Daniel 9:17
Now 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.
Cross-reference
Daniel 9:19 intensifies the prayer with urgent pleas for forgiveness and action, directly building on the request for God's face to shine on the sanctuary.
Numbers 6:23-26 is the Aaronic blessing with 'make his face shine' — the very phrase Daniel uses for the sanctuary.
Psalm 119:135 applies 'make your face shine' to a servant seeking God's decrees, adding a dimension of guidance to Daniel's prayer for the sanctuary.
Psalm 80:19 concludes with the same refrain, emphasizing that God's shining face brings salvation—the heart of Daniel's petition.
Psalm 80:7 repeats the refrain 'make your face shine on us', reinforcing Daniel's plea for God's favor to return to the ruined sanctuary.
Psalm 80:3 uses the identical 'make your face shine' phrase, linking corporate restoration with God's favor as Daniel prays for the sanctuary.
In Psalm 80:1, the plea for God to 'shine forth' upon Israel echoes Daniel's request for His face to shine on the desolate sanctuary.
In Numbers 6:25, the Aaronic blessing asks God to make His face shine — Daniel directly applies this priestly language to the desolate sanctuary.
Ezekiel 20:22 shows God sparing Israel for His name's sake, the same motivation Daniel appeals to with 'for the Lord's sake'.
Isaiah 37:17 has Hezekiah asking God to open his eyes and see the insult to his sanctuary, similar to Daniel's plea for the desolate sanctuary.
Psalm 130:2 begs God to hear and be attentive to cries for mercy, matching Daniel's plea for God to hear his prayer.
Psalm 74:3 mentions 'everlasting ruins' of the sanctuary, exactly the desolation Daniel prays about.
Psalm 31:16 uses 'make your face shine' — the same idiom Daniel uses for 'look with favor'. Strong verbal parallel.
In Nehemiah 1:6, Nehemiah prays for God to hear his servant's prayer — Daniel similarly calls himself God's servant and petitions.
In 2 Chronicles 6:35, Solomon prays for God to hear prayer and plea from heaven — Daniel employs these same terms when interceding.
In 2 Chronicles 6:19, Solomon asks God to regard his servant's prayer and plea — Daniel uses the same language for his petition.
In 1 Kings 8:28, Solomon petitions God to regard his servant's prayer and plea — Daniel uses the same phrasing for his own intercession.
Haggai 1:4 rebukes the people for neglecting the temple while it lies waste, the same desolation Daniel prays about.
Psalm 67:1 asks God to make his face shine — echoing the same blessing language Daniel applies to the desolate sanctuary.
Psalm 25:16 is a personal plea for God to turn and be gracious, echoing Daniel's request for God to look with favor on the sanctuary.
Psalm 4:6 also prays 'lift up the light of your face' — the same metaphor of God's shining face used in Daniel's plea.
Lamentations 5:18 describes Mount Zion lying desolate, the very condition that motivates Daniel's plea for God's face to shine on the sanctuary.