Old Testament
Daniel 3
Focused passage
Daniel 3:34-41
- Verse 34. Deliver us not for ever, we beseech thee, for thy name sake, and dissipate not thy testament:
- Verse 35. neither take thou away thy mercy from us, for Abraham thy beloved, and Isaac thy servant, and Israel thy holy one:
- Verse 36. to whom thou hast spoken, promising that thou wouldest multiply their seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is in the sea shore.
- Verse 37. Because o Lord we are diminished more than all nations, and are abased in all the earth this day for our sins.
- Verse 38. And there is not at this time prince, & duke, and prophet, nor holocaust, nor sacrifice, nor oblation, nor incense, nor place of first fruits before thee,
- Verse 39. that we may find thy mercy: but in contrite mind, & spirit of humility let us be received.
- Verse 40. As in holocaust of rams, and bulls, and as in thousands of fat lambs: so let our sacrifice be made in thy sight this day, that it may please thee: because there is no confusion to them that trust in thee.
- Verse 41. And now we follow thee in all our heart, and fear thee, and seek thy face.