In the first year of ^aDarius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;

 2 In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish ^aseventy years in the ^bdesolations of Jerusalem.

 3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to ^aseek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and ^bsackcloth, and ashes:

 4 And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my ^aconfession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, ^bkeeping the covenant and ^cmercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;

 5 We have ^asinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:

 6 Neither have we ^ahearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

 7 O Lord, ^arighteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us ^bconfusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.

 8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.

 9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and ^aforgivenesses, though we have ^brebelled against him;

 10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to ^awalk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.

 11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not ^aobey thy voice; therefore the ^bcurse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.

 12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great ^aevil: for under the whole heaven hath not been ^bdone as hath been done upon Jerusalem.

 13 As it is written in the ^alaw of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.

 14 Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the ^aevil, and brought it upon us: for the Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we ^bobeyed not his voice.

 15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.