¹⁶Lord, according to all your righteousness, please let your anger and your rage turn away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain,ⁿ because through our sins and through the iniquities of our ancestors^o Jerusalem and your people have become an object of mockery among all of our neighbors.

¹⁷“And now, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy. Shine^p your face upon your desolate sanctuary for your sake, O Lord.^q ¹⁸Incline your ear, my God, and listen; open your eyes and look at our desolation and the city that is called by your name, for we are not presenting our pleas for mercy before you^r because of our righteousness, but rather because of your great compassion. ¹⁹Lord, listen! Lord, forgive! Lord, pay heed and act! You must not delay for your sake,^s my God; because your city and your people are called by your name.”^t

Gabriel’s Announcement and Presentation of the Seventy Sets of Seven

²⁰Now I was still speaking and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my plea before^u Yahweh my God, on behalf of the holy mountain of my God.^v

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Footnotes

nLiterally “the mountain of your holiness”
oOr “fathers”
pOr “let shine” or “cause to shine”
qLiterally “for the sake of the Lord”
rLiterally “to the face of you”
sLiterally “for the sake of you”
tLiterally “your name is called over your city and over your people”
uLiterally “to the face of”
vLiterally “the mountain of the holiness of my God”