20Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

  16. Jeremiah 7:10–12Rank 16 from verse 18
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    10And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?

    11Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the Lord.

    12But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.

  17. Psalms 17:6–7Rank 17 from verse 18
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    6I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

    7Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

  18. Isaiah 64:12Rank 18 from verse 18
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    12Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

From verse 19

  1. Daniel 9:18Rank 1 from verse 19
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    18O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

  2. Amos 7:2Rank 2 from verse 19
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    2And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord God, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

  3. Ephesians 1:12Rank 3 from verse 19
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    12That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.

  4. Jeremiah 14:9Rank 4 from verse 19
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    9Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.

  5. Luke 11:8Rank 5 from verse 19
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    8I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.

  6. 2 Chronicles 6:25–30Rank 6 from verse 19
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    25Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.

    26¶ When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;

    27Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.

    28¶ If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:

    29Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:

    30Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)

  7. Ephesians 3:10Rank 7 from verse 19
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    10To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

  8. Jeremiah 14:7Rank 8 from verse 19
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    7¶ O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

  9. Numbers 14:19Rank 9 from verse 19
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    19Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.

  10. 1 Kings 8:30–39Rank 10 from verse 19
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    30And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.

    31¶ If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:

    32Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

    33¶ When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:

    34Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.

    35¶ When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:

    36Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

    37¶ If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;

    38What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

    39Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)

  11. 2 Chronicles 6:39Rank 11 from verse 19
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    39Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.

  12. Ephesians 1:6Rank 12 from verse 19
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    6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

  13. Ezekiel 20:14Rank 13 from verse 19
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    14But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

  14. Ezekiel 20:22Rank 14 from verse 19
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    22Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.

  15. Ezekiel 20:9Rank 15 from verse 19
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    9But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.

  16. Ezekiel 36:22Rank 16 from verse 19
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    22Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name’s sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.

  17. Ezekiel 39:25Rank 17 from verse 19
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    25Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;

  18. Isaiah 63:16–19Rank 18 from verse 19
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    16Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Lord, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.

    17¶ O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

    18The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

    19We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.

  19. Isaiah 64:9–12Rank 19 from verse 19
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    9¶ Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.

    10Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

    11Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.

    12Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

  20. Jeremiah 14:20–21Rank 20 from verse 19
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    20We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.

    21Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

  21. Jeremiah 25:29Rank 21 from verse 19
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    29For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts.

  22. Psalms 102:13–16Rank 22 from verse 19
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    13Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.

    14For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.

    15So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

    16When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.

  23. Psalms 115:1–2Rank 23 from verse 19
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    1NOT unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.

    2Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?

  24. Psalms 44:23–26Rank 24 from verse 19
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    23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

    24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

    25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

    26Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.

  25. Psalms 74:9–11Rank 25 from verse 19
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    9We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

    10O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

    11Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.

  26. Psalms 79:5–6Rank 26 from verse 19
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    5How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

    6Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

  27. Psalms 79:8–10Rank 27 from verse 19
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    8O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.

    9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake.

    10Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.

  28. Psalms 85:5–6Rank 28 from verse 19
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    5Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

    6Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?

  29. 2 Chronicles 6:21Rank 29 from verse 19
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    21Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.

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DEFINED WORDS

Daniel 9:18

COMBINED MEANING

incline

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To bend, bow, turn, tend, or direct toward; to direct one's attention or desire.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604

COMBINED MEANING

ear

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Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

open

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Sense 1: Unclosed, uncovered, or manifest. Sense 2: As a verb, to uncover, reveal, or explain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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eyes

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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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called

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of call. Sense 1: To name. Sense 2: To summon or invite. Sense 3: To proclaim or address. Sense 4: To request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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present

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Sense 1: Being in a place, at hand, or before another; now existing or current. Sense 2: A gift or offering brought or given to another. Sense 3: To bring, set, offer, or exhibit before another; to cause to appear or stand before; to lay before or make known.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

mercies

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Plural form of mercy (compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Daniel 9:19

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Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

forgive

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To pardon an offence, remit a debt, or release from the penalty or resentment connected with it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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hearken

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1. To listen attentively or give heed. 2. To give regard, consent, or act in response.

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defer

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To delay, postpone, put off, or withhold action until a later time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sake

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Cause, account, purpose, interest, or benefit; used in phrases meaning because of or for the benefit of someone or something.

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COMBINED MEANING

people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

called

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of call. Sense 1: To name. Sense 2: To summon or invite. Sense 3: To proclaim or address. Sense 4: To request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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9:16¶ O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.

9:17Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.

9:18O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

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9:19O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

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