What is the context?
Daniel connects the disaster with the oath and curse written in the Law of Moses. The people had turned away from God’s voice, and He had carried out the warnings given to them.
Leviticus 26:31–45 describes ruined cities, a desolate sanctuary, scattering among the nations and the land receiving its neglected rest. It also speaks of humbled hearts, confession and God remembering His covenant.
Daniel acknowledges that even after the disaster, the people have not turned from their iniquity or given attention to God’s truth. His confession therefore concerns the response still needed, as well as the sins that brought them into exile. God has remained righteous in all He has done.
How is this passage commonly understood?
Wesley emphasizes God’s justice in bringing the announced judgment. Cambridge connects the covenant curse with the warnings in Moses’ law and understands attention to God’s truth as a changed response to His revealed will.
What is our position?
We don't have a position on this passage yet. When our study reaches a conclusion the text supports, it will appear here.